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Latest News - August 2011
- Verizon Wireless Adds LTE-Capable Netbook
- Samsung and Symantec Become BFFs and Announce SSD Upgrade Bundle
- AMD A6-3650 Llano APU Performance Review
- MSI Launches Android Overclocking Utility For Graphics Cards
- HotHardware Deal of The Day - Dell XPS 15 Laptop
- Verizon Wireless Touts AMEX Serve Payment Technology Integration
- GameStop To Sell Digital Downloads In-Store, Apply Trade-In Credits
- Hardware Roundup
- October, Not September: Latest iPhone 5 Launch Rumor
- Redbox Reaches 1.5 Billion DVD And Blu-ray Rentals
- CPU Rumors: Bulldozer Pricing, Phenom II EoL, Sandy Bridge-E Delays
- Facebook Offers A Bug Bounty
- Verizon 3G FaceTime Only on Tiered Data?
- Microsoft Patent Filings Reveal Multiple Touch and Stylus Gestures
- USM Brings Tablets To Classroom
- Motorola Report Reveals Terrible Xoom Sales
- Foxconn to Hire 1 Million Robots to Replace Blood and Flesh Workers
- NEC Upgrades E Series Commercial Grade Big Screen Displays
- Kingston's SandForce-based HyperX SSDs Set Sail for Retail
- ViewSonic Announces New 3D Vision LED Monitor
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All News for August 2011
Verizon Wireless will offer its first netbook with LTE connectivity on August 4. The Compaq Mini CQ10-688nr runs on Windows 7 Home Starter and features a 10.1-inch WSVGA anti-glare display, 1.66GHz Intel Atom Processor, 250GB hard drive, and 1GB DDR3 RAM. The netbook also has a VGA webcam and...
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The cool thing about having friends is you know they'll have your back (and loan you money). But with Samsung and Symantec hooking up BFF style, these best buds promise to have your back when it comes time to upgrade your slow-as-molasses...
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A few weeks back, AMD officially launched their Llano-based A-Series Accelerated Processing Units, or APUs, in both desktop and mobile flavors. If you’re unfamiliar with Llano, it’s AMD’s mainstream, low-power APU that fuses four x86 cores with a DX11-class graphics processor on a single piece of silicon. The current flagship...
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MSI announced a new application for Android devices that will let you monitor and overclock your graphics card directly from your smartphone or tablet using a Wi-Fi connection. The new MSI Afterburner App lets users monitor core...
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We've recently teamed up with the folks from LogicBuy in order to bring you hand-picked deals on top brand name products from trusted sources. Today's deal is another offering from Dell, just in time for back to school, or work maybe. The Dell XPS 15 is a 15.6-inch Windows 7 machine with...
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Rather than using cash or a typical credit card, many tech-savvy consumers are relying on something very different to make payments these days: contactless payment solutions. While NFC has grabbed the lion's share of the hype surrounding...
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It should come as no big surprise to hear that GameStop is starting up a program to sell digital versions of games at physical B&M stores. That's right: digital copies of games, at stores. Why such a mishmash? While customers could...
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Video: Zalman Trimon ZM-M240W 3D Monitor Review @ XBitLabs PowerColor Radeon HD 6870x2 2GB Overclocked Video Card Review @ Tweaktown GeForce GTX 560 from EVGA, Gigabyte and MSI @ XbitLabs Motherboards and Chipsets: ASUS M5A97 EVO and M5A99X EVO @ PureOverclock MSI Z68A-GD80 (B3) Motherboard Review @ t-break EVGA P67 FTW Motherboard...
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It's the start of a new week, and the next-generation iPhone still isn't here, which means it's time for another new iPhone 5 rumor. This one pushes back the date of the launch (not announcement, mind you) to October. The latest rumor comes from AllThingsD, via a typical anonymous sources...
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Redbox, the DVD rental box service that's sweeping the nation, has just reached 1.5 billion DVD and Blu-ray Disc rentals. That's a pretty staggering number. The company launched their service in 2004, which means it only took 7 years to reach the milestone. Furthermore, they've also rented...
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Multiple bits of CPU data have crept out from under the woodwork in the last few days; here's a roundup of what's making the rounds. On the AMD side of the equation comes a rumor that the company is about to stop producing Phenom II X2 and...
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Facebook is about to get a little safer with the social networking site’s announcement that it will offer a bounty to independent researchers for any bugs they uncover, to the tune of $500 a pop (or potentially more, if you bag an especially prized bug). To receive a bounty, you have to agree to certain terms and meet specific criteria....
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We noted earlier that it seemed that AT&T Wireless' move toward data throttling for its highest 5 percent of end users could, in fact, act to push some of those grandfathered unlimited users to data tiers. Here's another move that could do so, if true. The new report concerns Apple's FaceTime video calling service. Reportedly, despite...
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With the massive influx of Android-based tablets and seemingly unstoppable assault of Apple iPads, it should come as no surprise to even the least tech-savvy among you that Microsoft plans to make a serious push into the tablet space when...
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We've heard many people talk about the educational value of a tablet, but the majority of schools still aren't using tablets in the classroom. The University of Southern Mississippi believes tablets can be a useful asset in education and is working with Samsung Mobile to prove it. This fall, students who participate in an Honors College pilot...
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Prior to its launch, Motorola's Xoom tablet was touted as the first of the iPad killers, with features and capabilities the iPad lacked as well as a brand-new version of Android codenamed Honeycomb. Once the tablet hit shelves, it was clear that Motorola had rushed production in a bid to...
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According to China's Xinhua's news agency, Taiwanese technology bigwig Foxconn (otherwise known as Hon Hai Precision) plans to employ 1 million robots in the next three years to help curtail the rising costs of having to play real life...
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NEC today said it made some big changes to its large screen E Series displays aimed at commercial applications, such as cost-effective digital signage duties for conference rooms, retail stores, waiting rooms, and corporate lobbies. Upgraded second generation models include the 32-inch E322...
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Andy Samberg, Kiv Schaffer, and T-Pain aren't the only ones who got to ride on a boat. Kingston Technology's HyperX solid state drives set sail for U.S. shores and are now shipping starting at $270, the memory maker announced today. These SandForce-based drives are Kingston's first SATA 6Gbps...
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ViewSonic is adding a new 3D LED monitor to its lineup. The new V3D245 is a 24-inch 3D, full HD (1080p) LED monitor that features a built-in NVIDIA 3D Vision wireless emitter and comes with NVIDIA 3D Vision glasses. This monitor features a 120Hz frame refresh rate, 2ms video response time...
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Video: ASUS RoG GTX 580 Matrix Platinum Review @ Hardware Canucks HIS 6950 IceQ X Turbo 2GB @ PureOverclock AMD A8-3850 With Radeon HD 6550D Running On Linux @ Phoronix LG Cinema 3D TV 42LW5700 Review @ t-break Diamond Multimedia Radeon HD 6770 XOC 1GB DX11 Video Card Review @Hi Tech Legion Energysistem DVB-T T1250HDTV Review - XSReviews Diamond...
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AMD's second-quarter results showed a small decline in sales revenue, but according to Mercury Research, a drop in ASPs year-on-year hid the smaller company's market share gains. AMD's total share of the x86 industry stood at 19.4 percent...
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