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iBUYPOWER is now giving users the option of configuring their system with 32GB of memory on all Intel H65, P67 or Z68 chipset based systems. By configuring a system with 32GB of memory, iBUYPOWER says users will get better...
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Dell revealed the new XPS 14z laptop. This laptop is the thinnest full-featured 14-inch laptop that has an internal optical drive. At less than an inch thick and a starting weight of 4.36 pounds, the XPS 14z is designed to provide power and portability. Options for this laptop include discrete...
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In this latest episode of HotHardware's Two and Half Geeks, Iyaz, Marco and Dave discuss Apple's new iPhone 4S, OCZ's RevoDrive Hybrid PCI Express HD/SSD, the Asus Zenbook UX21 Ultrabook, our huge round-up of Z68 motherboards, and details...
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Both analysts and Apple are warning that the price of hard drives, which has already been creeping upwards the past few weeks, could jump significantly in Q4 due to catastrophic floods taking place in Thailand. During Apple's conference...
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New ways to touch your PC? Sign us up! Touch is very clearly "in" these days, and Lenovo's grabbing that bull by the horns. The C325 all-in-one desktop is amongst the sleekest in the sector, and it's aimed at college dorm rooms and other places where space is a premium. It boasts a 20"...
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Kingston, the same company that could very well have their label on your RAM or SSD, is introducing something a little different today. The company's latest is an effort to transform the USB flash drive into an active storage device. It's...
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Video: Battle of the Radeon HD 6950s @ The Tech Report NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti @ Phoronix VisionTek Radeon 6970 2GB @ PureOverclock [Tech ARP] Mobile GPU Comparison Guide Rev. 12.1 Motherboards and Chipsets: Gigabyte Z68XP-UD5 Motherboard Review @ OCIA.net Mini-ITX Face-Off: Asrock Z68M-ITX-HT vs. Asrock A75M-ITX @ TechSpot Processors: Intel...
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At a glance, it looks a little like the Droid Charge. But it's hardly that. Samsung's Transform Ultra isn't even set to launch on Verizon Wireless; instead, it'll be coming to Sprint. It's an Android 2.3-powered device with a 1GHz Qualcomm...
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Netflix posted its Q3 results today, and they reflect what analysts generally expected. The company's price hikes, combined with its schizophrenic announcement that it would split the brand (followed by a retraction a few weeks later) took a toll on the total number of subscribers. The total...
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Well well well, Origin PC isn’t the only system builder to quickly adopt Intel’s new Core i7-2700k processors; Maingear announced today that it will offer the new chip in its SHIFT and F131 desktops. Buyers can expect the 3.5GHz CPU to be overclocked to over 5GHz, and combined with...
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Microsoft's general counsel and deputy general counsel (Brad Smith and Horacio Gutierrez) have co-written a new blog entry detailing Microsoft's latest licensing achievement. Yesterday's broad cross-licensing agreement with Compal...
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Origin PC’s custom desktop computers are one place you can find Intel’s new Core i7-2700k Sandy Bridge CPU. Indeed, Origin announced today that customers can get the 2700k on any of its custom desktops, including full tower...
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Oracle continues its push into the cloud computing market with an agreement to acquire RightNow Technologies for $1.5 billion ($43 per share). RightNow offers a slew of customer service tools designed to make interactions between its clients and their customers “rewarding and beneficial”, to quote the RightNow website. The company’s...
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GoPro says its new HD Hero 2 camera is two times more powerful than the original HD Hero in every way. This is a complete redesign that now includes an 11MP sensor, a glass lens that's 2x sharper than before, faster image processor...
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We already know there are a number of smartphones that should be available before the end of the year. If we had to make a guess, we'd say most of these phones will come out before the holiday season. If a leaked product listing on Android...
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Perhaps not wanting to steal any thunder from the recent iPhone 4S launch and/or iOS 5, Apple has gone and quietly updated its MacBook Pro laptop line with upgraded hardware. We're not talking about a sweeping refresh by any means, but welcome improvements that include faster processors...
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ViewSonic is expanding its ViewPad tablet lineup with an affordable new model called the ViewPad 7e. This 7-inch tablet will run Android 2.3 Gingerbread along with ViewSonic's ViewScene 3D interface. The ViewPad 7e also has a budget-friendly price tag of $199.99. The ViewPad 7e will have a...
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Over the last few months, we have taken a look at a couple of OCZ-built products that leverage the company’s SuperScale Storage Accelerator with VCA (Virtualized Controller Architecture) 2.0. The first product to arrive was the RevoDrive 3 X2, which is a high-end, PCI Express SSD...
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Over the last few months, we have taken a look at a couple of OCZ-built products that leverage the company’s SuperScale Storage Accelerator with VCA (Virtualized Controller Architecture) 2.0. The first product to arrive was the RevoDrive 3 X2, which is a high-end, PCI Express SSD...
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At Blizzcon this weekend, Blizzard Entertainment dropped a bombshell—commit to signing up for a year of World of Warcraft, and you can have the upcoming, hotly-awaited Diablo III for free. For WoW subscribers, it's a great...
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Google's Gmail has been largely the same for years on end. When the service launched, the "threaded" view caught most people by surprise. It took a bit of time for that to become "the norm," and now, e-mail clients that lack threaded messaging are essentially seen as lackluster. So, with...
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Cisco's at it again. With "at it" meaning "buying companies." While the company's killing of Flip Video will be the one that everyone remembers from 2011, they're also picking up BNI Video. Headquartered in Boxborough, Mass., BNI Video supplies service providers with two major video products...
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