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Just in case you missed the new link at the top of the page, we're hitting the news section to let you know that we’ve just posted a new article here at HotHardware in which we evaluate a pair of somewhat unique Radeons, the Sapphire Ultimate HD 3850 and Atomic HD 3870. Unlike most reference 3850s, the Ultimate HD 3850 has a 512MB...
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It seems like a new year always evokes the feeling of renewed hope and high expectations. And for AMD / ATI at least, 2008 appears to have reinvigorated their graphics division, which appears to be firing on all cylinders at the moment. After a year or so of NVIDIA dominating the high-end graphics space,...
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The Apple trifecta of the iPhone, the iPod, and Mac PCs helped Apple to its best quarter in history, with the highest revenue and earnings in Apple’s history. Apple shipped 2,319,000 Macintosh® computers, representing 44 percent unit growth and 47 percent revenue growth over the year-ago quarter. The Company sold 22,121,000 iPods during...
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Anytime Apple intros something, it takes down its store to update the site. Naturally, Tuesday, being the day Apple is to announce its financial results, the store going down led to wild speculation. Yup, it's down again... on a Tuesday... just hours before they announce their quarterly financials. We've been hearing about new pink iPod...
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Apple's multi-touch technology is so popular among "the rest of us" that it seems destined to replace all existing laptop pointing devices shortly:“The next models to receive the oversized trackpads will be updated 15- and 17-inch MacBook Pro models due for an introduction in the next several weeks, people familiar with the company's 2008...
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Sometimes it pays to keep a low profile. Navy and Air Force pilots refer to it as flying under the radar, but IT people refer to the concept as security via obscurity. No matter what you call it, the idea is simple: if you don't draw attention to yourself, you should end up with less problems.In the world of malware this more or...
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Apple's return to lightweight laptops has finally been announced: the Apple Air.Initial reports suggested that the Air might feature anything from a 10” to a 12.1” screen, and a mini-keyboard. The Air is actually none of these, especially no a mini-keyboard with odd key combinations for function keys as early photos suggested.“The Air...
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Steve Jobs unveiled the MacBook "Air" yesterday, Apple's ultra-thin and light notebook computer that looks like something you'd put into an interoffice envelope. That is, if it didn't cost $1800 you might. But contrary to all the reports you're hearing, it's not the thinnest laptop ever, even if it is the thinnest available right now....
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Today Apple unveiled the much-anticipated razor-thin notebook, the MacBook Air. One problem though. More on that later.During his Macworld Expo keynote address on Tuesday morning, Apple CEO Steve Jobs introduced the MacBook Air Tuesday, a computer that the company billed as the world's thinnest notebook -- small enough to fit inside...
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Too bad it's today, January 15th. Today being the day of Steve Jobs' keynote at Macworld, this is going to get missed by many. But not by us: Happy Seventh Birthday Wikipedia (all right, we'll admit it: they emailed us about it).Yes, Wikipedia was founded on January 15th, 2001. There's not much to add, except that despite Jimmy Wales'...
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While it isn't a surprise to see Apple releasing new models based on the latest and greatest Intel CPUs, today's updates to the Mac Pro are far more than a simple CPU bump.“Other improvements include 2GB (2x1GB) of RAM standard, PCIe 2.0 slots, built-in Bluetooth standard, and an ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT video card with 256MB of memory and two...
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Apple's out with their new Mac Pro, and they've gone core crazy. Running two of Intel's Quadcore Xeon processors at 3.2 GHz, they're bound to appeal to the many Mac users that need lots of computing horsepower. “The new Mac Pro is the fastest Mac we’ve ever made,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide...
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People and/or companies filing suit against Apple ought to get a volume discount these days.The latest lawsuit, filed by Stacie Somers in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, alleges that Apple uses unfair business practices. Unfair could mean a lot of different things, but in this particular suit it refers...
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Google always does something "different" with the logo on its homepage on a holiday or other special occasion, and New Year's Day is no different. But it's not just about New Year's Day today.Today’s Google logo reads “2008” to celebrate new year’s, but also honors 25 years of TCP/IP. Clicking on it leads to a search result for the query...
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It has been another great year for us here at HotHardware.com, thanks in no small part to our awesome readers! As 2007 draws to a close, we want to take another chance to thank you all again for being a part of our extended families and making this just a great place. Happy New Year! If you’re going to be out partying tonight, be safe! ...
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You can't be missed until you go away, but it's unlikely that Wal-Mart's online video download service will be missed even now that it has gone away. Less than a year after it began, Wal-Mart quietly closed it up four days before Christmas. No one even noticed until now. A message at www.walmart.com/videodownloads said the service was stopped...
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iTunes, Wal-Mart, and Amazon's "Amazon MP3" service sell DRM-free music downloads, but so far only from EMI (along with a "test" by Universal Music Group). Today Amazon.com announced it has beaten Apple (!) to the punch; it's signed a deal with Warner Music Group to sell MP3 downloads, giving customers the choice of more than 2.9 Million songs...
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Apple has inked a deal with 20th Century Fox to offer an on-demand video rental service through their iTunes interface. Perhaps as interesting as that tidbit, Apple is also offering their Digital Rights Management system to Fox for their DVD releases.Apart from letting people rent online, Apple will also for the first time extend its...
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Apple's stocks hit $200 in the middle of the trading day before finishing up at $199.97. This is a record high for the Cupertino-based company.It's hard to imagine that only 10 years ago Bill Gates more or less bailed Apple out of serious financial trouble. What a difference a decade can make."Apple shares have traded between $76.77...
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It's Christmas Day. What the heck are you doing? Fire up Crysis and install this new Christmas present from them: an official Crysis Tournament Mappack. Thing is, Santa didn't drop it down the chimney and it's not on the Crytek site (at least, it's not easy to find).In a way that's probably good: anyone else annoyed at how you have to enter...
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We got some of the HH crew together this morning for a holiday team photo. Who knew we could move so well... Jeff in particular really knows how to get "jiggy" with it. Head on over to the Elf Yourself site for some yultide yucks of your own or check out our funkmasta-ho-ho moves. (Greg, Mike, Mike,...
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Apple certainly picked an excellent time to partner with Intel. The two firms have worked together to deliver a wide range of products that have greatly improved the computing experience for “the rest of us.”It seems that the relationship between the two companies might spawn a completely new range of Apple products: Intel-powered UMPCs.“People...
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