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Latest News - May 2012
- HP Thinks Thin and Light with new Ultrabook and Sleekbook Models
- 30-inches of Precision: A Look at Dell's UltraSharp U3011 30-inch Monitor
- HTC Evo 4G LTE Lands at Sprint on May 18 for $200
- Lenovo Intros ThinkPad Laptop USB 3.0 Dock
- Olympus' Tough TG-1 iHS Brings High-End Features To A Rugged Cam
- EVGA Announces Details on GeForce GTX 680 FTW
- Kingston Bolsters Wi-Drive Device Support
- Razer Announces Updated Naga MMO Gaming Mouse
- Kyocera Introduces Rise And Hydro Android 4.0 Smartphones
- 53: HotHardware's Two and A Half Geeks Webcast - May 8, 2012
- Lenovo Announces Thin New Desktops, All In Ones, And More
- Ematic Serves Up Inexpensive eGlide XL Pro 2 Android 4.0 Tablet
- Zotac Launches GeForce GTX 680 AMP! Edition and GeForce GTX 680 4GB Graphics Cards
- ADATA's SP900 an SP800 Series Solid State Drives Touch Ground in the U.S.
- IEEE Reveals 802.11-2012 Wireless Revision At CTIA Wireless 2012
- Gogo Snaps Up More License, Plans To Keep Your In-Air Internet Experience Brisk
- Micron Has a Fully Functional DDR4 Module, Volume Production Slated for late 2012
- Sharkoon Adds USB 3.0 to Desktop Tower Front Panels
- Half of All U.S. Mobile Subscribers Own Smartphones, Nielsen Says
- OCZ Boosts Vertex 4 SSD Performance with New Firmware; Launches 64GB Model
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All News for May 2012
Hewlett-Packard is fully embracing the transition in the notebook market towards thin and light laptops that are all the rage these days, just don't accuse the company of playing favorites. Sure, Intel's Ultrabook initiative typically gets all the hype and attention, but AMD is a player too, and in addition to new...
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There are two types of power users on this planet, and they consist of those who use a 30-inch monitor, and those who don't. The latter far outnumber the former, but thanks to a number of factors, this particular digital divide is growing smaller by the day. For one, 30-inch monitors are somewhat more affordable...
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Sprint today confirmed that the HTC Evo 4G LTE smartphone will be available on May 18 (a week from this Friday) for $200 with a new line of service or eligible upgrade and of course a two-year service agreement. That's good news for those who already placed a pre-order but had no idea when the thing would ship. "HTC Evo 4G LTE sets the benchmark...
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Lenovo and HP both have found time to unleash loads of new gear in the past day or so, but this one in particular caught our eye. The new ThinkPad Laptop USB 3.0 Dock is a swanky looking device that's powered by DisplayLink and a DL-3900 Dual Head Graphics chip with integrated Gigabit Ethernet and Audio. According to Lenovo, it offers dual...
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There's rugged, and then there's professional-grade. Sometimes, they mix, and in the case of cameras, Olympus is mixing the two quite well with the new Tough TG-1 iHS. This just might be the most impressive "rugged" camera we've seen yet, combining high-end photographic qualities typically reserved for nice mirrorless...
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And the hits keep coming from EVGA; a few weeks after we got the details on the company’s GeForce GTX 680 SC Signature (with and without backplate), EVGA has announced all the information about the GeForce GTX 680 FTW. Wrapped in what is essentially the same body as the SC Signature, the FTW card sports a base clock of 1110MHz and a...
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Kingston’s Wi-Drive is a nichey product to be sure, but it’s no less useful; the device is a portable, wireless storage drive designed to give mobile device users an extra amount of storage. Yes, a memory card would do essentially the same thing--add storage to a mobile device--but it’s not always possible to add a memory...
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Hot on the heels of the release of the Naga Hex Red Wraith Edition gaming mouse, Razer announced an update to the Razer Naga MMO gaming mouse. The overhaul of the mouse is meant to improve its overall ergonomics, making it easier and more comfortable to use as well as facilitating better performance. The Naga MMO gaming mouse features an anti-slip...
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Kyocera announced two new smartphones running Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) at CTIA Wireless 2012. The new Kyocera Hydro is a waterproof smartphone that can withstand being immersed in water up to one meter for up to 30 minutes. The Kyocera Rise features a QWERTY keyboard as well as a touchscreen. Both new phones feature a 3.5-inch HVGA...
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In this latest episode of HotHardware's Two and Half Geeks webcast, Dave, Marco and Iyaz discuss Intel's blazing fast SSD 910 PCI Express SSD, the HTC One X smartphone, Four Gaming Cliche's that simply must die, NVIDIA's GeForce GTX 690 graphics card and details of our current ongoing contest where you could win one...
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Lenovo announced a thin new desktop PC that's as wide as a golf ball. The new ThinkCentre M92p offers up to 3rd Generation Intel Core Processors with vPro Technology, solid state or traditional hard drives, and supports up to four monitors in Mosaic Mode or three independent monitors. Lenovo also announced the new ThinkCentre M92z all-in-one...
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The secret to Android's success in the tablet space is going to be the various manufacturers' ability to launch lower cost slates, a point that was proven when Amazon debuted its $199 Kindle Fire tablet, which quickly became the second best selling slate behind the mighty iPad. The Kindle Fire, of course, is more of a...
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Finding a GeForce GTX 680 graphics card in stock is still a nearly impossible mission, but while gamers wait for retailers and e-tailers to fill up with stock, NVIDIA's GPU partners keep churning out new models. Today's it's Zotac's turn, which just introduced a pair of new GeForce GTX 680 videocards, including an...
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ADATA is making preparations for the upcoming Computex convention in Taiwan next month but found time to make what could be its last product announcement before then. Launching today is ADATA's new Premier Pro SP900 and Premier SP800 solid state drive (SSD) families with new optimized firmware, both of which are...
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802.11. IEEE. 1394. All of these numbers don't mean much to the average consumer, but geeks certainly know 'em. 802.11 is usually used to describe some sort of wireless wave needed to access the world wide web, and in turn, it's highly important. IEEE has chosen CTIA 2012 to announce the publication of IEEE...
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If you think wireless data companies have to worry about bandwidth on the ground, just try managing bandwidth in the air. Gogo knows all about it. After expanding from the darling of the skies into a sheer powerhouse, used to bring wireless Internet to hundreds upon hundreds of planes whisking around America each day...
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DDR3 RAM is so ubiquitous, effective, and inexpensive that it’s sometimes easy to forget that there’s a new generation of memory coming. Actually, it’s coming quite soon; Micron announced that it has a polished DDR4 memory module that it’s been sampling, and volume production may begin before...
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Sometimes, it’s the little things in life that make it better. For Sharkoon customers, that little thing is having USB 3.0 on the front panel of some of its desktop cases. The company announced that two of its cases, the Nightfall U3 and Rebel9 Alu U3, will both eschew front panel eSATA ports in favor of USB 3.0. The two cases are distinctly...
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It may seem like everyone owns a smartphone these days, and that's because over half of all mobile subscribers living in the U.S. -- or 50.4 percent, to be exact -- do own one, according to the latest data from market research firm Nielsen. That figure is up 2.6 percentage points since December 2011 back when feature...
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OCZ today is throwing Vertex 4 solid state drive (SSD) owners a bone with release candidate firmware v1.4RC, which "dramatically improves" performance, the company said. And by that, OCZ means it nearly doubles the sequential write performance for lower capacity models and boosts sequential read performance at low...
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Samsung and AT&T announced the Samsung Focus 2. This 4G LTE Windows Phone is expected to be available on May 20. The Focus 2 will be Samsung's first 4G LTE Windows Phone from AT&T. It features a budget-friendly price of $49.99 with a two-year service agreement. Key specifications include a 4-inch Super AMOLED screen, a 1.4GHz processor,...
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HTC and Verizon Wireless announced the new DROID INCREDIBLE 4G LTE. This latest generation DROID Incredible features an 8-megapixel camera with advanced camera capabilities, Beats Audio integration, and 4G LTE. The smartphone runs on Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) and HTC Sense 4. Other key features include a 4-inch...
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