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    ET deals: Lenovo U530 15.6-inch Core i7 touch laptop with GT 730M for $749 November 19, 2014 at 1:50 pm

    With a Core i7 processor, 1080p touch display, dedicated graphics and a battery life of up to 10 hours, the U530 is a strong performer for everything from multimedia to gaming to traveling. Right now you can take $500 off this well spec’d config, but hurry as this deal ends today.
  • Samsung

    Samsung realizes it’s making too many phones, will cut lineup by 30% November 18, 2014 at 5:22 pm

    Samsung has always made a phone for every niche in the market, but now it’s pulling back as profits continue to lag. Instead it will focus on few devices and a tighter supply chain.
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    ET deals: Lenovo Z40 Core i7 laptop with GT 820M for $619 November 18, 2014 at 4:04 pm

    Looking for a well spec’d laptop for everyday use that’s also portable and up for the occasional gaming session? Get all this for just $619 in the Lenovo Z40, a sweet 35% off the regular price while this limited time coupon is here.
  • Xeon Phi

    Intel’s third-generation Xeon Phi to use 10nm technology, deploy second-generation Omni-Path fabric November 18, 2014 at 3:35 pm

    Intel has announced its upcoming Knights Hill Many Integrated Core product is coming on 10nm technology. The third-generation Xeon Phi should further expand the capabilities of the family with 50 or more cores and over 16GB of on-card memory.
  • GPS satellite constellation

    Russia now has an ‘inspector satellite’ that could chase down or destroy other orbiting spacecraft November 18, 2014 at 1:34 pm

    According to Earth’s dedicated team of satellite observers, Russia is developing a satellite that can chase down other satellites. Obviously, such an ability could be used for the forces of good, such as repairing or refueling other spacecraft — but the rest of the world is worried that Russia might be looking to blow up other satellites, or to get close enough that it can take photos of classified designs or eavesdrop on communications.
  • Sebastian Anthony, gazing wistfully into a 22nm Intel Bay Trail wafer

    Intel will combine PC and mobile divisions: A bold move that might spell the end for Atom November 18, 2014 at 11:23 am

    Intel will combine its PC and mobile chip divisions, according to an email sent to employees by CEO Brian Krzanich. There’s no word on how this might affect Intel’s future PC and mobile products, but presumably this might be the end of either the Atom or Core line of chips — which, to be honest, is probably a sensible move given how the latest Atom and ultra-mobile Core chips are fairly close in terms of performance and power consumption.
  • Nokia N1 tablet

    Nokia N1: An iPad Mini clone that runs Android 5.0, priced at just $250 November 18, 2014 at 8:35 am

    What looks like Apple’s iPad Mini, but has better specs, is considerably cheaper, and runs a stock version of Android 5.0 Lollipop? The new Nokia N1 tablet, apparently. At just $250 with 32GB of storage — as opposed to the iPad Mini 3’s base price of $400 for the 16GB model — the Nokia N1 is definitely priced to sell.
  • Nvidia K80

    Nvidia’s new Tesla K80 has 24GB of RAM, doubles up on GPU horsepower November 17, 2014 at 4:39 pm

    Nvidia’s new GK210 powers the upcoming K80 Tesla GPU — and this dual-chip monstrosity should be a serious HPC behemoth. Just don’t expect it to hit your home PC any time soon.
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    ET deals: Samsung UN55H6203 55-inch Smart TV + $300 Dell gift card for $848 November 17, 2014 at 3:54 pm

    With a full array of Smart features and a crisp image, this 2014-edition Samsung HDTV is a high-quality 55-inch TV. Assuming you can spend a $300 Dell gift card (with the holidays coming up, this probably won’t be a problem), you can snag it for a crazy low net cost of just $548.
  • DNAStrand

    MIT can now use E. coli DNA tape recorders for living and replicating data storage November 17, 2014 at 3:13 pm

    Cold hard storage capacity like that is great, but what if that kind of power could be integrated with something more alive — something like a single cell, or for that matter, integrated into every cell.
    Researchers at MIT’s Synthetic Biology Center have just succeeded writing multiple analog streams of real-time environmental data into the genetically transformed hardware of a distributed population of bacterial cells. Living, breathing computers like this are a tremendous advance over the simple encoding of arbitrary digital data with DNA microchips.

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