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Latest News - February 2008
- PayPal Not Keen On Safari
- Music Industry Execs Hoarding Pirate Gold?
- Palm Foleo Not Such A Bad Idea?
- Hardware Round-Up
- Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 Wolfdale CPU
- ASUS Crosshair II Formula Announced
- Blu-ray Is Dracula For Your Notebook Battery
- Windows Vista Upgrade Prices Downgraded
- Homeless to Get Voicemail, Via Google
- Yahoo Sued 7 Times Over MS Bid
- 3G iPhone by Mid-Year?
- Corsair Announces 3-Way Certified 1KW PSU
- NVIDIA ESA Hits Key Milestone
- Corsair Announces "GT" High-Perf Flash Drive
- Eee PC Has Industry Nervous
- MS Fined $1.3B By EU
- Verizon Doesn't Care What You're Jabbering Into
- Vista-Capable? Don't Read Our Emails!
- Forget SaaS. How About Crimeware As A Service?
- ATI Catalyst 8.3 Sneak Peek: CrossFireX and More
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PayPal's CIO, Michael Barrett, is advising the Safari users to get another browser to access their accounts if they're worried about online fraud:"Apple, unfortunately, is lagging behind what they need to do, to protect their customers," Barrett said in an interview. "Our recommendation at this point, to our customers, is use Internet Explorer...
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Various companies and even the RIAA have either settled with or won numerous law suits against pirates and/or networks that allow piracy such as the old Napster or Kazaa. We're talking at least 9-figures worth of damages awarded and/or settlements paid off, but yet the artists don't seem to be getting paid:"Artist managers and lawyers...
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Palm just doesn't seem able to catch a break these days. Take the Foleo for example. When Palm announced it, it made waves but also drew some criticisms. Once VIA announced their Nanobook, many were keen to compare the two and it seemed that Foleo wasn't winning too many armchair comparisons by the world's forum jockeys. ...
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Video: Asus PM17TU 17inch Gamer LCD Display Review @ PCStatsRadeon 3870X2 Review @ AMDZoneGigabyte HD3870 review @ NeoseekerBiostar V903GT52-NV1AN 512MB Geforce 9600GT Videocard Review @ PCStatsFinding the Mid-range Sweet Spot - GeForce 9600 GT Showdown @ HardwareZonePalit GeForce 9600GT Sonic Graphics Card @ Tweaktown Motherboards & Chipsets:...
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Just in case you hopped right down to the news and missed the fresh link at the top of the page, we’re writing to let you all know that we have just posted a new article here at HotHardware in which we evaluate the features and performance of Intel’s recently released, Wolfdale-based Core 2 Duo E8500 processor. The E8500 uses Intel’s...
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Obtain Instant Upgrades Easily with CPU Level Up ASUS Crosshair II Formula Provides Extreme Graphics Support with 3-Way SLI and Hybrid SLI Support Catering to users who require extreme graphical support and robust performance, ASUS, leading producer of motherboards, has today released the new ASUS Crosshair II Formula Motherboard. This powerful...
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The high-definition format war's over, of course. So it's Blu-ray or nothing now. But as manufacturers start including Blu-ray drives in your notebook computers as standard equipment, get ready to see your batteries drained like a frathouse keg.For now, the laptop manufacturers that have offered Blu-ray drives have also avoided revealing the...
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Microsoft sells the vast majority of its Windows Vista operating systems pre-installed on new machines. In a bid to expand the customer base of Vista users to include people still using the XP OS, plus new adopters like those that build their own PCs and need to purchase an OS at retail, Microsoft has announced a fairly steep price reduction...
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You might find this unusual, and think it useless, but for those without the lifeline of a phone number, this is a boon.Since the acquisition of Grand Central last year, Google has been participating in periodic Project Homeless Connect events in which it has been providing the homeless with free phone numbers and voicemail accounts that they...
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Yahoo's rejection of Microsoft's $44.6 billion buyout offer has stirred up a lot of controversy and even more lawsuits than we reported earlier this week.Yahoo's board of directors claim that the offer isn't sufficient, while Microsoft is of the opinion that anything above and beyond $44.6 billion is too much and it'd be more efficient to...
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We all know it's coming: the 3G iPhone. The only question is when.In a research note to clients, global equity research analyst Nicolas Gaudois said his checks indicate that the German chipmaker will provide a "new systems solution" for the new iPhone HSDPA platform, which will include a digital baseband controller, power management...
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Corsair Announces World's First 1000 Watt Power Supply Certified for 3-way NVIDIA SLI Technology at CeBIT 2008 Corsair HX1000W is Latest Addition to HX Series of Modular Power Supplies for Gamers and Enthusiasts Fremont, CA, February 28th, 2008 – Corsair, a worldwide leader in high performance computer and flash memory products, today announced...
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NEW ENTHUSIAST SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE HITS KEY INDUSTRY MILESTONES New Extensions for Monitoring and Controlling PC Peripherals Formally Ratified by USB Implementers Forum; Dell Ships World’s First ESA-Certified Desktop PC SANTA CLARA, CA—FEBRUARY 28, 2008 – NVIDIA Corporation (Nasdaq: NVDA), the world leader in visual computing technologies...
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CORSAIR ANNOUNCES NEW 16GB “GT” HIGH PERFORMANCE USB 2.0 FLASH DRIVE AT CEBIT 2008Corsair GT USB Drive Provides Up To 4X Faster Transfer Speeds than Standard USB DrivesFremont, CA, February 28, 2008 – Corsair® http://www.corsair.com, a worldwide leader in high performance computer and flash memory products, announced a new 16GB high performance...
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The Eee PC from Asus has certainly garnered a lot of attention from the public and the media, but those aren't the only eyes watching. After all, it behooves the major players to know what the public wants.Senior VP of Sony's IT product division, Mike Abary, has been watching the Eee PC very closely and had this to say:"If (the Eee PC...
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Microsoft has been ordered to pay a series of fines totaling $1.3 billion for withholding critical information from developers. Because Microsoft controlled the operating system, the EU feels that Microsoft's attempts to charge money for access to information regarding its APIs was tantamount to abuse of their industry leading position.“EU...
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Verizon is touting what they refer to as "Any Device, Any App." They want to settle on a universal wireless technical specification that any maker of wireless devices can use to offer their goods for use on any network. Verizon asserts that the smartphone market in America is less robust than elsewhere because hardware from various **cough**...
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The "Vista-Capable" lawsuit has reached class-action status, and yesterday the judge in the case unsealed a set of Microsoft emails revealing what executives really felt about the issue. Some of these have been excerpted before, but some have not, and all are interesting.A federal judge today unsealed internal Microsoft e-mails that...
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Security firm Finjan has uncovered a criminal online supermarket of usable FTP security credentials for some of the largest and most prominent companies in the world. Oh yes -- and some government agencies. The crime ring that holds the information is selling the information to DIY malware entrepreneurs who can upload all sorts of exploits...
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A fresh new set of graphics card drivers, like a pair of new shoes, can sometimes make a world of difference. We were recently given a chance to chat with some folks from AMD about all of the new features they have in store for users with the Catalyst v8.3 release and we'll be outlining some of the finer details here today. ...
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Once Intel announced their dual-core Celerons it was only a matter of time until AMD countered with dual-core Semprons. The bad news is that they're mainly available in China at this time, but that could change in the future. Here's the specs on the dual-core Sempron:“AMD Sempron 2100+ processors adopt a 65nm process, and have...
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Video: XFX GeForce 8800 GTS 512MB Alpha Dog XXX Edition review @ Elite BastardsEVGA e-GeForce 9600GT SSC Edition Review @ GamepyrePalit 9600GT Sonic 512MB Geforce 9600GT Videocard Review @ PCStatsLeadtek WinFast PX8800 GT ZL 512MB @ TweaktownGigabyte GA-MA78GM-S2H AMD 780G board review @ OCWorkBench Motherboards & Chipsets: Gigabyte GA-945P-S3...
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