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Windows 7 will feature “XP mode”

Redmond is taking a page from the early days of Mac OS X with Windows 7. Similar to Classic—Mac OS X’s emulation-based support for Mac OS 9 (and earlier) apps—the newly confirmed “XP Mode” that will appear in Windows 7 will use a VM for backwards compatibility with a previous-generation OS.
Win7’s XP Mode uses VirtualPC [...]

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AMD pulls in six-core CPU, announces 16-core for 2011

Sunnyvale (CA) – AMD updated its server processor roadmap with several surprises. The new monolithic six-core Opteron version, code-named Istanbul, will be introduced in June. We will also see a new integrated memory controller technology, 12-core processors in 2010 and a 16-core CPU in 2016.
Following Intel’s Nehalem Xeon 5500 fireworks, AMD issued a rather surprising [...]

Small tree found inside man’s lung

URALS, Russia – Russian surgeons say they have removed a two-inch fir tree growing inside a man’s lung.
Doctors x-rayed the man’s lung and saw what they believed was a tumor, but when they cut the tissue they discovered green needles.

Man Dies Days After Swordfight That Killed Woman

A man died Monday, days after he was stabbed in a swordfight with the grandson of a woman who was also fatally stabbed when she tried to intervene in the fight, police said.
Adolf Stegbauer, 69, died from complications of a stab wound, Indianapolis police said. Charges that were already pending against the man who police [...]