Michael Santo
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Last week Interbrand issued its 2008 Best Global Brands rankings. While most of the top 10 remained unchanged from 2007, with IBM and Microsoft swapping places (IBM rose from 3 to 2), one big change emerged: Google rose from 20 to 10, with Mercedes-Benz dropping to 11. Interbrand produces this report annually, which is then used to produce...
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Another day, another iPhone 3G "oops." Apple has just recently released the 2.1 software upgrade for the iPhone 3G, which seems to have fixed many of the issues with the device's 3G performance. While it dodged a bullet in terms of recalling millions of phones, it still has to make a major recall: millions of the small, square-shaped...
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Video: EVGA GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 Superclocked Video Card @ Legit Reviews Sapphire Radeon HD 4670 review @ AMDZoneMotherboards and Chipsets: Intel DG35EC Motherboard Review @ Virtual-Hideout Abit A-N78HD GeForce 8200 mATX Motherboard Review @ HardwareCore.net Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS3R P45 based motherboard @ AMDZoneMemory and Storage: Icy Dock...
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So just how did the Yahoo! email account of Sarah Palin, John McCain's running mate, get hacked? It wasn't by brute force, or because the password was obvious (like if she used her own name, Palin). No, it was social engineering that done her in. According to hackers posting to the /b/ board (or Random board) at 4chan.org, they didn't hack...
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Video:ATI Radeon HD 4670 Video Card Review @ MotherboardsMemory and Storage:Lexar Professional 8GB 300x UDMA Compact Flash @ techPowerUpATP ToughDrive Camo 4GB and EarthDrive 2GB USB flash drive review @ Elite BastardsPower:Enermax MODU82+ 525W PSU @ CPU3DCooler Master Silent Pro M600 @ InsideHWCases, Cooling & Misc.:Cirago Mini Bluetooth...
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Spore's rather draconian DRM, which besides being the already hated SecuROM limits the user to 3 installs and only one online account per CD key, has fostered extremely bad user reviews on Amazon.com as well as "protest creatures." At least part of that DRM will get loosened up soon, via a patch, according to reports. When asked by MTV's Multiplayer...
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Video:EVGA GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 (216 SP) Superclocked Edition Review @ Hardware CanucksZotac GeForce GTX 260 Amp² Edition 216 Shaders @ techPowerUpSapphire HD 4850 512 MB 100245L Own PCB Design @ techPowerUpBFGTech GeForce GTX 260 OCX MAXCORE @ [H]ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 Vs. ATI Radeon HD 4870 CrossFire Review @ X-bit LabsBFG GeForce...
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Don't get TOO excited yet. The Inquirer spills a lot of rumors, and its credibility is somewhat less because of that. That said, it's not always wrong, and there are some valid reasons why Google might be interested in Valve. Although, you'd think with Android about to launch and Chrome just launched, they might be a little...
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Don't expect this issue to go away anytime soon. We know many are (understandably) upset over the DRM used on the critically-acclaimed game Spore, not just because of SecuROM but also because of the "three activations limitation" and one account per CD key (which was not noted in the manual; in fact the opposite was said in the manual!). And...
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AT&T has teased iPhone users a few times by putting up notices of free wi-fi at AT&T hotspot, only to pull them down hours later after the blogosphere (and usually us!) got excited, thus alerting them to their mistake. While the apparently miscues seem to point to them working on such a feature, it appears the fact that the free...
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Video:Zotac 9800GT AMP! Edition @ t-breakPalit Radeon HD 4850 Sonic 512MB Video Card Review @ ThinkComputersXFX GeForce 9800 GTX+ Evaluation @ [H]ASUS EAH4870X2 TOP video card review @ Elite BastardsPalit HD4850 Sonic AMD Radeon HD 4850 Graphics card @ OCWSapphire Toxic Radeon HD4850 512MB Graphics Card Review @ Bigbruin.comMotherboards and...
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DELL PREMIERS FIRST INDUSTRY-APPROVED BURN-TO-DVD DOWNLOADSQflix Recording Technology from Sonic Gives New Life to Digital DownloadingFeaturing New Hit and Catalog Releases via CinemaNowQflix Certified Media Plays on Standard DVD PlayersROUND ROCK, Texas, Sept. 15, 2008 – Dell is bringing the big screen to the PC screen, making it easy for...
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What would be the ideal form of DRM? Besides, obviously, no DRM, copy protection that's industry-wide, so that you could snag something from one store or retailer and play it on any player, whether it be a Zune or an iPod, or even your DVD player, would be the dream of consumers. While piracy is the bane of the industry, the fact...
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Electronic Arts (EA) began its pursuit of Take-Two Interactive in February, but was immediately rebuffed. Through all these months, Take-Two has said that EA's offer undervalued the company. But while Electronic Arts let its tender offer expire in August, both companies indicated that the two continued talks in private. On...
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We know that both HP and Dell have planned to extend the life of Windows XP by using the "Downgrade Rights" Policy which allows buyers of certain versions of Windows Vista to get a copy of Windows XP along with Vista. But a report indicates that HP is looking at two different ways to make an "end run" around Vista. According to Business Week,...
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Video:Samsung SyncMaster 305T 30-inch LCD @ PhoronixPalit - ATI Radeon HD 4870 @ TechwareLabsGigabyte GeForce 9800GT 512MB Graphics Card @ APH NetworksMotherboards and Chipsets:Gigabyte EP45-DS3R Review @ OCCGigabyte GA-MA78GPM-DS2H Motherboard @ TechwareLabsMemory and Storage:G.Skill 2x2GB PC2 8800 (F2-8800CL5D-4GBPI) @ Overclockers OnlineCorsair...
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If you were one of the lucky people who wanted to try the new "Genius" feature of iTunes 8, and had an HP USB printer driver installed and said printer connection --- or perhaps a few other drivers --- you might have experienced the (yes, it's still part of Windows) tried and true BSOD when you plugged in your iPod.The BSOD was happening in...
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Faced with concerns that users might switch over to IE8 or Google's new Chrome so they can browse porn, er, we mean privately, Mozilla has reversed course on Privacy Mode, which had been out for Firefox 3.1. The upcoming release will indeed support Privacy Mode, popularly known as "Porn Mode." Both IE8 in its current Beta 2 form and...
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Video:Radeon HD 4670 review @ AMDZoneATI Radeon HD 4670 512MB GDDR3 Video Card Review @ Hardware CanucksPalit ATI Radeon HD 4850 @ TechwareLabsAMD ATI Radeon HD 4670 512MB @ bit-techATI Radeon HD 4670 Video Card Review @ Legit ReviewsASUS VW223B LCD Monitor @ t-break Powercolor PCS HD 4670 512 MB @ techPowerUpGIGABYTE Radeon HD 4850 512MB...
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AMD Empowers Professional Graphics Users with Must-Have Features and Price-Performance Leadership - New ATI FirePro™ V8700 graphics accelerator designed for ultra high-end professionals; ATI FirePro™ V3750 graphics accelerator delivers superior performance for entry-level 3D users -Amsterdam, NETHERLANDS (IBC 2008) — Sept. 11,...
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NVIDIA has been hit with a securities fraud class action lawsuit over the defective GPUs which it admitted to in July. The complaint was filed by New York-based law firm Shalov Stone Bonner & Rocco. It alleges that NVIDIA knew about the flawed GPUs as early as November 8th, 2007 though no public announcement was made until July 2, 2008....
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Experience Untethered, Uninterrupted Gameplay With Microsoft’s New SideWinder X8 MouseFirst wireless SideWinder mouse features Microsoft BlueTrack Technology for the best speeds and feeds available.REDMOND, Wash. Sept. 10, 2008 Microsoft Corp. today unleashed the SideWinder X8 Mouse, offering wireless freedom with wired performance...
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