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Latest News - March 2009
- Intel GPA Tools Enhance Integrated Graphics
- ARM's Mali GPU Could Bring 1080p To Phones
- Bigfoot Networks Launches Killer Xeno NIC
- Robotic Fish Being Built to Detect Pollution
- Steve Ballmer Details the Apple Tax
- Hardware Roundup
- Opera to Partner with U.S. Carriers
- Airlines Hit Hard By Online Fraud
- Dell Phone Prototypes Seen As Dull By Carriers
- TomTom Offers New Map Subscription Service
- Netflix to Stream to Wii, PS3?
- Habey Delivers New Mini HTPC With 1080p Support
- GameStop Exec Says Wii Shortage Is Over For Now
- MSI Launches R4600 HDMI series Of GPUs
- Freecom Delivers ToughDrive Sport External HDD
- Feds File Charges against Fake iPod Repairman
- "Feel" the Movies With Philips' Tactile Jacket
- iTunes Adds High-def Movie Downloads
- Asus Debuts ROG ENGTX260 MATRIX Graphics Card
- Recall issued on overheating Acer gaming PCs
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All News for March 2009
If you thought the Game Developers Conference was restricted to the likes of Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo, consider this. The show hasn't even kicked off good, and we're already looking at two hugely important releases from the likes of ARM and Intel. The latter company has just proudly announced the release of its Graphics Performance Analyzers...
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While ARM's latest onslaught of announcements have been quite remarkable, we'd say that all of them combined can't measure up to the magnitude of this one. Today, the company famous for its Cortex processors has announced the Mali graphics processing unit (GPU) technology while simultaneously laying out its vision to "shape the future of next...
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Bigfoot Networks Launches Killer Xeno™: Second-Generation Gaming Network CardSAN FRANCISCO, Game Developers Conference – March 23, 2009 – Bigfoot Networks, the networking technology company behind the Killer™ line of gaming network cards, today launched Killer Xeno, the company’s next-generation voice chat-enabled network...
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A team of U.K. researchers have developed robotic fish that they plan to use to detect pollution. The researches plan a trial of five robotic fish in the northern Spanish port of Gijon. If successful, they hope to use the fish in waterways worldwide. Unlike earlier models, which had to be remotely-controlled, these new carp-shaped robots are...
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Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has frequently commented on the so-called "Apple Tax," which is what is referred to as the premium people pay to buy Apple products. On Thursday, at the McGraw-Hill Companies' 2009 Media Summit 2009 in New York, Ballmer told people just what exactly that premium gets a consumer. NPD noted that Apple retail sales...
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Video:Sharp Aquos LC-52D85U Review @ TechReviewSource.comGIGABYTE GeForce GTS 250 1GB Graphics Card @ TweaktownMotherboards and Chipsets:Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD5 X58 Motherboard Review @ PCPerEVGA nForce 790i SLI FTW Digital PWM Motherboard @ iXBTJetway MA3-79GDG Combo motherboard Review @ FusionMods.NetMemory and Storage:G.Skill Titan 256GB SSD...
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Opera is bypassing handset manufacturers and going straight to U.S. wireless carries in an attempt to further the distribution of its popular mobile web browser. The move isn’t completely new for Opera Software. In fact, Opera currently has license agreements with European carriers Vodafone and T-Mobile. Through these agreements, the Opera...
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According to figures released by CyberSource Corporation, the airline industry has experienced significant online fraud. In fact, the airline survey commissioned by CyberSource reveals that airlines worldwide lost more than $1.4 billion to fraudsters in 2008. That figure is roughly equivalent to 1.3% of worldwide airline revenue. Online fraud...
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It's no secret that Dell has been spending a few of its research and development dollars in the mobile department, but until now, we've yet to actually hear from Texas how close it was to releasing a tangible product. Accordig to a new report from Barron's, it's close enough to have shown at least two products to a number of US carriers. Unfortunately...
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TomTom recently unveiled its new Map Update Service which will provide customers with easy access to a full year’s worth of quarterly map updates for a one-time fee. This new service will cost as little as $39.80 per year or $9.95 per map release. To receive the map updates, users will need to connect their TomTom GPS unit to their computer...
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It was over a year ago that reports emerged of Netflix surveying users about possible streaming to the Xbox 360 (which eventually came to fruition) and the PS3. New reports have arisen about Netflix asking the same questions, this time about the PS3 and the Nintendo Wii. In email surveys sent to customers, reports indicate that both the Nintendo...
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As you can tell from the model name (BIS-6550HD from earlier this month; BIS-6540HD from present), there aren't a whole lot of differentiating factors in Habey's newest HTPC. And hey, that's the good news! Just like the machine we saw emerge about a week ago, this new system includes an Intel 1.6GHz N270 Atom processor, a built-in ultra low-power...
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Can it be? Can it be? Nintendo's Wii has finally left its perpetual state of "sold out?" We can't definitely say that's the case across the board, but we can personally say that we've seen more Wiis on local store shelves (meaning at least one, and usually not two) over the past month than we've seen in the past two years. Oh, and aside from...
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Looking to construct a new HTPC? Need a graphics card to finish the build? If so, MSI's hoping you'll cast a glance its way, as it has just announced two new cards that are prime candidates for media center PCs. The R4600 HDMI series is currently made up of just two cards -- the R4650 and R4650 -- both of which include HDMI sockets for easy...
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Need a portable hard drive that can withstand the elements? Look no further than Freecom's latest, the appropriately named ToughDrive Sport. The drive is a durable, shock-resistant 2.5" device that has been engineered to "endure even the toughest conditions." We won't judge whether your needs are tough enough to warrant a purchase here, but...
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Federal prosecutors recently filed felony fraud and money-laundering charges against a Michigan man who is accused of duping Apple into sending him more than 9,000 replacement iPod Shuffles. According to court documents, Nicholas Woodhams of Kalamazoo, Mich. received 9,075 iPod Shuffles from Apple by entering valid serial numbers on Apple’s...
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Not counting tasting popcorn or soda or whatever yummy morsels you might have snuck into a movie theater, the only human senses that are typically engaged in "watching" a movie are seeing and hearing--someone sitting behind you, kicking your seat, doesn't count, as that is not part of the "film's world" (or diegesis as film scholars like to...
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iTunes customers can now buy and rent films in high definition. If you thought this feature was already available, let us clear up the confusion. High-definition content was first announced at Macworld Expo 2008 in concert with the Apple TV Take Two update and the introduction of movie rentals. At the time, only rentals were available in high-definition,...
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We can't tell one way or the other whether this here card is utilizing that rumored new PCB, but Asus sure is proud of it, regardless. The company's latest GTX 260-based graphics card -- affectionately known as the ROG ENGTX260 MATRIX -- takes a standard NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 engine and throws in 896MB of DDR3 memory, a 576MHz clock speed...
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Acer is recalling its Predator Gaming desktop units, in conjunciton with the U.S. Consumer Safety Product Commission, because of the potential for them to overheat, melt and catch fire.The models being recalled are ASG7200 and ASG7700 (printed on the bottom right-hand corner of the panel on the right side of the unit), because there are certain...
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We've got two tidbits from Intel to close out the work week, and being that each is relatively minor, we figured we'd cover 'em both simultaneously. First off, the chip maker has bucked the growing trend of bucking dividends entirely by declaring a 14 cents per share quarterly dividend on the company's common stock. The news comes on the heels...
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Ah, the quickly diminishing DIY HTPC market. Whatever happened to the legions of PC users who were chomping at the bit to craft their very own home theater PC? We're guessing the smattering of low-cost movie set-top boxes coupled with all those other streaming options kind of put a damper on things, but that's not stopping Lian-Li from pushing...
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