Michael Santo
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While one study indicates that a little Internet leisure time at work can increase productivity, a second study now shows college students who regularly use social networking site Facebook have lower GPAs than those who do not. My comment, or rather question: they actually found college students who didn't use Facebook? Researcher Aryn Karpinski...
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Video:Gigabyte GTS 250 1GB review @ NeoseekerMotherboards and Chipsets:GIGABYTE GA-EX58-EXTREME Ultra Durable 3 Motherboard Review @ FuturelooksASRock A780GMH/128M AMD 780G+SB710 Mainboard Review @ OCWMemory and Storage:Seagate Momentus 5400.4 SATA Notebook Hard Drive Review @ TechARPSolidata X2-256 MLC 2.5-inch Solid State Disk @ TweaktownTranscend...
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The Reading Rights Coalition, an advocacy group that represents the blind as well as disabled readers, held a protest outside the offices of The Authors Guild on Tuesday. The organization hopes to get the Guild to reverse its stance on the Kindle 2's "Read-to-Me" functionality. The Authors Guild earlier placed a lot of pressure on Amazon.com...
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Talks between Microsoft and Yahoo! over a possible search advertising partnership have begun anew, according to multiple reports. The reports came from sources familiar with the situation. Yahoo! Chief Executive Carol Bartz and Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer met last week as part of the discussions. Discussion are still in early stages, but do...
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Since the April 1st Conficker target date came and went, people have been waiting for the other shoe to drop. And on Wednesday night, Conficker downloaded the update that people were expecting, via the P2P functionality that's part of the malware.Dubbed Conficker.e, the new version appears to focus on that all-too-familiar item that malware...
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OCZ Technology Introduces Intel Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) SODIMMs San Jose, Calif.—April 9, 2009—OCZ Technology Group, a worldwide leader in innovative, ultra-high performance and high reliability memory, is pleased to be one of the first to offer Intel® Extreme SODIMM modules to the enthusiast market. These memory solutions implement...
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We haven't seen this with my iPhone 3G and the 2.2.1 firmware, but apparently some users lost wi-fi connectivity after applying that firmware update. The problem seems to affect iPhones and older iPhone 3Gs, and it seems to be heat-related, as some users say putting the affected iPhone into the freezer for a short time temporarily restores...
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AP recently announced that it was going to "develop a system to track content distributed online to determine if it is being legally used." As we know from last year's dust-up over fair use of AP articles, AP doesn't really understand the word fair. And it appears, AP doesn't understand the word affiliate, either (or YouTube, for that matter)....
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Video:Gainward 295 GTX Graphics Card review in MetkuBFG 9800 GT 512MB ThermoIntelligence Passive Cooling Review @ Hardware CanucksMotherboards and Chipsets:M4A78T-E Socket AM3 Mainboard Review @ XbitLabsMemory and Storage:Mtron MOBI 3500 32GB SSD @ HWLPower:OCZ’s ModXStream Pro 600W Review @ XtremeComputingAntec Signature 650 Watt Power Supply...
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Microsoft will soon (?) offer a release candidate (RC) version of Windows 7, and those are testing the product already will most likely want to move from the current beta version to the RC version. That said, it's not going to be easy. The reason is that in real-life, the upgrade path will be from Windows Vista to Windows 7 (Microsoft has...
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It's not exactly the type of price match people think of when they hear the words "price match," and it sure wasn't something we had expected so soon, but it's here. Amazon MP3 has price-matched iTunes, so to speak. On the same day that Apple rolled out variable, tiered pricing on iTunes, Amazon MP3 did the same. Take a look at the Best...
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Video:Workstation Graphics Card Comparison Guide Rev. 5.6 @ TechARPASUS EAH4890 HTDI/1GD5/A Radeon HD 4890 Videocard Review @ PCSTATS.comSapphire Radeon HD 4890 1GB OC Video Card Review @ TheTechLoungeSapphire Radeon HD 4870 Vapor-X (1Gb GDDR5) @ CPU3DXFX Radeon HD 4890 review at Ultimate HardwareMotherboards and Chipsets:ASUS P5Q PRO Turbo...
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Howard Stern has been a Palm Treo user for a long time, but (sorry, Palm) he hasn't migrated to a Centro, and he's been looking for a new smartphone. He's been considering the BlackBerry Bold, but Palm (who has been really tight about giving out Palm Pres to anyone) shipped him a Pre for a short demo over the weekend, but ... But, at least...
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Video:ASUS EAH4890 TOP Radeon HD 4890 RV790 @ Benchmark ReviewsSparkle Calibre P980X+ Review @ OCCRadeon HD 4890 vs. GeForce GTX 275: Battle at two-fiddy @ TTRGainward GeForce GTX 275 Graphics Card @ TweaktownMotherboards and Chipsets:ECS A790GXM-AD3 Motherboard Review @ Legit ReviewsJetway ATOM-GM1-330-LF motherboard Review @ FusionMods.NetMSI...
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Earlier reports indicating faster Internet access for the new iPhone were vague as to exactly what that meant, cellular or wi-fi, and now it appears to be both. AppleInsider reports that resource files for a third-generation iPod Touch included in the beta iPhone 3.0 firmware indicate a new Broadcom chip, BCM4329 (changed from the current...
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A series of tweets on Demi Moore's twitter feed help saved a 47-year-old San Jose, California woman's life, according to reports. One of the hundreds of thousands of followings of Demi Moore's Twitter stream, mrskutcher, sandieguy, wrote a message to Moore early Friday morning. "Getting a knife, a big one that is sharp. Going to cut my arm...
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AT&T Wireless has backtracked on changes to its Terms of Service (TOS), which were modified earlier in the week in such a way as to pretty much gimp anything from SlingPlayer to Skype, and more.As noted by the Public Knowledge Policy Blog, the changes (in bold) were: This means, by way of example only, that checking email, surfing the...
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April 1st has come and gone, but researchers are convinced we haven't seen the last of the Conficker worm. While there are ways to determine if you are infected, the Conficker Working Group has posted a simple and visual aid to help as well. The Conficker Working Group is a group of organizations that have joined forces to fight the Conficker...
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Eschewing CTIA for their announcement, Palm spoke at the Web 2.0 Expo on Wednesday night, and announced a number of things, including the fact that Palm OS emulation will be available on the Palm Pre, via third party developer MotionApps. Of course, you'll have to pay for the emulator, which they call Classic. There's no pricing or release...
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Video:ZOTAC GeForce GTX 285 1GB AMP Video Card Review @ TheTechLoungeGigabyte Geforce GTS 250 OC (1Gb GDDR3) @ CPU3DSamsung SyncMaster 2263UW LCD Monitor w/ Webcam Review @ TweaknewsAsus GeForce ENGTX285 TOP review @ TechspotMotherboards and Chipsets:MSI 790FX-GD70 AM3 reviewed @ NeoseekerMemory and Storage:Thecus N3200 Review @ BootdailyPower:PC...
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As expected, and despite the fact it did so on April 1st, RIM on Wednesday launched the BlackBerry App World, the RIM answer to Apple's own App Store. BlackBerry App World, besides being the store itself, is an app you download from RIM's site. System requirements for the app: BlackBerry® Device Software version 4.2 or higherBlackBerry...
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Video: Performance Preview: ATI Radeon HD 4890 vs. Nvidia GeForce GTX 275 @ Legion Hardware NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285 240sp 1024MB @ iXBT ATI Radeon HD 4670 CrossFireX Performance Review @ XBitLabsMotherboards and Chipsets: ASUS Rampage II Extreme @ PureOverclock MSI 790GX-G65 AM3 Motherboard Review @ OCC Zotac's GeForce 9300-ITX WiFi motherboard...
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