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  IBM betting carbon nanotubes can restore Moore’s Law by 2020 July 5, 2014 at 9:31 am

  IBM has announced a plan to bring processors based on carbon nanotubes, rather than silicon transistors, to the consumer market by 2020.
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  GPU rumor mill: Leaked shots of GTX 880 surface point to 8GB of RAM, while AMD plans August update July 4, 2014 at 7:31 am

  What better way to celebrate the long holiday weekend than with GPU rumors? We round up the news on AMD and Nvidia.
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  Qualcomm to boost wireless performance to gigabit levels with Wilocity acquisition July 2, 2014 at 7:00 pm

  Qualcomm has announced its imminent acquisition of Wilocity, a WiFi developer specializing in the 60GHz band. Wilocity promises it can deliver up to 7Gbps of bandwidth — but it comes with some costs.
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  Researchers may have solved graphene’s production problems, cleared way for mass production July 2, 2014 at 2:57 pm

  A new method of producing graphene could be the major breakthrough scientists are looking for. If the new method of producing the material on a thin polymer works at commercial scale, it could clear the way for mass production.
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  Google’s Android L delivers enormous battery life increase July 2, 2014 at 1:19 pm

  Google’s next major Android version will include new methods of conserving power and boosting battery life — and they’re paying off, big time. Real-world battery life in Android could jump by 20-40% with the new version — even on current hardware.
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  Samsung’s 850 Pro is the first consumer SSD to use 3D NAND July 1, 2014 at 2:59 pm

  Samsung’s new 850 Pro SSD is out and reviews point to great performance. The drive’s secret sauce? It’s the first consumer product to use 3D NAND chips.
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  Report: Comcast’s public Xfinity WiFi program actually costs you money July 1, 2014 at 7:31 am

  Comcast’s new Xfinity app doesn’t just throw a public WiFi network around your router on a separate channel. it also increases the cost of operating and owning the device itself.
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  Anger mounts over Facebook’s news feed experiment, company denies wrongdoing June 30, 2014 at 1:41 pm

  Facebook’s admission that it manipulated news feeds to measure how it would impact user response is kicking up a great deal of controversy — and the company doesn’t seem to understand the problem.
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  Intel Skylake leak predicts DDR4 support, configurable TDPs, dramatic power reductions June 30, 2014 at 12:00 pm

  Intel’s Skylake is rumored to pack a great many improvements and enhancements — including a new GPU core, AVX3, DDR4 support, and additional security extensions.