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Latest News - September 2012
- For the First Time Ever, PCs Claim Less than 50 Percent of DRAM Market
- HGST Reveals Helium-Filled Hard Drive Platform: Yes, Helium
- Microsoft Opening London-Based Studio For Windows 8 Tablet Innovation
- iPhone 5 vs iPhone 4: Did Apple Deliver A Worthy Upgrade Over Android and Upcoming WP8 SuperPhones?
- Google to Kill Support for Internet Explorer 8 on November 15
- Google’s Problem with Acer and Alibaba? Aliyun OS is an Incompatible Version of Android
- Motorola's "Cloud Broadband" Streamer Puts Android On An 18.5" Touch Panel
- Apple Co-Founder Steve Wozniak Disagrees with Apple's Patent Victory Over Samsung
- Apple And Carrier Stores Opening At 8AM On September 21 For iPhone 5 Sales
- Google's Getting on Board with 'Do Not Track' Technology in Chrome Browser
- BMG Demanding $20 for Single Song Infringement
- Sprint To Sell Samsung Galaxy Victory 4G LTE on Sunday
- Life Gets a Little More Digital with Cloud Storage for Warranties
- Samsung Planning October Launch For Galaxy Note II, Expects Sales To Top 20 Million
- Whitman Confirms: HP Will Offer Another Smartphone… Someday
- Kensington Intros Two USB 3.0-Enabled DisplayLink Docking Stations
- Neo Geo X Gaming Handheld: So Much Retro Shipping December For $130
- Intel Notes Next Gen Clover Trail Atom CPUs Won’t Run Linux
- FireFox OS Gains Traction and Major Carrier Support with Sprint
- Malware Hackers Get Dangerously Shifty With Black Hole 2.0
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All News for September 2012
Perhaps a sign that the times are changing, personal computers (PCs) during the second quarter of 2012 accounted for less than half of all DRAM shipments, the first time in a generation that this has happened, according to data by IHS...
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You may have heard of liquid nitrogen being used in computer cases, mostly for cooling and bragging, but what about helium? Not so much. However, Hitachi GST (HGST) has just introduced a new platform of helium-filled hard drives. The company states that these offer greater capacity and...
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Wondering just how seriously Microsoft is taking Windows 8 on tablets? Maybe this will clear things up. The company has just announced plans for Microsoft Studios to open up a new London-based facility, and it will be led by Rare's former...
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To much fanfare, Apple unveiled its iPhone 5 earlier this week, and as expected, pre-orders turned into back-orders mighty fast. It goes without saying that the latest iPhone is going to sell well - potentially better than anything else...
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Effective in about two months from now, Google will stop supporting Microsoft's Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) browser. Not for search, mind you, but online apps and services will no longer work on IE8 once Google flips the switch on November...
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Sorry Acer, this isn’t about you anymore. Last week, there was a report out of China that Google had forced Acer to cancel the launch of its CloudMobile A800 smartphone running the cloud-based Aliyun OS, threatening to...
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Here's an interesting one: an HTPC / all-in-one PC hybrid, but instead of being based on Windows, it's running Android. Hard to say how much traction such a strange device will get, but Motorola Mobility is trying it anyway. The new...
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Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple and inventor of the Apple I and Apple II, has never been one to bite his tongue, and he certainly didn't when asked what he thought about the patent dispute between Apple and Samsung. In three words, "I...
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It's official: if you missed the initial pre-order wave for iPhone 5 shipments, you missed the boat. In just 12 hours after going on sale at 3:01am ET on the 14th, pre-orders everywhere are sold out. If you pre-order one today, you're...
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An upcoming version of Google's Chrome browser will finally offer support for Do Not Track (DNT) technology, which is a privacy measure that, in theory, prevents websites from dropping advertising cookies into the browser. It's a feature...
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While the country's biggest music labels all seek out a passing of a "six strikes" scheme - one that would result in your Internet being cut off after your sixth offense - BMG has found another way to both increase its revenue and instill fear in music downloaders. Typically, if a copyright...
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Sprint is readying a new phone for Sunday: the Samsung Galaxy Victory 4G LTE. The company is trumpeting its unlimited data/text/phone service and is pointing to the new phone as an inexpensive way to get onboard with its 4G LTE plan. The Galaxy Victory is set to sell for $99.99 with...
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Record keeping is a prime target for cloud storage services. Bank statements, checks, insurance records, receipts – any paper record that might get lost in disaster is something that you can store online, and many services are...
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Samsung's first attempt at combining a smartphone with a tablet, sometimes referred to as a "phablet" was a huge success. Samsung has sold more than 10 million first-generation Galaxy Note devices, and the company is already looking ahead...
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HP's attempts at competing in the mobile phone market haven't exactly gone well. Even so, the company isn't completely giving up on the mobile market. In a recent interview, HP CEO Meg Whitman said, "My view is we have to ultimately offer a smartphone because in many countries of the world...
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Docking stations aren't what they once were. While they used to be just about everywhere, oftentimes tied to chubby business laptops, the increased power and use of wireless technologies has made them a bit of a dud. But there's still room...
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There's a price for pleasure, and if you're looking to grab one of the unknown gaming handhelds of the world and make it your own, that price has now been released. The Neo Geo X handheld promises to bring back that retro vibe that you...
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Intel reportedly revealed during IDF this week that its upcoming Clover Trail Atom processor platform will shun Linux support. As Intel explains it, the company's dual-core Clover Trail part is designed for Windows 8 and "the chip cannot run Linux." Oh really? That's a bit of a curious...
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Ready or not, yet another mobile operating system is about to join the fray. Perhaps you've heard of Firefox OS, otherwise known as Boot to Gecko (B2G). Firefox OS is Mozilla's attempt to approach the mobile scene in a different way, one...
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Well here's a bit of a bummer going into the weekend. Apparently the developer responsible for the popular Black Hole exploit kit -- the one that lazy hackers and inexperienced script kiddies are particularly drawn towards -- has released a new version of his nefarious software, with new and...
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On the fence over whether to preorder Apple's new iPhone 5? It's a big decision, considering you're either locking yourself into a two-year service agreement or paying a hefty price for an unsubsidized model, but do yourself a favor and...
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Perhaps inspired by Microsoft, eBay announced that it’s retiring its old whimsical logo after 17 years of service. (You read that right--eBay has been rolling for 17 years, since 1995.) Instead of the jumbled and mixed-case letters, the new look is a straight, even set of lower-case letters; the fun colors, however, remain. “Our...
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