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About a month ago, we ran a story on how Walgreens was selling the Maylong M-150 tablet for $99, $30 below the regular price. While the M-150 is an obvious iPad knock-off that would never pass muster in the US, we were curious to see what sort of product $99 could buy. This is the M-150's default program layout. The display is decent for a...
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There's no shortage of tablet PCs out there these days, but most of them look just like the other. There's not a lot of variety just yet, but that should change as more and more Windows 7-based tablets hit the market in 2011. But GammaTech...
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Apple's iPhone has grown into something far more robust than just a smartphone. Thanks to the blossoming App Store, nearly anything is possible with it now. Using it as a remote control has been a concept embraced since the early days of the app store, even by Apple themselves. But to really...
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A new report shows that gaming on tablets and social networking on mobile phones are becoming increasingly popular activities. According to the study, over half (52%) of tablet owners are playing games on their device. In fact, gaming is the second most popular activity on tablets (surfing the...
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MetroPCS launched its unlimited, no annual contract 4G LTE service in the Boston, New York City and Sacramento metropolitan areas. With this launch, MetroPCS' 4G LTE services are now available in nine metropolitan areas. MetroPCS also...
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Google has today solved a problem that has plagued avid Gmail users since the very start of the service. If you were the owner of two different Gmail accounts (one for business and one for personal use, as an example), you used to either...
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Synology may not have the name recognition that Seagate and Western Digital have, but that isn't stopping them from introducing their newest NAS drive. The DS211+ NAS Server is a full-featured 2-bay NAS designed to allow small businesses to hare files, centralize backup, and protect critical data quickly and efficiently. The DS211+ comes with...
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In need of a new gaming rig? Don't have time to build your own before the holidays hit full-swing? Let CyberPower do the work! The custom PC building company has just revealed that they are teaming up with AMD to offer the new Radeon HD...
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2010 wasn't Tegra's banner year the way we thought it might be after seeing the Tegra 250 platform demo'd at last year's CES. There are signs, however, that 2011 may turn out differently. According to DigiTimes, multiple PC OEMs are warming up to Tegra after watching consumers ardently embrace...
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Hitachi revealed three new storage offerings with capacities up to 3TB. The new 3TB, 7,200 RPM Hitachi Deskstar Internal Hard Drive Kit comes with software that enables 32- and 64-bit Microsoft Windows, Apple OS X, and Linux systems to utilize the full capacity and power of the 3TB drive as a...
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PS3 gamers have been less than happy about Gran Turismo 5's load times since the long-awaited game launched a few weeks ago. Beyond3D forum member Phil was fed up enough to install a Corsair F120SSD in place of the system's traditional SATA hard drive and the performance difference is significant. We've graphed the data from Phil's load time...
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ooVoo launched a new mobile video chat service for Android that will compete with Qik. The new mobile service lets up to six users connect simultaneously. ooVoo Mobile also offers free ooVoo-to-ooVoo voice calls, text chat, contact...
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Belkin dabbles in a little bit of everything these days, including a fairly robust lineup of KVM products. Poke around Belkin's website and you'll find everything from 16-port KVM switches to 17-inch LCD rack mount consoles, and a whole lot more. Now the company has gone and announced its new...
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Yahoo isn't the only one handing out pink slips in place of holiday bonus checks. According to a Bloomberg report, Nokia plans to cut as many as 800 jobs in Finland after completing talks with unions. Those getting axed will have the option of voluntarily resigning in exchange for a severance...
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With the help of wireless sensors, Stanford researchers confirmed what most of us suspected. When it comes to infectious viruses, human beings are toast. The researchers outfitted an entire high school population with IEEE 802.15.4 sensors for one day to model what they call a "human contact...
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Power supplies are a dime a dozen these days, and it's a little intimidating to go shopping for one if you aren't well-versed in who offers what. OCZ Technology is a trusted name in this sector, and a spin-off of that company is introducing a new PSU today. PC Power & Cooling, OCZ’s...
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In the mood for an upgrade? Feeling like doing it yourself rather than paying for someone else to do it? Other World Computing has the answer. The company has just revealed new do-it-yourself SSD kits, enabling customers to upgrade to SSD while using their "old" HDD in an external enclosure...
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At this time last year, USB 2.0 hard drives were all the rage. Just 12 months later, and now a whole bunch of new external HDDs have USB 3.0 support. And it's about time! Throughout the year, we have wondered why laptop and desktop makers weren't supporting USB 3.0 with any real frequency...
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The growth in solid state drive adoption has been impressive, but it's probably not even close to finished. There are still loads of HDDs that need switched over to SSDs (in a perfect, performance-oriented world), and Toshiba is trying to take SSDs to a place where they have rarely been...
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Like it or not, "green" is still a buzzword with a lot of traction, and regardless of your thoughts on the matter, there's no doubt that saving energy and money is a win-win. Particularly if there's no performance hit. Seagate has just shipped a drive that they are calling the "industry's...
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Your Gmail contacts are a lot more important due to the connection between them and your Android device (assuming you have one). Thus, it might be nice if you can UNDO some sort of screw-up you might have done, and that's a feature Google has just announced. The feature allows you to revert your contacts up to 30 days in the past. There are...
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