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Articles tagged with: Flash Memory and Operating System
'Sleep talking' PCs save energy and money
Personal computers may soon save large amounts of energy by "sleep talking." Computer scientists at UC San Diego and Microsoft Research have created a plug-and-play hardware prototype for personal computers that induces a new energy saving state known as "sleep talking." Normally PCs can be in either awake mode - where they consume power even if they are not being used, or in a low power sleep mode - where they save substantial power but are essentially inactive and unresponsive to network traffic. The new sleep talking state provides much of the energy savings of sleep mode and some of the network-and-Internet-connected convenience of awake mode. more
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Teardown Report Reveals Manufacturing Cost of BlackBerry Bold
In its first-ever solo television advertisement for a product, Research In Motion touts its new BlackBerry Bold 9000 smart phone as a device that allows users to "Connect to everything you love in life in a bold new way." more
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Mobile Video Games to be Worth $9.6 Billion by 2012
In five years time, video gaming will be one of the most sought-after applications for mobile phone owners says a report from IDATE. They also add that in 2012, sales from video game downloads should generate revenues of EUR3.3 billion (US$4.8 billion) in the three largest video game markets (Europe, United States and Japan), and EUR6.5 billion (US$9.6 billion) worldwide. more