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Latest News - August 2012
- Toshiba Introduces Two New Storage Options: The Canvio Desk And SSD Upgrade Kit
- Giada Reveals New i35G Mini PC
- EA Bringing SimCity to the Big Apple with Mac Support
- Suspect Arrested in Burglary of Late Steve Jobs' Palo Alto Home
- Leaked: RadioShack Getting Into the Wireless Carrier Game
- iPhone Demand Dips as Apple Readies New Model Launch
- Acer Outs Budget-Friendly TravelMate Notebooks for Business Pros with Spillproof Keyboard
- LG's Optimus Vu Phablet Coming Stateside By Q3 2012
- Google+ Begins Vanity URL Rollout: Celebs First, Of Course
- Apple Reportedly Accepting iPhone 5 Pre-orders Starting September 12th
- Steam Community Game Hub Brings Out User-Created Content and Rating System
- Microsoft Says ASUS, Dell, Lenovo, and Samsung are Making Windows RT Devices, Reveals More RT Details
- Get Your Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 on Thursday, August 16th--in the UK
- EA Reiterates Belief Digital Downloads Will Soon Leapfrog Boxed Game Sales
- Eurocom Monster 1.0 11.6" Gaming Notebook Review
- Verizon Wireless Has The Most Loyal Customers
- Google Earth Discovers Pair of Lost Egyptian Pyramids
- Motorola PHOTON Q 4G LTE Is Coming To Sprint On August 19
- Samsung Splashes Series 7 Gamer 14.3" Laptop With New GPU, Yellow Paint
- Barnes & Noble Slashes Nook Prices to Divert Attention from Nexus 7
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All News for August 2012
Toshiba is expanding its storage portfolio with the announcement of the Canvio Desk Desktop External Hard Drive and the Solid State Drive (SSD) PC Upgrade Kit. Toshiba’s Canvio Desk Desktop External Hard Drive comes in 1TB, 2TB and 3TB configurations and is designed to be used right out of the box. The Canvio...
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Giada announced a new mini PC that features an NVIDIA GT610 GPU. The new i35G mini PC series also features an Intel Atom D2500 series processor, up to 2GB of DDR3 memory, a 320GB hard disk drive, and support for 1080p high definition graphics. As a mini PC, the i35G is designed to keep power consumption to a minimum. As you should expect,...
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If you've been around computer games for awhile, you may remember building sprawling cities on an Apple system way back in the day (when you weren't crossing the Oregon Trail, that is). Well, SimCity is heading back to the Mac platform six months from now, Electronics Arts announced today. "Whether you owned a Macintosh or a DOS PC, we all...
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Breaking into and stealing from a dead guy's home ranks only slightly higher on the total pole of shame than robbing someone's grave. Be that as it may, it's being reported that the Palo Alto home of the late Steve Jobs was burglarized a month ago, during which time the robber stole over $60,000 worth of "computers...
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The last time we were in a RadioShack, we were looking for a Piezo element and were told that our local store no longer carries them, which begged the question of what RadioShack is still around for if it doesn’t even carry hobby electronics anymore. The answer is that it appears as though Radioshack fancies itself a wireless carrier....
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Market research firm Gartner says worldwide mobile phone sales dropped 2.3 percent year-over-year to 419 million units in the second quarter of 2012, noting a "challenging economic environment" and postponed upgrades as the main reasons for the drop in demand. In terms of the latter, Apple was hit especially hard as mobile users anticipate...
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Hey, business users: Acer knows that you need a solid-performing notebook that doesn’t break your company’s budget, so it’s produced the TravelMate P243 for you. The P243 features Intel Core i5 (Ivy Bridge) processors, 14-inch ComfyView HD (1366x768) display, 4GB of DDR3 memory (upgradable to 8GB)...
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Rumors are already swirling regarding Samsung's supposed successor to the Galaxy Note, but LG's like-minded Optimus Vu hasn't even made it to the USA yet. But the key word here is "yet." The company's phablet, complete with a 4:3 aspect ratio and an accompanying stylus, will be coming to America by the end of the summer. The LTE-equipped,...
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Good things tend to come to those who are famous. And if you're one of the high and mighty, you now have more more vain reason to turn to Google+. The company has just announced that vanity URLs will be available to "verified accounts," with other profiles to follow suit "over time." Basically, this is following a move by Facebook to allow...
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This isn't carved in stone by any stretch, but if you're wondering when Apple will unveil its next generation iPhone model, word on the Web is that the Cupertino company is holding a press event on Saturday, September 12th, and at the time will be accepting iPhone 5 pre-orders in the United States. The actual release...
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Valve, maker of Steam, has been making some calculated moves, including bringing some non-gaming software titles to the cloud-based gaming platform, and now the company is rolling out big changes to its Steam Community. In fact, there will be a new feature previewed each day this week (except Friday). Today’s...
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As the long-awaited launch of Windows 8 and Windows RT draws closer, more details are emerging; today, Steve Sinofsky of the Building Windows 8 blog delivered several announcements, including which OEMs are making Windows RT devices. We already knew that ASUS, Toshiba, Acer, and Lenovo were making those ARM SoC-based...
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We heard tell last week that Samsung’s Galaxy Note 10.1 would be available worldwide sometime in August. For the Brits at least, there’s now a more precise availability date: Thursday, August 16th. Samsung UK Tweeted that the new device will be available exclusively at the Westfield Brand Store in...
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Years ago, you could walk into a computer store like Software Etc. and browse aisles and aisles of computer games and software. And today? Well, if you're a fan of boxed PC games, then taking trips to your local GameStop is a quick way to end up depressed, as the PC titles in most locations have been demoted to a...
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When Eurocom sent us their latest gaming notebook for evaluation, we expected the usual huge, heavy machine with obscenely powerful components inside. It’s even called the “Monster”, which seems to indicate a particularly beastly rig. But when the box arrived on our doorstep, it seemed far too small to encase anything resembling...
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Other than a two-year contract, what reasons do you have for sticking with your wireless carrier? For some, that two-year contract can't expire soon enough. Others are perfectly happy with their wireless carrier. On which side of the spectrum do you fall? Although no carrier is immune to unhappy customers and all carriers loose customers and...
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Score one for technology and notch another mark on Google Earth's belt buckle, which may have stumbled upon two Egyptian pyramids that haven't been seen by human eyeballs for thousands of years. One of the remarkable images shows a complex site with a distinct four-sided structure in the shape of a pyramid, while the other shows four mounds...
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Sprint and Motorola have officially announced an availability date for the PHOTON Q 4G LTE. This new smartphone is currently available for preorder and customers who choose to preorder will get the device as early as two days before it officially goes on sale on August 19. As you may recall, the PHOTON Q 4G LTE features a full QWERTY keyboard...
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If a gaming laptop is painted yellow, will it automatically become more powerful? No, this isn't a comic book -- this is real life. But, a yellow laptop generally involves more powerful innards, if history has any say. Samsung's latest gaming machine is indeed powerful, and it's getting more so with the latest...
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It's now cheaper than ever to own a Nook device following a series of price cuts Barnes & Noble rolled out over the weekend. B&N didn't make a big deal about the cuts, neglecting to issue a statement of any kind, but the writing is all over the wall for anyone who bothers to look. With the launch of Google's...
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Does the world have room for another Twitter? And moreover, does the world even want another Twitter? We're about to find out. What started as a nifty idea and a Kickstarter project has now been fully funded, with "App.net" reaching its $500,000 funding goal overnight. That means that Dalton Caldwell's project has...
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Google might be one of the greatest companies to work for on the planet (if you die while working at Google, your spouse or significant other will receive 50 percent of your income for 10 years, which is just one of many awesome perks at Google), but it's not immune to job cuts. In fact, the Mountain View company...
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