Michael Santo
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In July, Symantec opened its 2009 security products to public beta, promising that they would no longer be the performance hogs they have been in the past. You may know that Symantec's latest versions of their security products have been criticized over their memory footprint and CPU usage. Of course, there's also the activation issue (the...
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As we wrote earlier, Wilmington, N.C. was getting to be the victim, er, volunteer city in a full-on digital TV experiment. What was the expectation? Well, the hope was that it would be a smooth transition, especially since Wilimington has a lower percentage of residents who would be affected by the changeover. But it sure...
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Video:ZOTAC GeForce 9800 GTX+ ZONE Edition Graphics Card @ TweaktownPoint of View GeForce 9400 GT 1024 MB Wall-E Edition @ techPowerUpMSI Radeon 4850 R4850-V101 Video Card Review @ MotherboardsPalit Radeon HD4870X2 Videocard Review @ PCStatsATI Radeon HD 4870 Overclockin Guide Rev. 2.0 @ TechARPPowerColor PCS+ HD 4870 1GB GDDR5 - Faster Yet...
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The security vulnerabilities already discovered in Chrome appear to have been patched by Google. Of course, Google (much like Apple) hasn't provided any release notes, so discovering what's been fixed isn't that easy. Google said, in a group post: We're planning to do release notes. 149.29 is a security update and we released it as fast as...
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ASUS Redefines Portable Gaming with its new 15.4” G50V Gaming Notebook -- Top-Notch performance and exclusive ASUS features make for an unbeatable mobile gaming platform -- Fremont, California (September 8, 2008) – ASUS, a world leader in notebook design and the fastest growing notebook brand, today announced the latest addition...
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In May, the FCC announced that Wilmington, North Carolina had volunteered to be the victims, er, first community to switch completely over to digital TV. Although there were concerns that Tropical Storm Hanna would cause a postponement of the switch, the FCC announced on Sunday that the experiment would still go live on Monday,...
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Not satisfied with Firefox 3.0.1? Want to see if Firefox 3.1 is really faster than Chrome, as Mozilla claims (though it's arguable)? Well, last night Mozille released the second alpha for Firefox 3.1. Note the word "alpha.:" Beta is buggy enough, but Alpha starts to stretch the limits a little.Shiretoko Alpha 2 is an...
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Video:ASUS ENGTX260 TOP GeForce GTX 260 Graphics Card Review @ TechARPLeadtek GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB Extreme Video Card Review @ TheTechLoungeMotherboards and Chipsets:Gigabyte GA-EP45T-Extreme Motherboard Review @ Legit ReviewsGigabyte MA78GPM-DS2H Motherboard @ Digit-LifeGigabye GA-EG45M-DS2H @ AMDZoneGigabyte GA-MA790GP-DS4H Motherboard...
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Gasoline being given away? In this age of $4 a gallon gasoline in the U.S., and much higher prices in Europe and elsewhere, would you riot over it? All right, it wasn't a riot, but it sure as heck was gridlock.Electronic Arts was trying to promote the Mercenaries 2: World in Flames game. And the promotion was free gasoline...
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Opera is much-loved, but it's more of a cult browser. Its users swear by it, but it's never been able to make inroads into browser market share. And the star of the week, Google's Chrome, which stole the headlines away from IE8, has already topped Opera in market share. According to NetApplications, which has been tracking Chrome usage hourly,...
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You didn't seriously think Comcast would roll over without a fight, did you? It was only a matter of time after FCC's decision in early August, before Comcast took some legal action. And here we are. Last month, the FCC voted 3-2 to declare that Comcast's throttling of BitTorrent P2P traffic last year was illegal. At that time the FCC ordered...
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Video:Foxconn 9500GT-256FR3 @ Bjorn3DGraphics Card + Processor, Part 4 @ Digit-LifeZOTAC GeForce 9800 GTX+ Zone Edition Video Card @ BmRSapphire Radeon HD 4870 X2 @ bit-techASUS EAH3850 X2 1GB Graphics Card Review @ Virtual-HideoutMotherboards and Chipsets:Biostar TA790GX A2+ ver 5.0 Review Part 1 @ OCWASUS Rampage Extreme Motherboard &...
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No, no one at the ISP was arrested, so strike that from your mind. In this case, it was Carol Sinclair, a 53-year-old Halifax actress and playwright. Her service went down, and in a typical finger-pointing episode, the ISP pointed a finger at her PC, and she pointed at the ISP. Eventually, she lied to get them to come out...
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The best DirecTV DVR was the DirecTiVo, and that is no longer sold --- and we can likely thank Rupert Murdoch for some of that, as it was his desire after acquiring a controlling stake in DirecTV to move to in-house DVRs. Now he's gone, but we still have the DirecTV DVRs. But for DirecTiVo lovers there is light at the end of the tunnel! On...
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Hulu, the joint venture between NBC Universal and News Corp. (Fox) announced on Tuesday post the premieres of many shows not as soon as they appear on TV, but rather prior to broadcast. Hulu said it would be showing the season-opening episodes of Knight Rider, Lipstick Jungle, Chuck, Life and 30 Rock a full week before the shows hit the airwaves. You...
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Dell's answer to the Asus Eee PC, the Inspiron 910, now has a date, according to reports. While there is still no confirmation as the price, which has been widely rumored as $299, it appears the netbook will be showing up "any time soon." According to Gizmodo, that day will be Friday, Sept. 5th. It should be noted this isn't the first date...
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A job posting spotted on ComputerJobs.com shows that Microsoft is looking for a Senior Product Manager for a project called Skymarket, a "a v1 marketplace service for Windows Mobile." With both Apple and Google either having or planning centralized stores for applications for their platforms, Microsoft's been the odd-man out. There are various...
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Video:Palit HD 4870 Sonic Dual Edition 512 MB @ techPowerUp Gainward Radeon HD 4850 review @ Ultimate HardwarePalit Radeon HD 4870 512MB Review @ TechgagePalit GeForce 9800GT Sonic 512MB Video Card Review @ ThinkComputers.orgMotherboards and Chipsets:ASUS M3N-HT Deluxe / Mempipe Motherboard @ Digit-LifeMemory and Storage:ATP ToughDrive...
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Video:ATI All-In-Wonder HD Video Card Review @ MotherboardsASUS HD4870-X2 @ t-breakMotherboards and Chipsets:Gigabyte GA-EG43-S2H Motherboard @ CPU3DSapphire ATI Radeon HD 4850 @ TechwareLabsMemory and Storage:Internal 3.5" Multi Card Reader Review @ DragonSteelModsPower:APC Power-Saving SurgeArrest P7GT Power Strip @ TechwareLabsTopower PowerBird...
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Email spam got you down? Is your first name Aaron? A study by Cambridge University security expert Richard Clayton shows that the first letter of your email address has a lot to do with the amount of spam you receive. The study (.PDF), titled "Do Zebras get more Spam than Aardvarks?" analyzed traffic logs from the U.K. ISP Demon Internet....
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