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Latest News - February 2012
- Sapphire Readies AMD Fusion-Powered Edge-HD3 Mini PC
- LaCie 4TB And 6TB 2big Thunderbolt Series Now Available to Purchase
- SanDisk Promises Faster, More Responsive Computing Experience With New Extreme SSD
- CyberPower Targets Gamers With New Zeus Desktop Systems
- Alcatel-Lucent Announces lightRadio WiFi, Smooths Handoffs Between Cell and WiFi Networks
- MAINGEAR Now Offering Affordable HD 7700 Series Graphics Cards in Systems
- HP WebOS Open Source Releases Begin
- LightSquared Keeps The Good Fight Going Against GPS, Says Network Won't Interfere
- AMD Radeon HD 7770 and 7750 GPU Reviews
- Microsoft Office Announcement Leaves ARM Community Wondering What's Going On
- HP Announces “World’s First” 27-inch AIO Workstation
- OCZ Introduces Z-Drive R4 CloudServ Solid State Storage System
- AMD's Graphics CTO Leaves Company
- Cooler Master Rolls Out Silent Pro M2 Power Supply Series
- Noctua's DH-14 CPU Cooler, Sandy Bridge-E Tested and Burned In
- High-Tech Handymen at iFixIt Hack and Slash Motorola's Droid 4 Smartphone
- Google, Motorola Deal Gets Green Light of Approval, Let the Patent Wars Begin
- Chinon Rolls Out Low-Cost Android Tablets
- U.S. DoJ Okays Purchase Of Nortel Patents By RIM, Apple, Others
- AT&T Brings U-verse TV Watching To The iPad
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All News for February 2012
It's amazing what you can discover by digging around the Web. Head over to the FCC's website, for example, and you might stumble upon an intriguing Fusion-powered nettop from Sapphire. Rather than release another pint-sized system with an Intel Atom processor and Nvidia Ion graphics running...
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At long last, LaCie's 2big Thunderbolt Series has arrived and is up for sale on the company's website, provided you have the scratch. Initially available in 4TB and 6TB sizes, these big drives command equally big price tags, with the lower...
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SanDisk announced the new SanDisk Extreme SSD, which claims to be 10 times faster than a 7,200 RPM hard drive. According to SanDisk, the new SanDisk Extreme SSD can boot a PC in less than 16 seconds, offers faster application launches, and...
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CyberPower unveiled its Zeus series of desktop computers that feature Intel’s new i7-3820 CPU, AMD FX CPUs, NZXT’s Switch 810 chassis, and Advanced Hydro Liquid Cooling. Initially, the Zeus series will include six models. The Zeus Thunder 1000, 2000, 300 and MAX will feature...
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It’s no secret that cell carriers are constantly fighting to keep up with the increasing data demands on their networks, and with projections indicating that mobile data usage will continue to skyrocket over the next few years, providers...
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It’s HD 7770 and HD 7750 day here on the Internet, and MAINGEAR turned out to celebrate by offering the AMD Radeon HD 7700 series graphics cards in its systems. The HD 7770 occupies two slots and features 1GB DDR5 memory and a 1GHz core...
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WebOS may be "dead," but it's far from gone and buried. HP noted that the software would live on in some form or another, with open source coding to be released into the wild so that device lovers could do with it what they wanted. As 2012 hits full stride, WebOS is poking its head out of the door once more, with deliver of quite a few things...
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Not really surprising, but things aren't looking so good for LightSquared. The company has been fighting for what feels like ages to get their wholesale LTE network approved despite staunch opposition from naysayers who contend that the network...
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AMD is launching two more Radeon HD 7000 series products today, the Radeon HD 7770 and 7750, but unlike the 7970 and 7950, these two new cards are based on a fresh GPU codenamed “Cape Verde”. Cape Verde has essentially the same feature set as the more powerful Tahiti, but is pared down to target a totally different market segment,...
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Last week, Windows 8's head developer, Steven Sinofsky, published an 8,600-word blog post describing virtually every facet of Windows 8's development, including the hardware Microsoft has used for system testing and simulation. One of the major...
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“All-in-one” and “workstation” are generally not terms one would use in the same sentence (unless that sentence was “I wish I could get an all-in-one that’s as powerful as a real workstation computer”), but HP is trying to change that with the release...
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OCZ announced the Z-Drive R4 CloudServ PCIe flash storage solution. The new Z-Drive R4 CloudServ delivers up to 1.4 million IOPS. The Z-Drive R4 CloudServ PCIe SSD uses OCZ’s integrated Virtualized Controller Architecture (VCA) 2.0 and...
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AMD has confirmed that Eric Demers, AMD's graphics Chief Technology Officer and head of the graphics business unit, has left the company to "pursue other opportunities." His job will be taken over by Mark Papermaster until a replacement is found. AMD notes in a prepared statement that it "remains fully committed to our critical graphics IP...
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You often hear computers being compared to cars, especially when it comes to tinkering and overclocking, but whereas there's nothing sweeter sounding than the loud roar of a big block engine, PCs are most admired when they run silently. That's not always easy to accomplish, and to help you...
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A few months back, we examined the performance of four liquid coolers for the Sandy Bridge-E socket LGA 2011 platform: Corsair's H80 and H100, Maingear's Epic 180, and Intel's own reference cooler. Liquid coolers are popular with high-end OEMs...
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The only people who concern themselves with non-removable batteries are those who are afraid to get their hands dirty and/or anyone who gets squeamish when thinking about prying open pricey electronics gear. Luckily for them, and for the rest...
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Both the U.S. Department of Justice and the European Commission gave Google their respective blessings to acquire Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion, the two agencies said in separate announcements. Taking it one step further, the DoJ also...
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The quest for a good low-cost tablet continues with Chinon’s announcement of a pair of Android tablets called the Swtich 7 and Switch 10. The 7-inch model starts at $159.99, while the 10-inch version starts at $279.99. "There is no reason why consumers who want to experience the...
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Nortel Networks crashed and burned in spectacular fashion a few years ago, and ever since the company's remains have been hanging around and sniffed out by other major technology companies. Apple, Microsoft and RIM in particular have been on...
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AT&T's U-verse TV service may not be everywhere, but for the folks that can get access, there's one more reason to also snag an iPad. As the Apple ecosystem slinks into even more corners of the entertainment universe, AT&T has announced this week that its AT&T U-verse for iPad App...
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Get ready to see Firefox like you've never seen it before. Mozilla is working on an all new version of its popular browser for Windows 8, which will include a new Firefox front end and system integration points that will better integrate with...
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Forget about your classic Air Jordan sneakers from Nike, or your Kobe 7 kicks and Lebron 9 shoes (both also from Nike). Arguably the coolest pair of sneakers ever were the Converse Weapons, which could be bought about two-and-a-half decades ago in obnoxious yellow or garish green, depending on...
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