Canon plans to barrel its way onto ASML’s turf
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Undercutting the Dutch

Canon plans to price its new chipmaking gear at a fraction of the cost of ASML Holding NV's best lithography machines.

Microsoft extends Surface PC firmware support
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Six years of updates in some cases 

Microsoft has extended the firmware update support for some Surface PCs from four to six years.

Itanium retired from Linux by Torvalds
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It was a long time coming

Linus Torvalds removed some 65,219 lines of Itanium-supporting code in a commit earlier this week, giving the architecture a “well-earned retirement as planned.

Apple’s benchmarks disappoint
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Slight improvements but it nothing to do with the design

While the Tame Apple Press is telling the world+dog that Apple's new M3 processors will cure cancer the Geekbench 6 benchmark tells a slightly different story.

Samsung's 2nd Gen 55-inch Odyssey Ark now available at Newegg
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$2,999.99 for this Mini-LED curved gaming screen

Samsung's 2nd generation 55-inch Oddysey Ark Gaming monitor has been announced recently, and it is now available at Newegg, for a cool $2,999.99.