Wednesday, August 11, 2010

IT News HeadLines (AnandTech) 11/08/2010


AnandTech
AnandTech 13-year Anniversary Giveaways Continue: G.Skill 2GB DDR3 Notebook Memory #2
The giveaways are back! Our previous contest was for a 4GB G.Skill memory kit. The winner? donebu. Check your email and respond to claim your prize :)
Thanks to G.Skill we have even more memory to give away. Today we've got another 2GB DDR3-1066 SO-DIMM for your notebook. It's the F3-8500CL7S-2GBSQ, you can find the full specs on it here (note that page has multiple products on it, we're giving away the F3-8500CL7S-2GBSQ). You can check out Newegg's listing here.
Read on for details on how to enter.

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Another One Bites The Dust: HP Loses Another Top Executive
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Google and Verizon Look to Ban Discrimination of "Legal" Internet Traffic
Pair air long awaited net neutrality proposal, leave much unanswered and ambiguous
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Bill Gates: Who Needs a College Education When You Have the Web?
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Researchers Discover New Marijuana-chemical Receptor
Inhibition of receptor could lead to more effective pain control and other therapeutic effects
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Tesla CEO Calls Nissan's Leaf Battery Tech "Primitive", Boasts About Model S
Remarks come in the wake of Nissan bragging that it is far ahead of competitors
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Google Urged to Be More Open About Political Spending
Google spent $4 million on lobbying efforts in 2009
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