Michael Santo
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Video: Palit GeForce 8600 GT Super+1GB Video Card Review @ ThinkComputers.orgLeadtek WinFast PX8800 GT 512MB Graphics Card Review @ X-bit Labs Motherboards & Chipsets: ASRock 4Core1600P35-WiFi+AP Motherboard @ CPU3D MSI K9A2 Platinum Motherboard, AMD 790FX Chipset (Socket AM2+) @ Digit-LifeASUS P5K Deluxe/WiFi-AP@n Motherboard Review @...
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Seriously, is anyone surprised?Paying customers may not get their hands on Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) or Windows Server 2008 for weeks, but pirates can download the brand-new code for either today, according to searches at several BitTorrent trackers.The RTM, or release to manufacturing, versions of both operating systems can easily...
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3D Realms made the mistake of speaking to mainstream media, meaning that what they felt was a "no comment" answer did not translate properly. No, Duke Nukem Forever does not have a release date.I'd like to address the article the Dallas Business Journal put up today. In what appears to be an unfortunate turn of events, there seems to...
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Video: GeCube Radeon HD 3870 X2 X-Turbo Dual (O.C Edition) @ HardwareZoneMSI NX8800GTS-T2D512E-OC GeForce 8800GTS review @ TWEAK.DKASUS EN8800GTS TOP @ Bjorn3DPowerColor passive HD3870 SCS3 @ techPowerUp Motherboards & Chipsets: Asus Maximus Extreme Intel X38 Express Motherboard Review @ PCSTATS.comASUS Maximus Extreme Mainboard Review...
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Starting in May, sellers will no longer be able to give buyers negative, or even neutral feedback.EBay said problems were occurring, and slowing down trade, when buyers left negative comments about sellers who then retaliated with their own views.From May, those selling on eBay will not be able to leave unfavourable or neutral messages about...
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Video: Vvikoo Geforce 8800GT Max (1Gb DDR3) @ CPU3DSamsung 743B 17-inch Monitor @ TechgageBENQ G2400W 24" LCD Monitor @ t-breakBFGTech 8800 GTS 512MB OC2 WC Edition @ [H] Motherboards & Chipsets: Intel Skulltrail Performance Preview @ Sharky ExtremeIntel SkullTrail Platform Review @ Motherboards.orgIntel SkullTrail Preview - Dual Core...
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Goodbye, Boring Beige Mouse: Microsoft Recharges Peripheral Perception With Innovative New Mice New hybrid mouse delivers desktop mouse comfort with notebook mouse portability; rechargeable mouse offers high-end technology at affordable price point.REDMOND, Wash. Feb. 5, 2008 Microsoft Corp. today added two new desktop mice to its line of...
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This is even worse than a pay toilet! In Finland, you'd better have a cell phone if nature calls. As a result of continued and endemic vandalism, the Finnish Road Administration has developed a system which allows travellers to open the doors to roadside toilets only by sending a SMS message to the number given by the Road Administration.The...
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Since the 16 GB iPod Touch was announced in September we all knew it was only a matter of time until Apple slapped that 16 GB into its larger brother. Here we go, and still more.Apple® today added new models of the iPhone™ and iPod® touch which have double the memory, doubling the amount of music, photos and videos...
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Put this in the rumor category. Unconfirmed reports show 3 new MacBook Pros showing up in Best Buy's inventory.Last week, we'd heard an unconfirmed report that three new MacBook Pro models had appeared in Best Buy's inventory tracking system. Some inventory screenshots (1, 2) we received today appear to confirm this earlier report, showing...
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Remember the days prior to self-serve? OK, maybe none of you are that old. Well, if the Dutch have their way, we may soon been seeing "Full Serve," "Self-Serve," and "Robot Serve" prices at gas stations.Dutch inventors unveiled on Monday a 75,000 euro ($111,100) car-fuelling robot they say is the first of its kind, working by registering the...
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Don't you hate those buts? Besides the fact that it won't release to download or Windows Update for six weeks, that old bugaboo for Vista strikes again. Yep, device drivers.As we update our customers to SP1, we want everyone to have a great install experience. We are going to stage our rollout of SP1 for current Windows Vista...
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Video: Desktop Graphics Card Comparison Guide Rev. 13.5 @ TechARPHIS Radeon HD 3850 IceQ 3 TurboX @ TweaktownASUS EN8800GT-1GB @ t-breakAsus EAH3870X2 TOP Review @ Neoseeker Motherboards & Chipsets: ASRock ALiveDual-eSATA2 AMD Socket AM2 Motherboard with AGP and PCIe Reviewed @ OCInside.deIntel Skulltrail Platform Review - Eight Cores,...
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Super Smash Bros. Brawl has been released in Japan already, to great sales as well as some problems. Some of the problems seem to be related to a bad habit: smoking.According to the statement, Nintendo has received complaints from Smash Bros. Brawl buyers of the Wii being unable to read their newly bought disc, or of videos chopping...
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MP3 is a lossy format - meaning you lose quality from the original. Because of that fact, wording in a recently passed Italian law may have just made trading MP3 files legal.The law states that music or images that are at "degraded or low resolution" can be distributed on the Internet "for scientific or educational use, and only when such...
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Video: MSI & Gigabyte HD3870 Cards @ t-breakSapphire Radeon HD 3650 512MB @ Phoronix Motherboards & Chipsets: MSI K9A2 Platinum review @ TWEAK.DKMSI P35 Diamond Motherboard @ TweaktownASUS P5E3 Deluxe/WiFi-AP@n Motherboard Review @ GamepyreIntel Skulltrail and Multi-GPU Graphics @ PC PerspectiveGigabyte GA-X48-DQ6 Preview @ Motherboards.orgMemory...
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Microsoft launches - not hardware or software, but a comic strip.The daily Web comic, called Heroes Happen Here, features tech savvy crime fighters like Lord Firewall, who "stands between chaos and order" and says things like "begone vermin!"Heroes Happen Here is sponsored by Microsoft and Seagate. If the name sounds familiar, it's because...
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A lot of users have called RealPlayer "badware," but mostly for performance reasons. All right, all right, we're being kind; there have been plenty of complaints over Real Networks' policies before.StopBadware.org said Tuesday it has labeled two versions of the RealPlayer media player as "badware," or spyware.RealPlayer 10.5, it claims,...
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Video: GeForce 8800 Graphics Performance: GT vs GTS vs GTX @ BmRNVIDIA SLI performance scaling - GeForce 8800 GT 512MB @ Elite BastardsProcessors: AMD Phenom Quad Core Processor 2.6Ghz @ CPU3DSystems:Shuttle's XPC SP35P2 Pro SFF barebones system @ The Tech Report Cases, Cooling, & Misc.: Danger Den MPC-975X Chipset Waterblock @ techPowerUpUltra...
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Swedish authorities have been threatening this since last month. They kept their promise.The Swedish prosecutor Hakan Roswall has announced the charges against four individuals involved with The Pirate Bay. The four, aged 23 to 37, are being charged with “assisting copyright infringement” of 4 software applications, 9 films and 22 music...
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For those of you skinnies, meaning owners of PSP-2000s, Skype for the PSP has arrived. For you fatties, sorry. The program needs the extra memory of the PSP-2000.As well as enabling free calls between users, Skype will allow PSP owners to send and receive voice and text messages, and make paid for calls to landlines and mobile...
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Steve Jobs said the MacBook Air would be available in two weeks. While it's not in anyone's hands, it has shipped.The company's newest laptop, which CEO Steve Jobs called the "world's thinnest" computer when he unveiled it two weeks ago at San Francisco's Macworld, is shipping as of today, Apple said. The 3-lb. portable, which retails...
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