Kmart displays customer game reviews on retail shelves
Hoping to unite its online and in-store gaming communities, Kmart announced this week that it has started placing snippets of customer reviews on retail shelves. In case that didn't quite sink in: reviews posted on the company's site will be featured alongside products in its physical stores. As much as we love the whole "by gamers, for gamers" concept, it seems like a recipe for disaster.
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Motorola's Droid X debuts, includes self-bricking 'protection'?
The greatly anticipated Motorola Droid X has officially launched today on the Verizon network -- and it seems the timing couldn't be better for both the manufacturer and the carrier. With so much controversy revolving around iPhone's reception problems and talk of a possible recall, some current or potential AT&T customers may instead turn to this high-end Android smartphone.Read More ...
Wireless PCI Express connectivity to arrive next year
Atheros and Wilocity have announced a partnership that will see the companies producing tri-band wireless devices capable of operating both at the 2.4GHz and 5GHz frequencies used by 802.11n, as well as the 60GHz frequency required by upcoming WiGig systems. Besides combining the ubiquity and coverage of Wi-Fi with multi-gigabit speeds, the move will enable many new applications, among which there will be products featuring wireless PCI Express technology.
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Laptop Magazine releases updated tech support scores
There are not many objective measures of the customer service provided by PC vendors. One of the few worthwhile scorecards is the annual Laptop Magazine tech support showdown, which takes twelve of the biggest names in the industry and faces them with the typical tech support queries to see how they fare against each other. The results for 2010 are now in and, for the most part, they seem fairly consistent over previous years.
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A Compendium of Firefox 4 Beta Tweaks
With Chrome nipping at Firefox's ankles, Mozilla knows it has to perform a drastic overhaul – and it is. Firefox 4 is shaping up nicely, adding tons of new features and addressing many complaints about the current version. Despite that fact, many people will find it difficult to embrace some of the upcoming changes.
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RIAA spent $58m chasing pirates to recover $1.4m
The RIAA isn't exactly known for having winning legal tactics, but its lengthy crusade against pirates was a bit more than "unsuccessful" as far as the numbers are concerned. Based on tax documents discovered by Jon Newton of p2pnet.net, the group spent over $17 million on lawyers in 2008 to recover $391,000 in settlements – and the ROI was even worse in previous years.
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Amazon Germany reveals new Xbox 360 Arcade
Hardly a day goes by without some tidbit of information surfacing about new Xbox 360 hardware. Today's leak comes courtesy of Germany's Amazon.com, which has spilled details of a new bundle that seems to be a replacement for the current Arcade and includes the new Xbox 360 "Slim".
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Acer to launch two Android tablets by Christmas
The surge of tablets predicted to follow the release of the iPad has yet to manifest, but that doesn't mean they're not being developed. Acer is one of the countless manufacturers looking to stake a claim in the emerging segment, having already unveiled an e-reader and expressing interest in building slates that use Google's mobile operating system.
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NPD: Office 2010 sales are off to a "disappointing" start
Microsoft's hopes of Office 2010 breaking adoption records may have been a little overambitious, with NPD reporting that sales are "a bit disappointing" thus far. The updated productivity suite hit stores two weeks ago, and both units sold and dollars earned are lower than Office 2007's debut performance. That said, shipments are "in line, and in fact slightly ahead of" sales trends for Office 2007 this year.
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Intel's Sandy Bridge CPU specifications leaked?
While reporting its record financial results yesterday, Intel also made a quick mention of its upcoming "Sandy Bridge" chip design, announcing that they have accelerated their 32-nanometer factory ramp in an effort to meet the anticipated demand. Although the company offered very little news besides citing the "very strong reception" of its all-new architecture, early details have already started to emerge from a handful of sources.
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Seagate adds BlackArmor NAS 400, ships sans storage
Seagate has added the NAS 400 to its line of BlackArmor servers, which is already home to the NAS 110, 220, 420 and 440. The 400 is identical to the 420 and 440, except it ships without storage, giving you full control over what drives are installed. It supports up to 8TB of storage, Windows, Mac and Linux systems as well as RAID 0, 1, 5, 10, and JBOD configurations.
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Modern Life ?! @ BusinessPundit
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RIM offers sneak peek of BlackBerry OS 6.0
RIM is hoping to take a big step forward in the smartphone game with the release of its BlackBerry OS 6.0 later this year. With so much attention going towards Apple's iOS and Google's Android lately, this week the company began showing off a number of new features in the upcoming release to drum up interest from smartphone fans. Among the highlights is a completely redesigned home screen with improved notifications for emails, calls, and upcoming calendar entries.
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Wednesday tech deals: $50 off computers at Staples
Staples coupon: $50 off desktop and laptop computers
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A Compendium of Firefox 4 Beta Tweaks
With Chrome nipping at Firefox's ankles, Mozilla knows it has to perform a drastic overhaul – and it is. Firefox 4 is shaping up nicely, adding tons of new features and addressing many complaints about the current version. Despite that fact, many people will find it difficult to embrace some of the upcoming changes.
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EverNote 3.5.5.2566
EverNote is a free note-taking application.
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RemoveIT Pro XT - SE 15.07.2010
Remove many viruses that other popular antivirus software cannot discover.
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Adit Testdesk 2.20
Replace paper exams with fully automated computer-based testing.
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Dynamic Notes 3.50
Dynamic Notes is a multi-featured scheduler, reminder, organizer for Windows.
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Melomania 1.86
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RemoveIT Pro v7 Ultra 15.07.2010
Locates & Removes many new dangerous files that other popular AV programs do not find.
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Advanced Email2RSS Professional 3.18.84
Converts incoming emails into custom RSS feed.
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RemoveIT Pro v7 Enterprise 15.07.2010
Locates & Removes many new dangerous files that other popular AV programs do not find.
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DropDMG 3.0.1 for Mac OS X
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VIDEOzilla 3.1
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Master Voyager 2.47
Protecting DVD/CD/USB sticks by password for travel, backups, postal mail.
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Freebie Notes 3.38
Great little program for users who just want sticky notes with an alarm timer.
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K-Lite Codec Pack Update 6.2.0
This is a cumulative update for the latest version of the K-Lite (Mega) Codec Pack.
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SIW (System Info) 2010 Build 0714
This tool gathers detailed information about your system.
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BWMeter 5.2.4
Powerful bandwidth meter, monitor and traffic controller, which measures, displays and controls all traffic.
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DVDFab HD Decrypter 7.0.8.0
Copies entire DVD movie to hard disk, and removes all the protections while copying.
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EarthView 3.11.6
EarthView is a dynamic desktop wallpaper and screen saver, which displays beautiful views of the earth with daylight and night shadows.
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Super Utilities Professional 9.9.9
Everything from cleaning your Registry to removing spyware infestations.
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WinGuard Pro 7.2
Password protect your programs, windows and web pages.
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VSO Image Resizer 4.0.0.46
Organizes your photos by shrinking their resolution or moving them within your hard drive.
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EVEREST Ultimate Edition 5.50.2194 Beta
System information, system diagnostics and benchmarking solution for enthusiasts users.
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SIV (System Information Viewer) 4.10
General Windows utility for dumping lots of useful Windows, Network and hardware info
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Belarc Advisor 8.1.13.5
Builds a detailed profile of your installed software and hardware, including Microsoft Hotfixes.
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Windows Defender Latest Definition Updates 1.85.2014.0
Download the latest Windows Defender Definition Updates.
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AVG Anti-Virus Updates July 14, 2010
Keep your AVG Anti-Virus updated.
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Windows Defender Latest Definition Updates 1.85.2014.0 64-bit
Download the latest Windows Defender Definition Updates.
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Trend Micro Pattern File for Windows 7.305.00
Trend Micro's latest compilation of patterns for virus identification.
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Norton Virus Definitions 2003-07 July 14, 2010
Keep your Norton Anti-Virus updated.
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Norman Malware Cleaner 2010.07.14
Norman Malware Cleaner is a free utility that may be used to detect and remove specific malicious software (malware).
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Norton Virus Definitions 2008-10 July 14, 2010
Keep your Norton Anti-Virus updated.
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Asus EN8800 Series VGA Driver v 197.45 for Windows XP
Driver Date: 7/12/2010 OS Support: Windows XP
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Asus Eee PC 1001PX Bios v 0802
Driver Date: 7/12/2010 OS Support: Windows (all)
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Asus Eee PC 1018P Chipset Driver v 9.1.1.1023
Driver Date: 7/12/2010 OS Support: Windows 7
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Asus Eee PC 1018P Graphics Driver v 6.14.10.5260 for Windows XP
Driver Date: 7/12/2010 OS Support: Windows XP
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Asus Eee PC 1018P Graphics Driver v 8.14.10.2117 for Windows 7
Driver Date: 7/12/2010 OS Support: Windows 7
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Asus Eee PC 1018P LAN Driver v 8.14.10.2117 for Windows 7
Driver Date: 7/12/2010 OS Support: Windows 7
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Asus Eee PC 1018P Elantech Touchpad Driver v 7.0.5.11
Driver Date: 7/12/2010 OS Support: Windows 7
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Asus Eee PC 1018P Synaptics Touchpad Driver v 15.0.20.0
Driver Date: 7/12/2010 OS Support: Windows 7
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Asus Eee PC 1018P USB 3.0 Driver v 1.0.19.0
Driver Date: 7/12/2010 OS Support: Windows 7
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