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Latest News - December 2008
- Windows Dominates Netbook Market
- CoolIT Unveils Domino Advanced Liquid Cooling
- VIA Trinity Platform Brings HD to Small Spaces
- NVIDIA Now Providing Notebook Graphics Drivers
- MobileMe Helps Track Down iPhone Thief
- Yahoo! To Retain User Data For Only 90 Days
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295 Specifications Unveiled
- Toshiba Announces a 512GB SSD For 2009
- SAPPHIRE Introduces ATOMIC Edition HD 4870 X2
- Hardware RoundUp
- EA Learns Xbox 360 Graphics != Wii Graphics
- Sprint Unveils Dual-Mode Modem
- Sex or the Web? Nearly 50% of Women Pick Web
- AOL Announces New Improved Version of Webmail
- TiVo Timeshifting Shifts Into High Gear
- GizmoCall - Cheap, Easy, VoIP Calling
- iPhone Dev-Team Unlocks iPhone 3G
- Microsoft Issues Emergency Security Patch for IE
- RandMcNally.com's More Roads-Better Directions™
- New York State Looks To Implement "iTunes Tax"
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All News for December 2008
Netbooks have taken the world by storm since their introduction in late 2007. This sub-notebook market has grown from the Asus Eee PC to multiple vendors and many models vying for superiority. Beginning with the Eee PC, many netbooks were characterized by their Linux Operating System, but Microsoft, quick to notice their growing...
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CoolIT Systems Revolutionizes PC Gaming Performance with Domino Advanced Liquid Cooling for CPUs
CoolIT Delivers Advanced Liquid Cooling to the Masses for $79
Calgary, Alberta – December 18th, 2008 – CoolIT Systems announces Domino Advanced Liquid Cooling (ALC) that offers the technological advantages employed by high-end liquid cooling
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VIA Trinity Platform Brings Hi-Def to Small SpacesTriple-punch combination of a VIA processor, VIA media system processor and S3 Graphics discrete GPU delivers DirectX 10.1, Hi-Def video, Blu-ray and Windows Vista to the SFF desktop, notebook and embedded markets Taipei, Taiwan, 18 December 2008 - VIA Technologies, Inc., a leading innovator...
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NVIDIA Now Providing Notebook Graphics Drivers On NVIDIA.COMNew Notebook Graphics Drivers Unlocks the Latest CUDA and PhysX Applications for Notebook Users SANTA CLARA, CA—DECEMBER 18, 2008—Users with notebooks equipped with NVIDIA graphics processing units (GPUs) now have the added flexibility of downloading upgradeable graphics drivers directly...
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This is the second story in the last few days about technology aiding in the recovery of, well, still more technology. Last time it was a wireless controller helping to track down an Xbox 360. This time it's Apple's beleagured MobileMe service helping to nab an iPhone thief. MobileMe was the subject of many complaints when it was first launched;...
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There is a famous New Yorker cartoon from 1993 with a dog using a computer, where the dog says: "On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog." The implication is that you can be completely anonymous when online and be anyone, or anything, you want to be. That might have be mostly true in the early 1990's, but privacy advocates will tell you...
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Although we can't disclose all of the details regarding NVIDIA's upcoming dual-GPU powered GeForce GTX 295 just yet, we do have some juicy information regarding the card and its proposed specifications that we can share with you today.We all knew that NVIDIA wasn't sitting idle since the initial release of AMD's popular ATI Radeon...
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TOSHIBA LAUNCHES INDUSTRY’S FIRST 512GB SOLID STATE DRIVE and NEXT- GENERATION SSD FAMILY USING 43nm MLC NAND New SSD Family Achieves High Levels of Performance, Endurance, Capacity and Reliability to Meet Market Requirements for Notebook Computers, Gaming and Home Entertainment Systems IRVINE, Calif., and TOKYO December 18, 2008 — Toshiba...
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ATOMIC HD 4870 X2 FROM SAPPHIRE IS FASTEST EVER Single slot liquid cooled card breaks all barriers! Bringing the highest levels of graphics and gaming performance ever seen in the PC, SAPPHIRE Technology - the leading innovator of ATI-based graphics solutions - is now introducing the amazing single slot, liquid cooled ATOMIC Edition of its...
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Video:MSI R4830-T2D512-OC Radeon HD 4830 Videocard Review @ PCSTATSSapphire HD4870x2 Atomic Review @ OCCPaLiT Revolution 700 Deluxe Video Card Review @ Legit ReviewsMotherboards and Chipsets:Jetway NC92 Series Mini-ITX Motherboard @ Modders-IncJetway NC92 Atom IPC Motherboard @ PhoronixProcessors:asfdfMemory and Storage:Kingston HyperX Triple/Tri-Channel...
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Electronic Arts is the latest company to run afoul of Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) in the U.K. The ASA has twice banned iPhone ads over false or misleading claims. In this case, the ASA said that an EA ad tried to pass off Xbox 360 graphics as Wii graphics. In the ad, Tiger Woods uses a Wiimote to play the game, but the graphics displayed...
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Today, Sprint announced a high-speed modem that will enable subscribers to connect to the Internet over both 3G and 4G WiMAX networks. The new dual-mode modem will operate on both the WiMAX network Clearwire Corp is building and on Sprint's existing mobile broadband network. The U300 USB modem will be available starting Sunday, December 21...
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A recent survey, "Internet Reliance in Today's Economy" conducted by Harris Interactive for Intel, found that most U.S. adults find Internet access essential to daily life, so essential that some would choose it over TV ... or sex. According to the survey, 46% of women and 30% of men would forego sex for 2 weeks rather than give up Internet...
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AOL has launched an updated beta version of AOL Web Mail, http://beta.webmail.aol.com, offering users one of the most complete e-mail experiences available, with one-click access to Gmail and Yahoo! Mail accounts, customization capabilities and over-the-air mobile sync of AOL Calendar and Address Book. The new AOL Mail Web Suite also includes...
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TiVo Highlights Effect of Timeshifting on New Series Premiers in October Using Stop||Watch(TM) Ratings Service - Network Series Premiers in October Experience as Much as 54% Timeshifting - - ABC's Grey's Anatomy and Desperate Housewives Dominate the Top Ranked Programs - - Cable Sees Primetime Lift in Year-Over-Year October Viewing - ALVISO,...
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Look out Skype there's a new player in town. A new low cost VoIP service, GizmoCall, launched earlier this week. GizmoCall is Flash-based, requires no download, is cross platform, and, like many VoIP services, offers a combination of free and low-cost calling. The allure of GizmoCall, however, is what it includes for free....
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They’ve finally done it: the iPhone Dev-Team has unlocked the iPhone 3G. The hack isn’t out yet, but the team is shooting for a December 31st release. Right now, the team is working on packaging in the app into a user-friendly application with the simplicity that you see in other apps like QuickPwn or BootNeuter. Codenamed yellowsn0w, the...
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As we mentioned last week, Microsoft confirmed an unpatched bug in Internet Explorer that hackers are exploiting. Now, the company is issuing an emergency security patch for all versions of Internet Explorer. In an advance notification of the patch, Microsoft describes it as protection against a "remote code execution" vulnerability. Microsoft...
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Holiday travelers can now rely on the most trusted name in mapmaking for their driving directions. Today, Rand McNally announced More Roads-Better Directions™ on its enhanced website, RandMcNally.com, featuring 1 million more home addresses and over 22,000 more miles of roads—enough to cross the country seven times—not found on any other...
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How do you stem a state's $15.4 billion budget gap? By implementing the age-old American tradition of creating new taxes, that's how! Because of the current state of the economy and New York State's dire budget woes, New York state residents might be surprised to find that Governor David Paterson's new $121 billion budget proposal looks to...
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Earlier this quarter, we teamed up with Intel and our publicist, Federated Media, in an effort to hold a very special sort of contest and promotion called "Need A Tech Makeover". The contest allowed us to give back to the community and help out three deserving people whose lives were desperately in need of a technology face-lift. ...
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Video:Diamond HD 4870 1GB CrossFire Video Card Review @ Legit ReviewsZOTAC NITRO VGA Overclocking Controller Review @ FuturelooksMotherboards and Chipsets:Foxconn A79A-S Motherboard @ iXBTMemory and Storage:G.Skill FM-25S2S-64GB SATA-II MLC SSD @ Benchmark ReviewsPower:IKONIK Vulcan 1200 watt Modular Power Supply @ TweaktownSystems:ASUS Eee...
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