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  • Intel learns from insects to make 80-cores practical

    Researchers at chip giant Intel are looking to create insect-like exoskeletons that will help make 80-core processors work with today's software and hardware.

  • Via trots out mini notebook, mobile motherboard

    Via Technologies has unfurled a prototype for a mini notebook that will compete against similar small computers touted by Samsung and Intel, but sell for less.

  • Chip firms team up for mobile standards

    Mobile phone maker Nokia and chip industry players Texas Instruments, ARM Holdings and STMicroelectronics have formed an alliance to promote standard ways for the silicon chips inside mobile phones to work together.

  • Jobs: New Intel Macs are 'screamers'

    Addressing a packed crowd of the Mac faithful, Apple Computer CEO Steve Jobs on Tuesday served up the first Intel-based Macs, introducing a new high-end laptop and a revamped iMac.

  • The Year 2000 in review

    The new millennium was the year Microsoft was ordered to bifurcate, dot-coms tanked on Wall Street, WorldCom's Bernie Ebbers saw his merger mania capped and Napster scared the recording industry nearly to death. 2000 was a cascading waterfall of events that ended any doubts about the Net's ability to change the way we think, learn, play and do business.

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  • Photos: Inside a Microsoft Zune

    The second-generation Microsoft Zune media player was intended as an iPod killer, but the Zune never made the splash Microsoft had hoped it would. Which is strange, considering our inside look will reveal just how similar the two media players are.

  • Photos: Dissecting a dinosaur, the Commodore 64

    Marvel at the machine that pioneered the person computer revolution; the Commodore 64. In this photo gallery we reveal the guts that gave the Commodore 64 its glory, why not nose in for some nostalgia?

  • Photos: Intel's vision for the future

    If the world's largest chip manufacturer wanted to impress the world, what would it do? Our inside photo gallery from the Intel developer conference in Shanghai reveals the world's smallest motherboard, fondling robots, fuel cells, medical technology and Intel finally unleashing the power of the Atom.

  • Photos: Inside an iPod Touch

    Follow along as our daring surgeons dive inside this year's hottest personal media player.

  • Photos: Disk drive dissection

    What's inside the latest 160GB notebook hard drive from Western Digital? Our photo gallery shows you.

Reviews (22)

  • MacBook Pro laptops upgraded with Core 2 Duo

    Apple Computer has revved up its MacBook Pro notebooks with Intel Core 2 Duo processors, double the memory and a faster FireWire peripheral connection.

  • Asus MyPal A730

    This smart-looking Pocket PC is feature-laden and offers good performance to thrill advanced handheld users.

  • Desktop dream machines

    RMIT Test Lab finally got its hands on some of the most powerful business PCs on the market. So it is with an eagerness bordering on unadulterated glee that Matt Tett puts these racehorses through their paces.

  • Sony DCR-PC330

    This top-of-the-line, full-featured camcorder produces excellent video and takes decent digital stills.

  • Your friendly local monopolist

    Does that annoying Intel noise we keep hearing on TV signify something more sinister than just an irritating jingle?

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