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Who could have imagined? Free shipping is a crime? In France, it is.Amazon.com said on Monday that it would rather pay €1000 a day in fines than abolish its free shipping on books in France.Free shipping from Amazon.fr is apparently a violation of a 1981 law that was passed to ensure the French public receives equal access...
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Many of us have fond memories of playing video games in the arcade of a local bowling alley, popping 25 cents into the machine on a regular basis to keep the fun going. Back then, that was the main way to get your game on, displaying your skills for all to see. If you can...
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A rising tide lifted all the boats in the video gaming industry, and we all shot those boats with RPGs in our spare time. The industry reports $17.9 billion in sales for 2007, 43 percent higher than 2006. The Wii led the way in hardware, and Halo 3 sold an astonishing 4.82 million games. The industry set new highs in every category of hardware...
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IBM had a great 2007. And while the stock market was tanking yesterday, they were having a conference call announcing they expected their earnings per share for 2008 to be even larger than they had previously anticipated, and their shares rose 5 percent on the news. How is IBM doing it, when so many other information and technology companies...
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Gizmodo thought they had come up with a way to fool iTunes into giving them an extended video rental. They tried mucking with the system clock when downloading the video. Oops, they were wrong.Alright so it appears to no longer work. Here's what happened on our end. Before, we had...
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Video: Asus EAH3850 TOP 256Mb DDR3 @ CPU3DMSI NX8800GT-T2D256E-OC (GeForce 8800 GT 256MB) @ HardwareZoneXFX 8800GTS 512 Alpha Dog Edition @ CDRInfoDiamond Multimedia HD 3850 Ruby Edition 512MB @ techPowerUpDesktop Graphics Card Comparison Guide @ TechARPNVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT: G94 Arrives Early @ PC Perspective Motherboards & Chipsets:...
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OCZ Technology Announces New PC2-8000 4GB Platinum Edition Memory to offer Mainstream Enthusiasts an Affordable Overclocking Kit Sunnyvale, CA—January 17, 2008—OCZ Technology Group, Inc., a worldwide leader in innovative ultra-high performance and high reliability memory, today announced the...
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It appears that Sun Microsystems has shelled out a hefty $1B to aquire MySQL and now adds the leading open source database management software to its product stack."The Santa Clara, California-based systems vendor has been involved in the community-based development process for many years, of course, through Java and has been offering...
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ASUS Launches High Performance Dual-Processor Server Motherboards -- The latest Intel 5400MCH-based server motherboards boast high performance and energy efficiency; resulting in improved speed and increased stability -- FREMONT, CA (January 17, 2007) – ASUS, worldwide leader in component and...
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Today Yahoo! announced it has joined OpenID, in one fell swoop legitimizing it as a universal Internet login method, as well as tripling the number of OpenID accounts.Yahoo!'s initial OpenID service, which will be available in public beta on January 30, enables a seamless and transparent web experience by allowing users to use their custom...
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Apple's superslim MacBook Air laptop sure looks nifty, as most Apple products do. But to paraphrase Edwin Starr: what is it good for? Gizmodo wondered the same thing, and compared it to four other small, high-performance laptops. If you're interested in thinness over all other things, the Air is your best bet. Other than that, not so much.It...
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Amazon.com has decided to pay a $1500 a day fine in France rather than comply with a court ruling ordering them to stop offering free shipping to their French customers on book purchases. They're filing an appeal as well. France limits the allowable discount on book sales, and contends that...
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Despite being able to buy unlocked iPhones in many cities at third party importers, it seems that there will be no official iPhone for China at this time. This could be the product of putting a partially government owned telecom in the same room with a reportedly stubborn electronics dealer and expecting them to hammer out an agreement.The...
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As with all rumors, please take the following news item with a grain of salt until we can receive official confirmation or denial from Intel.It seems that AMD might have a few more months to get their high-end Phenoms ready as it's being whispered that Intel is going to hold back volume shipments of the QX9770 until the Feb-March time frame.“The...
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Apple's return to lightweight laptops has finally been announced: the Apple Air.Initial reports suggested that the Air might feature anything from a 10” to a 12.1” screen, and a mini-keyboard. The Air is actually none of these, especially no a mini-keyboard with odd key combinations for function keys as early photos suggested.“The Air...
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It's well-known that Comcast has hidden bandwidth caps. How would you feel about a publicized hard cap?Time Warner Cable may be exploring the possibility of implementing overage charges for its RoadRunner cable broadband service. According to excerpts from a leaked internal memo posted...
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Just in case you like to shoot straight down to the news and missed the fresh link at the top of the page, we wanted to let you know that we’ve just posted our photo report and recap from this year’s Consumer Electronics Show. We’ve got images and product information from over 20 companies available, including perennial players like...
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Like giant, transformable robots, once a year a contingent of editors from HotHardware change form and morph from our typical, reserved, hardware-loving selves into fast walking, fast talking scoop hunters throwing hip-checks and stiff-arms on the insanely busy show floor at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada. As many of you...
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Video: Dell E248WFP 24" LCD Monitor - Review @ Boot Daily.comGeForce 8800 GTS 512MB Roundup - Albatron, eVGA and XFX @ Legit ReviewsXFX 8800 GT Alpha Dog XXX Edition 256MB Review @ Neoseeker Motherboards & Chipsets: Intel D201GLY2 ITX Motherboard @ ASE LabsFoxconn X38A Digital Life Motherboard @ TweaktownASRock 4Core1600P35-WiFi+ @ PhoronixXFX...
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Intel Posts Record Quarterly Revenue 2007 Operating Income $8.2 Billion, up 45 Percent Fourth-Quarter Revenue $10.7 Billion, up 10.5 Percent Year-over-Year Gross Margin 58 Percent, up 8.5 Points Year-over-Year Operating Income $3 Billion, up 105 Percent Year-over-Year Record Microprocessor and Chipset Units and Revenue Net Income $2.3 Billion;...
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This announcement has the makings of a future scandal written all over it. First it was BALCO. Then Marion Jones had to give up her gold medals for doping. And now Barry Bonds is under federal indictment for allegedy using HGH. Next up, Johnaton "Fatal1ty" Wendel is locked up for cheating for using FpsBrain... The First...
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Sharkoon Swift-Case Securita: With RFID encryption to protect against unauthorized access for 2.5" SATA hard drives In order to offer customers the best possible protection against data thieves, Sharkoon is expanding its Swift-Case line up of external hard drive enclosures by adding a model with RFID access control. The Sharkoon Swift-Case...
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