Posted 11/12/2009 at 12:20:27pm

An important aspect of the settlement, mentioned in the linked cnet article, is that the cross-licensing agreement has been updated to allow AMD to operate as a fab-less company.  Intel was going bring litigation against AMD for spinning its fabs off to Global Foundries.

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The cross-license agreement has been updated to reflect AMD's move to spin off its processor manufacturing business into a separate company, Globalfoundries, which currently is an AMD subsidiary. Under the updated agreement, AMD will be able to operate as a "fabless" processor company--one that relies on others to build its chips. In addition, Globalfoundries "is free to operate independently and go after third-party business without issues," Prairie said. 
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cnet.com

Posted 11/03/2009 at 12:01:11pm

There's one thing I think of when Daylight Savings Time hits

Maybe you should post this one in March, when DST starts again.  We just entered standard time.  
It's ridiculous that we spend less than half the year in what we call "standard time", but that is another issue.

Posted 08/26/2009 at 01:17:35pm

the link to the windows xp review is broken due to whitespace, try

http://books.google.com/books?id=9gEAAAAAMBAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_v2_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q=xp&f=false

  instead

Posted 07/05/2009 at 04:20:31pm

I would rather have no PC port than yet another crappy one. What we need is more games conceived for the PC, not more games ported to it.

Posted 05/29/2009 at 08:00:55am

You guys are using drupal, right? There are several straightforward ways to hide the "read more" link when the teaser contains the entire post. here's one: http://drupal.org/node/232115 It will be slightly different for your custom theme.

Posted 05/29/2009 at 07:42:10am

for us windows slobs who didn't get in on the private alpha!

Posted 04/13/2009 at 09:27:37am

and almost as enjoyable.

 *shudder*

Posted 01/15/2009 at 07:44:44am

Thanks!

Posted 01/08/2009 at 09:51:25am

Additionally, the new GPU is Nvidia’s first to step down from a 65nm to a more efficient 55nm process. Not that it is a particularly relevant player: http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/nvidia_applies_pressure_with_new_9800gtx

Posted 11/17/2008 at 04:01:41pm

from Barcelona on 65nm.

It was too complex and too big for them to get good enough yields.  While the B3 stepping has improved things, Barcelona was undeniably a rushed product.

I would much rather see AMD hold Fusion off until the 32nm process is ready than dump more market- and mind-share down the drain with another Barcelona fiasco.