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With data theft seeming to be increasing in frequency (read this and this), a California legislator has introduced a bill that would make companies report more information to people affected by the breaches.State Sen. Joe Simitian's bill would require companies involved to report to the state...
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If market researcher Informa Telecoms & Media is correct, more people are going to be reaching for an Android-powered device than an iPhone by 2012. Considering there is only one Android device currently on the market—the G1, which launched in September—the new platform must make huge strides to achieve this widespread market penetration....
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MSI had no shortage of new products debut at CeBIT this past week, and in an effort to better bring into focus its comprehensive notebook line, the company has released an all encompassing release that highlights its professional G (Gaming) and multimedia E (Entertainment) families.Among the...
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Seagate and AMD Unveil World's First Demonstration of Serial ATA 6Gigabit/Second Technology for High-Speed PC Applications Seagate, teaming with microprocessor manufacturing leader Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) at the Everything Channel Xchange Conference in New Orleans this week, today...
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What would you do if Samsung gave you only 24-hours of hands-on time with a stack of solid-state drive (SSD) engineering samples to do some viral marketing with? For you this is surely just an academic question, but for Paul Curry of The Viral Factory in London, it was a very real challenge...
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These technology birthdays are always up for debate -- are we basing birthdays on the first prototype? The first shipping product? The first patent application? What? There's also no governmental agency to decide upon these highly important matters, so unfortunately, we're at the mercy of the party planners.On the plus side, this chaos usually...
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For Facebook users who might have noticed that some previously-uploaded photos were mysteriously missing from their Facebook pages, Facebook wants you to know that it is aware of the problem, it is fixing the problem right now, and perhaps most importantly: "Don't worry: Your photos are safe." Apparently, while Facebook engineers were performing...
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Arguably, the best made keyboards available today have mechanical key switches. They are known as mechanical key switch keyboards. What makes them so desirable is that mechanical keyboards tend to be constructed of higher quality materials, they last longer, are more reliable, and most...
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Remember the days when we thought that there was no way to get more powerful GPUs without more power consumption? Feels like forever ago, right? Today, AMD has introduced a low-power quad display card that aims to bring "outstanding energy efficiency to multiple display environments." The ATI...
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Asus has just announced that its Eee Top ET1602, which was introduced at the tail end of last month, is finally shipping in North America. The Eee Top, like most other Eee machines, is designed with simplicity and cost effectiveness in mind. The all-in-one PC incorporates a 15.6-inch...
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The Norwegian Broadcast Corporation (NRK), which previously tried --- and failed --- to bring the Beatles to the Web, has set up its own BitTorrent tracker to distribute their TV-shows. Acknowledging what many already know, that P2P technology has valid uses (besides the obvious illegal ones), NRK announced the tracker on its own website....
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We knew the game category was popular at the iPhone / iPod Touch App Store, but this popular? According to iPhone app tracking site MobClix, that number now exceeds 6,000. The number, according to MobClix, is 6,276, or 23.1% of the total. Moreover, puzzle games take nearly 18% of the game total, and free games take about 25% of the game total....
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Plopped down three or four grand on a brand spankin' new 17" MacBook Pro, did you now? Noticed any weird graphical glitches yet? Apparently a whole crowd of furious new owners have, as evidenced by the quickly growing thread on the matter over at Apple's website. From what we've gathered, a...
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For a moment there, we thought maybe -- just maybe -- SDXC was going to be one of those introduced-and-then-forgotten formats. After sliding out amidst hundreds of other new developments at CES this year, the next-generation SD card has finally found favor with a manufacturing company. At the...
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I'm sure you've all heard the old saying, "You get what you pay for" many times throughout your lives. Whether talking about plumbing or electronics, that saying has seemingly rung true for ages. But for whatever reason, it isn't always taken to heart, especially by PC...
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ASUS Republic of Gamers Primed to Blow the Competition Away at CeBIT 2009Star Lineup of Gaming Products Provide Exciting Solutions for all Gamers Hannover, Germany – The ASUS Republic of Gamers (ROG) was out in full force at CeBIT 2009, showcasing a stellar cast of the most innovative and...
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Two different applications have taken Wikipedia and compressed it into smartphone-digestible form. Both sell the resulting database for $10. WikiPock takes up about 4GB of storage, and is currently available for Windows Mobile and Blackberry devices. It's $9.99 for the basic version, but you can opt for a version that includes updates for...
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Ah, yes, GIGO (garbage in, garbage out), in software terms. Nokia has fixed the 3G issues in North American versions of the XpressMusic 5800 which plagued the device since its recent launch. Apparently it just required a little tweaking of the software. Here's what Nokia said in an emailed...
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While many of its competitors are burning through cash surpluses and trying to weather the rough economic situation, Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt says the company intends to let its cash “pile up” as his company weathers the recession. While some stockholders may have hoped for a dividend, Schmidt further revealed that Google hasn’t...
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Thecus N3200PRO & N4100PRO, Powerful NAS Server With Only 50% of Energy Consumption at Home and Office 03/07/2009 – Already considered as two of the most convenient network devices at homes and office, the latest 3 bay and 4 bay NAS from Thecus, N3200PRO and N4100PRO, are receiving...
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