Michael Santo
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Video: ASUS EAH3870 TOP video card review @ Elite BastardsXFX GeForce 8800 GT XXX 512MB Alpha Dog Edition Review @ NVNews.NetECS N8800GT-512X Graphics card with Accelero S1 passive cooler Review @ OCWorkbenchVisiontek HD Radeon 3850 Black Box @ AMDZone Motherboards & Chipsets: Foxconn DigitaLife X38A Intel X38 Express Motherboard Review...
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Too bad it's today, January 15th. Today being the day of Steve Jobs' keynote at Macworld, this is going to get missed by many. But not by us: Happy Seventh Birthday Wikipedia (all right, we'll admit it: they emailed us about it).Yes, Wikipedia was founded on January 15th, 2001. There's not much to add, except that despite Jimmy Wales'...
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In general, Star Trek games have been cursed, with most of them being as good as the odd-numbered movies. The curse continues.P2 Entertainment - formerly Perpetual Entertainment - has ceased development on Star Trek Online, according to multiple sources at the San Francisco based developer. The news does not, however, mean that...
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Google's been noticing the browser market share stats, obviously. Anyone looking at those would have noticed just how quickly the iPhone browser's market share has risen.The company said at Macworld Monday that it will retool its all-in-one Google application for the iPhone, improving the UI and speeding up loading times.The new UI is...
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Video: Gainward BLISS 8800 GT 1GB Golden Sample Review @ MVKTechATI HD 2600 Pro 256MB Video Card Reviewed @ TheTechLounge Motherboards & Chipsets: SUPoX AK780G AMD RS780 mainboard review @ OCWorkbenchMemory & Storage: Synology Disk Station DS207+ Review @ TechwareLabsCorsair Dominator PC3-14400 (TWIN3X2048-1800C7DFIN) @ Overclockers...
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Apple is expected to announce a movie rental service at Macworld. Hoping to reduce some of the impact, Netflix is going to expand its streaming movie service. Formerly users could only watch a limited number of hours based on their subscription tier, but beginning Monday, all but the lowest tier will have unlimited access to streaming video.The...
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Lost in the news at CES about another Sony product (Blu-ray) was the announcement of a deal between Sony and DivX which will allow onlnie retailers to serve up DivX files (legally) and also for those files to be played on DivX-Certified devices. The timing, of course, couldn't be better as PS3 Firmware 2.10 was just released with DivX support....
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Video: ASUS EN8800GTS 512MB Graphics Card Review @ TechARPMemory & Storage: Western Digital Caviar SE16 500GB HDD Review @ OCIA.netSuper Talent PC14400 1800Mhz DDR3 2GB Memory Kit Review @ Tweaknews.netLite-On DH-20A3H 20x Super AllWrite DVD±RW/ RAM Review @ CDRLabs.com Power: Ultra X2 750W Modular Power Supply @ 3DGameManCases, Cooling,...
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There are those who still love the Amiga and the AmigaOS, and they've gone and hacked an OLPC to run it!Cloanto Italia srl, Amiga software developers since 1986, were excited to preview details of Amiga Forever 2008 running without modifications on a One Laptop per Child XO laptop.Ironic: the doomed yet still beloved AmigaOS and the not-doing-so-well...
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Memory & Storage: OCZ DDR2 PC2-6400 ReaperX HPC 4Gb Kit @ CPU3DCases, Cooling, & Misc.: Zalman ZM-VFC2 Multi Fan Controller Review @ OCModShopKingston Media Reader Hi-Speed 19-in-1 Card Reader Review @ DragonSteelMods.comASUS Xonar D2 Sound Card and U1 USB Audio Station Reviews @ PC PerspectiveIcemat Audio Black Siberia Multi Headset...
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In a major coup, Amazon.com announced Thursday that by the end of January you'll be able to download MP3 versions of Sony BMG music from their DRM-free Amazon MP3 store. Thus officially dies DRM."We are excited to offer Amazon MP3 customers DRM-free MP3s from SONY BMG, which represents many of the most popular musicians from the past and present....
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Video: GeCube Radeon HD 3870 512MB GDDR4 (O.C. Edition) @ HardwareZoneVisiontek Radeon HD 3870 Review @ AMDZone Motherboards & Chipsets: GIGABYTE X48-DQ6 Mobo @ TweaktownASRock 4Core1600P35-WIFI+ @ OCWorkbenchMSI & ECS Nvidia 7100 Review @ t-breakMSI X38 Diamond (Intel X38) @ HardwareZoneMemory & Storage: Asus BC-1205PT BD Combo...
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The rumors of Paramount dropping HD-DVD in favor of Blu-ray were dispelled - at least temporarily - earlier in the week when Paramount flatly denied it was leaving the HD-DVD camp. But here we go again.Daily Variety has confirmed that Universal's commitment to backing HD DVD exclusively has ended. And Paramount has an escape clause in its...
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If ASUS can make a bamboo laptop, why can't someone else make a laptop out of corn? Of course, someone has.The notebook is fully functional and looks just like a common unit. While its interior is built with regular hardware, the outside casing is made out of plant-based plastic.More to the point, Fujitsu has adopted a revolutionary polymer...
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While it's no secret that Microsoft has been working on getting Windows XP to run on the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) Foundation's XO-1, they also said in December that it wasn't exactly an easy process. Despite this, Wednesday, the chairman of the OLPC, Nicholas Negroponte, indicated they are working on a dual-boot version of the XO-1."We...
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Here's the ultimate in sick and tasteless websites: a site that is offering a PS3 if you correctly predict the date of Britney Spears death. The site is linked above. Let's be honest: her lifestyle is destructive, but predicting her death? The site says: We’ll all have a date with our maker someday, but like Amy Winehouse, Britney Spears just...
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Apple has been on the hotseat in Europe because of different pricing between the U.K. store and the rest of Europe. Today, it announced changes, but it also gave U.K. music labels a warning.Apple today announced that within six months it will lower the prices it charges for music on its UK iTunes Store to match the already standardized...
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From NVIDIA Public Relations:Today, Crytek released the version 1.1 patch for Crysis. This patch improves 3D performance in single and SLI mode. For optimal SLI performance with the patch, you will need to use the v169.28 graphics driver. It can be downloaded at the following link: http://www.nzone.com/object/nzone_ut3_downloads.html We are...
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Video: XFX 8800GT Alpha Dog Edition Review @ NVNews.NetEVGA e-GeForce 8600GTS 256MB 256-P2-N761-AR Video Card Review @ DragonSteelMods.comGigabyte HD 2600 Pro 512MB @ TheTechLoungeSapphire Radeon HD 3870 Atomic review @ Elite BastardsHIS HD 3850 IceQ 3 Turbo 512MB @ InsideHW.com Motherboards & Chipsets: ASRock 4Core1600P35-WIFI+ @ OCWorkbenchGigabyte...
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Not sure how viable this idea is, but it's another check box for the PS3: plug in a Blu-ray movie and play it on your PSP via wi-fi.Here's a hypothetical situation for you: you own a Full HD, 60in Pioneer Kuro PSP-LX608D, a kick-arse set of Ferguson Hill speakers, a PlayStation 3 and a PSP and you fancy watching a film, do you a) use your...
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AMD Equips OEMs To Deliver The Ultimate Visual Experience™ With Forthcoming AMD LIVE!™ Ultra Desktop and Notebook PCs —AMD LIVE! Explorer PC Software to Deliver Immersive HD Entertainment on Innovative AMD Platforms Combining Powerful Computing and Graphics—SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- January 8, 2008 --AMD (NYSE:AMD) today announced AMD...
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Sony has confirmed what was rumored last week: DRM-free downloads are coming. The silly part is you have to go to a retail brick-and-mortar store first.The No. 2 record company after Universal Music will sell plastic cards, called Platinum MusicPass, for individual albums for a suggested price of $12.99. Buyers enter a code from the...
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