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When rumors surfaced several weeks ago claiming that AMD would launch Carrizo late this year, we attempted to deflate them with minimal success. Now, AMD’s John Byrne has taken to YouTube to demonstrate the new Carrizo APU and to confirm that both Carrizo and Carrizo-L won’t ship until the first half of 2015 — in line with original expectations. Managing product narratives is particularly important for a company in the midst of the kind of transitions that AMD is experiencing, and the internet’s self-referential echo chamber can become a nightmare.

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This ultrabook has plenty of power no matter how you look at it. An Intel Core i5-3337U low-voltage processor provides strong performance for office and multimedia usages, whether it’s watching a movie on a flight or giving a presentation. A 128GB solid state drive gives you speedy access to all your data as well as quick boot and resume times, and 4GB of RAM will let you multitask with ease.

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According to Steven Mollenkopf, Qualcomm’s CEO, the company is already engaged with multiple customers, including Facebook. Unlike the other early competitors, Qualcomm doesn’t necessarily need to lead with a microserver design or take a page from AMD’s book and introduce a standard ARM core while it works to bring its own custom architecture to market.

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An advanced piece of malware has been uncovered, which has been in use as far back as 2008 to spy on governments, companies and individuals, Symantec said in a report released Sunday.

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Lawmakers' efforts to overhaul some of the National Security Agency's controversial surveillance programs were dealt a setback Tuesday when a reform bill failed to garner enough votes to proceed in the Senate.

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