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Is this a good or bad development for Microsoft? Novell? Linux? Certainly it is a power grab for Microsoft. After years of discounting open-source alternatives, Microsoft finally admits Linux is not only for real, but that they need to work with it. And what better way than to align with one...
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Microsoft and Novell have announced a truce in their ongoing war over Windows based proprietary and Linux open source compatability:
Large businesses and organizations typically have complicated computer systems that run both...
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Plasma TVs are all little environmental catastrophes waiting to happen when you dispose of them. Matsushita's doing their bit to make them a little less toxic by getting all the lead out of the screen. And they did it despite being granted an exemption for that lead. Bravo, I say. ...
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OCZ Technology Enhances the Award-Winning GameXStream Family with the Addition of the Ultra-Powerful 850 Watt Configuration Sunnyvale, CA - November 1, 2006 - OCZ Technology Group, a worldwide leader in innovative, ultra-high performance and high reliability memory and components, today...
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Fudo over at The Inquirer reports that ATI has finally releases Catalyst 6.10 drivers for all ATI GPU's. Nestled within this driver are a number of performance fixes and additional functionality. For one, users can finally have official HDR with FSAA in Oblivion without being forced to use the "Chuck" patch. In addition,...
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Today Microsoft has released the 11th incarnation of their Media Player software. Windows Media Player 11 is built for all versions of Windows XP SP2, and comes with a fresh new look, and features Microsoft and MTV's new music download service, Urge. Click here to download the 28MB installation file. "Windows Media Player 11 for Windows...
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As reported earlier this month in Unauthorized Access Denied, Lenovo is shipping encryptable hard drives in its ThinkPad series. Now we see hard drive manufacturers starting to eliminate the middleman and offer this functionality themselves. Seagate is the first to announce encryptable drives...
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You might dismiss this headline as pure tech geekedness but you'd be missing out. This is the real deal and may some day allow people with disabilities to do things they never have before. An exoskeleton that can be worn by a human is a new type of robot under development...
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Hey HH fans. We're just writing to let you all know that we've posted a new article where we evaluate the features and performance of Seagate's Barracuda ES 750GB SATA Hard Drive. Not only does this drive boast the largest capacity of any other HD currently available, but it uses perpendicular recording technology, and it's...
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We've told you about the technology here, and featured some pictures of upcoming "4x4"-based systems here. And now we have another aspect of AMD's 4x4 campaign to reveal - the slick promotional T's! AMD "Quadfather" T-Shirt Check out that...
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Several months ago, Seagate got the PC industry's attention with the introduction of the company's first 750GB consumer hard drive. As shown within our review of the drive, the Barracuda 7200.10 combined excellent performance with unparalleled capacity and a stellar 5-yr warranty. Fast forward to today and we find ourselves...
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Does that little mp3 player that made Apple a player again really define a generation? Michael Agger in Slate doesn't think so, even after reading The Perfect Thing, Steve Levy's ode to the iPod: Levy, a senior editor at Newsweek, is a prime example of the boomers who think the iPod...
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Two highly anticipated applications were released today. First we serve up Mozilla's Firefox 2. This has been one of the most anticipated browser releases which now includes anti-phishing, Java Script 1.7 support, and a new extension system. For a complete list of changes hop...
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AMD CELEBRATES 10 YEARS OF INNOVATION IN DRESDEN German Chancellor Angela Merkel Visits AMD Dresden to Commemorate Significant Corporate Milestone SUNNYVALE, Calif. and DRESDEN-Oct. 24, 2006-Today in Dresden, Germany, AMD (NYSE: AMD) commemorated the 10-year anniversary of its Dresden-based operations with a ceremony attended by German Chancellor...
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Google is going to make Microsoft look like a lemonade stand if they keep releasing useful things at the rate they're going. The latest is a customizable search engine: Not satisfied that it has given Web users enough tools to refine data on the Internet, Google will launch Custom...
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Ever wonder what other HH readers might classify as a "good day"? Some go fishing and the old adage applies, "even a bad day fishing is better than a good day at work". Meanwhile others go flying. And a good day flying is pretty great. Check our Utah from a few thousand feet up at DerMeister's...
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Maybe you saw it coming, maybe you didn't, but the music world has seen a drastic change since the birth of Apple's iPod. Five years old on monday, Apple has forever changed the way we listen to music, the way we buy music, and the way music is advertised. Apple has seen enormous...
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Recent HH Forum n00b sladesurfer shows us how it is done. Slade's super clean cabling job would make even ol' BW envious. Tip number 1 - route those wires and tubes anywhere but over the motherboard... ...
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Tired of not knowing exactly who you're not talking to? Wired News has an interesting read on the latest way to ignore people on purpose: Caller ID everywhere. Today, with his elseed TiVo hack, Gardner can keep staring at the screen...
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What do you have loaded on that Hot Desktop Hardware you're netsurfing with? If it's Internet Explorer v.6, you might want to head on over to virtual Redmond and get your hands on the authorized version of Microsoft's Internet Explorer 7 ...
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With Microsoft's Windows Vista getting closer and closer to its final release, we're starting to see more support popping up for it. NVIDIA has given its users a head start by releasing a couple of different WHQL approved drivers on its site. Now available are the Vista x64 RC2 drivers, and the Vista x86 RC2 drivers for your downloading...
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Microsoft and Intel help System Builders get ready for Windows Vista, the 2007 Office System and Intel Core 2 Duo processors REDMOND, Wash. - October 12, 2006 - Intel Corporation and Microsoft Corp. today announced the Ready 2 Rock Road...
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