Message date: 2009-07-03

HP rolls dual sixes with Istanbul-powered AMD desktop machines

Hewlett-Packard (HP) has unveiled a new line of enterprise workstations powered by AMD’s Istanbul six-core Opteron–the kind that would make high-demand users drool (though it definitely needs better video card and cooling options to fully satisfy that market). Just a little over two months after the Opteron CPU turned six years old, the xw9400 workstations utilize [...]
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Solar cell prices continue decline, parity with fossil fuels by 2015

The Taiwan government’s Ministry of Economic Affairs announced that effective July 1 the maximum subsidy for new installation of photovoltaic (PV) projects would be reduced by 20% from $4580 per kilowatt-hour-peak (KWp) to $3664 per KWp. In addition, all subsidies will be capped at 50% of the total cost of the installation. The reduction is not [...]
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Huge 2K Games sale on Steam, plus 50% off Fallout 3

Open up that wallet, PC gamers: Steam is having a sale so ridiculous it’s nearly impossible to resist. 2K Games is celebrating itself with the “2K Huge Games Pack” on Valve’s downloadable game client. Buried beneath the onslaught of 20 cheap games is the slashed price of Bethesda’s Fallout 3, which is available for $24.99 [...]
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Geek.com Newsletter July 2, 2009 - Don

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New Final Fantasy game outed for Nintendo DS

Square Enix has had one of those annoying countdown teaser sites running for the last few days, but the game was accidentally revealed a few days early by Japanese manga magazine Weekly Jump to be a new Final Fantasy title coming to the Nintendo DS. Four Warriors of Light: Final Fantasy Gaiden is a “completely original [...]
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PlayStation 3 slim model gets a manufacturing contract

Reports from Taiwanese publication UDN suggest that Sony has signed agreements to produce redesigned “Slim” PlayStation 3 consoles for delivery in July. Gadget spies at Engadget ran UDN’s report through Google Translate and deduced that manufacturers Foxconn and Pegatron have been tapped to build the new console for Sony to take delivery in July.  This summer, [...]
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