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GATEWAY’S NEW TC SERIES NOTEBOOK LINE DELIVERS STYLISH MOBILITY, ECONOMY New Line Serves Range of Mobile Customers Looking for Portability, Style and Latest Technology at Incredible Value IRVINE, Calif., Feb. 19, 2009 – Gateway today extends the popular design and features of its MC Series and...
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College students are always looking for new and creative reasons to ditch class.A new study has just given them teflon ammo: New psychological research suggests that university students who download a podcast lecture achieve substantially higher exam results than those who attend the lecture...
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OCZ Technology's products gets covered a lot at HotHardware.com and on other enthusiast sites, as OCZ regularly churns out high-end system components, such as high-speed system memory, flash memory-based devices, power supply units, and CPU cooling solutions on a regular basis. With all these...
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Since you are here, reading this and potentially some other articles and news about PC hardware, you've probably attended or at least heard of LAN parties. The main point of LAN parties is, of course, to play video games with your peers on networked PCs. Another fun aspect of LAN parties...
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If you use your computer for watching TV shows and movies or listening to music--especially when this media is streaming to your PC from over the Internet--there is a good chance that you've at least heard of boxee, or perhaps you even use it. Boxee is a free, open-source, cross-platform, media center application that has quickly become very...
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Since you are here, reading this and potentially some other articles and news about PC hardware, you've probably attended or at least heard of LAN parties. The main point of LAN parties is, of course, to play video games with your peers on networked PCs. Another fun aspect of LAN parties...
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You won't find liquid cooling here, but Shuttle's latest barebones kit is still mighty impressive. The small form factor (SFF) box has the potential to be just as powerful (if not more so) than many full sized towers, thanks mostly to the high-performance Intel X58 Express chipset with ICH10R Southbridge. Those looking for a potent LAN party...
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IBuyPower just began offering up Dragon-based gaming machines earlier this month, but now it's announcing three new machines for those with tighter budgets. The newest desktops in the Gamer series will all be made available exclusively through NewEgg.com, and none of them will break the $1000...
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In April of 2008, Aaron and Christine Boring (yes, that's really their last name) sued Google over an alleged privacy violation after a Street View image of their property was posted to the web. They had what seemed to be a flimsy case, and the U.S. District Court of Pennsylvania agreed, as it dismissed the case on Tuesday (.PDF). Ironically,...
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Blink twice, and chances are you've missed something in the whirlwind world of graphics. For instance, ZOTAC's Mini-ITX GeForce 8200-ITX WiFi was just pushed out around three months ago. Today, the same company is announcing that its GeForce 9300-ITX WiFi board is shipping to retailers and...
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We have just received word from Dell that their highly anticipated Inspiron Mini 10 netbook will be available for sale starting tomorrow. Initially, QVC will be selling the Mini 10 with a proprietary software and accessory bundle, but the Dell website will have units for sale starting on February 26 as well.The unit QVC will be offering tomorrow...
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MAINGEAR Unleashes Prelude 2 Equipped with NVIDIA GeForce 3D VisionNew System Offers PC Gamers Tremendous Value with NVIDIA’s Cutting-Edge GeForce 3D Vision Technology, Intel’s Core i7, and Samsung 22” LCD Monitor for 1999.99 Union, New Jersey – February 18th, 2009 – MAINGEAR Computers...
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Although the show doesn’t start for another 12 days, Canon (like other manufacturers) is taking advantage of the PMA show to attract attention to its new digital cameras. Most of the ten new cameras feature Canon’s DIGIC 4 Image Processor, which improves camera performance and image quality...
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32GB SDHC cards have been around for some while, but A-DATA's promising the fastest of the fast with its new 32GB Turbo SDHC Class 6 Memory Card. This here card tops out at the high-end of what's regulated by the 2.0 specification of SDHC, and it provides plenty of speed and agility for handling high definition video captures and quick burst...
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The Nintendo DSi, which was announced in October, is set to hit U.S. shores on April 5th, according to a Nintendo press release. The DSi, which launched in Japan in November, is about 12% thinner than the DS Lite. The screens are slightly larger, at 3.25", and the DSi also has an SD card slot...
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The PMA tradeshow is always a hot spot for digital imagining manufacturers to introduce new products and new technologies. In preparations for the PMA show, Fujifilm introduced its first waterproof camera, the FinePix Z33WP. The 10MP FinePix Z33WP can be submersed up to 10 feet. It features a 3x optical Fujinon zoom lens and a 2.7-inch, 230,000...
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Samsung extended its popular SL-Series line by introducing four new models. The new 12.2MP SL820 and SL620 have 3-inch LCDs with a 5x optical zoom. The SL820 utilizes a 28mm wide angle lens, while the SL620 offers a standard 35mm lens. Both of these new cameras have Optical and Digital Image...
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Perhaps the second-most prevalent reason why people don't back up the data on their computers is that they think it is too difficult or time-consuming. (The main reason why users don't back up their data is that they don't realize that they should--until it's too late--but that's a discussion for another time.) If backing up was truly seamless,...
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AMD and the Advanced Technology Investment Company Secure Final Approval Necessary to Create New Leading-Edge Semiconductor Manufacturing Company - AMD stockholders approve additional stock, warrants to Mubadala Development Company - - Parties committed to transaction close, expected by March...
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NVIDIA and Intel have always had an interesting relationship, consisting of a dash of mutual respect and a whole lot of under-the-collar disdain. And with situations such as these, it's easy to understand why. NVIDIA today has come forward with a response to a recent Intel court filing in...
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It might be difficult to believe, but 17 different mobile phone manufacturers and mobile service providers all agree on something that will actually make your mobile life a little easier in the coming years. Unfortunately, it is nothing as earth shattering as agreeing on a standard mobile operating system or reducing handset or service costs...
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Obviously, MSI's latest AM3 Gaming Series Motherboards are completely ready to handle AMD's Phenom II processors, but what about those of you still limping by with one of the company's AM2+ mobos? In an announcement that will undoubtedly make your day, MSI has made absolutely clear that its...
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