Apple MacBook Update
Apple has updated their MacBook notebook to bring it into line with their recently refreshed MacBook Pro series. Starting at $999 the new machine features a faster processor, improved graphics, and 10 hours of battery life. Apple hopes these tweaks will be enough to tempt back to school buyers over the summer.
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Most of the upgrades are of the incremental variety: a slightly faster CPU, a more powerful GPU/chipset, and a larger battery. Still, taken together those extras all add up, and you still pay the same $999 as before.
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Overclocked: Our Custom Radeon HD 5870 Roundup
Fans of custom video cards have undoubtedly found themselves a bit disappointed with the Radeon HD 5800 series. Due to a perfect storm of low GPU yields from TSMC and NVIDIA’s late arrival with the GTX 400 series, the first 6 months for the 5800 series was nothing other than bonkers. AMD was selling GPUs to their partners as fast as they could come out of TSMC, and their partners were selling finished boards to OEMs and-end users alike as fast as they could be assembled. Even at prices over MSRP, the 5800 series flew off the shelves, leaving AMD’s partners with little-to-no supply of GPUs to tinker with. Custom 5800 series cards effectively took a 6 month vacation.
That wait finally came to an end in the Spring of 2010, as an increase in GPU supplies allowed AMD’s partners to catch their breathes and focus on their custom cards. With 6 months under their belts AMD’s partners were able to come up with a variety of designs for their custom cards, and today we’re going to be looking at a trio of custom Radeon HD 5870s: Sapphire’s Radeon HD 5870 Toxic 2GB, MSI’s Radeon HD 5870 Lightning, and Gigabyte’s Radeon HD 5870 Super Overclock.
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China Places Ban On Internet Maps; Google Earth, Bing Maps Affected
The world's largest mobile market puts a lock-down on location-based-services; they say a threat to security is to blame.
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Chevy Volt Will be Available to Lease, Bob Lutz Retires (Again)
Lutz may be back if things go sour
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Sprint EVO 4G is Fastest Smartphone; Brings Quirky Mix of Feats, Shortcomings
Sprint's latest smartphone is a speed demon, but has a few shortcomings
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EU Fines DRAM Companies $420M USD, Micron Escapes Fine by Snitching
EU is back at it with antitrust regulation
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Facebook Banned From Pakistan for Mohammed Images
Pakistanis aren't going to be getting Facebook messages anytime soon
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Corsair's Force SSD Family Gets Three New Additions, Tops Out at 240GB
Corsair Force Series gains 60GB, 120GB, and 240GB models
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Many Consumers Still Not Interested in Mobile Music Downloads
Mobile music downloads have potential, but still aren't there yet
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VA Suffers Even More Data Breaches
The Veterans Affairs department has suffered several data breaches
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2011 Porsche Cayenne Hybrid SUV Priced from $67K
Porsche's new Cayenne Hybrid generates 380hp
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Democratic Senators Call for Criminal, Civil Charges Over Gulf Oil Spill
BP has almost stopped the flow of oil, will finish a permanent relief well in a couple months
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Report: Only Escape From Hellish Apple iPhone Factory Was Suicide
Apple's parts supplier Foxconn faces more controversy
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Russian Anti-Spam Chief Caught Spamming
Russian government is investigating the incident
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Greenland's Ice Melt May Be Speeding Up
NASA is keeping a careful eye on Greenland's ice sheet
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5/19/2010 Daily Hardware Reviews
DailyTech's roundup of hardware reviews from around the web for Tuesday
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