Michael Santo
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Apple's CEO Steve Jobs has been accused of reporting only the facts that support his products, and ignoring those that do not. Since Apple is a corporation, and needs to maximize the value of the company for its shareholders, there's nothing wrong with that, but there were quite a few inaccuracies in his presentation...
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In terms of the iPhone, Apple's latest practice has been to lower the price of the prior year's model to $99 while at the same time reducing its storage capacity. This being the first year that the iPad has a refresh, it's unclear if Apple will do some sort of similar practice, but for now, the iPad 1 is on sale for $100 across the board....
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Charlie Sheen has said that his multiple appearances on various talk shows like "The Today Show," "20/20" and "Piers Morgan Tonight" have all been about spreading the "truth." What better way, however, to spread it, than via Twitter. In fact, the Charlie Sheen Twitter account, which was created on March 1st, already has over 1.2M followers,...
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Verizon Wireless CFO Fran Shammo, speaking at a Morgan Stanley investor conference on Tuesday, March 1, let loose with the news that Verizon would be targeting mid-summer for an overhaul of its data plans, with tiered pricing coming. Naturally, that sounds like it will arrive right at the same time that the iPhone 5 does. Shammo said the following,...
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Possible further evidence that Apple may be planning a surprise for the iPad 2 event scheduled for Wednesday comes via this new report. A Best Buy source told MacRumors that all iPad models have now show a status of "deleted" at the source's store. The source further provided screenshots which showed both the 16GB...
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If you have a Symbian, BlackBerry, Windows Mobile, iOS, or Android smartphone, your phone even now could be infected with spyware. However, it might be spyware that your significant other or spouse intentionally installed on your phone. The software is ePhoneTracker. Released last week, ePhoneTracker allows users to monitor everything one...
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Loose lips sink ships, they say, it appears that the loose lips of a RIM representative have confirm the rumors that have been going around of late. BlackBerry's QNX platform, which will run its PlayBook tablet and future smartphones, will run Android apps as well. The video below is of a PlayBook demo from Mobile World Congress. There's a...
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Some people stay in relationships simply because they are afraid that their prospects aren't good. They don't have the confidence to leave. For them, there's a new Facebook app, which launched last Friday. It's called WaitingRoom. Some criticized the Facebook app Breakup Notifier, which would let a user know via email if someone they...
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Video: [Tech ARP] Mobile GPU Comparison Guide Rev. 11.0 Memory and Storage: Kingston SSDNow V100 128GB SSD Review @ Legit Reviews OCZ Vertex 2 RAID Testing @ TechREACTION OCZ Vertex 3 240GB Solid State Drive Review @ ThinkComputers.org Power: OCZ ZX Series 850w Power Supply Review @ OCIA.net Systems: Sapphire EDGE-HD Mini PC Review @ Tweaktown...
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Video: Intel HD Graphics 3000 and Intel HD Graphics 2000 Review @ XbitLabs AMD Radeon HD 6950 1GB Performance Review @ [H} Motherboards and Chipsets: ECS A890GXM-A2 Motherboard Review @ OCC MSI XPower: an LGA1366 Mainboard from “Big Bang” Series for Gamers and Computer Enthusiasts @ XbitLabs Memory and Storage: Vertex 3 240GB @...
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The iPhone 5 is about 3, 3 1/2 months away if the annual refresh cycle runs true to form, and rumors are beginning to ramp up, just as production will in a few months. The latest appears to have shown up on a Chinese site that resells iPhone parts, as of Feb. 24. The purported part shows what looks to be the iPhone...
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Video: PowerColor AX6950 PCS++ Video Card @ Benchmark Reviews iXBT Labs Review: Gainward GeForce GTX 570 1280MB 'Phantom' Graphics Card Sapphire Radeon HD 6870 Flex Video Card Review @ Ninjalane Sapphire Radeon HD 6870 On Linux @ Phoronix Motherboards and Chipsets: ECS H67H2-M Black Motherboard Review @ Madshrimps Sapphire Pure Fusion Mini...
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Only 3 1/2 months late, the first humanoid robot has finally made it into space, on the last flight of the Space Shuttle Discovery. The mission, STS-133, was supposed to launch, along with Robonaut 2, on Nov. 1 of last year. However, the last flight of Discovery was delayed for numerous reasons, including a hydrogen leak, which was followed...
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Despite the fact that they say you can't have it both ways, late last month, a report surfaced that RIM was looking to do just that. While it decided to eschew Android and use its own newly developed QNX platform for its BlackBerry Playbook, it was mulling ways to get Android apps to run on QNX. Now, more evidence has arisen that points still...
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The days of Rupert Murdoch's The Daily being an iPad-only app are numbered, according to a new report issued by MediaMemo on Feb. 23. With Android tablets about to flood into the market, The Daily will hit Android devices in Q2, the report stated. It's truly no surprise that The Daily would have an Android version. In fact, with the new Honeycomb-based...
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Video: Funky Kit Review: Zotac Geforce GTX 560 Ti (1Gb GDDR5) graphics card XFX Radeon HD 6850 Black Edition Video Card Review @ Legit Reviews ASUS GeForce GTX 580 DirectCU II Review @ Overclockers Australia Processors: AMD Phenom II X4 975 3.60GHz AM3 Processor Review @ eTeknix.com AMD Athlon II X2 255 Review by Ultimate Hardware Memory and...
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Video: Palit GTX 570 Sonic Platinum Review @ OCC Sapphire Radeon 6870 FleX Edition @ PureOverclock Sapphire Radeon HD 6870 Vapor-X @ Techgage HIS Radeon HD 6850 IceQ X Turbo 1 GB @ techPowerUp Palit GeForce GTS 450 Sonic Platinum Review by Ultimate Hardware Motherboards and Chipsets: Sapphire Pure Black P67 Motherboard Review @ Ninjalane Memory...
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On the same day that rumors about delays for both the iPad 2 and iPhone 5 caused Apple stock to drop precipitously, news from BoomTown was that Apple was set to unveil its next-generation "magical device," the iPad 2, on March 2. The news came on Feb. 22 when Apple (AAPL) stock tumbled, based on the earlier reports of delays, closing at $338.61,...
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In mid-January, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said that the Kinect motion-capture gaming controller would come to the PC, officially that is, "at the right time." Microsoft appears to have decided that the right time is Spring 2011. In an official blog post on Monday, Feb. 21, Microsoft said that the Kinect SDK for Windows will be available...
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Video: Compro Videomate U680F Review - XSReviews Inno3D GTX570 1.25GB Review @ Vortez Battle of the HTPC Cards Sparkle GTX 430 Vs the Sparkle GT 240 Video Card Review @ OverclockersHQ Palit GTX 560 Ti Sonic 1GB @ PureOverclock Gainward GeForce GTX 570 1280MB Phantom Video Card Review @ Tweaktown Motherboards and Chipsets: G.Skill Ripjaws 1600...
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Monopoly is going 21st century. Soon, there will be a computer managing all the transactions in the game, which will make all the clever alterations to the game's rules that people inevitably use as part of the fun a thing of the past. Monopoly Live, as it is called, was shown off at last week's Toy Fair in New York. Instead of that huge center...
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Video: VisionTek Killer HD5770 Combo Card @ Benchmark Reviews HIS HD 6970 Review - XSReviews ZOTAC GeForce GTX 560 Ti AMP! Edition 1 GB @ techPowerUp ASUS ENGTX570 Video Card Review @ [H] MSI GeForce GTX 460 1GB Hawk Review @ Hardware Canucks [Tech ARP] Mobile GPU Comparison Guide Rev. 10.9 Gelid Icy Vision Rev 2 Graphics Card Cooler Review...
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