Michael Santo
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On Wednesday, Palm announced what had been rumored for months, since before the Palm Pre even launched: a second webOS based device that was cheaper and with a non-slide-out QWERTY keyboard. The Pixi (nee Eos or even Pixie) had been rumored to be announced this week, and here we are. The official pictures show little to nothing we hadn't already...
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The adjunct to the Palm Pre is to be officially announced this week, according to sources speaking to TechCrunch. The new phone, with a QWERTY keyboard, was leaked before the Pre even launched on Sprint, as an AT&T device named EOS, and codenamed "Pixie." If this is true, it's another case of Palm doing an important announcement / launch...
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Video:ASUS GeForce GTX 285 Matrix @ BmRXFX Radeon HD 4890 Review & 4th Generation Wrapup @ Rage3DMotherboards and Chipsets:Asus P7P55D Deluxe Preview - XSReviewsGigabyte GA-P55-UD6 Intel P55 Mainboard Full Review @ OCWASUS P5P55D Pro Preview @ TechgageFoxconn A7DA 3.0: Socket AM3 Mainboard on AMD 790GX Chipset @ XBitLabsProcessors:AMD...
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Apple has finally allowed the Commodore 64 emulator by Manomio LLC into the App Store. It had previously been rejected (in June). In order to get their app accepted, however, the company had to disable BASIC from the package. I'm assuming that Commodore 64 fans (and there are plenty, as the C64 is the best-selling single computer model of...
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Video:Desktop Graphics Card Comparison Guide Rev. 18.1 @ TechARPPowerColor HD 4770 PCS review @ NeoseekerMSI N285GTX SuperPipe 2G @ InsideHWASUS MATRIX GTX285 Review @ OCCXFX HD4770 Videocard Review @ TweaknewsSapphire Radeon HD 4890 2GB Vapor-X Video Card Review @ Legit ReviewsSparkle Calibre X265 GeForce GTX 260 896MB video card review @...
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AT&T's YouTube post aimed at damage control over increasing coverage complaints for its wireless network seems to have not helped at all. In fact, a look at the comments on their YouTube video (below) shows that, if anything, it's made customers more angry. The video, hosted by Seth Bloom AKA "Seth the blogger guys," tries to explain the...
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Video:Sapphire HD4890 Vapor-X 2GB Review @ Club OverclockerAsus GeForce 9600 GSO review at Ultimate HardwarenVidia GTX 260 SLI Article @ OCIA.netMotherboards and Chipsets:Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD3R (rev. 1.6): Another Inexpensive LGA1366 Mainboard @ XbitLabsX58 Motherboard Roundup Review @ OCCProcessors:AMD Phenom II TWKR Black Edition @ InsideHWMemory...
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AT&T has made tons of money off of the iPhone, but at the same time, received tons of criticism of its network. That criticism may or may not be warranted, as despite calls for a Verizon version of the iPhone, it's unclear if even Verizon's stronger 3G network could handle the data-guzzling device, which the NY Times recently called, "the...
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Amazon.com, which took the Orwellian step of remotely deleting copies of "1984" and "Animal Farm" from customers' Kindles, has apologized. On Thursday, they announced a sort of "reparations program" for those customers. In an email sent to "former owners" of the e-books, Amazon.com offered to either return the deleted...
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Since the launch of iPhone OS 3.0, AT&T has taken a lot of flak over the announced but missing-from-its-network MMS feature. AT&T has also been the subject of multiple lawsuits as customers grow weary of waiting. In an update posted on their website, AT&T said that the delay has been a result of preparation for "expected record...
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More details have arisen about the Sony Ericsson Aino cell phone that will have some PS3 integration embedded in it. It's not the "PSP phone" that people keep talking about and hoping for, and to be honest, it seems to lack a lot of what people might have been hoping for. In a Q&A with the Euro PS blog, Sony Ericsson's Lisa Canning dished...
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There was an extended Gmail outage on Tuesday. The outage, although over in approximately two hours, showed, in its own way, how popular the email service is, despite its current 3rd place ranking. At the peak of the outage, more than Google Trends was full of "why is Gmail down," "Gmail down," etc. etc. We're talking about the top 20+ trends....
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eBay on Tuesday announced the sale of 65% of its Skype Internet calling division to a group of private investors. The price: $1.9 billion. The private investors included Silver Lake and a new VC firm run by the Netscape co-founder Marc Andreessen, Andreessen Horowitz, as well as London-based Index Ventures and the Canada Pension Plan. The...
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Google's Chrome exited beta last December, well ahead of when you might normally expect a Google product to do so. It wasn't, however, because the browser was necessarily ready for prime time; it was because OEMs would not pre-install a beta product on their computers, and Google longed for those deals. It's finally managed to ink such a deal,...
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Video:Nvidia GeForce 3D Vision - Resident Evil 5 and Arkham Asylum Impressions @ AMDZoneMotherboards and Chipsets:ASUS Crosshair III Formula AM3 Motherboard Review @ Hardware CanucksBiostar Tpower I55 Intel Lynnfield LGA1156 Mainboard part 1 @ OCWECS A785GM-M 785G AM3 Micro ATX Motherboard Review @ PC PerspectiveProcessors:AMD Phenom II X4...
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On Monday, Rockstar Games, the developers behind the Grand Theft Auto series, announced that Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars will be coming to the iPhone and iPod Touch this fall. Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars is currently available on the Nintendo DS. It's coming to the Sony PlayStation Portable in October. Price for the iPhone version?...
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Video:MSI HD 4890 Cyclone SOC 1 GB GDDR5 @ techPowerUpWarpia Wireless USB Display Adapter SWP100 @ BmRMotherboards and Chipsets:ASUS AT3N7A-1 NVIDIA Ion Motherboard @ HardwareZoneGigabyte MA770-UD3 Motherboard @ iXBTDFI LANPARTY Blood Iron G41-T33 Motherboard @ PCShopTalkProcessors:AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition 3.4 GHz Socket AM3 Processor...
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The end of automated telemarketing calls (for the most part) comes on Tuesday, Sept. 1st. Starting that day, unless telemarketers have received written permission from a consumer that he or she wants to receive such calls, the FTC can fine the robocaller up to $16,000 per call. Finally, we will be rid of our favorite, the one that makes us...
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Video:VisionTek 4850 1GB B2 Review @ OCCGigabyte Radeon HD 4770 512MB @ Techgage.comMotherboards and Chipsets:Asus ROG Maximus III Formula P55 Preview @ OCCASUS Crosshair III Formula Motherboard Review @ Legit ReviewsProcessors:Triple Mainstream AMD 785G Roundup @ HardwareZoneMemory and Storage:Panasonic UJ-875A Slim Drive @ BmROCZ XMP Ready...
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It's not the first time an e-tailer has outed a product early. It won't be the last. It appears that Amazon.com's German site has listed a 250GB version of the Xbox 360 Elite. It's a good time to be a gamer, eh? First the PS3 "Slim" and a $100 price reduction, then the corresponding $100 price drop for the Xbox 360 Elite, and now a 250GB Xbox...
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The move made almost mandatory by the recent announcement of the PS3 Slim as well as a $100 price cut by Sony made this an expected move. On Thursday, Microsoft announced that the price of the Xbox 360 Elite will be dropped by $100 to $299. Yes, that's the high-end model with a 120GB hard drive, There might be some bad news, however. ...
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On Thursday, Nokia unveiled its first phone using a Linux OS. The N900 uses Nokia's Linux-based Maemo OS, but for the first time in an actual cell phone as opposed to an Internet Tablet that requires wi-fi or cell phone pairing. The N900 runs Nokia's new Maemo 5 software. Nokia makes sure to emphasize the device's ability to run "dozens of...
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