The EU antitrust investigation into Intel’s business practices has just got a little nastier for Intel. Three new charges are being leveled against the chip manufacturer, including charges that Intel paid a leading European retailer to sell only PCs powered by Intel, and also paid a “leading” OEM to delay the launch of an AMD-powered product line. Taken together, the charges indicate a “single overall anticompetitive strategy aimed at excluding AMD” according to the European Commission document. This might come as interesting news to AMD’s recently departed CEO. Intel has two weeks to respond. [EU Statement via Ars Technica]
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If you like spoiling your kids and buying them things they’ll use for a week and then lose, then Bandai’s Smart Barry is worth a look. If you’re wondering why I’m being so hard on this device/toy, read on. The Smart Barry is a game/text messaging device that grants you to send messages […]
If you like spoiling your kids and buying them things they will use for a week and then lose, then Bandai’s Smart Barry is worth a look. If you’re wondering why I’m being so hard on this device/toy, read on.
The Smart Barry is a game/text messaging device that grants you to send messages to 4 other devices that are no more the 10 meters away. On top of that your message can only for 64 characters long, which is even more limiting than standard text messaging. But to try and make up for that limitation, they toss in a virtual pet game.
Now I understand that is toy, and not a text messaging replacement. But when I found out the price of this thing I almost kicked a wall. The thing costs 96 dollars, for a toy that you can only use with other 96 dollar devices in a 10 meter range. I don’t see anything here that justifies that kind of price tag. Did I miss something?
[”Smart Barry,” I love it. Couldn’t bring myself to correct that. — Editor]
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Acer’s now shipping the 8920G Gemstone laptops, and they’re even more impressive than we’d thought. While not the biggest screen we’ve seen on a portable, they sport an impressive 18.2-inch LCD at 19201080 with a 16:9 aspect ratio, perfect for watching movies on the integrated Blu-ray R/W drives. They’re not light, tipping the scales at just over nine pounds, but their 1.6-inch thickness makes up for some of that. What’s really interesting is Acer put dual hard drives in these machines, meaning you get 640GB total, probably the highest we’ve ever seen in a shipping portable. If you’re looking for the ultimate in desktop replacements, these are a great place to begin, if you can afford the $3,000 price tag. [Trusted Reviews]
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Oh yeah, baby. I’m going to beat this mother in one sitting no matter what. I’m really glad they went back to about the Mega Man 2 era in terms of skills and enemies since that’s the era I rock. I’m going to play some Mega Man tonight with “Eye of the Tiger” on […]
Oh yeah, baby. I’m going to beat this mother in one sitting no matter what. I’m really glad they went back to about the Mega Man 2 era in terms of skills and enemies since that’s the era I rock. I’m going to play some Mega Man tonight with “Eye of the Tiger” on in the background to get ready for this.
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No clue what this game is about, but it looks interesting.
No clue what this game is about, but it looks interesting.
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