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[H] Enthusiast Archives: July 2007Archive Listing
DRAM Disaster Sinks Suppliers in 2Q
Research firm iSuppli says that the second quarter of 2007 was a terrible quarter with revenue for such big names as Samsung and Micron sliding by as much as 24%. The average selling price for DRAM last quarter dropped by almost 40%.
In the second quarter of 2007, global DRAM revenues declined by 24.1% on quarter to US$7.3 billion. Chipmakers, including Samsung Electronics and Micron Technology, both saw their sales slip on a quarterly basis with Samsung seeing its revenues drop by 16.7% on quarter and Micron dropping by 15.7%. DRAM ASP also dropped by 39% the during the period, though this rate is slightly less than the previously estimated 40% drop.
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Intel Endorses Industry Spec To Simplify Blade Server Design
Intel Corporation joined more than 40 server technology providers today in support of the new Server Systems Infrastructure (SSI) industry specification for modular server platforms. The Modular Server Specifications simplify and lower the cost of product development by providing design guidance that enables server builders to develop compliant and interoperable building blocks at the blade, chassis and manageability software level.
If AT&T Ran The Highway System
Now this is just flat out funny, unless of course you are an AT&T subscriber.
If AT&T ran the highway system, things would be different. Only AT&T-approved cars would be allowed on the roads, all of which would be toll roads. Drivers would have to prepay their tolls, based on the estimated number of miles they expected to drive. Those who drove fewer miles than estimated would get no refund; those who drove more would be charged for the overage at a higher rate.
Facebook Users Open to Cyberattacks
VeriSign iDefense security experts are warning Facebook users that the platform provides a perfect channel for distributing malicious software. If you use Facebook, read this article.
Ryan Olson, a United States-based analyst for VeriSign's iDefense operations against the proliferation of malicious code, said that while thousands of applications being developed by third parties for Facebook users are enriching the social network's functionality, the Facebook Platform provides a perfect channel for distributing malicious software.
[H]ardware Round-Up
Video
Acer AL2051W 20-inch Widescreen LCD @ Think Computers
Leadtek Winfast 8600 GT Fanless (Spanish) @ Chile Hardware
Sapphire HD 2400 XT Video Card @ Overclockers Club
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PC Power & Cooling Silencer 750W Quad PSU - CrossFire Edition @ PCPer
Cases & Modding
Mod of the Month @ Bit-Tech
Japanese Porn Industry Embraces Blu-Ray Disc
The Japanese porn industry has taken a shining to Blu-ray. Though Sony claims to have a strict policy against porn, the company doesn’t have a problem selling its equipment to porn producers that press the movies in Taiwan and ship it back into Japan.
The Taiwanese company was able to obtain a pressing machine from Sony and will start mass production in August." Sony says its policy of not allowing its disc replicating subsidiary, Sony DADC, to copy adult films has not changed. But the company is offering technical support to any film makers looking for help, no matter what industry, a spokeswoman said Monday.
Gates Will Step Away From MS As Planned
Though most people are skeptical that Bill Gates will step away from Microsoft altogether, the company’s head honcho has reaffirmed his plans to step away next year as planned.
"I am in a lucky situation of having way more things that seem interesting to do and very exciting and important, and working with smart people, and highly impactful, way more than a 24-hour day will fit," Gates said. To be sure, there is widespread skepticism in the industry about the possibility of Gates genuinely disengaging.
Connecticut AG Probes Predators on Facebook
Now that MySpace is cleaning house by reporting registered sex offenders that use its service, it looks like Facebook will have to follow suit thanks to a little encouragement from the Connecticut Attorney General.
Connecticut investigators are looking into "three or more" cases of convicted sex offenders who had registered on Facebook, a fast-growing social networking Web site, the New York Times reported on Monday. State investigators had "also found inappropriate images and content" on the service, the Times reported.
Philips Develops Oil & Water Based Flexible Display
This new flexible display technology being developed by LG Philips is pretty impressive. Now all they need to do is make them cheap enough and start mass producing them and they are all set.
LG Philips has come up with another idea. Instead of making pixels out of OLEDs, it has designed them out of oil and water contained in tiny plastic cells connected to plastic electrodes. The oil, which is opaque, floats on the water and obscures a colored surface beneath.
ACLU Objects To License Plate Reader
It seems that the American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio has a problem with the Mobile Plate Hunter 900. The device can read up to 900 license plates per hour, then compares them to a computerized list from the National Crime Information Center. So far the system has busted a handful of bad guys but the ACLU thinks that it's an infringement on a driver's right to privacy.
Since the patrol began using the scanners in 2004, it has recovered 95 stolen cars - valued at $740,000 - and made 111 arrests, said patrol spokesman Lt. Shawn Davis. The plate hunter has made roads safer, he said.