Michael Santo
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It was great when number portability came to cell phones. It was great when Google Voice (nee GrandCentral), promising one number to ring multiple phones emerged as a service. What if you could port your number to Google Voice, though? That's what TechCrunch says is coming. While the fact that Google Voice is supposed to be a number you can...
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We wrote earlier about China's new censorship moves with regards to PCs, mandating that new PCs there have site-blocking software installed, or at least provided via an included CD. Ironically, though not surprisingly, it turns out that the filtering software, "Green Dam-Youth Escort," contains pirated code.According to Solid Oak Software,...
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Video:ASUS GeForce ENGTX275 vs. ASUS Radeon EAH4890 @ InsideHWMemory and Storage:OCZ Vertex Series 120Gb SSD SATA-II @ CPU3dEagle Tech M-Series 2.5" External Storage System @ DreamWare ComputersCases, Cooling & Misc.:HEC Compucase Cougar 6XR9 @ HT4U.netKingston HyperX RAM Fan @ TWLGlacialTech X-Wing Laptop Cooling Pad @ DreamWare ComputersNZXT...
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We doubt this will do much to close the budget deficit, but who knows? The Internal Revenue Service is considering taxing the use of work-issued mobile phones, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal. According to the report, the IRS has proposed that employers assign 25% of an employee's annual phone expenses as a taxable benefit....
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Video:ASUS Extreme AH4770 Formula @ Legion Hardware ASUS GeForce GTX 285 1GB Graphics Card @ TweaktownMotherboards and Chipsets:MSI Eclipse Plus: Interesting Mainboard on Intel X58 Express and NF200 @ XbitLabsGigabyte GA-MA770T-UD3P Motherboard Review @ Legit ReviewsMSI Eclipse Plus Review @ OCCProcessors:AMD Phenom II 955 Black Editon Review...
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It's already been made clear by Microsoft that Internet Explorer 8 can be uninstalled, or disabled, from Windows 7, which is due to launch on Oct. 22nd. However, the company is going still further in Europe, where it will not sell any versions of Windows 7 that contain IE. C|Net first uncovered the change, via a leaked memo. This is obviously...
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Video:XPalit GeForce GTX 275 896MB Graphics Card @ TweaktownGalaxy GeForce GTX 275 OC 896MB Review @ PC PerspectiveProcessors:Intel Core i7-975 Extreme Edition Processor Review @ Legit ReviewsIntel Core i7 920 2.66GHz Nehalem Processor @ TechwareLabsA Summer Road Trip With the Intel Core i7 975 EE @ Hardware CanucksMemory and Storage:Silverstone...
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New iPhone 3GS or no, Palm's new device, the Palm Pre, set sales records for Sprint last weekend. By late Sunday, the Palm Pre had broken previous sales records (first day and first weekend) for a Sprint device. Here's what Dan Hesse, Sprint President and CEO trumpeted (I'm sure happily) in a press release: "Sprint is a very different company...
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Video:ASUS GTS 250 Dark Knight and Sapphire HD 4850 Vapor @ PC PerspectiveMSI GeForce GTX 295 Graphics Card @ TweaktownSapphire HD4890 1GB Toxic PCI-e Video Card @ ClubOC.netSapphire Radeon HD 4550 512MB @ TheTechLoungeMotherboards and Chipsets:Gigabyte GA-MA790FXT-UD5P Motherboard Review @ Legit ReviewsMemory and Storage:Cavalry Storage Pelican...
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As part of the WWDC keynote on Monday, a few iPhone OS 3.0 features were announced that made people go "huh?" Why? Because AT&T wasn't going to support them, at least at the start. In terms of new features, that would be MMS and tethering. AT&T spokesperson Seth Bloom told Ars Technica: "We absolutely will offer MMS on iPhone 3G S...
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Well, it now appears that an 11-year-old has raised the bar so high that others entering college can just give up. Yes, we said others entering college, because Moshe Kai Cavalin, 11, has just graduated from East Los Angeles College, with a 4.0 GPA, no less. His favorite subject: astrophysics. Yep, we pull open astrophysics books every...
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While it's no secret that China blocks web sites that it doesn't want its citizens to view, the Wall Street Journal is reporting an escalation in this censorship. The WSJ reports that China plans to require that all PCs sold in the country as of July 1st be equipped with software that blocks access to certain Web sites. The software's Chinese...
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While many have marveled at the screen on the Palm Pre, some which knowledge have said that getting the screen "just right" is part of the reason for the limited stock on the device. Users in at least two Palm Pre forums have noted screen distortion or blotchiness on their new purchases. It should be noted that Apple has had issues with past...
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June 6th, 2009, the 65th anniversary of the D-Day invasion of Normandy in WWII, and quite possibly D-Day for Palm, as it introduced its new Palm Pre and Palm Web OS at Sprint stores, Best Buys, and Radio Shacks nationwide. Despite the assertions by Palm and Sprint that they didn't want long lines, they got 'em, and sold out at many stores...
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Video:Sapphire HD 4890 Toxic and Sapphire 4890 Vapor-X Review @ OCCATI Radeon HD 4770 CrossFireX Review @ XbitLabsAlbatron ATI RADEON HD 4770 Video Card @ PCShopTalkProcessors:Phenom II - The Road From K8 to Deneb @ Rage3D.comMemory and Storage:OCZ USB 2.0 Rally2 64GB Flash Drive Revisited @ TestFreaksKingwin EZ-Dock2 2.5"/3.5" Dual Bay SATA...
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Remember the big bruhaha when Facebook tried to change its Terms of Service (TOS)? Well, the Electronic Frontier (DFF) Foundation has developed a service, TOSBack, to help you track the TOS of sites you use, to make sure you're not surprised in the future. In the case of Facebook, users became so incensed that FB eventually backed down on...
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Naysayers, time to eat your hat. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple, is ready to return to the helm of the Cupertino, CA based technology company, as scheduled, by the end of June. In mid-January of this year, Steve Jobs took a medical leave of absence, giving few details but setting a timeframe to return of...
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It's not as though the Internet is totally open in China, and in fact many users don't realize what they are missing, just that they can't reach certain sites. However, as the 20th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre, or what China likes to refer to as the June Fourth Incident, approaches, China has pumped up its censorship of the...
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Video:XFX Radeon HD 4770 512MB video card review @ Elite BastardsMotherboards and Chipsets:ASUS EN9600GT DI/512MD3/A Geforce 9600GT Rev.B Videocard Review @ PCSTATS.comATI Radeon HD 4890 Roundup (ASUS, Diamond, HIS, Sapphire, XFX) @ Hardware CanucksProcessors:Nehalem Speeding Up: Intel Core i7-975 XE and Core i7-950 Review @ TweaktownIntel...
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Netbook is the term coined by Intel in early 2008 for small, cheap, low-powered subnotebooks. However, late last year, Psion began issuing cease-and-desist letters to users of the word "netbook," based on a trademark claim for the Netbook Pro (shown below), a device it no longer sells. Things escalated, all the way to a lawsuit by Psion against...
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The Nintendo Wii's Wiimote has brought innovation to gaming, by allowing players to swing a tennis racket, a baseball bat, and perform other gaming motions while holding the Wiimote. But what if you didn't need to hold a controller at all? Enter Project Natal. On Monday, at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), Microsoft unveiled a number...
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One of the biggest limitations to the Starter editions of Windows XP and Windows Vista is being able to run only 3 concurrent applications on a PC at a time (excluding background processes such as anti-virus software, wireless and Bluetooth, and system tools like Explorer and Control Panel). As Windows 7 Starter is going to be available...
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