Sunday Shortbread
Sunday Engadget reports MacBook Pros with 7200RPM HDDs getting a touch too noisy? Chrome, Android have different jobs, Google says Ars Technica reports French "3 strikes" law returns, now with judicial oversight TG Daily reports Sprintآ’s NowNetwork now in Ericssonآ’s hands Sprint, Verizon to demand Wi-Fi on...
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Saturday science subject: Antihistamines? Try rice
What if you could ward off seasonal allergies by simply eating a special type of rice regularly for a few months? That may soon be possible. According to New Scientist, a team of Japanese researchers are planning to start clinical trials of rice that has been genetically modified to...
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Saturday Shortbread
Saturday Hexus.channel reports Corsair answers questions on recent product issues PCStats on how to fix a 1TB hard drive that suddenly changes to 32MB in size [OC]ModShop's Pete Hines Q&A about id merger: Future of Doom and...
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Deal of the week: One day left for $50 Windows 7 upgrades
We rarely feature the same deal twice in a row, but this is a special case. We wrote a couple of weeks back that Microsoft is running a promotion whereby upgrade editions of Windows 7 can be pre-ordered for as little as $50. Well, that promotion ends tomorrow. As one of...
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Friday Shortbread
Friday PCs could be hit next in Web attack: South Korea C|Net posts FAQ: What the smart grid means to you Google CEO to discuss his role on Apple's board SuperSite Blog reports Microsoft...
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Rumor: Quad-core Athlon IIs to have tight thermal envelopes
We've been hearing about quad-core, 600-series Athlon II X4 processors since at least May. AMD has yet to announce anything, but that hasn't stopped Hardware-Infos from posting detailed specifications for four of those rumored CPUs. The site claims to have gotten its information from a CPU support list...
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Prices for Windows 7 Anytime Upgrade, Family Pack leak out
Let's say you realize after a few months that you should've sprung for a pricier edition of Windows 7. Or say you need to upgrade several PCs in your household, and you'd rather not buy a full license for each one. What can you look forward to? Microsoft doesn't seem...
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McAfee may unseat Symantec in consumer antivirus market
Next time you buy a pre-built PC, you may be likelier to have to uninstall McAfee antivirus software than the Symantec equivalent. According to the New York Times, McAfee has been making a major push among PC makers, paying them "more than any of its rivals" to pre-load its...
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A storage performance retrospective
Over the years, our storage test rig has run through 70 desktop and notebook hard drives, SSDs, and exotic RAM disks. We've compiled all our test data for a massive retrospective that explores storage capacity and performance scaling over nearly the last half-decade.
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Six-inch Kindle falls to $299
When Amazon unveiled the original Kindle two years ago, the sleek e-book reader cost $399. Since then, Amazon hasn't gone downhill much from there: the second-gen Kindle that came out this February cost $359, and the new Kindle DX is even more expensive, at $489. Well, good news:...
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Command & Conquer 4, new MechWarrior game announced
Old franchises are crawling out of the woodwork this week. According to Shacknews, new games in the Command & Conquer and MechWarrior series have been announced, seemingly within hours of each other. For its part, Electronic Arts has officially unveiled Command & Conquer 4, saying the new real-time strategy game...
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Poll: Will Chrome OS stand a chance against Windows 7 next year?
So, it's official. Google will release an operating system for x86 netbooks next year. Chrome OS will be based on a Linux kernel and will (apparently) be little more than a platform for the Chrome web browser and standards-based web applications. Already, a number of netbook makers—Acer, Asus, HP,...
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MSI P55 mobo has overclocking buttons
Most folks use BIOS tools or proprietary, Windows-based applications to overclock. With its upcoming P55-GD65 motherboard, however, MSI wanted to mix things up: a source close to the company has sent us photos of the board's bottom edge, which features three novel overclocking buttons.
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Acer, Asus, HP working with Google on Chrome OS
When Google announced Chrome OS yesterday, the company said it was working with "multiple OEMs" to release netbooks based on the operating system. However, it neglected to mention any names. Well, a short list of frequently asked questions on the official Google Chrome blog now sheds light on...
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Thursday Shortbread
Thursday DSLReports: Cyber-attack on U.S. larger than previously believed TorrentFreak reports judge rules P2P legal in Spain, sites to be presumed innocent C|Net: SEC review of Apple disclosure now more complex? TechFlash reports Windows...
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