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Latest News - December 2010
- Samsung Reveals New MLC-based Solid State Drives for Enterprise
- NavFree Launches US Turn-by-Turn Map App with 1.6GB of Offline Data
- Motorola's Tablet Evolution Video is Buzz-Worthy
- Steam Slashes Prices, Offers Killer Holiday Deals
- TRENDnet Offers First 450Mbps 802.11n Wireless Access Point
- HTC EVO 4G Review
- 05: HotHardware's Two and A Half Geeks Webcast - December 21, 2010
- Digital Storm Reveals XM15 Gaming Notebook With Optimus
- NEC Reveals Two Tablets, Home Gateway Solution For CES
- Kno Starts Shipping 14.1" Education Tablet
- Navmii Announces Free Turn-by-Turn GPS Navigation For iPhone & iPad
- ViewSonic Promises G-Tablet Software Update This Week
- eBay Goes Shopping In Germany
- Swype Beta Opens to All; Unclear for How Long
- Bumped.in Social Networking Site Aligns Avid Travelers
- Hardware Roundup
- Sprint fires up 4G in Denver, Bridgeport
- Samsung Suede Loves Unlimited Music, Debuts On Cricket
- ZOTAC Reveals GeForce GTX 570 AMP! Edition Overclocked GPU
- Best Buy Eliminates Restocking Fees For Most Items
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All News for December 2010
You could say the standard hard drive's days are numbered, and it may be true. Samsung has been blazing an SSD-based path for the past few years, and particularly of late they've really shown efforts to innovate the solid state family. Today, the company announced that they have developed and started sampling 100, 200...
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NavFree has launched an iOS navigation app, which isn't in and of itself unusual. However, the app is free, and includes 1.6GB of offline data, which is unusual, particularly for gratis. NavFree USA (Europe is coming; U.K. and Ireland are already in the App Store) will also provide crowdsourced monthly map updates...
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Motorola showed off the evolution of tablets in a YouTube video just released. The company went all the way for Egyptian stone tablets and forward to its upcoming tablet, which will be unveiled at CES in January. The history lesson takes us through several museum displays. The first one shows a huge slab inscribed with Egyptian hieroglyphics,...
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If you haven't finished your Christmas shopping or need a few virtual stocking stuffers, Steam's massive holiday sale may contain exactly what you're looking for. There are a number of excellent titles offered at anywhere from 30-70 percent off, including recent games. Have you ever gotten so angry...you started swinging someone else's arm?...
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TRENDnet has an insatiable need for wireless speed and so has brought forth the first 450Mbps wireless access point. Earlier this year, it released a 450Mbps wireless router. The new, super-fast WAP, dubbed the 690AP, can work as a repeater for the 450Mbps router, extending its range to 100 meters indoors (328ft.) and 300 meters outdoors (948ft.)....
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Sprint's marketing campaigns over the past few months have focused on the fact that the carrier was the first to launch a 4G network in the U.S. Building on that, the company has focused on the various things you can do with a 4G connection that weren't possible (or at least weren't very usable) without a fourth generation high-speed mobile...
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In this episode of Two and Half Geeks Iyaz and the crew from HotHardware talk about upgrading the Dell Streak to FroYo—and the huge performance gains that come with it--AMD's brand new "Cayman" based Radeon HD 6900 series, the Viewsonic Viewpad 7 Android-based tablet, and NVIDIA's discrete GPU design wins and...
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Is it too late to consider a new notebook for Christmas? Not if you're asking Digital Storm's opinion! The custom PC maker has just revealed their newest machine, the XM15 laptop. It's a new "hybrid" breed of gaming machine, which also sips power when you aren't taxing the GPU. NVIDIA's Optimus graphics solution is at the helm here, offering...
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Were tablets the "it" device of 2010? Some would say so. But is possible for tablets to also be the "it" device of 2011? That's also impossible to say for sure, but CES 2011 is shaping up to be a show where a load of new slates and tablets make their debut. Up until now, there have been numerous Android tablets to compete with the iPad, and...
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Will your Kno arrive in time for a Christmas unwrapping? Maybe! Kno, Inc. just announced that their educational tablet will start shipping this week, with some early arrivals also scheduled for this week. You had to order pretty early in order to have yours ship already, but at least the gears are now turning. The Kno is one of the most unique...
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Navmii, a publisher of GPS location-based applications, announced a free navigational app for the iPhone and iPad. The new NavFree USA provides many of the features you'd expect from a turn-by-turn navigational app including the ability to search for an address, view points-of-interest, automatic re-routing if you...
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In recent days, there has been quite a lot of talk surrounding the ViewSonic G-Tablet. Specifically, Staples put up a sign saying that due to a manufacturing defect, the units would no longer be sold or stocked in stores. That's a pretty bad thing to happen to a company that's already fighting an uphill battle for recognition against Samsung's...
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eBay has agreed to buy brands4friends, a German online fashion shopping club, for 200 million dollars in cash. The Berlin-based brands4friends provides its members with goods from well-known brands such as Buffalo, Calvin Klein, and Diesel at reduced prices through daily offers. brands4friends currently has 3.5 million members in Germany....
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Swype comes pre-installed on a number of devices, but there are many that were in existence before that started, and ... it doesn't come installed on the stock Android Nexus S (although Pulse and NoLock do, surprisingly). However, it appears the beta is open again. Grab it while you can. Swype allows you to "swipe your finger" from key to...
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Social networking is huge. No one will dispute that. But we're still seeing the category as a whole grow, and it's probably nowhere near its peak. There's Twitter, Facebook, FourSquare, and now, Bumped.in. This particular networking site is geared towards avid travelers, particularly business commuters. The company claims to offer travelers...
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Video: AMD Radeon HD 6950 & HD 6970 2GB @ Techgage Nvidia GeForce GTX 570: Modern Remake of an Existing Fairy-Tale @ XbitLabs Funky Kit Review: Zotac Geforce GTX 570 AMP! (1280Mb GDDR5) Processors: iXBT Labs Review: Intel Core i5 Processor Series Memory and Storage: OCZ RevoDrive X2 240GB PCI-Express SSD Review @ Techspot Corsair Vengeance...
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Colorado has two new reasons to celebrate. On Sunday, it witnessed a spectacular first start by rookie quarterback Tim Tebow. The next day, Sprint announced it is rolling out 4G service to cities statewide. Sprint also launched 4G in Bridgeport, Conn. With these two additions, Sprint 4G is available in 70 markets. While the Broncos didn't...
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Cricket's new mobile plan that was introduced today made a lot of waves. It's the first plan in America to include a music experience designed specifically for the mobile phone, and it definitely is making consumers consider Cricket as a carrier. The company has maintained a fairly low profile up until now, but having unlimited access to voice,...
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In a gamer's world, the fastest GPU is only the fastest for a small period of time. The technology behind graphics today is moving insanely fast, and it seems that a new GPU hits the shelves every month or so. If you have been in the market for a GeForce GTX 570, Zotac has a new card out. The GeForce GTX 570 AMP! Edition takes over where the...
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Call it an early Christmas gift. As of this weekend, Best Buy has eliminated most restocking fees for returns. That's right folks, now you'll be able to return things to Best Buy without having to pay a pesky fee. The exception to this new policy is special order items, which will have a 25 percent restocking fee. In addition to removing the...
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Verizon is now offering small businesses an even faster way to connect via its FiOS Internet for Business service. The service provides up to 150 Mbps download and 35 Mbps upload in 12 states (California, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Texas and Virginia) as well as...
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Smartfish doesn't make typical mice. They make unique mice, and now, they make colorful mice. The new Smartfish Whirl is one of the more colorful travel mice out there, with a laser sensor, an "anti-gravity comfort-pivot" technology beneath it and a bunch of new colors to choose from. Users use hand gestures, tilting it forward and back, in...
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