Michael Santo
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A post on Microsoft's Encarta website notes that the Encarta website, as well as the software products bearing the Encarta name, are being discontinued. The posting was first noticed by Ars Technica. Microsoft said said it will discontinue its online Encarta products by October 31, except for Encarta Japan, which will run through the end of...
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Both the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the non-profit Honeynet Project have developed methods for determining which PCs on a network are infected by Conficker, which makes the work of scanning a system of networked PCs a lot quicker and easier. The DHS announced that the department's United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team...
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OnStar is General Motor's security and safety system which, if you've heard the radio ads, can do everything from get your doors unlocked if you lock your keys in the car to automatically letting OnStar reps know if you are in an accident, even if you are unconscious. According to information leaked in a recent online survey, you may soon...
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60 Minutes is a great show, for the most part (and let's not forget it has Andy Rooney!), but a report Sunday night on the Conficker worm titled "The Internet is Infected" is probably the definition of hyperbole. The report, a full transcript of which is here, and a video below, was designed to alarm, and I'm sure it did. The title alone is...
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Video:ZOTAC GeForce GTX 295 1792MB Video Card Review @ TheTechLoungeMotherboards and Chipsets:Sapphire PURE CrossFireX 790GX Motherboard @ TweaktownProcessors:Intel Core 2 Quad Q9400 Processor Review @ Legit ReviewsIntel Core 2 Quad Q9400S @ InsideHWMemory and Storage:16gb USB Drive Comparison - 17 Drives Compared @ TestFreaksHighPoint RocketRAID...
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You'll remember that Apple has previously called jailbreaking iPhones illegal. Yet a recent patent application submitted by Apple uses images of a jailbroken iPhone to make their case. The attorneys at Kramer, Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP, who submitted the application in Apple's behalf are probably red-faced; I wonder if Steve Jobs has...
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Video:PowerColor SCS3 Radeon HD 4650 512MB @ PhoronixSapphire Vapor-X HD 4870 1GB review @ NeoseekerHIS HD 4650 iSilence 512 MB @ techPowerUpGeForce GTX 295: New on Old @ AccelenationGalaxy GeForce GTX 260+ OC Graphics Card @ TweaktownMotherboards and Chipsets:ZOTAC GeForce 9300-ITX WiFi Motherboard @ TweaktownLanParty Jr X58 T3H6 Motherboard...
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A minor (?) oops on Microsoft's end has revealed the (current) date of the Release Candidate (RC) for Windows 7. A Technet web page indicates the RC build will be coming in May, not April as was previously rumored. The RC build will expire June 1, 2010, and the testing program will be available through at least June 2009. Here's the text from...
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Earlier this week id Software released an iPhone port of Wolfenstein 3D as open source, but at the time it wasn't in the App Store. Wait no longer, it's there.Besides having its own website (which you absolutely have to visit, right?), the game that id Software calls "the grandfather of the FPS at your fingertips" is located here in the App...
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Last December, the RIAA announced it was giving up on file-sharing lawsuits, and would be working with ISPs in a three-strikes policy program which would eventually result in broadband being cut off for repeat offenders of illegal file-sharing. At a digital music conference in Nashville this week, AT&T's Jim Cicconi stated that the company...
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Video:Sapphire HD 4870 2GB Vapor X Series Review @ OCCTwinTech Geforce GTS 250 XT OC Edition @ CPU3DHIS HD 4870 IceQ4+ Turbo 1 GB GDDR5 @ techPowerUpMotherboards and Chipsets:EVGA X58 SLI @ Techgage.comProcessors:Intel Core 2 Duo Threatened: AMD Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition CPU Review @ XBitLabsMemory and Storage:Crucial Ballistix Tracer...
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AMD Announces Next-Generation, Platform-Agnostic Tools for Increased Game Development Efficiency — GPU PerfStudio 2.0 offers developers new features and flexibility to help cut development time and improve game performance — SUNNYVALE, CALIF. – March 25, 2009 – AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced the availability of GPU PerfStudio 2.0, a free,...
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China Mobile is the largest carrier in China, with 471 million subscribers, and they've been playing hardball with Apple over the iPhone. That may have led to them missing the boat, if the pages available on rival China Unicom's site are for real.China Unicom has a "mere" 128 million subscribers, according to their site, and they have posted...
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Facebook has begun to respond to the criticism over the recent redesign of its home page. While it's unlikely they will make wholescale revisions (like returning to the prior version), they outlined some tweaks they are going to make in response to feedback. Live updating: Automatic updating of the stream (yes, that Twitter-like stream that's...
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Only a few weeks after a teenager lost a job because of a Facebook update saying her job was boring, a person with "foot in the mouth" disease may have tweeted his way out of a job offer. His update on Twitter: Cisco just offered me a job! Now I have to weigh the utility of a fatty paycheck against the daily commute to San Jose and hating...
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OCZ Technology Introduces Two New Gaming Mice to their Lineup of Affordable Peripherals Sunnyvale, CA—March 23, 2009—OCZ Technology Group, a worldwide leader in innovative, ultra high performance and high reliability memory and components, today unveiled two new mice ideal for users seeking an inexpensive gaming solution. Featuring a solid...
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Video:Case Ace GearGrip LCD Review @ FusionMods.NetGigabyte GV-N96TSL-1GI Geforce 9600GT Rev.B Videocard Review @ PCStatsPalit GeForce GTX 260 Sonic 216SP @ Benchmark ReviewsUnleashing NVIDIAs GTX 295 Graphics Card @ TweaktownMotherboards and Chipsets:ASUS Rampage 2 Extreme Motherboard Review @ Legit ReviewsMemory and Storage:Patriot Warp...
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A team of U.K. researchers have developed robotic fish that they plan to use to detect pollution. The researches plan a trial of five robotic fish in the northern Spanish port of Gijon. If successful, they hope to use the fish in waterways worldwide. Unlike earlier models, which had to be remotely-controlled, these new carp-shaped robots are...
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Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has frequently commented on the so-called "Apple Tax," which is what is referred to as the premium people pay to buy Apple products. On Thursday, at the McGraw-Hill Companies' 2009 Media Summit 2009 in New York, Ballmer told people just what exactly that premium gets a consumer. NPD noted that Apple retail sales...
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Video:Sharp Aquos LC-52D85U Review @ TechReviewSource.comGIGABYTE GeForce GTS 250 1GB Graphics Card @ TweaktownMotherboards and Chipsets:Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD5 X58 Motherboard Review @ PCPerEVGA nForce 790i SLI FTW Digital PWM Motherboard @ iXBTJetway MA3-79GDG Combo motherboard Review @ FusionMods.NetMemory and Storage:G.Skill Titan 256GB SSD...
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It was over a year ago that reports emerged of Netflix surveying users about possible streaming to the Xbox 360 (which eventually came to fruition) and the PS3. New reports have arisen about Netflix asking the same questions, this time about the PS3 and the Nintendo Wii. In email surveys sent to customers, reports indicate that both the Nintendo...
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Video:Sparkle Calibre P980X+ geForce 9800GTX+ 512MB Video Card Review @ ThinkComputers.orgMotherboards and Chipsets:A trio of affordable Core i7 motherboards @ The Tech ReportProcessors:Intel Core i7: Dual-Channel vs. Triple-Channel Memory Mode @ InsideHWMemory and Storage:Pioneer DVR-2920Q Qflix 20x DVD±RW/RAM Review @ CDRLabs.comOCZ...
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