Gartner: PC shipments rose last quarter
Is the recession over for the PC industry? On the heels of yesterday's Intel results, Gartner has posted an equally encouraging set of preliminary numbers. Compared to the same time period a year ago, these numbers say worldwide PC shipments grew by 0.5% last quarter. In stark contrast,...
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Apple's aluminum keyboard
Can low-profile chiclet keys, sleek industrial design, and an Apple logo make a good desktop keyboard? And can such a device pry a fan of clicky keyboards away from the IBM Model M and its ilk?
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Broadband access to become legal right in Finland
Finland may have a smaller population than Wisconsin and a language that looks like gibberish, but Finns clearly value their broadband Internet connections. In fact, according to Finnish state news, the Nordic nation is on track to make broadband access a legal right. YLE quotes Finland's Ministry of Transport...
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Toshiba preps touch-screen Win7 notebooks
With Windows 7 just over a week away from release, Toshiba is sparing no opportunity to tease its future notebooks based on the operating system. After unveiling its ultraportable Satellite T100 series and its Core i7-toting Qosmio X500, the firm has now announced two somewhat more pedestrian models...
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Wolfenstein PC demo hits the web
Haven't had a chance to try out Raven Software's (loosely) World War II-themed shooter yet? Well, you're in luck: Shacknews reports that a demo has just come out. You can grab it right now at FileShack. The demo weighs in at just 685MB—a surprisingly sane file size compared to some...
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New Chrome OS shots look most plausible yet
We've seen our fair share of fake Chrome OS screenshots over the past little while. The images posted yesterday on the OMG! Ubuntu! blog look like the most plausible yet, however, and there's a good reason for it: the blogger claims to have gotten working pre-release software straight...
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Seagate's Barracuda LP 2TB hard drive
Western Digital's Caviar Green line popularized power-efficient hard drives, and now Seagate has joined the party with a Barracuda LP that packs two terabytes. We take a closer look at how this 5,900-RPM 'cuda compares with its Caviar rival.
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Sponsored Family Guy special to pimp Windows 7
Microsoft won't just rely on Windows 7's "it's not Vista" street cred and positive hype to sell its new operating system. According to Advertising Age, the company's multimillion-dollar advertising campaign will include a sponsored, commercial-free Family Guy special on Fox. The special, entitled Family Guy Presents: Seth & Alex's Almost...
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