A circuit that contains different types of circuitry or chips. See mixed signal and hybrid microcircuit.
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- Microsoft today announced plans to kill its Windows Live OneCare PC care and security suite and replace it with a free anti-malware utility. The new product, code-named "Morro," will be designed for a smaller footprint that will use fewer computing resources, making it ideal for low-bandwidth scenarios...
- Blog posts 2008-11-18
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- Blog posts 2008-11-18
- Hands-on with the Blackberry Storm
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- Blog posts 2008-11-17
- Making Man As Super As His Computer
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- Blog posts 2008-11-17
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- Blog posts 2008-11-17
- $400 XOs and recessions
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- Blog posts 2008-11-16
- Car crash imminent?
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- Blog posts 2008-11-16
- Circuit City Black Friday ad finally leaks. More yawns.
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- Blog posts 2008-11-16
- Nostalgia: Steve Ballmer, why so serious?
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- Blog posts 2008-11-14
- Best Buy Black Friday ad leaks. Don't get too excited.
- While Circuit City has pretty much crashed and burned, Best Buy has chugged merrily along. But the electronics retailing giant has just made a pessimistic forecast of its year-end earnings, which led many to think its Black Friday special were going to be something special. Well, the Best Buy Black...
- Blog posts 2008-11-13
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- Best Buy said Wednesday that it is facing "rapid, seismic changes in consumer behavior have created the most difficult climate we've ever seen" and cut its earnings and revenue projections. Indeed, Best Buy's same store sales fell a whopping 7.6 percent for October. The company's outlook comes...
- Blog posts 2008-11-12
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- Blog posts 2008-11-11
- News to know: Windows 7; Google; iPhone; Storm; iLife patch
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- Blog posts 2008-11-11
- Is tech headed for a Bah Humbug holiday season?
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- Blog posts 2008-11-10
- Sun launches Open Storage line
- Sun Microsystems on Monday unveiled a new family of storage systems--code named Amber Road--in an attempt to put the squeeze on players like EMC, IBM and HP by using standard components and open source software. Sun's 7000 family is aimed at cost-conscious storage customers. Sun says its...
- Blog posts 2008-11-10
- Circuit City files Chapter 11
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- Discussion threads 2008-11-10
- Circuit City files Chapter 11
- Circuit City said Monday that it has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and that the company plans to operate its business without interruption. Circuit City, the second largest electronics retailer behind Best Buy, has been thumped by its bigger rival and stores such as Wal-Mart. The company...
- Blog posts 2008-11-10
- Kmart Black Friday deal: $699.99 42-inch Samsung plasma
- Kmart Black Friday deal: $699.99 42-inch Samsung plasmaThis is a deal why?I can go buy the PN42A450 for $749 today at Best Buy or Circuit City.Samsung products...I used to own a Samsung VCR. It was a piece of crap. (Fooled me once. Shame on Samsung.)Foolishly, I thought...
- Discussion threads 2008-11-09
- Kmart Black Friday deal: $699.99 42-inch Samsung plasma
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- Blog posts 2008-11-09
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