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First-tier mobo makers: April shipments rise 18.6 percent on year.

Taiwan"s first-tier motherboard makers Asustek Computer, Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS), Gigabyte Technology and Micro-Star International (MSI) collectively shipped 7.778 million motherboards in April, up 18.6 percent on year, according to the makers. Among the vendors, only MSI saw an on-year decline in its April motherboard shipments.

Huge Supermarket Data Breach Exposes 4.2 Million Accounts.

Portland (Maine) - A huge security break at the Hannaford Bros. grocery chain has exposed more than 4 million credit card and debit card numbers. So far, the pilfered numbers have led to 1800 cases of fraud. The chain says the numbers were stolen during the card authorization process and that it affects customers in the Northeast portion of the country along with Florida.

CeBIT 2008: Gigabyte - The Fan Becomes a Useless Argument.

Gigabyte has a good example of the unbearable marketing trend that wants to take the smallest thing and turn it into a marketing argument. Even though the manufacturer built most of its reputation on graphic cards using passive and silent cooling systems, it now boasts a "3D active fan" as a major feature on of its graphic cards. What are the arguments? The fan is energy saver and a shield! In fact, itтЂ™s the opposite. Adding a fan will increase power consumption (in a relatively small manner, usually between 1 W to 3 W) and adds to the list of possible failures. To top it up, the fan is installed on a GeForce 8500 GT, an entry level card running modest performances and perfectly capable of using a humble heat sink (itтЂ™s the case with other manufacturers)!

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AceProject Announces Support for Non-Profit Organizations" Project Management Needs

In these difficult economic times, Websystems lowers its prices for all non-profit organizations who subscribe to AceProject.

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