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In April, we learned that Motorola's hot new Droid Bionic smartphone for Verizon Wireless might not be available as early as initially hoped. At that time, all estimates pointed to a summer launch. Now, summer is in full swing and sure enough, Verizon Wireless has launched a special sign-up page for the Droid Bionic. Although we still don’t...
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Play a casual game for the chance to win some swank hardware? Count us in. Here's the deal -- MSI is giving away several goodies over the next three months, including a dozen testing platforms, several Z68A-GD80 and Z68-GD65 motherboards, and 15 Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light game...
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Video: HIS Radeon HD 6970 MIX 2GB Graphics Card Review @ eTeknix.com HIS HD6970 2GB IceQ MIX (Lucid) Review @ Vortez Motherboards and Chipsets: Legion Hardware - (Asus Rampage III Black Edition) Processors: Intel Core i3-2120 & Core i5-2400 LGA1155 Processors Review @ Hardware Canucks [Tech ARP] Desktop CPU Comparison Guide Rev. 10.6 Memory...
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Are you looking for a new dining room table? What about a new dining room tablet? What about a combination of both? Ideum has just revealed what may be the most incredible table your home could ever imagine, but it's likely overkill for most. Packed within the MT-55 (also known as "The...
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China isn't exactly known for fostering open opinions on the Internet, but hey, according to the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, China boasts a "high level of freedom of online speech." The research organization that sits under the State Council then goes on to brag about China dropping...
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Since when are handbags considered gadgets? Starting now! Versetta handbags have just introduced a new line of bags, and what makes 'em special isn't the material or the design, necessarily. Instead, it's the fact that you can stuff an...
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Wi-Fi in the skies. Is there really anything more amazing, or more "futuristic?" The company responsible for much of that is Aircell, or as it's called now, Gogo. Aircell has officially become just "Gogo," mostly to signify the real driving purpose of the company. Aside from changing names...
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If you've used Google Maps and used the time estimates it gives to help you figure out how long it will take you to get someplace, you might have found that feature useful. Half of the information has been removed, however: the esimate that Google Maps used to give for "in traffic" situations...
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Well, no one can blame Spotify for making too small of an entrance into the U.S. market. Americans have been begging for the service to make the move from Europe, and as of last week, that's exactly what has happened. But as Spotify...
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Motherboards and Chipsets: Intel DH61AG Media Series Mini-ITX Motherboard and Core i5-2390T Review @MissingRemote AMD E3850 + GIGABYTE GA-A75M-UD2H Motherboard Review @ Vortez Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD7-B3 mainboard Review @ OCWorkbench ECS HDC-I E350 @ PureOverclock ZOTAC Z68-ITX WiFi @ techPowerUp Processors: Testing Different Memory Speeds on...
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Google+ may be on track to be the fastest-growing social network in history, after an announcement Thursday by CEO Larry Page. As previously predicted by Ancestry.com founder Paul Allen, the service has had skyrocketing numbers, gaining as many as 2.2 million users within a period of...
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If $49.00 for a new iPhone 3GS on AT&T's network isn't inexpensive enough for you, AT&T has a deal for you. The wireless carrier is offering refurbished iPhone 3GS smartphones "while supplies last" for only $9. While the models are refurbished, refurbished doesn't mean they were banged-up. Sometimes it means they were returned after...
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For the road warrior, there's not too many things worse than hitting a traffic jam at an inopportune time. But over the past few years, users of Google Maps have been able to avoid those jams when relying on the GMaps Navigation feature on Android devices. In the U.S., most roads are now...
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Is Netflix about to make their next major international leap? Recently, the streaming service expanded from their U.S. roots and hit up Canada and Latin America. But as James Bond would say, the world isn't enough. And North American isn't enough for Netflix, according to a new report over at...
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Android 3.2 isn't unheard; the OS was first introduced with the MediaPad tablet a few weeks back, and a few days ago, the Motorola Xoom started receiving the update. But it's been a mostly quiet release. Google has just released new details on what exactly v3.2 adds to the Honeycomb mix, and...
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Mozilla is working on a project that could eliminate the need for passwords and the sign-up/verification processes on websites. Mozilla's BrowserID is an experimental way of logging in to websites. BrowserID uses the verified email protocol and aims to offer a streamlined user experience. After a user proves ownership of an email address,...
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If it isn't Twitter, it's Facebook, and if it's not Facebook, it's Google+, and if it isn't that, it's probably Foursquare. There's too many social networks to count these days, but the one that has become famous for showcasing where...
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For Comcast customer Andre Vrignaud, the internet is an important part of everyday life. Vrignaud, a 39-year-old gaming consultant in Seattle and a former Microsoft technology evangelist for Xbox 360 and Xbox LIVE, has a lot of data: he has a 12TB basement server that...
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Google+ may be a brand-new service, but there has already been at least one case of a user breaking the rules and getting the banhammer. Google, in compliance with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act, requires its users to be at least 13 years old. Last week, Alex, a 10-year-old...
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Notebooks have largely remained the same for years. They have become smaller and more powerful, but the clamshell design is definitely one that's tried and true. A few companies have deviated from time to time, including Lenovo with their W700ds a few years back. But that "pull-out" monitor...
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Pico projectors haven't exactly had the easiest time gaining ground. They're still around, sure, and new ones are still coming out, but they haven't been the second-coming of mobility in the same way that super-power smartphones and tablets have. That said, Microvision is moving in the right...
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The International Trade Commission (ITC) of the United States issued a ruling today that HTC's Android devices infringe of two of ten Apple patents. The ruling could cause major problems for HTC, given that Apple has asked the court for an...
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