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U.S. Government Faces Problem With TV Converter Box Program

U.S. officials will be facing a problem in the program that has been designed and set up to help television users to switch from analog to digital next year. An official from the Commerce Department told House lawmakers that they need to contribute more money to mail out all of the $40 government coupons. The coupons will be used to subsidize converter boxes that users will need to make the switch.

AMD Reveals New Opteron Processors

Advanced Micro Devices will be revealing their new five quad-core Opteron processors – which are said to be energy efficient according to the manufacturer. The chips will include the two additions to the 8300 series and the three to the AMD’s 2300 series.

The new chips will have a CPU power of 55 watts and are designed for two, four, and eight way rack blades and servers. The model numbers are the Opteron 2347 HE, 2346 HE, 2344 HE, 8346 HE, and 8347 HE.

Apple Updates Their Phones And Devices

Apple is ready to roll out the new features that they have prepared just for you and your phone and other electronic devices. This is a list of everything that they have for the iPhone, iPod, and iTunes.(you notice how everything begins with ‘i’?)

Ringtones Come to iPhone: For an extra dollar you can turn 30 seconds from a song you buy from iTunes into a ringtone for your iPhone. Not every song, mind you, but about 10 percent of the iTunes catalog. Outrageous ripoff or brilliant marketing scheme? You be the judge.