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Latest News - June 2011
- Hardware Roundup
- AMD 6000 Series Platform Reaches Out, Drives Towards “Interlagos”
- Microsoft Unveils New Kinect-Supporting Games At E3
- Xbox 360 Wireless Speed Wheel: Perfect For Speed Freaks
- Mad Catz Reveals Co-Branded Xbox 360 Headsets At E3
- Building Up Bulldozer: AMD Reintroduces 'FX' Brand
- New Wii U Console Introduces Tablet Controller, HD Video
- OWC Boasts Industry's First 5 Year Warranty for SandForce 6Gb/s SSD
- Apple iOS 5 Already Jailbroken!
- Walmart Slashes Price On iPhone 4 For June
- RIM Reveals PlayBook Update
- Sharp Retools LCD Plant To Make Smartphone And Tablet Displays
- Sony's PSP Sales Reach 70 Million Worldwide
- 1,500 Birthday Guests Come After Facebook Privacy Settings SNAFU
- Acer Launches Refreshed Aspire Ethos Multimedia Machines
- Ballmer Affirms Office 365's June Launch Date
- Adobe's Flash Seen Running On HP's Impending TouchPad
- Acer Refreshes TimelineX Series Of Thin-And-Light Notebooks
- Hulu Recommends Three New Immersive Hulu Plus iOS Apps
- Hardware Roundup
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Video: Funky Kit Review: Gigabyte Geforce GTX 560 OC (1Gb GDDR5) Sapphire Radeon 6770 Vapor-X @ PureOverclock ASUS VW266H Widescreen LCD Monitor @ Benchmark Reviews Gigabyte GTX 560 SuperOverclock @ PureOverclock Motherboards and Chipsets: Sapphire P67 Pure Black Hydra Motherboard Review @ Rage3D.com Processors: [Tech ARP] Workstation...
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As a consumer, you may think the entire computer universe revolves around you. It's a "me, me, me" world, so why not? In truth, consumer sales make up just a fraction of the earnings from major silicon makers like AMD, Intel and HP, and...
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Games, games, and a few more games. It's E3! While Nintendo has stolen the show thus far being the first of the Big 3 to introduce a new at-home game console, Microsoft's continuing the push the Xbox 360 to new heights. They're announcing a ton of new games, most of which are laced with Kinect...
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Hope you're settled in for a long week of gaming news, because that's going to be dominating the airwaves with E3 ongoing in California. Microsoft, along with Sony and Nintendo, are certainly throwing news out left and right, and one thing that caught our eye in particular was this: a new Xbox...
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E3 means new games, but it also means new game consoles, and new peripherals. The accessory makers are certainly out in full force, with Mad Catz using the show to launch a new series of Xbox 360 co-branded, co-licensed headsets. They're some of the most wildly designed headsets that we've...
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AMD announced the relaunch of its high-end 'FX' processor brand at E3 today, in a move clearly timed to grab the attention of gamers and computing enthusiasts. For those of you who aren't familiar with the brand, it dates back to 2003 and the launch of AMD's then-new 64-bit, K8 architecture...
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Nintendo unveiled its second-generation Wii console today, dubbed the Wii U, but said very little about the console's specifications. The company confirmed that the new system will support HD video, but devoted its press conference to discussing the Wii U's controller. Rumors that Nintendo...
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We know solid state drives are fast. We know they don't use any moving parts. And did we mention that they're fast? But the one unknown this early in the SSD game is how reliable they truly are. Conventional wisdom says that without any...
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Well that was fast! Apple just barely had enough time to take a breath after announcing iOS 5, the next major version of its mobile operating system that won't ship for several more months, and already it's been jailbroken by MuscleNerd of the iPhone Dev Team! This is an early jailbreak that's a little rough around the edges and has to be...
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Although no one seems to know exactly when the next iPhone will be announced or released, we do know where to find a deal on the iPhone 4: Walmart. The low-cost retailer announced that it has lowered the price on Apple's iPhone 4 to $147 in its brick-and-mortar stores across the country. The...
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RIM's PlayBook tablet will soon receive a free over-the-air update to BlackBerry Tablet OS v1.0.5. With this new version, users will get a Facebook app optimized for the tablet, support for in-app payments, additional language support, charging enhancements, video chat connectivity, and Wi-Fi hotspot detection. The charging enhancements make...
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Let's face it: HDTVs just aren't as white-hot as they used to be. And moreover, those who wanted an HDTV, have probably purchased one by now. Of course, the 3D craze is in full swing, but are sales really proving that people are flocking...
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Sony's PlayStation Vita is the next big thing from Sony's handheld gaming department, but if you're curious as to how the long-lived PlayStation Portable line is doing, here are the numbers. Sony has just revealed that a whopping 70 million PSP handhelds have been sold globally up until now...
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It's another example of the FUBAR that can happen simply because people don't realize that when creating a Facebook event, it defaults to public, so that anyone can see it. On the other hand, one has to believe that those people who jump...
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More new notebooks? More new notebooks from Acer? Yes to both! Aside from the new TimelineX machines that hit this morning, the company is also introducing the new Aspire Ethos series. If you aren't familiar with Acer's families, this one is an entertainment beast that relies on high-profile...
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Microsoft made it pretty clear that Office 365 would be integrated in some major way with the next build of Windows (Windows 8), but now we're learning that the new productivity suite will ship a lot sooner than Win8 will. In fact, Steve Ballmer seems sure that it'll launch in June. Prior to...
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Guess what? HP's TouchPad seems to be darn good at Flash. Yes, Adobe's Flash. As in, the Flash that no iOS device is capable of handling, despite tons of public backlash. Apple's pretty much set on never supporting Flash, hoping to hold out until most web video is converted over to the more...
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More notebooks? Surely! Acer has just released a spate of new machines in their TimelineX series, a bodaciously titled set of machines that have been refreshed with a new design, new entertainment features and battery life to swoon over. These are still aiming to be thin-and-light machines...
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It's a big, big week for iOS, and Apple in general. But one piece of news that just so happens to be Apple-related didn't launch at WWDC. Instead, Hulu simply chose this week to highlight a couple of newer iOS apps that integrate Hulu Plus in a "compelling and fun way." The company points out...
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Video: HIS Radeon HD6870 IceQ-X Turbo-X Video Card @ Benchmark Reviews Motherboards and Chipsets: Legion Hardware - (Gigabyte Z68X-UD3H-B3) Zotac H67-ITX WiFi H67 Motherboard Review @ eTeknix.com Memory and Storage: Intel 320 Series 120GB SSD Review @ ITShootOut.com OCZ Agility 3 SSD Review @ Neoseeker Plextor PX-NAS4 Network Attached Storage...
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And now, we know the name for Sony's Next Generation Portable. The NGP, as it's called, will now be forever known as the PlayStation Vita, and unlike the PSPgo launch, it's looking more and more like Sony may just get this one right. The...
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Big news from Apple today, and tons of it. The company used their annual Worldwide Developer's Conference today to talk about a ton of upcoming software changes, and of course, the next build of iOS was one major topic of conversation. The new version of iOS, simply called iOS 5, is slated to...
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