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Latest News - June 2011
- AMD Gives BAPCo the Bird, Chirps About Unfair SYSMark 2012 Benchmark
- Verizon's Tiered Data Plans Set to Land July 7
- LulzSec and Anonymous Announce #AntiSec Campaign
- Hulu Plus iOS App Ditches In-App Marketing, Upon Apple's New Rule Request
- Skype And Facebook Team Up For Deeper Integration
- DirecTV's New Hotel Lineup Also Includes An Anti-Germ Remote
- Nokia's First Symbian Anna Phones Ship In July
- Nokia Releases First Major MeeGo Phone: 3.9" N9
- AMD Shares New Information On Future GPUs
- Sigma Design Intros Ultrasim Reference Design For New Set-Top Box
- Canon Adds A Dash Of Color To EOS Rebel T3 EF 18-55 IS II DSLR
- Intel Discusses The Future Of Many Integrated Core (MIC) Products
- Bandwidth Caps Threaten Future of Cloud Computing
- PNY Memory Cards Coming With 250GB Of MiMedia Cloud Storage
- Huawei Reveals 7" Android 3.2 MediaPad Tablet
- Sony Launches Lighter, Less Power Hungry PS3 (in Japan)
- Dell's XPS 15z Ultra Slim Notebook Review
- Asus G74 Gaming Notebook Tips Up on Preorder
- Japanese Scientist Able to Convert Sewage Into Meat
- 26: HotHardware's Two and A Half Geeks Webcast - June 20, 2011
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All News for June 2011
In a shocking move this morning, AMD bid the BAPCo (Business Applications Performance Corporation) consortium a not-so-found farewell and stated it will no longer endorse SYSmark 2012 (SM2012), a benchmark that historically has been...
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We knew it was coming, and it appears it's nearly here: Verizon's tiered data plans, meaning the end of unlimited data. Verizon is set to join AT&T with tiered smartphone data plans, on July 7 according to the report. Pricing will be as follows: 2GB – $30/month 5GB – $50/month...
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LulzSec and Anonymous have declared cyberwar on just about everyone. Well, only government and corporations, but still. The news comes from Twitter and a manifesto posted on pastebin. Of course, although LulzSec listed Anonymous in its Tweet, there's be no statement. #AntiSec begins today:...
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Many would argue that Apple simply has too much power. Of course, they probably earned that power, and the developer / consumer support is obviously there, but there's no question that companies take a little liberty when at the top. A few...
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Skype and Facebook. Facebook and Skype. They just go together, don't they? Like the cutest couple you ever did see, these two mega-corps are joining forces in order to bring deeper Facebook integration into Skype with version 5.5. It's a beta, currently out for Windows, allowing users to chat...
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Talk about a strange way to introduce a product. We're all about health and hygiene, but health and consumer electronics don't often go together without an infomercial being involved. However, DirecTV's latest offering combines the two...
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Nokia's N9 smartphone may have been the company's flagship introduction this evening, but it's not the only new gear coming out of Nokia's labs. The outfit's first Symbian Anna phones are also shipping out this week, and while Symbian may not be huge in the U.S., it's still a monster...
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Is it a shame that Nokia dumped MeeGo for Windows Phone 7? Only time will tell if the most significant mobile decision in this decade will pay off for both Nokia and Microsoft, but today we're getting a good look at what Nokia gave up in order to get it: MeeGo. This Linux-based OS was first...
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At its Fusion Development Summit this week, AMD discussed the concepts and capabilities it's targeting for future generations of AMD graphics cards. The company isn't sharing any specific architectural features, but even the general information it handed out is interesting. Demers began...
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A deck of cards and...a computer? Not exactly, but basically! Sigma Designs has just introduced a new ultra-thin STB that's about the size of a Sheeva Plug, and it's easily the smallest device we've ever seen to be called a "set-top box."...
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ColorWare PC made a business out of painting everyday electronics. For whatever reason, people seem to truly enjoy getting gadgets in various colors, rather than the standard hues that any given company may ship. Camera companies have...
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Larrabee, Intel's once-vaunted, next-generation graphics card died years ago, but the CPU technology behind the would-be graphics card has lived on. Intel discussed the future of MIC/Knight's Corner today. After Larrabee was officially...
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Last month, we covered AT&T's decision to impose caps on its previous unlimited Internet service plans. An estimated 56 percent of Americans now pay for bandwidth-capped service, almost always at the same price point that once allowed them unlimited bandwidth. Now, toss in the fact that...
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Like it or not, cloud storage is the go-to thing these days. It's just the buzzword that's buzzing, and PNY / MiMedia are joining forces to bring the cloud to more and more people. Consumers who purchase the specially marked PNY storage products will receive 250 GB of space to stream videos...
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A new tablet? Of course, it's 2011! The tablet wars are getting more intense than ever, and this one is probably the most interesting 7" slate that we've seen since the arrival of the Galaxy Tab. Huawei's MediaPad is a 7" powerhouse with a 1.2GHz dual-core Qualcomm processor, and unlike any...
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Nintendo just announced a next generation console -- the Wii U -- at the E3 Expo, Microsoft is rumored to be unveiling an Xbox 720 (or whatever the Xbox 360's successor will be called) at next year's E3 Expo, and Sony? Well, Sony is again rehashing its PlayStation 3 system, this time with a...
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For some, Dell may historically have an undeserved reputation for producing run-of-the-mill products, but when you look at their recent smartphone offering like the Venue Pro, slates like the 5-inch Streak and computers like the Adamo XPS, it's hard to not give 'em credit where credit is due...
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Listen up mobile gamers, if you've been holding out for Asus' G74 gaming laptops, we have good news. Your patience for these long-awaited laptops can now be rewarded, as there's at least one U.S.-based e-tailer accepting preorders for two G74 notebooks SKUs, the G74SX-A1 and G74SX-3DE. Both...
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A lot of things are said to taste like chicken. Snake, for example, is often said to taste like chicken, although we can tell you from experience that its reptile cousin African crocodile does not taste like chicken, and is extremely tough and chewy. What, therefore, would human excrement...
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In this latest episode of HotHardware’s Two and Half Geeks, Dave, Iyaz and Marco talk about AMD’s recently released “Llano” A-Series APU, discuss highlights from the first AMD Fusion Developers Summit which took...
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Commodore USA LLC promised a working C64 replica (with modern internals) by "late spring," but despite a tie-in with Tron: Legacy, nothing has shipped yet. However, in a YouTube post (somewhat less obvious that a press release, guys) the company has promised pre-orders will begin shipping this...
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Westinghouse probably won't sound like an unfamiliar name for those who have shopped televisions in recent years. They're generally considered a higher-end bargain brand, with reliable sets and reliable quality. And now, they're turning to 3D in order to keep with the times. As more and more...
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