Michael Santo
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In late October Microsoft released the first beta of Windows Vista SP2 to a small group of Technology Adoption Program customers. In a blog post, Microsoft said they are going to open up the beta to more testers, starting this week. Currently Vista SP2 is rumored to be scheduled for RTM (release to manufacturing) in April. The blog post did...
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It's long been asserted that Apple computers are invulnerable to viruses. This has not been because the OS is flawless, but rather because hackers focused on the more popular OS: Windows, as well as the fact that most hackers had Windows machines. But no longer.With increased popularity has come increased vulnerability. And with that, Apple...
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Video:PowerColor HD 4830 Review @ OCCPalit Revolution 700 Deluxe Radeon HD 4870 X2 2GB Video Card Review @ ThinkComputers.orgSapphire Radeon HD 4650 512MB OC @ OCCMotherboards and Chipsets:ECS A790GXM-A 'Black Series' @ t-breakASUS P6T Deluxe OC Palm Edition X58 Motherboard @ BmRMemory and Storage:ATP EarthDrive USB Drive review @ DVHardwareOCZ...
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In their typical fashion, The Simpsons 11/30 episode, "Mypods and Boomsticks," lay waste to the Cult of Apple. When Lisa finds that their local mall now has a Mapple store, the family just has to visit it. The store is complete with Mypods, MyCubes, a Brainiac Bar, and hilarity. Examples: When told that he should ask the "MyCube" what he can...
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Despite dire predictions for this year's holiday season, Black Friday results for online retailers showed a 1% increase from last year's Black Friday sales, to $534 million, according to a report by market research firm comScore. All is not rosy in the stats, however; comScore noted that for the holiday season to date e-commerce was down 4%...
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The App Store is doing well, there's no doubt of that. And according to reports, the list of official, approved apps in the App Store has surpassed 10,000. This, of course, doesn't include apps for jailbroken phones. However, it's been pointed out that you take into account apps that have been booted for various reasons, there are somewhat...
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Video:Sapphire HD 4830 Graphics Card @ Modders-Inc.comASUS Radeon HD 4830 Video Card EAH4830 @ Benchmark ReviewsSapphire 770 PURE CrossFireX @ t-breakMotherboards and Chipsets:ASRock G43Twins-FullHD Motherboard @ CPU3DFoxconn A7DA-S Motherboard @ iXBTGigabyte EX58-UD5 @ Techgage.com Asus P6T Deluxe OC Edition Review @ OCCGIGABYTE GA-EP45-DS5...
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Despite creating a line of CPUs seemingly targeted precisely for the netbook market, the Atom, Intel seems as though it just might be having second thoughts. Speaking at a Raymond James IT Supply Chain conference last week, Stu Pann, an Intel VP of sales and marketing admitted some problems with the new notebook form factor: "We originally...
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Nokia's highly anticipated 5800 XpressMusic, which was codenamed the "Tube," is now available, according to a Thanksgiving Nokia press release. The 5800 XpressMusic also supports Nokia's "Comes with Music" service, which allows users to download an unlimited amount of music to their phones for a year --- and keep it, even after the year has...
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Video:HP TS-22W7H Debranded 22-inch Widescreen LCD Monitor Review @ ThinkComputersSapphire Radeon HD 4850 X2 @ InsideHW RADEON HD 4850 / 4870 from Palit and PowerColor @ iXBTMotherboards and Chipsets:Biostar TA790GX A2+ Motherboard @ IXBTECS 790GXM-A Review @ AMDZoneSapphire 780G Hybrid CrossFire @ t-breakMemory and Storage:OCZ Reaper...
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An earlier analysis of the new version of the Google Mobile App for the iPhone showed that in order to achieve some of its functionality, the ability to detect when the iPhone is raised to a person's head to perform a voice search, it had to use undocumented APIs. On Tuesday, Google admitted that it's been caught with its App Store rules down....
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We have previously railed against people who are silly enough not to install some sort of antivirus program on their system (We have signed up to clean out one such system). We are also amazed by organizations such as the Pentagon who, rather than installing up-to-date AV software, ban USB drives to prevent infection by an old (and thus easily...
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OCZ Technology Introduces New Line of Fatal1ty Power Supplies Stable and Reliable performance addresses unique needs of GamersSunnyvale, Calif. November 25, 2008) – OCZ Technology Group, Inc., a worldwide leader in innovative, ultra high performance and high reliability memory and components, today revealed the first power supply models...
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Police are investigating the suicide of a teenager on Justin.TV, specifically looking into any possible culpability for those watching --- and goading him on. Abraham K. Biggs killed himself on camera last Wednesday night. Some watched in disbelief, and some watched and egged him on, saying "Do it, do it" in forum postings. One response to...
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A Samsung concept cell phone was shown off at Japan's Flat Panel Display show recently. Shown in a video (below), it looks oddly square, and if you didn't know it was a cell phone, you might think it a portable media player. Watch the video, though, and you see the secret: the screen folds in half, revealing a cell phone with a more typical...
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Video:Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 X2 2GB Review - GTX 280 killer @ PC PerspectiveGaming Today: GTX 260 V Radeon 4870 @ DriverHeavenMotherboards and Chipsets:DFI's LANParty JR P45 T2RS motherboard @ bit-techECS G45T-M2 Motherboard Review @ HardwareLogicProcessors:Intel Pentium E5200 Processor @ IXBTMemory and Storage:Crucial Ballistix Tracer 4GB...
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It's the most wonderful time of the year. Actually, while it is the holiday season, it really sucks. Look at the economy, the stock market, job losses, and earnings reports for many companies. But it is the time of the year for tne annual Amazon.com Customers Vote promotion. How does it work? Step 1: Vote. Browse our six rounds of great products,...
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Humans like to use energy. We also waste a ton of it, sometimes without realizing. The Natural Resource Defense Council (NRDC) released a study last week, one that looked into just how much energy our gaming consoles are using. The study (.PDF), titled, "Lowering the Cost of Play: Improving the Energy Efficiency of Video Game Consoles,"was...
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When pimping Windows Vista prior to its release, Microsoft called it "the most secure OS ever." Of course, software is just software, and there are bugs in anything. And on Friday, security firm Phion AG announced they had discovered a TCP/IP stack buffer overflow. As researcher Thomas Unterleitner indicated: Since this buffer overflow overwrites...
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On Saturday Virgin America launched its Gogo in-flight wi-fi service, showing it off by filing the press release from 35,000 feet, and with the first ever "air-to-ground" video stream to YouTube Live, YouTube's first official real-world user event. The "fleet" will consist of one wi-fi enabled plane to start, with Virgin saying fleet-wide...
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Video:XASUS GeForce EN9800GT Matrix @ Techgage.comMotherboards and Chipsets:ASUS Rampage II Extreme X58 Motherboard @ TweaktownGigabyte's GA-EP45-UD3R motherboard @ bit-techGigabyte EX58-Extreme Motherboard @ CPU3DMemory and Storage:Wolfking Warrior Xxtreme Gaming Keyboard Review @ Tweaknews.netLexar JumpDrive Solo Vault 4gb USB Drive @ TestFreaks.comEagle...
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OCZ Technology Introduces Intel Extreme Triple Channel Memory SeriesQualified by Intel for the Core i7 Processor and X58 Chipset Sunnyvale, Calif.—November 21, 2008—OCZ Technology Group, a worldwide leader in innovative, ultra-high performance and high reliability memory, today announced the first of its Intel® Extreme triple channel...
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