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How long has Google's Gmail been in beta? Years. And yet a report indicates that Google wants to take its Chrome web browser out of beta, only three months after its first beta release. Seems difficult to imagine, what with the product's still buginess, but there's an apparent method to this madness. According to TechCrunch, VP Marissa Mayer...
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AMD Adopts OpenCL 1.0 Specification Ratified by The Khronos Group, Reaffirms Commitment to Open Standards for CPU+GPU Compute -- Company plans OpenCL-compliant SDK preview release in first half of 2009, giving developers a better, truly open choice for writing applications that can execute on CPUs and GPUs within a system for optimum performance...
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OCZ Technology Introduces the High Performance Vertex Series Solid State DriveDelivering on the Promise of Ultimate Performance and Affordability Sunnyvale, CA—OCZ Technology Group, Inc., a worldwide leader in innovative, ultra-high performance and high reliability memory and computer...
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Big on Storage, Small on the Desktop: the New VIA ARTiGO A2000 Barebone Storage ServerThe sleek, black, 2-bay barebone system supports up to 3TB, ideal for PC enthusiasts seeking compact, power-efficient home media storage Taipei, Taiwan, - VIA Technologies, Inc, a leading innovator of power...
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Some folks would argue that trying to use any of today's existing operating systems on a netbook or nettop PC is like trying to stick a Porsche engine into a Volkswagon Beetle. It can be done, but it's not really the best use of the engine or the car. These days, netbooks and nettops tend to...
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Logitech Introduces Game-Changing Gameboard Logitech G13 Advanced Gameboard Features Naturally Contoured Design, Onboard Memory, Customizable Backlighting FREMONT, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Whether you’re rescuing hostages, on a quest with your guild or saving humanity, you don’t want to worry...
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Falcon Northwest and Bigfoot Networks have teamed up to bring a killer gaming experience to customers building one of Falcon's best-of-class, award-winning PC systems. Gamers can now order Bigfoot Networks' Killer NIC™ K1 gaming network card as an upgrade option on Falcon Northwest...
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Remember all those iPhone 3G issues when it was first released? Perhaps if every AT&T customer had a femtocell in their house, we wouldn't have seen so many complaints. AT&T is currently testing the "cell phone signal boosters" in employees' homes, and is looking at a broader, city-sized test with customers in the Q2 2009. A femtocell...
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Microtune's New Tuner Chip Brings High-Speed Digital TV to Automotive Entertainment Microtune Technology Permits Automakers to Adopt Advanced RF Silicon Electronics for High-Quality, Real-Time Broadcast TV World-Standard, Automotive-Grade Tuner Engineered to Deliver Superior TV Broadcast Reception in Vehicles Traveling up to 200 km/hour (125...
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A British surgeon volunteering in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Africa used text messaging to help him perform an unfamiliar surgical procedure, saving a teenager's life. David Nott was volunteering for the French medical charity Medicin Sans Frontierescame (A.K.A. Doctors Without Borders)...
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True science fiction aficionados can often be spotted by their collections of figurines, movie posters, and large Sci-Fi DVD collections. It's typically not enough to just watch the films and read the books--true fans like to steep in a more tangible world where replicas and miniatures can make the experience seem even more real. But for the...
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OCZ Technology Introduces Slate Series ExpressCards for Notebooks – More Convenient and Less Power Consuming than Peripheral Storage Devices Sunnyvale, Calif.—December 8, 2008—OCZ Technology Group, Inc., a worldwide leader in innovative, ultra-high performance and high reliability memory...
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Our latest release, an evaluation and performance review of EVGA’s nForce 7901 SLI FTW motherboard, with Digital PWM is now live for all to enjoy. This is definitely one special board that has a lot to offer. For starters, it sports three PCI Express x16 slots for 3-way SLI, and it...
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The WiMAX vs. LTE (Long-Term Evolution) battle may have only just begun, but LG is already making headway for the latter technology, having just announced the world's first 3GPP LTE handset modem chip for cell phones and data cards. This chip is theoretically capable of 100Mbps/50Mbps...
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Here at HotHardware, we have a special place in our hearts for companies that transcend the norm in order to better appeal to the small, niche group of hardware fanatics that we like to call enthusiasts. The end result often times is that new design innovations are also introduced to the...
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It's a fairly common strategy: buy a new computer, and then upgrade the RAM yourself. In general, it's cheaper, and often the new RAM is of better quality the OEM RAM. But Macs have been known to be picky about RAM, and right now it looks like if you want to upgrade your shiny new aluminum...
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Super Talent Technology, a leading manufacturer of Flash storage solutions and DRAM memory modules, today announced a new line of UltraDrive solid state drives (SSDs) that are twice as fast as the world’s speediest SATA hard drives and are offered in capacities up to 256GB.UltraDrive LE SSDs are designed expressly for enterprise servers and...
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Help U.S. Troops Abroad Call Home for the Holidays With Cell Phones for Soldiers NORWELL, Mass., Dec. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Cell Phones for Soldiers wants to provide free calling cards to all U.S. troops serving overseas this holiday season. To help realize that goal, the organization is launching...
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Video:Affordable Graphics Cards Roundup @ InsideSWXFX GeForce 260 GTX Review @ NVNews.NetPALIT Radeon HD 4870 512MB Sonic Dual Video Card Reviewed @ TheTechLoungePalit Revolution R700 Deluxe HD4870X2 Review @ OCCPalit Revolution 700 Radeon HD 4870 X2 Video Card @ BmREnvision G218a1 22" Widescreen Monitor Review @ OCIA.netMotherboards and Chipsets:MSI's...
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We're probably still a long way off from a realistic, full-immersion game-playing environment, but one vendor is trying to get us a little closer to the experience--although this company's approach appears to be more akin to using a Holodeck with the safeties turned off (alternatively, if you didn't get the Star Trek reference, it's like paying...
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NVIDIA Adds OpenCL To Its Industry Leading GPU Computing ToolkitNVIDIA’s Revolutionary CUDA Parallel Computing Architecture to Support OpenCL SIGGRAPH ASIA 2008 — SINGAPORE—DECEMBER 9 2008 — NVIDIA Corporation today announced its full support for the newly released OpenCL 1.0 specification...
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HP and the Flexible Display Center (FDC) at Arizona State University (ASU) announced a prototype of an affordable, flexible electronic display today. These paper-like computer displays are made almost entirely of plastic, and can enable displays to consume less power for today’s portable...
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