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Latest News - August 2011
- In-depth Analysis of DX11 Crysis Shows Highly Questionable Tessellation Usage
- Best Buy Stuck with a Stockpile of HP Tablets Nobody Wants
- Apple Feeds Mac OS X Lion Its First Update
- T-Mobile Gets Its First 4G BlackBerry
- MSI Introduces X460 And X460DX Notebooks
- Lenovo's IdeaPad Tablet K1 Honeycomb Slate Reviewed
- Sony Cuts PlayStation 3 Pricing: Starting At $249 In U.S.
- Samsung Reveals SATA 6Gbps SSD 830 Series For Consumers
- Apple Brings OS X Lion To Physical Media: $40 Price Premium?
- New Microsoft Blog Sheds Light On Windows 8 Development, Project Goals
- Intel Rejects Call For Ultrabook CPU Discounts
- PNY Pushes Liquid Cooled Graphics Cards to the Masses
- New Write Once Optical "M-Disc" Stores Your Dirty Photos Forever
- Rage: The Tech Behind Id Tech 5
- Amazon Now Removing "Private Label" e-Books
- FTC Cracks Down On Apps Collecting Children's Data
- Non-profit Group Releases Open Source Mesh WiFi Network Software
- Intel's Sandy Bridge-E To Ship Without Stock Cooler, Thermal Conclusions Questionable
- ZyXEL Intros $199 WHD6215 Wireless HDMI Adapter Kit
- Sprint's Bold 9930 And Torch 9850 Coming August 21st
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All News for August 2011
When Crysis 2's DX11 support finally arrived post-launch via several large patches, Crytek CEO Cervat Yerli described the option as a "gift," having apparently forgotten that the game was marketed with DX11 support from day one. The...
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True story: I ventured down to my local Best Buy and stood in line the day Apple launched it's iPad 2. It was a longer line than the one I waited in during the original iPad's launch, and this time around, Best Buy employees tried their hardest to create a buzz for a product that really...
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For those of you rocking a Mac system with OS X Lion, there's a new update available that fixes a handful of issues. It's actually the first software update for Apple's latest and greatest OS, and it comes just a few weeks after launching OS X Lion. Here's what's included in the 10.7.1...
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Soon, T-Mobile customers will be able to get their hands on the carrier’s first 4G BlackBerry smartphone. The new BlackBerry Bold 9900 is currently available for preorder for T-Mobile business customers. The phone is expected to be available in stores on Aug. 31. This 4G-capable BlackBerry boasts of being the thinnest BlackBerry smartphone...
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MSI is adding two powerful new notebooks to its lineup. The new X460 and X460DX notebooks are part of MSI’s X Series of ultra-slim notebooks. The notebooks feature Intel Core processors, Integrated Intel GMA HD or NVIDIA GeForce GT540M graphics, Microsoft Windows 7, and THX TruStudio PRO. The X460 also offers Intel Wireless Display (WiDi)...
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In the notebook arena, if there's a manufacturer that has been able to carve out a niche' for their brand name over the years, it would have to be Lenovo with their ThinkPad line of products that cater to the business professional and road warrior. Lenovo's consumer-targeted IdeaPad has...
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Wow. Wow! The world's most multifaceted Blu-ray Disc player just got a lot more impossible to resist. Sony's PlayStation 3 is the only Blu-ray player that's also a game console, and if you've held off long enough, now's the time to buy in. As the console wars devolve into pricing wars, Sony...
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Is 2011 finally the year of the consumer SSD? Perhaps. With prices falling and more and more machines shipping from the factory with an SSD in place of an HDD, it's easier than ever to get a hold of one. That doesn't mean that they're everywhere, and they're far from "affordable" for most...
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Is this Apple's way of admitting that not everyone actually has access to a fast enough Internet connection to stomach the idea of downloading all software, ever? The thought of making their latest OS a download-only affair may seem cute...
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Microsoft's initial declaration that Windows 8 would run on ARM CPUs and early product demonstrations earned the nascent OS a great deal of attention. Since then, however, the company has remained largely silent on the features and...
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Intel has been working with its OEM partners to ensure that ultrabooks arrive below the Macbook Air's $999 price point, but DigiTimes reports that the company has drawn a line when it comes to CPU pricing. Faced with calls to cut the price of Ultrabook CPUs by 50 percent, Intel has instead...
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PNY today announced it's new all-in-one Liquid Coold Graphics series. Kicking off the new series are a pair of XLR8 GeForce GTX 580 videocards, both of which sport an integrated liquid cooling solution from Asetek that's stupid-simple to install in your case. What separates the two cards is...
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We hate to break it to you, but even with all the advances in medicine, you won't be around in 1,000 years. Neither will your children, grandchildren, or even great-grandchildren. If we're being particularly morbid and pessimistic, we...
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id Software's long-awaited FPS Rage is set to ship in October. When it launches, it'll be the first game to feature id's newest graphics engine, dubbed id Tech 5. With expectations running high in the wake of the latest game trailer shown at QuakeCon last week, we've put together an article to examine the merits of both the game and the technology...
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Amazon has announced that it will begin cracking down on authors who upload so-called "private label rights" e-books via the Kindle Direct Publishing service. According to an email sent to the authors of titles that were removed, Amazon is now filtering and deleting "undifferentiated or barely...
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W3 Innovations, the parent company of prominent iOS app developer Broken Thumb Apps, has today settled with the Federal Trade Commission over collection of children's personal data through its iPhone and iPod Touch applications. W3 and its subsidiary Broken Thumb Apps, which is...
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The non-profit group Geeks Without Frontiers today released open source software based on an upcoming WiFi standard. It lets Linux machines be their own WiFi network, no hardware required. The software is based on the not-yet-ratified IEEE...
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Sandy Bridge processors have been available for eight months, but Intel's highest-end CPU remains based on the older 32nm Westmere architecture, rather than on SB silicon. A report from VR-Zone suggests Intel's Sandy Bridge-E CPUs may have...
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Wireless HDMI used to be a luxury reserved for those with more cash than sense, or just an infatuation with home cinema (and a hatred for wires). These days, it's becoming more and more an amenity that's available to the mainstream. Wireless video transmission still has a bad reputation to...
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Most of the mobile news this week is obviously centered around Google's decision to acquire Motorola Mobility, but RIM's still playing their cards as well. The company just announced vital details about the BlackBerry Bold 9930 and BlackBerry Torch 9850 on Sprint's network. We knew these guys...
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Runco. Heard of 'em? If so, you're probably well aware that it's a company that rarely comes out with anything in the "affordable" price range. The company has historically focused on the high-end, and for the most part, have found their products in the homes of those willing to drop thousands...
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As pundits point to Motorola's cache of 17,000 patents, with 7,500 patent applications in progress as the main reason behind Google's purchase of Motorola, does it seem as though a 63 percent premium over Motorola's last closing stock price is a little high for such a purchase? Google may not...
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