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In late November, the Justice Department announced that they'd lived our dream: they got their hands on eight people that had infected unsuspecting computer users with Trojan Horse applications. InfoWorld profiled each of the perps, and it's fascinating to see the various ways they committed their crimes -- and the reasons they said...
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Is sixty years a long time? I guess, but it's not ancient history. On December 16, 1947 at Bell Laboratories in New Jersey, the world's first transistor was born. Ever since the people at Bell got over wondering just what they needed those little semiconductor amplifiers for, when they had perfectly good vacuum tubes hanging around to...
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The sale price alone is worth the story, but that's not the best part. A Canadian dad, ebay username of k_lid, sold his son's Guitar Hero III game (for the Nintendo Wii) on eBay for $9,100.01 after catching him smoking pot in the backyard with two of his "delinquent" friends."I am now...
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Just in case you missed the fresh link at the top of the page, we’re writing to let you know that we’ve just posted a new article here at HotHardware in which we evaluate the features, overclockability, and performance of two of Asus’ premiere motherboards for the Intel platform, the X48-based P5E3 Premium and the X38-based Maximus Extreme. ...
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In preparation for the impending arrival of Intel’s more affordable 45nm quad-core Yorkfield and dual-core Wolfdale processors, motherboard manufacturers have been readying a slew of new products to properly support the CPUs. Many of these motherboard products are based on Intel’s recent chipset offerings, including the X38 and brand...
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It seems as if Intel has decided to develop SSDs for the growing UMPC crowd:“The Z-P140 PATA solid-state storage drives (SSDs) will be provided as an optional module to OEMs (original equipment manufacturers) to embed on motherboards made for the Menlow platform. The platform, designed for ultramobile PCs, also includes the Silverthorne processor...
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A speaker system for the iPod that doubles as a fish tank is flying off the shelves in Australia. It’s also drawing the attention of animal rights activists and aquarists.The device, called an iPond, sells for $70. It’s being sold at two retail chains, Pets Paradise and Pet Goods Direct. However, it can only hold 650 ml of water once rocks...
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With MacWorld next month, the constant flood of rumors about a small professional notebook just won't stop. But we're starting to get wind about a new laptop for 'the rest of us' but not the super-slim pro model we've been reporting about.This time around we're hearing that a new style of notebooks are being seen carried around the Cupertino...
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To say that Sony Online Entertainment (SOE), developers of many of the most notable MMOs, has had a brain drain over the past few years is a massive understatement. They've lost any number of great talents, and had to dig deep to bring some, such as Brad McQuaid, back.It seems that the latest person to be moving on will be Scott Hartsman,...
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Any time that a console is responsible for the bulk of a next-gen disc format's sales, we're willing to consider the possibility that most consumers just don't give a damn. Yet, it seems that nearly ¾ of all North American Blu-ray Disc players are found in PS3s and more than a third of all HD DVD Drives are Xbox 360 HD add-on drives...
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Video: PowerColor HD 3850 Xtreme @ Bjorn3DPalit GeForce 8800GT Sonic Graphics Card @ TweaktownSamsung SyncMaster 2232GW @ Overclockers Online Motherboards & Chipsets: Asus P5E3 Deluxe WiFi-AP @ t-breakMemory & Storage: OCZ Titanium CL3 DDR2-800 Review @ SysOptOCZ DDR2 PC2-6400 SLI-Ready Edition Dual Channel OCZ2N800SR2GK Review @ DragonSteelMods.com...
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A judge has ruled that a defendent cannot be forced to give up the passphrase for his encrypted hard drive. Without this passphrase, authorities aren't able to decrypt his drive. Now we know why U.K. authorities were asking for a backdoor into Bitlocker-encrypted Windows Vista PCs last year, right?U.S. Magistrate Judge Jerome Niedermeier...
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While it isn't exactly a secret that AMD hasn't been delivering the way they'd want to, it doesn't mean that they're throwing in the towel either. There was a time when AMD thought they might have 65 nm tech available almost the same time that Intel would, and that they might even beat rival Intel when it came to releasing CPUs manufactured...
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If we were forced to say that the ASUS Eee PC had a single fault, we might site its less limited storage capabilities. It's not a major problem when running the included Xandros distribution, but with only 8 GB of internal storage available the Eee PC is not quite up to the minimum specifications to install Microsoft's nearly year old...
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Are you feelin' lucky? Have you won? You'll never know until you look. You'll never win until you try. Official rules and details here! HH Tees!! HH Case Badges! HH USB Flash Drive! Congrats to our most recent winners!...
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Still can't get a Nintendo Wii? Join the club. However, there might be a possible solution, if you don't mind putting a piece of paper under the tree, as well as a somewhat fuzzy delivery date.Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aime told a telephone news conference that shoppers who pay...
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Video: XFX GeForce 8800 GT 512MB Alpha Dog XXX Edition review @ Elite BastardsZOTAC GeForce 8800GTS 512MB G92 @ TweaktownAsus EAH3850 Graphics Card Review @ SysOptXFX 8600 GT Fatal1ty Review @ OCC Motherboards & Chipsets: Foxconn MARS (Intel P35) @ HardwareZoneFoxconn Mars @ Bjorn3DAbit IP35-E Socket 775 Motherboard @ 3DGameManASUS Maximus...
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I'm a big fan of Wikipedia. It's easy to find foolish or inaccurate things on it of course, but on the whole it's a fantastic and useful utility. If you do a lot of websearches on Google, you'll notice that Wikipedia has become a sort of default top of the page result for a lot of queries. That might be set for a big change, now that Google...
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Palm has been taking a beating recently. The smartphone market they compete in was already crowded before the iPhone appeared to steal marketshare, and their ill-starred UMPC bombed so badly that the product was withdrawn. Now Palm is laying off about 10% of their workforce of 1150. Merry...
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Manufacturers are exploring new ways to make laptops and PCs eco-friendly, and Asus has unveiled a prototype that a panda might salivate over: the bamboo-encased Asus Eco Book laptop.Apple Inc and other computer makers went on to make advanced PCs in metal and plastic casings, but now Taiwan's...
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Just in case you’re not keeping count, we wanted to let you all know that there are only 10 more shopping days left until Christmas! If you, or anyone you know, are in the market for a laptop, do yourself a favor and check out the Asus Holiday Gift Guide available right here on...
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Prior to holding its Financial Analyst Day in New York City, AMD showed off some new CrossFire-related technology to a few select members of the press. What we saw was AMD’s Hybrid CrossFire and its associated hardware, which marries next-generation integrated graphics processors (IGP) and entry-level discreet graphics cards for increased...
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