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Latest News - March 2009
- Fusion-io Reveals Wicked Fast ioDrive Duo SSDs
- AMD Ships 50 Millionth 'Hollywood' GPU In Wii
- The New iPod Shuffle Speaks!
- Chinese Hackers Crack iTunes Gift Card Algorithm
- Infinite SMS Becomes Finite, After All
- Bequeath Your Facebook Account When You Die
- Hardware Roundup
- CyberPower Introduces Gamer Xtreme 1003
- IBuyPower Delivers NVIDIA 3D Gaming PCs
- Asus VH242H 23.6" Widescreen LCD Monitor
- Lenovo Introduces Smaller, Lower Cost Desktops
- NVIDIA Launches GPU Ventures Program & Website
- Microsoft Reveals Own Notebook Cooling Base
- Samsung Reaches Higher With 1.5TB EcoGreen HDD
- Sharkoon Rush FireGlider Does 3600 DPI Cheaply
- U2 Ditches Apple for RIM
- Touch Screen Orders Fuel Apple Netbook Rumors
- Hardware Roundup
- More data breach info to consumers in CA bill
- Will Android Surpass the iPhone by 2012?
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All News for March 2009
Fusion-io, the company famous for producing the world's fastest and most expensive SSD solution, is back again with another blazing fast innovation. This time, we're drooling over the ioDrive Duo, which is hailed as the fastest and most innovative SSD this planet has ever seen. Per usual, the server-based PCI Express SSD offering is aimed...
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While AMD's dedicated chip sales may be sagging, the company has still found reason to celebrate. With the success of the Wii comes the inevitable success of AMD, at least in small part. Today, Advanced Micro Devices proudly announced that the 50 millionth ATI 'Hollywood' graphics processor has shipped from Nintendo today, and if you're having...
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Apple has just announced its new third-generation iPod shuffle, which the company claims is "the world's smallest music player." The new iPod shuffle is almost half the size of the previous generation iPod shuffle, measuring a scant 1.8x0.7x0.3-inches (HWD) and weighing only 0.38 ounces. What makes this new iPod truly unique, however, is not...
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Expect this to be fixed as quickly as Apple can manage it, but according to reports Chinese hackers (those enterprising guys) have cracked the algorithm behind the codes on iTunes gift cards, and are offering up $200 gift cards for $2.60. Interestingly, these same sorts of $200 deals are showing up on eBay, though not at quite the same bargain...
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Well, it was too good to last. Infinite SMS, the iPhone app which offered an infinite number of SMS messages by utilizing the SMS chat feature of Google Talk, is no more, as Google has closed off those APIs from third-party developers. To be clear, Google’s free SMS feature isn’t gone. They’ve only blocked non-Google apps like Infinite SMS...
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Making contingency plans for the possibility of becoming incapacitated or for our inevitable demise is seldom a pleasant subject to discuss or even think about. Many people often postpone or even never get around to creating a living will or a last will and testament. For those that do, their concerns are usually focused on their quality of...
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Video:Palit GeForce GTS 250 2GB Graphics Card @ TweaktownSharp Aquos LC-46D65U Review @ Digital TrendsGalaxy GeForce GTS 250 1 GB @ techPowerUpGeForce GTX 260 or RADEON HD 4870 1024MB @ iXBTMotherboards and Chipsets:ASRock N7AD-SLI Motherboard Review @ Virtual-HideoutJetway NF76-1G5-LF ICS VIA C7 Motherboard @ PCShopTalkGIGABYTE GA-EX58-UD3R...
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CyberPower Offers Intel Core i7 920-based Gaming System exclusively at www.newegg.com CyberPower Inc., www.cyperpowerpc.com a manufacturer of customized gaming machines, notebook systems, and high performance workstations today announced a mid-level gaming system based on Intel’s Core i7-920 CPU that delivers the horsepower to run the most...
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Another week, another pair of IBuyPower gaming desktops to tempt your ever-stressed credit limit. This time, we've got the Gamer Fire 640 and Gamer Paladin F830, both of which check in under the $2000 ceiling and aim for the mid- to high-end gamer. Also, these each are outfitted with NVIDIA's GeForce 3D Vision and come bundled with a Samsung...
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With Asus's recent Blitzkrieg of inexpensive Eee PC netbooks and nettops, it might be easy forget that Asus also manufactures a full bevy of components and peripherals from motherboards to graphics cards to networking products. Asus also makes LCD displays, ranging in size from 17-inches on up to 26-inches, which cover a wide swath of feature...
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It’s no secret that businesses and consumers are looking for ways to cut costs. In recognition of this, Lenovo is releasing two new desktop PCs designed to lower total cost of ownership. The ThinkCentre M58e and A58 desktops start at just $399 and run more coolly and quietly than previous ThinkCentres. What’s more, the ThinkCentre M58e meets...
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NVIDIA Looking for the Next Great GPU Computing Company Global Investment Program Launched to Fund and Support New GPU Computing Businesses NVIDIA Corporation, inventor of the GPU, today announced the launch of the GPU Ventures Program, a new global initiative whose aim is to identify, support and invest in early stage companies leveraging...
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Obviously, most of the focus in Redmond these days is on Windows 7 Beta. So it's pretty shocking to see a new wave of hardware roll out of Microsoft's labs this week, particularly hardware like a notebook cooling pad and colorful mice. With notebook sales outpacing desktops by a solid three-to-one margin (according to Microsoft, anyway), the...
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Sometimes, there's no point in challenging the current king. Instead, it's much simpler to just sit back, concede to second place and leave all the stress to the aforementioned champion of the domain. That seems to the be mantra wrapped into Samsung's latest desktop hard drive, which falls just 500GB shy of matching Western Digital's current...
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Looking for a new mouse to up that frag count? Sharkoon is hoping you look its way, as it has just delivered an all new input peripheral into its growing line of PC accessories. The Rush FireGlider is similar to many other gaming mice in most areas, but a few unique features make this one worth considering if you're in the market.For starters,...
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U2 and Apple are no longer BFF, apparently, as U2 has announced its 360° Tour, and its sponsor: Research in Motion (RIM), maker of BlackBerry devices. It's not like U2 has ever been officially aligned with Apple, but U2 does have history with Apple. For example, U2 has performed at Apple events, is the only band that has gotten its own branded...
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New Apple netbook rumors have arisen. A report from Digitimes cites a Commercial Times report that Taiwan-based Wintek will supply touch panels for "Apple's new netbook" due in the 3rd quarter of 2009. Wintek revealed that it is currently working with Apple to develop some new products, but it said it does not know what applications the new...
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Video:Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 X2 1GB @ [H]eVGA X58 3X SLI Review @ OCCASUS VH242H 24-Inch 16:9 LCD Monitor Review @ FuturelooksASUS EAH4550 Radeon HD 4550 Half-Height Videocard Review @ PCSTATS.comMotherboards and Chipsets:Sapphire PURE PC-AM2RS790GX AM2+ Motherboard Review @ Club OverclockerGigabyte GA-MA790GP-DS4H AM2+ Motherboard...
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With data theft seeming to be increasing in frequency (read this and this), a California legislator has introduced a bill that would make companies report more information to people affected by the breaches.State Sen. Joe Simitian's bill would require companies involved to report to the state attorney general any data breach that affected...
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If market researcher Informa Telecoms & Media is correct, more people are going to be reaching for an Android-powered device than an iPhone by 2012. Considering there is only one Android device currently on the market—the G1, which launched in September—the new platform must make huge strides to achieve this widespread market penetration....
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MSI had no shortage of new products debut at CeBIT this past week, and in an effort to better bring into focus its comprehensive notebook line, the company has released an all encompassing release that highlights its professional G (Gaming) and multimedia E (Entertainment) families.Among the six major MSI notebook product lines, the G and...
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Seagate and AMD Unveil World's First Demonstration of Serial ATA 6Gigabit/Second Technology for High-Speed PC Applications Seagate, teaming with microprocessor manufacturing leader Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) at the Everything Channel Xchange Conference in New Orleans this week, today unveiled the world's first public demonstration of next-generation...
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