Michael Santo
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Memory and Storage:QNAP TS-439 Pro Turbo NAS Review at CCE ReviewsThermaltake VI-ON 3.5" SATA Hard Drive Enclosure eSATA and USB @ TestFreaksPower:Cooler Master SNA 95 Universal Power Adapter @ Benchmark ReviewsAntec Earthwatts 750W PSU Review @ JonnyGURU.comCases, Cooling & Misc.:Logitech Anywhere Mouse MX Review @ Digital TrendsLogitech...
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The U.K. has joined France in trying to crack down on illegal downloading by instituting a policy whereby consumers found to repeatedly illegally download copyrighted material would have their Internet access suspended. This has commonly been called a "three strikes" policy, as usually the proposal is to give the offender three chances before...
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Oops. In what seems to be an incident related to the ethnic homogeneity of Poland, a photo on Microsoft's Polish site was altered, from showing a black man to showing a white one. Modified Version of PictureMicrosoft has since apologized for the change, which drew much criticism online. However, it did not offer an...
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A new report again brings up the oft-asked question, "is there a link between cell phone use and brain tumors," also known as "do cell phones cause brain cancer?" What's most interesting is that the report additionally details eleven design flaws of the 13-country, Telecom-funded Interphone study, which was intended...
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Knowing a massive untapped market when it sees it, Microsoft on Monday launched OneApp, a software application that enables feature phones (think Motorola Razr, for a good example), which are commonly found in emerging markets to have access to mobile apps that people like you and I have on our iPhones, Palm Pres, and BlackBerrys. Think Facebook,...
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Video:Vuzix iWear AV310 Widescreen Video Eyewear @ TweaktownMSI GeForce GTX 295 review at Ultimate HardwareOnboard Graphics Shootout AMD 790GX vs. 785G @ TweaktownMemory and Storage:Vantec NexStar Dual Bay Hard Drive Dock @ techPowerUpPatriot 64GB Torqx SSD Review @ OCCOCZ Agility 120GB MLC Solid State Drive Review @ OCIA.netQNAP TS-809 Pro...
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It's not the first example of end user review gaming, (anyone recall the Belkin Amazon.com review "scandal" from January?) and there's no reason to believe there isn't a lot more of this going on than you might think. In fact, a leaked document shows end user review gaming is happening in the App Store. Reverb Communications is a PR firm that...
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Video: 19" Sanyo DP19648 720p Widescreen LCD HDTV @ TestFreaks VisionTek HD 4770 @ Neoseeker Warpia Wireless USB Display Adapter Review @ Legit Reviews Samsung SyncMaster LD190 LCD Monitor Review @ FuturelooksMotherboards and Chipsets: MSI P55-GD80 Lynnfield Motherboard Preview @ Hardware CanucksMemory and Storage: SSD Roundup: Indilinx vs....
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Let's be clear, this is a way to try, not indefinitely use different versions of Windows 7 from one DVD or .ISO image. A small tweak will allow users tech-savvy enough to get a taste of all the versions of Windows 7. Now, why do you need a little technical expertise? You need to remove a file from the DVD or from the .ISO image. As Windows...
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Video:Powercolor HD 4770 PCS 512 MB @ techPowerUpMSI Radeon HD 4770 review at Ultimate HardwareXFX ATI Radeon HD 4770 Video Card Review @ I4UGigabyte GTS 250 1GB and 9600GT 512MB Graphics Cards @ PC PerspectiveMotherboards and Chipsets:EVGA's P55 Motherboard Lineup Revealed + P55 FTW Preview @ Hardware CanucksMSI X58M @ NeoseekerProcessors:AMD...
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Nice try. In July Twitter wrote that it was trying to trademark "Tweet." Not for the reason you might think, though: the request has been provisionally denied on the grounds that other companies had filed for trademarks of very similar words.You might think that "Tweet" was a generic term, and that would be the reason for the denial, but the...
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Video:ASUS EAH4770 FML/DI/512MD5/A Radeon HD 4770 Videocard Review @ PCSTATS.comAMD 785G Chipset IGP Video Performance Preview: Part 2 @ NeoseekerPhilips Brilliance 225B monitor review @ IT ProMotherboards and Chipsets:ASUS P7P55D Deluxe Lynnfield Motherboard Preview @ Hardware CanucksASRock P55 Deluxe Review part 1 @ OCWECS X58B-A2...
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The Wikimedia Foundation, the organization behind the online encyclopia-like wiki Wikipedia, has launched its own iPhone application. While there were third-party iPhone Wikipedia applications, this is the first official release from the Foundation. Wikipedia Mobile is free, just as the site is, in the App Store. Here's how the app is described:...
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Twitter can, or will, be able to tell where you tweet from, the company announced on Thursday. The company is giving third-party developers access before they enable the feature on Twitter.com. They will, however add the feature, and it will, most importantly, be opt-in. That's important, because there are privacy implications. And that’s...
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Kids and cell phones. You can't live with 'em, and you can't live without 'em. We're speaking of the kids, actually, as cell phones, most teens would say they can't live without, period. A new Pew Internet & Life Project survey (.PDF) shows that, unsurprisingly, cell phone use is continuing to rise among teens. Specifically, the first...
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Run, don't walk to the nearest browser if you want to download the Windows 7 Release Candidate (RC). Downloading will be allowed until 11 AM ET this morning, and that's not far off. The pipeline opened for the Windows 7 RC on May 4th. While originally stating that downloads would cease in late July, Microsoft has twice extended it, first to...
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A new study by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Emory University and Andrews University concludes that the average age of video-gamers in the U.S. is in the range 35–54. It also says that those gamers are fat, and miserable, though differences exist across genders. With regards to the weighty "fat" conclusion, it's unclear...
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Video:AMD Previews DirectX 11 Gaming Performance on Evergreen @ Legit ReviewsSamsung SyncMaster P2350 LCD Monitor Review @ CCE ReviewsMotherboards and Chipsets:ASUS P7P55D Deluxe Preview @ OCCAsus Rampage Gene II MicroATX LGA1366 Mainboard Review @ XBitLabsMemory and Storage:Thermaltake Max4 Active Cooling eSATA and USB Combo 3.5" External...
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In December, the iPhone managed to push its way into the top 5 Flickr cameras, overall. Now it seems the device has managed to push its way past the Canon Eos Rebel XTi, according to Flickr's Camera Finder. However, it doesn't appear that it maintained that lead. Since the LA Times wrote about it, a newer graph seems to show that the iPhone...
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Surprise, surprise! The September Apple event, which has occurred every September since 2005, is apparently going to be on September 9th (the week of the 7th had already been leaked) and be music-focused. The event will also not cover anything about the much-rumored iTablet (or iPad) tablet PC. That pretty much matches with the...
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As we move more and more toward "all things Google," it might surprise people to learn that Google's Gmail was, until recently, mired in 4th place among email vendors. That's where it was until new comScore estimates for July 2009. Yes, despite the way Gmail and Google Docs, and Google Reader, and the rest all work together, it's only now...
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Despite gripes about AT&T coverage, issues with the App Store, and lawsuits about missing MMS, people love the iPhone 3GS, or at least the 200 users surveyed by Capital and Changewave Research do. According to the survey, 99% of the users felt "satisfied" with iPhone 3GS, with 82% being "very satisfied." Meanwhile, the Palm Pre, the latest...
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