Michael Santo
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Microsoft, apparently not satisfied with its upcoming retail stores, is opening a cafe in Paris, France. To be exact, a Windows 7 cafe, to help launch its new operating system. The Windows Cafe will open on Oct. 22nd, the day Windows 7 launches, at 47 Boulevard Sebastopol. The Cafe will reportedly have plenty of Microsoft stuff to play with...
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We knew that Microsoft was going to open its own retail stores this fall, some of them (they say) right next to Apple retail outlets. They even hired David Porter (a former 25-year veteran Wal-Mart executive) to be Corporate Vice President of Retail Stores. That's experience, and they're not stopping there; they're apparently hiring away Apple...
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Google's pushing to get more adoption for its nascent browser, Chrome, but hasn't been making serious inroads, particularly in the Enterprise. Most IT departments standardize on one (Internet Explorer) or maybe two (add Firefox) browsers. On Tuesday, Google announced a possible way around that problem: Google Chrome Frame. Google Chrome Frame...
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Video:XFX Radeon HD 4850 1GB Video Card Review @ Legit ReviewsDesktop Graphics Card Comparison Guide Rev. 18.3 @ TechARPMotherboards and Chipsets:MSI 785GM-E65 Motherboard and AMD 785G Chipset Review @ PCStatsMemory and Storage:Team Group Supreme U100 64GB USB flash drive review @ Elite BastardsSeagate Barracuda XT 6 Gbps SATA Drive Preview...
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Razer, one of the leading manufacturers of gaming mice, was giving out malware with their drivers, according to a post on security firm Trend Micro's website. According to Trend Micro, a large number of the device drivers which were earlier downloadable at the Razer support site were infected with a Trojan. The infected drivers run the proper...
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Video:Calibre X260 Nvidia GeForce GTX260 896MB Video Card Reviewed @ DragonSteelModsMotherboards and Chipsets:The ASUS AT3N7A-I Motherboard Gets A New Fan @ Legit ReviewsMSI P55-GD65 Xtreme Speed Motherboard Review @ FuturelooksMemory and Storage:Western Digital 2TB Caviar Green and Black Hard Drives @ Legit ReviewsBoston Igloo 2U-10T-Stor-10GCX4...
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Gaydar is a term frequently used in sitcoms (and perhaps among male friends) to denote the ability to pick out homosexuals at a glance. Silly as that may be, two MIT students, while working on a term project for an ethics and law project, appear to have stumbled onto a working form, by leveraging data gleaned from social networking sites....
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Amazon.com has announced its own house brand of electronics. The new brand, called "AmazonBasics," is, according to the giant Internet retailer, a new private-label collection of consumer electronic "basics" created for customers who want "exceptional value." In other words, basic low-priced electronics goods, which for now appears to be limited...
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Video:Samsung P2370HD 23-inch Multi-function LCD Monitor Review @ ThinkComputers.orgMSI N285GTX Superpipe OC GeForce GTX 285 Review @ PC PerspectiveMotherboards and Chipsets:Gigabyte AMD Motherboard Roundup Review @ OCCAsus' P7P55D and Gigabyte's GA-P55-UD4P motherboards @ TR-NewsBiostar TPower I55 motherboard review @ Elite BastardsIntel...
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Getting just the right name for your baby has always been a passion for parents, but never more so than in the digital age. After all, if you can't get that desired email address / domain name / whatever for the Internet, you've got to find a different name, right? To help in finding the perfect name for your baby, what better way than to...
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Microsoft announced a new discount program on Thursday, one that would allow eligible students to get a $30 price on Windows 7 Home Premium (upgrade). There is also a mention of Windows 7 Professional, but it is unclear from the site what the price on that product would be. The program, announced via Twitter, is similar to other such...
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This has to be a candidate for a gadget which might not be purchased by anyone. Nah, people will buy anything nowadays. It's a clip-on QWERTY keyboard for the iPhone, for those who absolutely cannot live with the iPhone's on-screen keyboard. The iTwinge from Mobile Mechatronics slips onto the lower part of an iPhone and gives you a real keyboard...
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Video:Gigabyte HD 4850 Silent Cell 1GB graphics card @ TestSeek.comAMD Vision & ATI Eyefinity @ Rage3D.comPower Efficient Gaming with GeForce 9800 GT Eco Cards @ HardwareZoneProcessors:Intel Core i7-860 Lynnfield Processor Review - Best value in processors? @ PC PerspectiveAthlon II X4 620 & 630 @ TechwareLabsAMD Athlon II X4 620 Reviewed...
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Remember the days when MySpace was THE social networking site of choice, and Facebook trailed badly? Those days are long gone, and in fact, Facebook announced on Tuesday that they have topped 300 million users. The announcement, much like what Apple has shown with similar stats for the App Store, shows that growth for...
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Video:ASUS MARS/2DI/4GD3 Dual GeForce GTX 285 4096 MB @ techPowerUpAMD's Eyefinity technology explored @ Elite BastardsDesktop Graphics Card Comparison Guide Rev. 18.2 @ TechARPSapphire Radeon HD 4890 2GB Vapor-X Video Card Review @ Hardware CanucksMotherboards and Chipsets:EVGA P55 Classified 200 LGA1156 Motherboard Preview @ Hardware CanucksProcessors:Intel...
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While Apple enabled MMS functionality in iPhone OS 3.0, AT&T has, according to the company, held back rolling it out because of potential network issues. In other words, AT&T is saying, "We're not ready!" At least AT&T was saying that. In addition to setting a hard date of Sept. 25th for a rollout of MMS functionality to users,...
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Alan Turing created the famous "Turing Test," which is a proposal he made in 1950. It was designed to be a way of dealing with the question of whether machines "can think." He also helped in the breaking of Germany's Enigma code during WWII. And finally, he was gay, and committed suicide in 1954, two years after first being chemically...
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It's already known that the Gates family is i-deprived, unable to get iPhones or iPods. It's also known that iPods aren't welcome on Microsoft's campus. Note to Microsoft employees: don't try to take a picture of CEO Steve Ballmer with an iPhone. It was Microsoft's annual private company meeting at Seattle's Safeco Field on Thursday. Besides...
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We've complained about the state of US broadband before but we estimate that, in general, most data transfers are at least faster than this. In a race run in Johannesburg South Africa, a company proved it was faster to transmit data by carrier pigeon than to send it via the country's leading ISP.Unlimited IT, frustrated by the speed of...
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Motherboards and Chipsets:Biostar TPower I55 Intel P55 Mainboard Full Review @ OCWORKBENCHECS P55H-A Black Series @ PureOverclockAsus P7P55D EVO Review @ MyPimpedPC.Co.UkIntel's P55 Express chipset @ TheTechReportASUS P7P55D motherboard review @ Elite BastardsASRock P55 Deluxe Intel P55 Mainboard Full Review @ OCWORKBENCHProcessors:Intel Lynnfield...
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Google continues to try to make Gmail its centralized location for all things Google. The latest addition to Gmail, via Google Labs, is Google Voice integration into Gmail.Google Voice, nee GrandCentral and purchased by Google, is a service that allows users to give out one number and have it ring another, "real" number, or even multiple number,...
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