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There it is, Miss America's browser ... Lauren Nelson made children's Internet security her main issue during the most recent pageant because of a disturbing online encounter she and her friends had as 13-year-olds. Now a kid-safe browser bearing her name will launch.The Miss America Kid-Safe Web Browser is to debut on Thursday. The...
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Though we now know the identity of the fake Steve Jobs who kept us entertained with his blog, and thus the mystery is over, the story is not. The author of “oPtion$: The Secret Life of Steve Jobs”, Dan Lyons, is planning on going on tour.Before you ask, we'll answer for you: Yes, the fake Steve Jobs is going on a real book tour.“Lyons...
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Intel is planning on improving the performance per core on future Itaniums, which should be evident in the next generation part codenamed Tukwila. While we're all for making sure each core runs efficiently, it seems a bit strange that this would be a major concern for Itanium R&D...
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Minnesota has always been an interesting and often unpredictable state when it comes to politics and law. That's why a court case against 30 year old Jammie Thomas is certainly worth following.Thomas has been accused of sharing over 1700 songs via Kazaa. Things get interesting when...
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Most educators agree that most, if not all, people will fall into one of three categories based on the way their mind acquires and stores new information best: visual learners, auditory learners, and tactile learners. Many educational institutions try their best to include a decent balance of all three aspects in an attempt to make sure...
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When DirectX 10 was first introduced to the market by graphics manufacturers and subsequently supported by Windows Vista, it was generally understood that adoption by game developers was going to be more of a slow migration than a quick flip of a switch. That said, nearly a year...
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DirectX 10 (DX10) has been one of the hottest topics for discussion and news coverage since the first DX10 compliant hardware appeared in the second half of last year. Touted as the biggest milestone in games development since programmable shaders were introduced with DirectX 8, nearly seven...
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While I am sure this is well-intentioned, and he does offer a maximum of three (including the initial consultation) house calls in his practice, does Dr. Jay Parkinson's practice go a little over the top? Certainly the price isn't bad.Parkinson's medical practice combines quaint house calls of yore with decidedly 21st-century technology....
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OCZ Announces the Highly-Anticipated PC Power & Cooling Turbo-Cool 1200, the Industry’s Most Powerful NVIDIA SLI Certified Single-Rail PSU Sunnyvale, Calif.—October 3, 2007—OCZ Technology Group, a worldwide leader in innovative, ultra-high performance memory and PC components, today announced the release of the Turbo-Cool 1200 power supply...
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According to a report on the Digitimes website, NVIDIA is planning to launch a few new chipsets for the AMD platform complete with next-gen IGPs and PCI Express 2.0 support."The chipset will come out in two versions, the high-end MCP72XE and the mainstream MCP72P, both support HyperTransport...
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Video: XFX 8800 GTS 320mb Fatal1ty Edition @ Overclock3D Gigabyte GeForce 8600GT Video Card @ OCC Motherboards & Chipsets: Asus P5K Deluxe WiFi-AP Motherboard @ Viper Lair Gigabyte GA-MA69GM-S2H @ Techgage Memory & Storage: OCZ DDR3 PC3-12800 2GB 1600MHz Memory Kit @ Legit Reviews Hard Drive Failure: Warnings and Solutions @ PCMech...
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A computer, or rather, and operating system that freezes? Perhaps not a BSOD, but it still sounds vaguely Microsoft-ian doesn't it? It's not. It appears, through a series of support forum threads, that some new iMac users are experiencing "issues."A growing number of users...
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Is Microsoft bored with making office software and operating systems? Seems that way. In May of 2007, it purchased online marketing firm aQuantive for $6 billion. Speaking at a media event in Paris yesterday, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer outlined a future for the company over the next decade to realize 25 percent of their revenues from online...
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It's a rumor from a blog with every third word misspelled, but this one seems to have legs. Microsoft appears to be preparing to either spin off or sell outright Bungie Studios, the developers of their fantastically successful Halo series of video games. Microsoft would retain the rights to any future versions of the Halo franchise, but Bungie...
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As promised, Microsoft rolled out three second-generation versions of its Zune music player Tuesday. Two of the players will be flash-based, while the other is a hard-drive based player.The new Zunes will come in 4-gigabyte, 8-gigabyte and 80-gigabyte models. All will come with a feature...
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AT&T Recently revised their Terms of Service (TOS) for their DSL broadband service to include a clause which more or less seems put there to let AT&T disconnect a user who they believe is using their broadband access to "damage the name or reputation of AT&T, or its parents, affiliates and subsidiaries."Obviously this has been...
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Is Apple working on a new iPhone? We're not sure, but a recent html bug hints and a product called the iPhone Extreme. We're not sure exactly what features an 'Extreme' iPhone might have, but it should be noted that Apple uses the word 'Extreme' to define their high end networking products, and this could just end up being an iPhone...
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If you've been around long enough, you'll remember that there actually was a fairly large gaming market brewing for Apple at one point in time, but somewhere along the way things went sour and the Mac went a long time with a very limited selection of titles. That's slowly changing, especially with developers like Blizzard and even Electronic...
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AMD Licenses 3D Graphics Core Technology to QUALCOMM, Delivering The Ultimate Visual Experience to Tomorrow's Phones Advanced QUALCOMM Wireless Chipsets to Include AMD Graphics Technology for Immersive Mobile Gaming SUNNYVALE, CALIF. -- AMD (NYSE: AMD - News) today announced an agreement to...
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Video: Viewsonic 42-inch N4261W 1080p LCD @ I4U Current-gen video games are most often NOT in HD @ HardCoreWare Motherboards & Chipsets: DFI LanParty UT P35 T2R Review @ Ninjalane Memory & Storage: OCZ DDR3 PC3-14400 Review @ Neoseeker Mushkin HP3 10666 DDR3 Memory Review @ OCC Patriot PC3-12800LLK Low Latency Memory Review @ ClubOC.net...
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Nintendo has had to face the unusual problem of thrown (accidentally, for the most part) remotes with its Wii system. Straps have been previously redesigned, but now Nintendo is adding a layer of cushion to the remote with the Nintendo Wii Jacket. It will begin shipping with hardware immediately, and will likely be on shelves in two...
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Today at HotHardware, we have looked at two affordably priced Core 2 platforms based on the Intel P3x series chipset, to see if there were any major differences in terms of performance, features, and overclockability between the two. Representing the P35 Express, we have the ECS P35T-A...
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