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At Intel's Research Day, more than 70 booths filled up the exhibition hall at Mountain View's computer History Museum. CNET News.com's Kara Tsuboi profiles some of her favorites, including the Mood Phone and robotic fingers.

AP - China denied accusations by two U.S. lawmakers that it hacked into congressional computers, saying Thursday that as a developing country it wasn't capable of sophisticated cybercrime.

Strong demand from emerging markets and an appetite for portable computers, including laptop PCs, prompted IDC to raise its global PC shipment forecast Wednesday.

The language is an extension of C/C++, which are very familiar to software developers getting applications ready to run on Intel or AMD platforms.

AMD Phenom(TM) X3 8450, 8650, and 8750 are triple-core x86 processors respectively rated at 2.1, 2.3, and 2.4 GHz. Their true multi-core technology is based on AMD Direct Connect Architecture and designed to increase performance for multitasking usage models and multi-threaded digital media applications. Solutions add to flexibility and scalable performance of AMD processor-based platforms.This story is related to the following:Computer hardware and PeripheralsSearch for suppliers of: I/O Processors | Multiprocessors

By facilitating and accelerating connectivity of ABB drives to PROFINET IO or Modbus/TCP network, RETA-02 Ethernet Adapter makes it possible to send control commands as well as motor speed/torque reference to drive. It also enables sending of process actual value or process reference to drive's PID controller and lets users read status information and actual values from drive, change drive parameter values, and reset drive fault. Adapter snaps into drive in seconds.This story is related to the following:Computer hardware and PeripheralsSearch for suppliers of: Ethernet Adapters

Delivering image quality needed to create photorealistic visualizations of real-world objects and environments, ATI FireGL(TM) V7700 is optimized for rendering speed, 3D performance, and color fidelity for CAD, digital content creation, and medical imaging professionals. Workstation graphics card maximizes throughput by directing graphics horsepower where it is needed most and integrates 10-bit display engine that can produce more than one billion colors at any given time.This story is related to the following:Computer hardware and PeripheralsSearch for suppliers of: Graphics Accelerators

Facilitating data transfer, Models BE06, GBC-H20L, and GBW-H20L offer SecurDisc(TM) capabilities for data protection and content access control on all current optical formats, and LightScribe(TM) technology that enables users to create direct-to-disc labels right from their drive. Compatible with DVD and CDR CDRW, all models provide back-up for wide variety of files, photos, business documents, or video. Drives feature flexible data storage options for office use.This story is related to the following:Computer hardware and PeripheralsSearch for suppliers of: Data Storage Products | Optical Disk Drives

An anonymous reader writes with a link to this 'detailed and fascinating interview with Douglas Hofstadter (of Gödel Escher Bach fame) about his latest book, science fiction, Kurzweil's singularity and more ... Apparently this leading cognitive researcher wouldn't want to live in a world with AI, since 'Such a world would be too alien for me. I prefer living in a world where computers are still very very stupid.' He also wouldn't want to be around if Kurzweil's ideas come to pass, since he thinks 'it certainly would spell the end of human life.'' of this story at Slashdot.

Opera 9.5 has been released, beating Firefox 3.0 to th epunch which is supposed to be released soon as well. The marketing speak: 'Opera's cross-device expertise, support for open Web standards and commitment to speed and performance culminate to create the most powerful Opera browser yet. Making its desktop debut in Opera 9.5, Opera Link blurs the boundaries between computers and mobile phones by enabling a seamless Web experience from device to device.' Get it from Opera.com.