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If any of you are going to be in the New York City area this week and would like to attend this year's DigitalLife event at the Jacob Javits Center going on from October 12 - 15, organizers are giving away free tickets if you register using the code "INSIDER". Here's what event organizers had to say to us via e-mail... "I wanted to give HotHardware the heads-up that DigitalLife 2006 - the largest consumer technology, gaming & entertainment event of the year - will be taking place October 12 - 15, 2006 at the Javits Center, New York. We would be thrilled if you would let your community know that we are offering FREE tickets to this year's event (regular price is $15). To...
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Plan A: 1. Buy or steal one copy of expensive software 2. Sign up for Google adwords 3. Sell a whole bunch of it 4. Buy yachts and mansions and antique cars and pretty much have a Nelly video party running at your house day and night. Nathan Peterson, 27, of Antelope Acres, Calif., pleaded guilty in late 2005 to multiple counts of criminal copyright infringement for selling pirated Adobe, Microsoft, and Symantec software via the Web. According to federal authorities, Peterson netted more than $5.4 million from the sale of $20 million worth of software. He sold the phony programs from his https://www.ibackups.net site starting in 2003 and didn't stop until he was arrested in February 2005. Peterson...
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New Half-Life 2 Trailer Available New footage from the second installment in Valve's first episodic trilogy is now available. In addition to revealing a little more about where the trilogy leads after Freeman's time in City 17, Trailer2 shows off the Cinematic Physics system enabled in the Source Engine by Gray Horsfield and others at Valve for Episode Two. Half-Life 2: Episode Two is targeted for release in Q1 2007 on the PC, Xbox 360 and Playstation 3. The movie is available for download from a number of locations, like 3D Gamers, GGMania, Filefront, Gamershell and Fileshack. If you have the bandwidth to quickly pull down this movie, definitely take the time to check this out. Visually,...
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Ever wondered who the analysts quoted so often in news reports and articles are and what they do? Ars hunted down a couple of analysts to ask what makes them qualified to expound on technology-related issues, products, and news. "Analysts cover everything. They are quoted in stories about the PS3 launch date, the impending death of the iPod Shuffle, and the earnings of search behemoth Google, but reading quote after quote from faceless "analysts" does little to answer the burning question: who are these people, and what do they do all day? To find out, we had a chat with Jason Kraft and Chris Kwak, two research analysts from Susquehanna Financial...
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Valve's first Half-Life 2 expansion is officially out and ready for your downloading pleasure. Techgage has a review of the somewhat quick expansion, and finds it fully worth the $20 asking price. "Finally, our 18 month wait is over! We once again take the role of Gordon Freeman, and have a return of our friend Alyx. Together, we will flight from City 17. The big question is... was it worth the wait?" If you haven't logged on to Steam since yesterday, you'll be happy to know Valve has released another update, finally getting their "Friends" network up and running....
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Just when you thought CRTs were dead, Samsung comes along with their "SlimFit" TVs and breathes new life into the technology. XYZ Computing has got the skinny (pun intended) on Samsung's SlimFit technology posted right here... "Samsung's SlimFit TV is their answer to those consumers who are looking for the performance of a digital television but with the value of a CRT. The SlimFit's have caught the attention of consumers because they are 30 percent slimmer than traditional CRT models and have the technologies which people want, like HDTV compatibility and HDMI. In addition to being affordable, these televisions will fit...
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Tonight, a little article from The Tech Zone appeared in the news box... Life without the Internet? Could I do it? Could you? To some degree, it would be all right. The boredom would be horrendous... and you know, no news. Actually I have gone without the internet for extended periods of time, unfortunately my cable company didn't really give me a choice. Goodnight all, enjoy the news. Coming Attraction: Intel(R) Viiv™ Technology Intel Unveils New Platform Brand for Digital Entertainment in the Home INTEL DEVELOPER FORUM, SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 24, 2005 - A new kind of personal computer (PC) will premiere in homes early next year when Intel Corporation introduces Intel(R) Viiv™...
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Hey everyone! Plenty of reviews in tonight, and while I'm sure most of you are already in bed, there's still the special group of insomniacs that I owe a post to. Enjoy the news, goodnight all :). Fujitsu Lifebook N3511 Review @ Designtechnica "The new Fujitsu Lifebook N3511 takes a stab at the multimedia-centric notebook market by adding an integrated TV tuner and a remote control to its list of one-ups. While the N3511 may come with all the bells and whistles you would expect, it is still a heavy system especially when compared to its competitors. We also aren't sure that it's small 15.4-inch screen will entice media enthusiasts enough to jump into the Fujitsu camp." Canon PowerShot...
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Heya folks! Well it's the start of a new week, and for those of you who are HL2 fans, Valve has mentioned there will be a surprise for the community released this week. CS:S updates? Team-Fortress 2? Releasing the shackles of Steam? Who knows, but I'm personally hoping it's something along the lines of an actual Multiplayer for HL2... CS:S is good and all, but I want to get some frags by shooting people in the face with a radiator using the gravity gun ;) Half Life 2 and CPU scaling @ amdzone "We are eager to test a wide range of MHz with game, and we decided to outfit our nForce 4 Ultra demo board with the fastest components for playing possible. That would be the Athlon 64 FX55, the ATI...
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I'm back! That's right folks, my faithful internet has been down since Sunday, and because of that I had to sit and stare at my HL2 CD's as they collected dust. Oh well, at least this time wasn't as bad as when my internet was slower than Dial-Up for two months. Before I play HL2 though, I'm here to bring you fine people the news, so let's get started... ABIT AA8 and AG8 - Intel Socket 775 in Style @ TweakTown "It is ABIT's turn in the spotlight today as we provide a look into two of their newest motherboards, the AA8 and AG8. Each are designed specifically to work with Intel's new Socket 775 processors along with DDR (on the AG8) and DDR-2 memory (on the AA8). After taking a look at both...
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OK, so this one is a couple days late but that doesn't minimize its tremendous importance! Fellow HH'er Azwrath from our forum and his wife, are the proud parents of a brand new bouncing baby boy, Derek Joseph (DJ for short)! DJ and Dad are pictured here sporting their HH pride. DJ and Dad on DJ's Birthday! Good lookin' little man there Az. He's gonna be tweakin' and gaming before you know it. And might I add, with Dad's obvious fashion sense, he's bound to attract that hotties from afar! Congrats Az, that's what life is all about. Enjoy him bro.. By the way, I hear you are a Martial Artist... I'm aspiring that way myself lately; brown belt in training. ...
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