GlobalFoundries sues IBM
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Shared IP and trade secrets

Chip manufacturer GlobalFoundries said today it had filed a lawsuit against IBM, accusing it of unlawfully sharing confidential intellectual property and trade secrets.

Google Chromebooks are dying too soon
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US Public Interest Research Group (PIRG) Education Fund complains

Lobby group the US Public Interest Research Group (PIRG) Education Fund has been complaining that Google Chromebooks expire too soon, saddling taxpayer-funded public schools with excessive expenses and inflicting unnecessary environmental damage.

Apple PCs spurned as if they were a rabid dog
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Tanking shipments fall by 40.5 per cent

Fruity cargo cult Apple saw its PC sales fall faster than a team of free-fall parachuting elephants who have forgotten to pack the key component of their act.

Seagate brings new Star Wars FireCuda NVMe SSDs
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Coming in Obi-Wan Kenobi, Luke Skywalker, and Darth Vader EKWB RGB heatsinks

Seagate has announced its new special-edition Star Wars FireCuda NVMe SSDs, coming in 1TB and 2TB capacities. These are special-edition versions of Seagate's FireCuda 530 NVMe PCIe 4 SSDs. The lightsaber-themed heatsink comes from EK Water Blocks and looks pretty cool.

AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D reviews are out
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Roundup: Leading gaming CPU with impressive power draw

Reviews of AMD's third Ryzen 7000X3D SKU, the Ryzen 7 7800X3D, are now out, and this 8-core/16-thread CPU with 3D V-Cache, packs some serious gaming power, and doing it at impressively low power draw.