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Panasonic is developing a tough little UMPC based on Intel's Atom technology and they're calling it the Toughbook. The specs aren't entirely clear other than the platform itself and the fact that it should live up to its name:“Little information is available, but we have a water, dust, and shock resistant computer with 5.6” touch screen.”We're...
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Maybe it's just me, but the unexpected words "ready for download now" referring to a Microsoft product seem... unusual. Microsoft was outlining the features and interoperability of its next generation web browser at the MIX show in Las Vegas yesterday, and shocked a lot of developers by...
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Now that Blu-ray has won the format wars, many are wondering when the prices are going to start dropping, maybe even coming into line with HD DVD player prices. Don't hold your breath:The $200-player Blu-ray cavalry is at least a year away, according to Sony Electronics CEO Stan Glasgow, who we talked to today in New York. "I don't think...
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Video: Inno3D 8800GT Accelero X1 - 512Mb DDR3 @ CPU3DXFX 9600GT 512MB @ Bjorn3DATI Radeon HD 3870 X2 CrossFireX Evaluation @ [H]MSI RX3870X2-OC @ t-breakPNY Verto GeForce 9600 GT Graphics Card Review @ I4UHIS HD 3870 X2 vs. BFG 8800 GTX @ 3DGameManXFX 8400GS 256MB Video Card Review @ GamePyre Motherboards & Chipsets: Asus P5E3 WS Professional...
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Last week the injunction which forced Wikileaks "off the air" was dismissed. In the wake of this, the bank that first brought legal action against Wikileaks has given up - for now.Bank Julius Baer filed a brief note with a court in San Francisco Wednesday saying it would voluntarily dismiss its own case, while reserving the right...
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It's an obvious move, but one that removes a looming deadline from the horizon.[Yahoo] has amended the Company's bylaws to extend the deadline for nominating directors to Yahoo's board from March 14th to 10 days following the public announcement of the date for Yahoo!'s 2008 annual meeting of...
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Yet more search engine news: Online search site Ask.com is laying off 40 people and running up the white flag in its quest to challenge Google for market share. They've decided to concentrate on their core users, who they have identified as women in their late thirties in the Midwest and Southeastern states, according to their new chief executive...
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In a mildly comical turn of events, the people running Yahoo are apparently trying to patch together a merger with AOL as a sort of "poison pill" move that would make them unavailable for purchase by Microsoft. That seems unlikely, since Google owns a substantial share of AOL, so would likely...
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No question about this, this is one heck of a bug.A woman was stunned and a software company apologetic after an offensive word showed up on a computerized typing test. Monica Loadholdt was using Perfect Typing Pro, a software program made by Cosmi, when the 'N word' showed up in one of the...
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Video: ATI HD 3470 Review @ OCCFoxconn 9600GT-512NOC Geforce 9600GT Videocard Review @ PCStatsAlbatron 8800GTS-512X Graphics Card Review @ X-bit Labs Motherboards & Chipsets: Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-S2H (AMD 780G) @ Hard Tecs 4 UAMD 780G and Athlon X2 4850E Review @ AMDZoneAMD 780G Chipset...
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A new twist on search by Google, though one that Yahoo! already has, at least to some extent, is secondary search boxes within search results.Google has started offering search boxes within their search results. In the example above, a search box is offered for Amazon. The new service seems to be restricted to larger sites with a slant towards...
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Despite Apple's promise of 1000 movies available for rental by the end of January, iTunes has less than half of that available in the start of March. The good news is that of the 384 available movies 91 of those are supposedly high-definition. The bad news? Not all of those 91 titles would really measure up to what most would...
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We've been hearing about AMD's “Puma” platform for over a year now, and wondering exactly what it is. Well the waiting is finally over as AMD has finally detailed exactly what the stealthy cat is:“In order to be branded as part of the Puma platform, notebooks must come with a Griffin CPU, RS780M chipset and WiFi adapter -- a discrete...
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MAINGEAR Releases Powerful, High Definition, Low-profile Media CentersBased on AMD’s Innovative 780G chipset with ATI Radeon HD Graphics Union, NJ – MAINGEAR Computers, the premier high performance boutique integrator in North America is proud to announce the immediate availability of...
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OCZ Technology Group Exhibits New Industry-Leading Innovations at CeBIT 2008 Including the Highly-Anticipated Neural Impulse Actuator Hannover, Germany - March 4, 2008 - OCZ Technology Group, Inc., a worldwide leader in innovative, ultra-high performance and high reliability memory, computer...
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Gary Gygax, acknowledged by many as the father of the role-playing game, has passed away at 69.Gary Gygax, one of the co-creators of the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, died Tuesday morning at his home in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, according to Stephen Chenault, CEO of Troll Lord Games. Gygax designed the original D&D game with...
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AMD Demos 45nm Native Quad-Core Processors for Server, Desktop — Customer Testing of Product Samples Underway — HANNOVER, Germany. -- March 4, 2008 --AMD (NYSE: AMD) demonstrated at the CeBit electronics exhibition its first 45nm quad-core chips running multiple operating systems and a range...
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In 2004, Jeremy Jaynes was the first person to receive a felony conviction in Virginia for sending Spam. He got nine years in jail. His case has made its way through the state court system, losing all the way; and now in a closely divided decision, The Virginia Supreme Court has ruled...
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A couple of weeks ago, we announced an exciting sweepstakes in which we planned to give away an absolute Beast of a system, based on Intel’s powerful Skulltrail platform. The response we received after the announcement was absolutely incredible, with hundreds of new members joining our...
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Just in case you missed it, we’re hitting the news page to let you all know that we have just posted a new article here at HotHardware in which we evaluate the features and performance of AMD’s new 780G Chipset with integrated graphics and the new low-power Athlon 64 4850e processor. ...
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It's another market, ruggedized laptops. And since Dell is still in full recovery mode, given the opportunity, why not enter it? The Latitude XFR D630 is basically a Latitude D630 in full body armor built to withstand extreme temperatures, falls, moisture, dust, and more. Dell isn't really breaking any new ground here. Panasonic has...
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AMD Takes the Ultimate Visual Experience in PC Gaming to New Heights with CrossFireX Milestone ATI Catalyst 8.3 release unlocks quad- and triple-GPU performance and ATI Hybrid Graphics for Windows Vista Hannover, Germany (CeBIT 2008) March 4, 2008 AMD (NYSE:...
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