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In December of 2007, Internet Explorer's market share was 76.04%. By December 2008, it had dropped to 68.15%, or 10.4%. Meanwhile, Firefox increased its market share from 16.8% to 21.34%, a rise of 27%. These figures come from the latest browser share report from Net Applications...
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If you’re someone who is always lusting after the coolest new phone, but lacks the budget to constantly buy those phones at full retail prices, then a new company called Rentobile might have what you’re looking for. Rentobile rents popular handsets to customers who want the latest and greatest, but who are stuck in a contract or otherwise...
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USB 2.0 might be the present undisputed king of peripheral interfaces, but it certainly is not the only option available, nor is it even the fastest. FireWire 400 (400Mbps), FireWire 800 (800Mbps), and eSATA (300Gbps) are also viable peripheral interfaces found on many desktops and even some...
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It’s been nearly a year since Garmin announced the nüvifone. And while the phone still isn’t out, Garmin is providing us with a nice handful of screen shots, perhaps as a final sneak peek before CES. If you’ll recall, the nüvifone is Garmin’s first combination GPS/phone device. Commercials such as the one below have definitely gotten us excited...
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The number-crunching-happy folks over at the Nielsen Company recently released a report of popular trends in the U.S. for 2008 in the form of the ever-popular Top 10 Lists format (PDF). The data shows what were the most popular PC games, game consoles, mobile phones, Websites, and more for 2008. The data is informative, but the one caveat...
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G.Skill International Co. Ltd., a world leader in extreme performance memory with solid quality, today announces Triple Channel DDR3 2000HMz performance memory at enhanced CL 7-8-7 timings and is designed for the latest Intel® CoreTM i7 processors / Intel® X58 Express Chipset. This...
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A-DATA Technology Co., Ltd., announced that it is launching XPG Dual SSD 3.5” RAID Enclosure to expand its portfolio of SSD solutions.The A-DATA XPG Dual SSD 3.5” RAID Enclosure is a complete RAID solution through the use of two 2.5” SATA SSDs and/or HDDs mounted on one standard 3.5” form factor drive cage. This multifunctional RAID enclosure...
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ASUS Reveals Xonar HDAV1.3 Series Sound Cards with World's First Dolby TrueHD Bit-Stream Feature for the New Blu-ray Era Xonar HDAV1.3 Series are the Only Audio Solution to Set All HTPCs Blu-ray-ready with Embedded ArcSoft TotalMedia Theatre Taipei, Taiwan, December 31, 2008 – Following the...
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Text messaging may be more popular then making phone calls, but as of the New Year, California drivers have to resort to the old school style of talking to people, at least while driving. In September of 2008 California banned text messaging while driving, effective Jan. 1, 2009. Lest...
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Motherboards and Chipsets:DFI LanParty UT P45-T3RS Motherboard @ CPU3DECS X58B-A Black Edition Motherboard Review @ Legit ReviewsASUS P6T6 WS Revolution Mobo Review @ [H]Mid-End Motherboard Roundup @ iXBTProcessors:Gaming Performance: Core i7 vs. Core 2 Quad @ InsideHWMemory and Storage:A-DATA X Series DDR3 1600 2GB Kit Video Review @ Tech...
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It seems everyone is going green these days. This year, even the infamous ball in New York City that helps many of us ring in the New Year will also be “green.” Last month, the co-organizers of New Year’s Eve in Times Square unveiled a new Times Square New Year’s Eve Ball that is double the size of previous balls and weighs 11,875 pounds....
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As Mozilla’s Firefox, Google’s Chrome, Microsoft’s Internet Explorer, and Apple’s Safari all compete against one another to try to see who can be the No. 1 Web browser, certainly privacy is a key factor that influences success. While many of us hope to never have to deal with the repercussions of a flawed browser and/or stolen information,...
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In what is the first such bug we can recall, where devices of one type worldwide have seemingly frozen, 30GB Zunes globally are freezing. Reports are the freezing issue is only affecting 30GB Zunes. It has also been reported (though unconfirmed) that the freeze is isolated to the...
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It has been another great year for us here at HotHardware.com, thanks in no small part to all of you--our awesome readers! As 2009 draws to a close, we want to take another chance to thank you all yet again for being a part of our extended families and making this just a great place to work (and play!). Happy New Year! If you’re going to be...
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It’s that time again folks! Time for another giveaway here at HotHardware! We’ve teamed up with our friends at AMD and will be giving away prizes--including a complete small form factor PC--to three lucky winners. Instead of a straightforward sweepstakes, however, we wanted to have a little fun and get all of your creative juices...
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Another day, another drop in Apple stock caused by a questionable rumor about the health of CEO Steve Jobs. Jobs' health has been in question since he appeared at WWDC in a somewhat gaunt condition. However, as Jobs himself said with a slide positioned directly behind him, the...
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A recent discovery of an exploit of the MD5 algorithm used to check the validity of Secure Sockets Layer SSL certificates (The little lock icon on the bottom right of your browser) may put to question whether your online transaction is in fact valid and secure.CNET reports that an...
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There are always a lot of new products that come to view at CES. Sometimes, these products are kept under tight wraps, and other times, companies give us a sneak peek. Today, LG is giving us a look at one of the things they’ll be formally unveiling at CES next week, namely, new entertainment options for its Network Blu-ray Disc players. The...
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In this post, I'll show you a few select options for putting together an affordable computer for under $500 that can handle just about every game currently available for PC while maintaining a decent screen resolution and image quality. Here are the goals I wanted to hit with this particular computer build: Budget of $500 not including...
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Despite the current economic indicators that show the United States deeply mired in a recession, video game companies are showing gains in sales.It has been previously discussed in industry and economic circles that the video gaming industry much like the movie industry may be recession proof as many look to these forms of entertainment as...
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The folks over at Glassdoor.com have been busy mining through their data of user-submitted information and have assembled lists of the best and worst places to work. The lists are based on data from almost 75,000 participants in 2008, representing over 11,000 companies, from a 20-question survey. A number of tech companies made significant...
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MSI has just announced the MSI U115 Hybrid, which it claims is "very first notebook computer in the world that is capable of operating both SSD and HDD hard drives simultaneously." We're highly suspect of that claim, as we know of at least one notebook right off the bat that is currently selling with the option to use both SSD and standard...
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