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Latest News - September 2009
- Texas Instruments Intros BAII Plus Calculator App For The iPhone
- Windows 7 Available Early From Puget Systems
- Sony's New, Slimmer PS3 Sells 1 Million Units In Three Weeks, But Can Momentum Continue?
- Asus Voltage Tweaks Radeon HD 5870 To A 38% Performance Boost
- OCZ Announces Low-Voltage AMD Black Edition Memory
- Crowd-Sourcing The Ideal Notebook at WePC.com
- Intel 32nm Clarkdale and Arrandale Processor Preview
- New iPhone App Provides Information About Your Date's Past
- $399 IREX e-Reader Coming To Best Buy
- Alienware Aurora ALX Gaming System Preview
- Hardware Roundup
- IDF Day 2 Coverage, Mobile Computing: Defining Cool
- MSI Debuts R5870 And R5850 Graphics Cards
- Wii Distracts Cops During Drug Raid
- Monster Intros Flashy $300 Turbine Pro In-Ear Headphones
- Microsoft to Open Paris "Windows Cafe"
- Crucial Ships DDR-1333MHz SODIMM Modules, Core i7 Ready
- Alienware Launches Redesigned Area-51 And Aurora Desktops
- Lucid Logix Demos 3D Graphics Game Changer at IDF
- iBUYPOWER Introduces Three New Systems With ATI Radeon HD 5850 & 5870 Graphics Cards
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All News for September 2009
Thanks to a new App Store offering from Texas Instruments, you can now enjoy the functionalities of the company's best-selling financial calculator on your iPhone and iPod touch. The new BAII Plus App provides professionals and students with all of the original calculator's features, including the ability to solve...
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While most of us will have to wait until October 22 to get our hands on the official retail release of Windows 7, it turns out that there are a at least two ways that you can legitimately get an official retail copy of Windows 7 a bit earlier than that. One way is to host an official Microsoft-sanctioned Windows 7 House Party--in which case...
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One million. That's a pretty large number. In fact, that's a really hefty sum. And it's even larger when you hit that figure from 0 in three weeks. That's exactly what Sony has accomplished, as its newest PlayStation 3, hailed by many as the "PS3 slim," has sold one million units since debuting three weeks ago in...
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We tell you, ATI has a hit on its hands. We haven't seen a Radeon card generate this much buzz and industry support in what feels like years, but the powerful Radeon HD 5870 is doing just that. With our own testing (and you really have to see this) proving that it's entirely capable of pushing...
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OCZ Technology Announces Low-Voltage AMD Black Edition Memory with “AMD Overdrive” Performance San Jose, Calif. -- September 24, 2009 -- OCZ Technology Group, a worldwide leader in innovative, ultra-high performance and high reliability memory, today expanded their lineup of DDR3 to include certified OCZ Black Edition 4GB kits for ultimate...
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It is not often that end users have the ability to offer feedback and direction to a large manufacturer regarding future product development, but that's exactly what's going on over at the WePC project website. If you're unfamiliar with the WePC project, it's a joint venture between Asus and Intel in which both companies are looking for input...
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Although Intel talked about their upcoming 32nm Westmere-based processors at IDF, and even showed off a few demos of the next-gen core at work right on stage, we still got in some private face-time with a few Intel reps and engineers in a closed door session to glean a few more details. A couple of the items we saw firsthand were Intel's upcoming...
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A new iPhone app from background-check powerhouse Intelius enables the popular smartphone to expose information people are hiding. The new DateCheck app could prove very useful for people in the dating scene who want to quickly check to see whether their aspiring mate is a creep or a gem. Using names and telephone numbers, DateCheck users...
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IREX Technologies' new wireless DR800SG eBook reader will be available in select Best Buy stores at the end of next month. Other retailers will also offer the device in the first quarter of next year. First announced in August, the IREX e-reader features an 8.1 inch screen and supports multiple formats including industry standard ePub format...
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The release of ATI's Radeon HD 5870 graphics card has caused quite a stir in the hardware industry. While enthusiasts scramble to find the coin to upgrade their systems, Alienware has provided an all inclusive option for those in the market for an entire rig, loaded with some of the fastest parts available. Yesterday, Alienware announced the...
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Video:Lucid HYDRA Multi-GPU Technology Launches - End of SLI and CrossFire? @ PC PerspectiveAMD Radeon HD 5870 PCI-Express Scaling @ techPowerUpATI Radeon HD 5870 vs. NVIDIA GeForce GTX285 @ InsideHWAMD Radeon HD 5870 1 GB GDDR5 @ techPowerUpATI Radeon HD 5870 DX11 Video Card Review @ Legit ReviewsATI Radeon HD 5870 1GB Graphics Card and AMD...
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The second day of IDF kicked off with a fevered pitch of mobile technologies while Intel's Dadi Permutter and Mooley Eden stepped through a slide deck and several tech demos that gave us a view of where Intel is today with their new generation of Core i7 Mobile "Clarksfield" technology and of the future generation products like Intel's upcoming...
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Not sure if you heard, but ATI had a little introduction this week. Or, maybe you'd consider it a big introduction. The new desktop-grade Radeon HD 5870 hit the scene in a big way, and you knew there was no way a GPU maker as prominent as MSI would be sitting this one out. Thus, the company has found time to issue the new R5870 and R5850 series...
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Polk County undercover drug investigators stormed the home of convicted drug dealer Michael Difalco near Lakeland, FL in March. Nothing wrong with, right? At least until a few of the officers noticed a Nintendo Wii. What they failed to notice, however, was a wireless security camera connected to a computer inside Difalco's home that was recording...
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For the longest time, Monster was known for one thing and one thing only: for producing high-quality, over-the-top, overpriced cables. These days, a lot of folks have caught on to Monster's games and are looking elsewhere, so maybe that's why we've seen the company branching out more into varying sectors of consumer electronics. Specifically,...
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Microsoft, apparently not satisfied with its upcoming retail stores, is opening a cafe in Paris, France. To be exact, a Windows 7 cafe, to help launch its new operating system. The Windows Cafe will open on Oct. 22nd, the day Windows 7 launches, at 47 Boulevard Sebastopol. The Cafe will reportedly have plenty of Microsoft stuff to play with...
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What a quick new mobile processor without quick new memory to ship alongside of it? Not much, let us tell you. That's why Crucial is following Intel's breaking introduction of the mobile quad-core Core i7 CPU with new DDR-1333MHz SODIMM modules. All of the new sticks have been Intel certified and validated to work with the very latest CPUs....
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Intel's quad-core announcement in the mobile realm wasn't the only big news from the company today. Alienware also took the opportunity to launch four new desktop rigs in addition to the M15x notebook, all of which feature refreshed enclosures and the option to add in ATI's blazing new Radeon HD 5870. Even the 17" M17x received a notable update,...
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This just in. Can we say that here? Sure we can... At IDF today we had the opportunity to stop by the technology showcase booth of Lucid Logix. If you recall, over a year ago, the fabless semiconductor start-up promised to set the graphics industry on its ear by bringing to market PCI Express switching technology that...
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iBUYPOWER's new Gamer Fire 480, Gamer Fire 600, and Gamer Mage 855 Gaming PCs take advantage of the newly announced ATI Radeon HD 5850 or 5870 graphics cards. Gamers will appreciate the new GPU’s Eyefinity technology, which lets the new Radeon cards drive up to six 30-inch displays. The new graphics cards also lighten...
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AMD asked us to help get the word out about an event taking place bascially right now at the St. Regis Hotel in San Fransico..."Come join AMD Social Media mavens and some of our cooler executives for an informal and entertaining meet-up/tweet-up at the St. Regis Hotel.Of course, it wouldn't be a fun meetup without complimentary cocktails and...
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CyberPower introduced a trio of custom-built gaming PCs based on AMD's new 5800 series of video cards that feature DirectX 11 and Eyefinity multi-display technology. As you may recall, ATI’s Eyefinity technology enables you to seamlessly connect up to six ultra high definition displays in a variety of portrait and...
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