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| nationality = American
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| partner = Clayton Morris
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Natali Terese Del Conte (del kont̪e) (born August 28, 1978, in San Leandro, California) is a technology news journalist and online media personality. Del Conte is a senior editor for CNET.com and co-hosts the technology news podcast Buzz Out Loud, one of CNET.com's flagship podcasts, in addition to Loaded, a daily technology news show on CNET TV. Previously, Loaded was reformatted in Spanish and shown on the Spanish language Univision television network.
Prior to joining CNET, she wrote, produced, and hosted a show called TeXtra on the Podshow network. Natali has also written articles for Wired (magazine), Variety Magazine, MarketWatch, TechCrunch, The San Francisco Examiner, AppScout, PC Magazine, ELLEgirl, Mexican Monthly, Aware Magazine, The Oakland Tribune, Hispanic Magazine, Hispanic Trends, and The Santa Cruz Sentinel.
Biography
Early Life and Family
Born in San Francisco, California to a Swiss-English-Native American father and a Irish-Sweedish mother. Edwards was born without a pulmonary valve and subsequently had first of three open heart surgeries one day after birth.
At the age of five, Edwards moved to Santa Rosa, California, where she lived until the age of 17.
She graduated from Santa Rosa High School in 1998 and then pursued her education.
Education and Professional Career
Edwards began her formal journalistic training at the age of 20 as an intern at the Marin Independent Journal in Novato, California.
She graduated from San Francisco State University with a bachelor's degree in Broadcast Journalism in 2004.
In June 2005, Edwards left the Independent Journal and moved to Houma, Louisiana where she was hired by The Courier, a New York Times newspaper, as a education reporter.
While at the Courier, Edwards covered Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita, and won several journalism awards including the prestigious Punch Sulzberger Award and numerous Louisiana Press Association and Associated Press awards.
While at the Courier Edwards appeared twice on Court TV to speak about the Courier's investigation of the story of Ronald Dominique, an alleged serial killer who is said to have killed 23 Louisiana men over the previous ten years.
Edwards left Louisiana in August 2007 to pursue her career in Broadcast Journalism. She currently works as an Associate Producer.
Personal life
Edwards has never been married and has no children.
Motherboard Description (1)
* Mb manufacture name: ASUS P4SD-LA
* HP name: Cobra-GL6E
CPU
* Socket 478
* Intel Pentium 4 Northwood/Prescott
* On-die 512 KB/256 KB L@ cache with full speed
* Intel Hyper-Threading technology ready
* New power design for up to 3.4+ GHz or faster speed
Chipset
* Intel Springdale GMCH
* Intel ICH5
Front Side Bus (FSB)
* 800/533/400 MHz
Memory
* Four 184-pin DDR DIMM sockets
* Up to 4 GB memory (the PC manufacturer's recommended maximum memory may differ)
* PC3200/PC2700/PC2100
* Unbuffered non-ECC DDR DIMMS
Expansion Slots
* One AGP 8X/4x slot
* Three PCI slots
VGA
* Integrated 3D graphics controller
* In Springdale chipset
Serial ATA
* Intel ICH5 supports two UltraDMA/150 SATA connectors
IDE
* Two UltraDMA 100/66/33 connectors
Onboard Audio
* RealTek ALC650 six-channel audio CODEC subsystem
* AC'97 2.2 compliant
Onboard LAN
* Realtek 8101L LAN PHY (Physical Layer Protocol)
* 10/100 Mbit/s Fast Ethernet controller
Special Features
* Power Loss Restart
* ASUS EZ Flash
Rear panel I/O
* One parallel port
* One serial port
* One video port
* One PS/2 keyboard
* One PS/2 mouse port
* One RJ-45 port
* Up to four USB 2.0 / USB 1.1 ports (two connectors)
* One IEEE 1394 port
* Audio line-in, line-out, and microphone ports (one each)
Internal I/O
* Four USB 2.0 ports (two connector)
* One IEEE 1394 connector
* CPU/chassis fan connectors
* 20-pin 4-pin ATX 12V power connectors
* S/PDIF connector
* Speaker out connector
* CD/AUX audio connector
* Front headphone connector
BIOS Features
* 4Mb Flash ROM
* AMI BIOS with Enhanced ACPI, PnP, DMI2.0, Green features
Industry Standard
* USB 2.0/1.1
* PCI 2.2
Manageabilityability
* WfM 2.0
* DMI 2.0
* WOL/WOR by PME
Form Factor
* Micro-ATX form factor
* 9.6 inches x 9.6 inches (24.5 cm x 24.5 cm)
Motherboard Description (2)
* Manufacturer's name - ASUS P4SD-LA
* HP/Compaq name - Stingray
Motherboard Supplier ASUS
System BIOS Supplier ASUS/Award
Board Form Factor uATX
Processor Brand Intel
Processor Socket Type mPGA478
Processor Family Pentium 4HT
Maximum Processor Core Frequency Up to 3.2 GHz P4 Northwood
Processor Front Side Bus 800/533/400 MHz
Hyper Threading Support Yes
Processor VRM Specification Northwood FMB2
Chipset 'North Bridge' 865G
Chipset 'South Bridge' ICH5
Super I/O SMsC LPC47M192-NC
Flash BIOS Device Type and Density FWH 4 Mbit
Memory Type DDR SDRAM (Supports duel channel)
Memory Speed PC3200 (400 MHz),
PC2700 (333 MHz),
PC2100 (266 MHz)
Memory Sockets Four DDR DIMM (184-pin)
Single or Dual Channel Dual System Memory
Maximum Memory Supported 4 GB (4 x 512 MB) unbuffered (HP and Compaq recommend 2 GB)
AGP Graphics Support Yes
AGP Graphics Maximum Mode AGP 8x
Integrated Graphics Supplier Intel
Integrated Graphics Shared (UMA) Memory Up to 64 MB Intel DVMT- dynamic (32 MB if less than 256 MB system memory)
Graphics Configuration Integrated on motherboard
Graphics Connector AGP 8x (available)
TV-out Device or Configuration No
Integrated Audio Type AC'97
AC'97 Codec Device Realtek ALC650
5.1 (Dolby) Channel Audio Support Yes, Six speaker mode (requires audio driver and software setting changes)
Passive Speaker Output (amplifed) Speaker-out header
Rear Audio Jacks Microphone,
Line-in,
Line-out,
Front Audio Connectors Headphones,
Microphone,
Line-in
Ethernet 10/100 LAN Supplier PCI Realtek RT8101L
Ethernet Configuration Integrated, Down
IEEE 1394 Support Configuration: Integrated on motherboard
MAC/PHY Device: TI TSB43AB22
Maximum transfer rate: 400 MB/s
Ports: Two total (1 front, 1 back)
IDE/ATAPI UDMA Modes 2 IDE connectors Supports. 2 IDE devices on each connector. Supports UDMA 100/66/33 - requires an 40 pin/80 conductor cable for UDMA 66 and 100 disk drives
2 SATA connectors Supports. 1 Serial ATA-150 disk drive on each connector
Expansion Slots One AGP,
Three PCI,
One Ultra ATA
USB Ports Supports up to 8 USB v2.0
USB Front/Rear Options Up to four front, four rear
Rear External Ports One serial,
One parallel,
One floppy,
Two PS/2 (keyboard and mouse),
One IEEE 1394,
Four USB,
One VGA Monitor
Front External Ports Two USB, One IEEE 1394
Fan support Headers for CPU and System
CPU Fan Speed Control for active fansink
System Fan Speed Control
Available Manufacturer Options Integrated graphics (G),
Integrated LAN (L),
Six speaker mode, Dolby 5.1 (6)
Integrated 1394 (E)