Michael Santo
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Video:Palit Radeon 4870 Sonic Dual Edition in CrossfireX @ TWLASUS ENGTS250 1GB GTS 250 Video Card Review @ Bigbruin.comMotherboards and Chipsets:Gigabyte MA770T-UD3P Motherboard Review @ NeoseekerASRock M3A785GMH/128M @ OCWProcessors:AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition review @ Elite BastardsAMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition AM3 CPU @ Benchmark...
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When Apple released the iPhone OS 3.0 firmware, there was much angst over the fact that MMS would be included in the package, but not for AT&T users (there has also been angst over lack of tethering but that's another story). Two, count 'em, two lawsuits have been filed over the delays in rolling out MMS, which AT&T said was coming...
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In the latest Big Brother-ish story to hit, a developer has discovered that the Palm Pre and Palm webOS know way too much about him than he wants. Not only does it upload location-based information to Palm, it also uploads data about his application usage. webOS also reports back crash log information to Palm. Of course, many PCs and smartphones...
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Less than two weeks after another hot issue (pun intended) regarding exploding devices, Apple is back in the news again. In this case, unlike the prior incident, where the owner was unhurt, the victim suffered eye injuries. The incident occurred in Aix-en-Provence in southern France. According to the victim's mother, the iPhone began "hissing"...
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Text messaged every single person on earth already? An Australian website is offering you the chance to send a text message into space. You have until 07:00 GMT Monday, Aug. 24th, 2009 to sign up. The site, HelloFromEarth.net, is accepted SMS style messages (meaning 160 characters or less) which will eventually be sent into space, directed...
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Judge Leonard Davis, of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, ruled Tuesday that Microsoft can no longer sell Microsoft Word in the United States due to patent infringement. One can imagine Bill Gates having to pick himself off the floor after reading that ruling. Indeed, the ubiquitous software that you probably use every...
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Amazon.com has positioned the Kindle DX as being great for textbooks. That was clear from their product announcement. It's not the only game in town, however, and CourseSmart has developed an iPhone app which makes its 7,000+ textbooks now available on a teeny-weeny screen. That's a big (no pun intended) issue, one would think, with trying...
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Amazon.com has, via a pre-order page, confirmed already leaked prices from a Best Buy tipster for the upcoming Zune HD. The price will be $220 for 16GB and $290 for 32GB. The highlights of the new device, which still appears headed to a Sept. 8th intro, from Amazon's page, are: Touchscreen: Get quick and instant access to your content with...
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Video:Powercolor Radeon HD 4730 PCS review at Ultimate HardwareSamsung SyncMaster 2233RZ Review @ Digital TrendsZotac GeForce 9800 GT 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 Video Card AMP! Edition @ TestFreaksMemory and Storage:WD 2TB Drive Review @ Bootdaily.comPlextor PX-B310U External PX-B310U Blu-Ray USB DVD Writer Review @ PCStatsVizo Arius II ARS-250 Dual...
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The bane of many people is the paper check. Why can't the payer at least use PayPal, right? USAA is about to introduce an iPhone app that will end that hassle once and for all. USAA is a financial services organization which includes banking, insurance, and other services. It launched an iPhone app in May to allows users to access accounts...
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We have relatives who won't trust the cloud, fearing that a company will either go out of business or end a service. After all, if a company as large as Yahoo! can shut down a service like Yahoo! Briefcase (admittedly, a laggard among cloud storage services anyway), what else can happen. This is a perfect example, with URL shortener tr.im...
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Video:Samsung SyncMaster 2233SW 16:9 Widescreen LCD Monitor Review @ TweaknewsVisionTek HD 4890 OC Review @ NeoseekerSapphire Radeon HD 4890 2GB Vapor-X Graphics Card @ TweaktownATI Stream vs. NVIDIA CUDA - GPGPU computing battle royale @ PC PerspectiveMotherboards and Chipsets:ASRock X58 Extreme Core i7 Motherboard @ TweaktownMemory and Storage:ioSafe...
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Wall Street Journal is reporting something we've noticed recently, locally, at one location. However, they're reporting it's happening in New York City in a big way: coffee shops offering free wi-fi are starting to boot out the free (wi-fi) loaders. We noticed this locally at a Panera Bread store, which offers free wi-fi. But during lunch...
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Video:nVidia GeForce GTX 280 @ LostCircuitsGalaxy GeForce GTS 250 @ Hardware BistroViewSonic VNB100 @ InsideHWAMD FirePro V8750 2GB @ PhoronixXFX GeForce GTX 275 XXX 896MB video card review @ Elite BastardsMotherboards and Chipsets:AMD 785G Chipset Motherboard Preview @ OCCASRock X58 Extreme Mainboard @ XbitLabsProcessors:AMD Phenom II X4...
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A distributed denial-of-service attack on one (yes, one) person yesterday left news media in a quandary. With no Twitter, and no Facebook either, how was the news to be obtained? Seriously, however, the outage was the result of attacks across several services aimed directly at a blogger named Cyxymu from the Eastern...
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Dictionaries are supposed to contain words, and a complete dictionary will contain even those words deemed somewhat on the racy side, such as this one. While it seemed at first that Apple didn't seem to understand that, at least in this case, there is more to the story than initially thought. Ninjawords is an iPhone...
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Microsoft, obviously noting the sheer number of apps being written for the iPhone (and not Windows Mobile) has decided to take action, and try to convince developers that the "more mobile platforms, the better." It's written a case study on how to port from the iPhone to Windows Mobile 6.5. Now, Windows Mobile 6.5 has been seen by many as...
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In March it was noted (by many) that the iPhone OS 3.0 beta SDK contained a reference in a file, /System/Library/AppleUSBDevice/USBDeviceConfiguration.plist to "iProd0,1," sort of a mystery device. The latest beta update for iPhone OS 3.1 similarly includes a reference to iProd. However, the USBConfiguration.plist file now has the string "iProd1,1."...
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Amazon.com started accepting pre-orders for Mac OS 10.6, or Snow Leopard last weekend, and the upcoming OS has shot to the top of the Software sales list. Two different incarnations are currently 1 and 2. The $29 single-license upgrade is #1, and the $49 5-user family upgrade is #2. Sadly for Microsoft, it's Windows 7 Home Premium Upgrade...
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Apple announced on Monday that Google's CEO, Dr. Eric Schmidt, has resigned from their Board of Directors. While there was little content in their announcement (it was only two paragraphs sans the company info paragraph at the end), it had been obvious for a long time that he had to go. After all, the companies are starting to compete more...
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Video:Sapphire Radeon HD 4730 review at Ultimate HardwareMotherboards and Chipsets:Gigabyte MA785GPM-UD2H AMD 785G+SB710 Mainboard Review @ OCWASUS M4A79T Deluxe @ PureOverclockASUS M4A785TD-V EVO AMD 785G+SB710 Mainboard Review @ OCWGIGABYTE MA785GPM-UD2H 785G AM3 Motherboard @ TweaktownMemory and Storage:OCZ Vertex Turbo MLC SATA SSD @ BMRPower:Corsair...
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Reports of iPods with battery issues have been around for years. Reports have ranged from iPods catching fire to batteries exploding. This is just another example of such an incident, but in this case the family involved says that Apple wanted to them to sign a gag order in order to get a refund. According to the...
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