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Exploding PC Burns Man to Death
April 6, 2009
on Business & Law
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Kevin Parrish
A young software engineer was found dead in front of his burned-up computer, however the cause of the explosion has yet to be determined, baffling police. Read more
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Pirate Bay Launches Anonymous VPN
March 26, 2009
on Business & Law
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Kevin Parrish
A new VPN launched by the people behind Pirate Bay hopes to protect users from the new piracy law set forth in Sweden. Read more
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Western Digital Does External 2 TB HDD
March 26, 2009
on Storage
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Kevin Parrish
Western Digital announced yesterday that its My Book line of external drives will be fitted with 2 TB of storage, the largest single-drive capacity so far. Read more
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Report: Leaving the PC On Loses Money
March 26, 2009
on Influence of Technology on Society
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Kevin Parrish
A report by 1E says that businesses and general consumers save money by shutting down the PC when not in use. Unfortunately, tech-savvy consumers know better. Read more
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Pioneer Kuro Plasmas Cease Production in April
March 24, 2009
on Home Theater
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Marcus Yam
The announcement that Pioneer would be ditching the TV business was a sad one for all home theater aficionados. Read more
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Ballmer: "The Tide Has Turned" Against Apple
March 20, 2009
on Desktop Computers
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Devin Connors
With a recession keeping many consumers' wallets in check, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer believes the days of paying extra for an Apple logo are numbered. Read more
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PS3 Gets Physical with Nvidia
March 18, 2009
on Software Miscellaneous
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Kevin Parrish
This afternoon Nvidia said that it has signed a "tools and middleware" license agreement with SCEI, bringing PhysX back to the PlayStation 3 console. Read more
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Robot Fashion Model May Turn You On
March 16, 2009
on Influence of Technology on Society
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Kevin Parrish
Even if anyone could get this fashion model to love them, it's highly doubtful many consumers can afford this high-maintenance, high-dollar date! Read more
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iPhone 3G Tethering May Cripple AT&T's Network
March 16, 2009
on Using the Internet
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Jane McEntegart
Well, should it actually include tethering, that is. As tomorrow’s iPhone 3.0 preview it seems all anyone can talk about is the possibility of copy/paste. But there’s one rumor that has been consistently overlooked and that is the idea that iPhoners... Read more
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Europe Testing 12.5 Gbps Wireless
March 16, 2009
on Communications Software
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Kevin Parrish
European researchers are working on technology that will enable wireless data transfers of up to 12.5 Gbps Read more
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OLED TVs to Hit Mainstream in 2011
March 16, 2009
on Home Theater
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Devin Connors
OLED panels are an expensive technology currently reserved for the convention floor and homes of the rich and famous. However, analysts over at DisplaySearch believe OLED technology will become mainstream in 2011. Read more
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Recharge A Battery in Seconds
March 13, 2009
on Smartphones
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Kevin Parrish
Could it be possible to recharge batteries in seconds rather than hours? Apparently, that's a definite "yes" according to MIT engineers after creating an electrical beltway. Read more
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Two New Gaming Rigs Feature NV 3D Vision
March 11, 2009
on Desktop Computers
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Kevin Parrish
iBUYPOWER is now offering two gaming PCs that utilize Nvidia's cool NV 3D Vision technology. Buckle your seat belts, baby. Read more
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Hitachi Admits to LCD Price Fixing; Screws Buyers
March 11, 2009
on Influence of Technology on Society
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Devin Connors
Hitachi has admitted to LCD price fixing and will pay $31 million in fines. Read more
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375 MB/sec. SD Cards Coming Your Way
March 9, 2009
on Mobile Storage
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Devin Connors
Pretec announced at CeBIT today that it has created the worlds first SDXC card, with 32GB of capacity and a transfer rate of 50MB/sec. Read more