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Engineers boost AMD CPU performance by 20% without overclocking
Engineers at North Carolina State University have used a novel technique to boost the performance of an AMD Fusion APU by more than 20%.


Diving into DMARC: Can it really end spam, or at least phishing?
A little like the boy who cried wolf, anti-spam groups are once again trumpeting the arrival of a new tool in their arsenal. Following on the lead of SPF and DKIM, the latest innovation is DMARC. Find out what it actually does and whether it will matter to you.

MIT crowdsources and gamifies brain analysis
There are around 100 billion neurons in a human brain, forming up to 100 trillion synaptic interconnections -- and MIT

Apple iTV detailed: It?s like a 42-inch iPad
In a rather unexpected twist, Canada's largest newspaper and newspaper of record has published details of Apple's upcoming iTV.

Why LightSquared cannot deploy LTE
LightSquared's spectrum sits right in the middle of some of the most important radio services in the United States. Because of that, LightSquared is not likely to ever get approval for what it wants to do.

Windows 8?s next victim: Microsoft kills the Start button
Come fall and the release of the new operating system the corner-hugging Windows flag will vanish, replaced by a soulless "hot corner."

iOS app stability: It?s all smoke and mirrors
A new study dumps cold water on the idea that apps are mores table on iOS.

First LTE to WCDMA voice call handover completed by Qualcomm and Ericsson
For some time now, one of the biggest problems with LTE is the lack of support for traditional mobile phone services. Fortunately, a solution has been devised.

Computer memory made out of salmon DNA
A crack team of nanoengineers and biologists have created a non-volatile memory device out of salmon DNA and silver nanoparticles which might lead to the next revolution in optical storage.

BTJunkie shuts down: Are the Feds winning the war?
BTJunkie, afraid of the situation developing around Megaupload, has shut its doors after seven years of operation.