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  • Negroponte's laptop plan moves closer to reality

    Nicholas Negroponte is a man on a mission. As Chairman of the One Laptop per Child program (OLPC), he has big plans ahead of him: to help eliminate poverty through education, via US$100 laptops distributed to the world's poorest children.

  • Winners and users: Tech prophecies for 2006

    IT remains a lively, exciting and suprising place. That makes predictions particularly foolish, but here are some picks for the winners and losers of the next twelve months.

  • 64-bit Intel server onslaught begins

    Hewlett-Packard, Dell, IBM and others will announce on Monday in the US the first servers to use Intel Xeon processors augmented with 64-bit extensions, a technology with major long-term implications.

  • Supercomputers getting super-duper

    It's getting hard to keep a place on the list of the world's fastest supercomputers.

  • The importance of being 64-bit

    IT vendors such as Microsoft and Intel have grand plans for 64-bit computing and the improved processing potential it promises but convincing customers may not be so straightforward.

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  • First Look: AMD's Athlon 64

    With the Athlon 64, Windows users get their own 64-bit processor. The chip delivers excellent 32-bit performance today, along with the promise of 64-bit computing tomorrow.

  • AMD plans desktop chip launch

    The new Athlon XP 3200+ processor is due in the second quarter of the year, setting up a new battle with the Pentium 4.

  • Athlon 64 delayed until September

    AMD will launch its long-awaited 64-bit Opteron server chip in April, and will rely on new 'Barton' desktop processors to compete against Intel for now.

  • AMD unveils Athlon XP 3000+ chip

    Advanced Micro Devices has beefed up its desktop processor line with the new Athlon XP 3000+ processor.

  • AMD's Athlon XP 3000+ steps up to bat

    Nipping at Intel's heels, AMD has released the stopgap AMD's Athlon XP 3000+ chip. Find out how two Athlon XP systems stack up against their P4 competitors.

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