Michael Santo
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Our biggest complaint with our DirecTiVo before it died: speed, or rather lack thereof. It's a common complaint.TiVo software version 9.3 will significantly speed up nearly all of the common tasks that customers do with a TiVo. No longer will the DVR pause for nearly a minute while it reorders Season Pass priorities or stall for half...
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Video:ZOTAC GeForce 9800 GTX 512MB Video Card @ Benchmark ReviewsSapphire Radeon HD 3650 OC Edition Video Card Review @ ThinkComputers.orgProcessors:Intel's Atom processor unveiled @ The Tech ReportIntel Atom Processor Officially Announced - More from IDF @ PC PerspectiveMemory and Storage:Icy Box NAS Enclosure Review @ TechwareLabsPower:Nesteq...
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Not only did Mozilla release the Firefox 3.0 Beta 5 code today, it also announced when RC1 will code-freeze, as it closes in on completion of Firefox 3.0As it races to the goal post, Mozilla.org announced that beta 5 of Firefox 3 is available and that the code for release candidate 1 will be frozen on April 8.Beta 5 offers big improvements...
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Yep, if you are trying to sell a digital item on eBay, meaning something that can be delivered via email and such, without a physical item to be delivered, you can no longer, as of 3/31/08, use the auction format. You have to use a classified ad, which costs $9.95 to place, for a 30 day listing.We've pointed out more than a few times...
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Fortunately Amazon.com launched this service on 4/2, or we might have wondered ...In less than a minute and using only text messages, Amazon.com customers can find the product they are looking for and complete a purchase using TextBuyIt. Simply send a text message to "AMAZON" (262966) with the name of the product, search term or a UPC or ISBN...
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It's not even officially announced, but Microsoft has been trying so long to get OOXML approved, it can't wait. It's already issued a press release.While the final vote has not yet been announced formally, publicly available information appears to indicate the proposed Open XML standard received extremely broad support. According to...
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It's too fast, says the International PC Gaming Association (IPCGA)!April 1, 2008 – The International PC Gaming Association (IPCGA), the largest non-profit membership organization serving PC game developers and enthusiasts, today announced that HP Blackbird 002 has been banned from next month’s 2008 International PC Gaming Tournament due to...
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Video:Sapphire HD 3870 TOXIC Edition @ Modders-IncXFX 9800GTX Review @ OCCATI Radeon HD3450 @ TechwareLabsXFX 9800GTX 512MB @ Bjorn3DEVGA e-GeForce 9800 GTX Review @ NVNewsZOGIS 9800GTX Review @ OCCNVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX preview @ Elite BastardsBFGTech GeForce 9800 GTX @ [H]BFG 9800 GTX Video Card Review @ I4UNVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX Roundup...
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Yes, it's that same Sony BMG that was so protective of its music content that it began installing rootkit-like DRM software on consumers' PCs. That same Sony BMG has been accused of software piracy.Small French software developer PointDev is suing Sony BMG saying it uses pirated copies of PointDev's Ideal Migration software.The application...
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What's one of the biggest nits with Google Docs? For many, it's the same thing that also allows collaboration and access to files anywhere: the online nature of it. That's going to start disappearing soon, however.Here's why I'm excited about this development. My migration from the desktop to 'the cloud' started with my Gmail account. I could...
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While it appears there certainly is an ad for this particular, er, subject, the question of how legitimate it is remains.In one of the more unbelievable media twists to come in the aftermath of last week’s Byron Review, a national newspaper is offering readers 'hundreds of pounds' to confess that games pushed them into a life of crime.An advert...
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This experiment resembles nothing so much as the Super Size Me experiment, where a man attempted to live on McDonald's food for an entire month. McAfee has started a 30-day study to see just how much junk people can get via spam.The Santa Clara company solicited participants through an ad on Craigslist and chose five people from each...
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AMD Delivers Industry’s First Commercially Available 3D Workstation Graphics Card with DisplayPort Support— ATI FireGL™ V7700 provides superb performance and image quality for professional 3D and imaging markets —SUNNYVALE, Calif. — March 31, 2008 — AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced it is advancing application...
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Video:Sapphire Radeon HD3870 Toxic (512Mb DDR4) @ CPU3DPoV GeForce 9800GTX @ t-breakPalit GeForce 8800 GTS 1GB Sonic SLI Video Card Review @ Legit ReviewsSapphire Radeon HD 3870 X2 Atomic WaterCooled preview @ Elite BastardsPowerColor HD 3450 Review @ OCCASUS PG221 22-inch Widescreen LCD Monitor Review @ ThinkComputers.orgMotherboards and...
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And people wonder why we sometimes look askance at the future of the human race.Internet griefers descended on an epilepsy support message board last weekend and used JavaScript code and flashing computer animation to trigger migraine headaches and seizures in some users.The nonprofit Epilepsy Foundation, which runs the forum, briefly closed...
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Anyone ever watch the movie The Cheyenne Social Club? Well, this ain't that kind of social club. Thursday Rockstar Games announced the Rockstar Social Club, scheduled to launch (drum roll) on the same day as Grand Theft Auto IV, April 29th (go figure).Today Rockstar announced a new website called the Rockstar Social Club. Essentially a high...
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Video:Gigabyte GV-NX98X1GHI-B GeForce 9800 GX2 Video Card @ BmRASUS Radeon HD 3870 X2 Graphics Card @ TweaktownHIS Radeon HD 3450 Video Card @ Overclockers OnlineNVIDIA 9800 GX2 Quad SLI Review @ I4U Motherboards and Chipsets:ASUS M3A32-MVP Deluxe WiFi-AP motherboard review...
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Ah yes, the good news is they are collaborating. The bad news is ... wait for it ... The deal comes as BitTorrent, which became known for developing software technology widely used to illegally share files, is trying to reinvent itself. The companies are in talks to collaborate on ways to run BitTorrent's technology more smoothly on Comcast's...
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Thursday Adobe launched Photoshop Express, an free, online version of its popular Photoshop picture and graphics-editing software. In doing so, Adobe joins the crowd of vendors offering online versions of productivity software. Typical of such offerings, Photoshop Express (PE) arrives in beta form.San Jose, Calif.-based Adobe Systems Inc....
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AMD Extends Energy-Efficient Processing Leadership with World’s First 65-Watt Quad-Core Desktop ProcessorAMD Phenom™ X4 9100e Processor Enables Full–featured, Sleek and Quiet Quad-Core PCsSUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AMD (NYSE:AMD) today announced the availability of the world’s first energy-efficient desktop quad-core processor,...
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Video:PNY 9800 GX2 Graphics Card Review @ I4UVVIKOO GeForce 9600GT Turbo 512MB @ TweaktownXFX GeForce 9800 GX2 Quad SLI @ [H]XFX GeForce 9800 GX2 Quad SLI Video Card Testing @ Legit ReviewsNVIDIA Quad SLI Take Two - 9800 GX2 up to bat @ PC PerspectiveGeForce 9800 GX2 Quad SLI @ t-breakMotherboards and Chipsets:Asus P5E3 Premium X48 motherboard...
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The tax rebates that are supposed to inject a stimulus into the U.S. economy, as we hope you realize, will only come to those who file taxes this year. And the IRS wants to make sure you know about it. So they've taken an unprecedented step. They have posted a video on YouTube (below) advertising it. Our only comment: when is the last time...
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