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I love internet startups. It's fun to watch the trajectory they follow, from not-half-bad idea through college dorm jury-rig setup to garage to venture capitalist office to front page news or bankruptcy, sometimes both depending on the details. Picky Pirate is a new website that serves as a meta-review aggregator and ranking system for...
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Some users of online community Facebook are complaining that Facebook's latest marketing widget, called Beacon, allows other users to see what you're buying online from vendors participating in the program. They feel it's an invasion of their privacy. You're allowed to opt out of the process, and given two opportunities to...
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Apparently the Manhunt 2 controversy isn't over quite yet, and with presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton throwing herself into the fray, it isn't likely to end anytime soon. What is Hillary planning on this time? A review of the ESRB.For those who haven't been following the situation, here's a recap:“Last June, three European countries...
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We think it's a bit early to declare Amazon's new Star-Trek-esque reader as a flop just yet. Sure it may not be the prettiest thing we've ever seen, and the price is a bit higher than what we were expecting, but all in all it could just be a glimpse of things yet to come.Not everybody shares our optimistic outlook on new hardware, especially...
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We have been carefully watching the development and adoption rate of AGEIA's PhysX accelerators with interest. So far they've shown some promise, and we're expecting Unreal Tournament 3 and games based on its engine to provide more momentum to the standard.What is really exciting is the possibility that AMD might purchase AGEIA. ...
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You'll recall that just yesterday Vodafone managed to get an injunction against T-Mobile, charging that T-Mobile violated German law by selling the iPhone with a SIM lock and two-year contract. Well, be careful what you wish for.T-Mobile said on Wednesday it will offer the iPhone without a...
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Just in case you're the type who likes to jump right down to the news, we’re here to let you all know that we’ve just posted a new article at HotHardware in which we evaluate the features and performance of MSI’s nForce 680i SLI-based P6N Diamond motherboard. In addition to a slew of integrated peripherals, the MSI P6N Diamond has a...
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Not too far back, there was a time when it was inconceivable that a motherboard had anything other than a green or mustard colored PCB that had a few sockets for the CPU and DIMMs, maybe a hard drive connector or two, and a floppy drive connection. Keyboards and mice were typically PS/2 based, although a COM port sufficed...
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Dirty screen getting you down? Did your last LOL!!!11!!! involve spraying Mountain Dew all over your laptop display? LG Philips feels your pain. They've come up a single coating that reduces glare while it makes your screen more dirt-resistant and easier to clean."Our new panel employs a...
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Part of jobsearch giant Monster.com was yanked off the Internet for a short period on Monday after it was discovered that hackers had managed to redirect some Monster users to servers where they were exposed to an exploit that collected sensitive personal data from them.The iFrame attack marred employment listings offered by some of the world's...
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Remember when George Lucas digitally remastered the original Star Wars trilogy? He said it was to "finish the film the way it was meant to be." Most of the changes were cosmetic, enhancing the films with special effects that were not available when the films were first made. In a sense, we now...
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It's that time of year again... the time of year when we *sniff* reflect back on our charmed existence here at Team HotHardware.com; our opportunities to play with the hottest new technologies on the market and of course being blessed with you, our faithful (and might we add...
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If a product is called the Slide, don't you think you really ought to test the heck out of the "slide" part? Apparently T-Mobile didn't.T-Mobile confirmed Monday that it had temporarily suspended sales of the Sidekick Slide until it can discover why the phone is turning off when the...
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abit Introduces I-N73H Series Motherboards Live Your Way and Enjoy the Digital Home Environment abit today announced their brand new Entertainment and Gaming Platform motherboards, the I-N73H Series. Based on the nVIDIA GeForce 7100/nForce 630i single chip the I-N73H series support next...
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Yes, we realize it's just a roll-up of fixes for the most part, but without the Autopatcher project, we really need a new baseline for system builds.Around 15,000 testers now have access to XP SP3, and Microsoft says it plans one last public beta release before releasing the final bits next year. The same individuals are testing Vista SP1...
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Market share? Worldwide, the biggest -- and growing. Laptop sales growth? Explosive. Net income? A gusher. Revenue growth? Firehose style. The numbers for Hewlett-Packard's latest quarter are in. They're real, and they're spectacular. HP said Monday that sales of notebook computers grew nearly...
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If you live in Germany or plan on moving there soon, you're going to want to kiss German Vodafone CEO Friedrich Joussen when you're there. He and his company just obtained a court order that forces rival, T-Mobile, to sell iPhones without contract to those that want it.“For its part...
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Nokia announced they were shipping the new N810 Internet Tablet yesterday. It's not really a phone unless you've got some sort of VoIP arrangement, but it's a nice little UMPC. Or it's a PDA on steroids. Well, at any rate, you can slide out the keyboard and type, surf the internet on its touchscreen if you can find a WiFi hotspot or can finagle...
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While scientists predict that the our happy little planet will crash into the sun millions and millions of years in the future, the Internet might suffer a death much closer to today. For example: 2 years from now according to a new study:“The study is the first to “apply Moore’s Law (or...
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ASUS Unleashes the Ultimate Hardware Combination for the New AMD Phenom Processors -- The new M3A32-MVP Deluxe/WiFi-AP motherboard and triple EAH3850/3870 graphics solutions create a new category of performance components to deliver next-generation user experience -- Fremont, California (November 19) – ASUS, worldwide leader in component and...
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