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The four major Japanese ISPs, under considerable pressure by movie, music and software industries, have agreed to take drastic action against file sharers.In 2006, a Japanese ISP decided to plan measures to stop their subscribers using file-sharing software, by tracking their activities and disconnecting them from the Internet. The plan didn’t...
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Global warming got you down? Concerned about rising gas prices and our over-dependency on fossil fuels? Before you declare that the sky is falling and reach for your favorite tree to hug in what some call the last few days of earth's existence, remember there are some pretty smart...
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Video: GIGABYTE GV-RX387512H HD3870 512MB Crossfire Review @ GamePyreVvikoo Geforce 9600GT Turbo (512Mb DDR3) @ CPU3DMSI N9600GT-T2D512-OC (GeForce 9600 GT) @ HardwareZoneNVIDIA's GeForce 9800 GX2 - Early Test! @ Tweaktown Motherboards & Chipsets: ASRock 4Core1600P35-WiFi+ Motherboard Review @ Legit ReviewsIntel's X48 Express chipset @...
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Doctor Irving Biederman is a neuroscientist at USC. He's been studying volunteers' brain activity while showing them a series of pictures of various subjects. His human guinea pigs had the greatest brain activity when shown a scene that "presented new information that somehow needed to be interpreted," and were offered in the format of a "good...
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$986 million to be more precise. Why so much? It's the last one. That's the projection for the cost to Toshiba to close up shop and retool its production line to make something else. It's the final chapter for Toshiba's ill-fated attempt to offer its HD DVD alternative to Sony's Blu-ray...
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Video:VVIKOO GeForce 8800 GT Max 1024 MB @ techPowerUpMSI R3650-T2D512-OC (Radeon HD 3650 512MB) @ HardwareZoneVvikoo 9600GT Turbo Vvikoo 9600GT Turbo with Zalman's VF-1000 pure cooper cooler @ OCWorkBenchMSI GeForce N9600GT OC Graphics Card @ TweaktownAMD 3870X2 Crossfire @ t-breakDiamond Viper ATI Radeon HD 3870 512MB Video Card @ BmRCrossFire...
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A report, to be presented at a California computer-security conference in May, suggests that pacemakers and defibrillators may be targets for hacking.Millions of Americans have pacemakers, which keeps hearts beating regularly, or an implanted defibrillator, which can restart stopped hearts with an electric jolt. After implanting a defibrillator...
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When ASUS unveiled their Republic of Gamers (ROG) series of products, they stated their mission clearly: "deliver the most innovative and best performing PC solutions to enhance the usage experience for power users". There's a lot in that statement to live up to, but ASUS was confident...
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The Consumerist featured a story a year ago about a woman that wasn't allowed to buy an Apple computer because she wanted to purchase it solely using Apple-issued giftcards. Stung by negative publicity, Apple relented and she got her computer. But instead of liberalizing their giftcard policy...
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Video: Foxconn 9600GT 512 MB Review @ OCCXFX 8400GS 256MB Video Card Review @ Gamepyre Motherboards & Chipsets: Tyan Tempest i5400XT @ PhoronixAMD 790FX 4-Way Motherboard Roundup @ HardwareZoneGigabyte MA-78GM-S2H Motherboard @ Legit ReviewsMemory & Storage: Corsair 32GB Flash Voyager @ 3DGameManHoneywell SecuraDrive 1.8-inch 80GB...
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You have to measure the remarks of the Ericsson CEO about the future of Wi-Fi hotspot computing against the stake he has in the outcome of the race to serve the computing public on the go; but he does seem to be hitting the nail on the head when he predicts that Wi-Fi hotspots are "The telephone boxes of the broadband era." ... there's...
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New peripherals bring stylish and affordable options for the digital lifestyle. REDMOND, Wash. - March 11, 2008 - Microsoft Corp. brings the beauty of Windows Aero from the PC to the devices that surround it with its latest keyboard and mouse desktop set, the Wireless Laser Desktop...
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Linux fans felt as though Wal-Mart's decision to retail inexpensive computers that use Linux for their operating system meant that the free, open source software would finally break out into general public. Oh yeah, and Ron Paul's going to be President. "This really wasn't what our customers were looking for," said Wal-Mart Stores Inc....
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Video: GIGABYTE GV-RX387512H HD3870 512MB Crossfire Review @ Motherboards.orgGigabyte 8800GT TurboForce @ t-breakASUS VW222 22-inch Wide-Screen Review @ TechgageSapphire Radeon HD 3870 X2 Graphics Card @ TweaktownBFGTech 9600 GT OC in SLI vs. GeForce 8800 GTX @ [H]Four Overclocked RADEON HD 3650/3850/3870 Graphics Cards @ Digit-LifeMemory...
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If nothing else, it appears that the contentious divorce between Paul McCartney and Heather Mills has led to one good result - well, not for either of them, but for music fans. McCartney has authorized the release of the Beatles' back catalog on iTunes in a deal that is valued at $400 million.The deal has been much delayed. But industry insiders...
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Video: Nvidia GeForce 9600 GT: Worthy Rival to ATI Radeon HD 3000 @ X-bit LabsSapphire HD 3850 Ultimate Edition Review @ OCCECS GeForce 9600GT Accelero 512MB @ TweaktownPowercolor HD 3650 Xtreme 512 MB @ techPowerUpMemory & Storage: Thermaltake Muse X-Duo RAID Review @ ClubOC.netPatriot Viper PC2-6400XLK 2GB Memory Kit Review @ Virtual-HideoutKingston...
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Japan's Pioneer Electronics is giving up on manufacturing their own plasma panels, and will simply buy them from other manufacturers and market them to consumers. The market for the panels is intensely competitive, and Pioneer has been bleeding red ink ever since it purchased the plasma...
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Stop me if you've heard this one before. Powerful more-or-less user-run news aggregator Digg.com is apparently for sale. But unlike the last handful of times you heard that, this time four potential buyers have been identified, and are performing due diligence towards an actual sale. Perhaps you've heard of two of them: Microsoft and...
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Video: Gigabyte GV-NX88T512HP TurboForce - Second look @ Hard Tecs 4 URadeon HD 3870 X2 in Crossfire X Tested @ TweaktownASUS EN8800GS TOP 384MB (GeForce 8800 GS) @ HardwareZoneMemory & Storage: Patriot Memory PC2-9200 2GB EP DDR2 Kit @ Tweaktown Power: Cooler Master Real Power Pro 750w Power Supply Review @ OCIA.netCases, Cooling, &...
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A few months ago, we evaluated the 1-terabyte (TB) Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 SATA hard drive and found the drive to offer many positive features in addition to its massive capacity. In this article though, we'll be looking at Seagate's new flagship enterprise-class, mass storage solution, the 1TB Barracuda ES.2. While the Barracuda...
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A few months ago, we evaluated the 1-terabyte (TB) Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 SATA hard drive. We found the drive to offer many positive features in addition to its massive capacity. In this article, we'll be looking at Seagate's flagship enterprise-class, mass storage solution, the 1TB Barracuda ES.2 SATA hard drive. While the Barracuda...
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Google Calendar is great, but wouldn't it be great if you could sync your Google Calendar events with your Outlook calendar at work? Well, maybe not, it might give an idea of just how busy your life really is.I've suffered major headaches trying to sync all my calendars. I used the Microsoft...
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