USB 3.0 may not the total buzz of 2010 (that goes to tablets!), but it's definitely the peripheral highlight of the year. USB hasn't seen a major innovation in awhile prior to USB 3.0, and the speed increases are rather extreme, not to mention the backwards compatibility. Thus, it's not surprising to see major storage players like LaCie jump at the chance to inflate their USB 3.0 inventory. The company has released a number of USB 3.0 hard drives to date, and now there's a USB hub to work with them. The new
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Sharp to Launch Galapagos Tablets in Time for Christmas
Ready for the good news? Sharp has gone and announced plans to launch its line of Galapagos tablets on December 10, 2010, which means buyers will have almost 2 weeks to pick one up and put one under the Christmas tree. The bad? It's only launching over in Japan, at least initially. Sharp is launching both a 10.8-inch model (in black) with a 1366x800 resolution and a 5.5-inch unit (in red or silver) with a 1024x600 resolution. The former will cost around $650 while the latter will run roughly $475. Other than
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02: HotHardware's Two And A Half Geeks - November 29, 2010
We are back with the latest episode of HotHardware’s Two and Half Geeks. In this episode, we discuss the so-called Apple Tax, talk about some basic system building techniques, show off a few Gigabyte motherboards for Intel’s upcoming Sandy Bridge processors, and talk about some of Acer’s new products slated to arrive next year. Finally we explain how to win an awesome new gaming system from Digital Storm in our current holiday sweepstakes... Show Notes: 00:40 - Is The "Apple Tax" Real?
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Sprint & Clear 4G Comes To LA, DC, Miami And More
The 4G rollout continues! With T-Mobile now claiming that their HSPA+ network is "4G," and Verizon Wireless claiming the same for their incoming LTE network, it's getting hard to know what's what. WiMAX is the original 4G network, and both Clearwire and Sprint are working hard to bring that network to more and more people. Every few weeks now it seems like another major market is getting Spring 4G, and that's the case again this week. Los Angeles, Miami, Washington, D.C., Cleveland, Cincinnati and Columbus,
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Nuance Continuous Touch Text Input Technology Ships On Samsung Wave II
Ever heard of Swype? That's a program on Android that allows mobile users to simply leave their fingertip on the display and move it from point to point in order to input text. It's a radical change from pressing key after key, and it's clearly catching on. Nuance is a company that has been involved with touch input for awhile now, and they're introducing a similar solution for Samsung's Wave II. It's called Continuous Touch, and it's shipping now on the Wave II, Bada 1.2-powered smartphone. The technology allows
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Companies Get Smarter At Following Your Digital Tracks
Billions of everyday objects are being reborn as “smart” devices with IP addresses and Internet access, from coffee makers to ski passes. Such intelligence could produce amazing advances to modern living, but it has a privacy downside: digital tracks. Tech companies are creating tools that mine these digital tracks (also called digital footprints). Mining turns tracks into insights such as how consumers are feeling about newfangled technologies or how voters are reacting to political issues. For
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Video Games To Be Used In U.S. Air Force Training
Growing up, your parents may have told you that playing video games was nothing but a waste of time. They probably tried to encourage you to play outdoors or study the dictionary rather than waste countless hours with a joystick, but you didn't listen. And now, there's finally a little ammunition for the "I told you so!" war. Adayana Government Group announced today that it received a contract from the U.S. Air Force Negotiation Center of Excellence (NCE) to develop an experiential learning environment designed
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Angry Birds Downloaded 7M Times; No WP7 Version in 2010
Rovio has announced some nice stats for its Angry Birds Android release. The much-loved and -played video game has reached 7 million downloads from the Android Market. Rovio's Angry Birds is free on the Android Market, though it costs $0.99 in the App Store. When asked why it is free on Android, Rovio Tweeted, "because that is the google way;-)." By that, Rovio meant that the majority of apps on Android are free and ad-supported. Meanwhile, the company also Tweeted the news about the milestone: "We just hit
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Apple Mysteriously Rejects Magazine App ... an Android One
It's not one of the more confusing rejections from the App Store, and in fact it was probably expected. Still, it deserves coverage because its another example of the overbearing control Apple exhibits over its App Store. A companion magazine app to one that Mediaprovider, a small magazine publisher based in Denmark, had begun selling earlier in the year was rejected. The first, perfectly OK one was called "iPhone Magasinet." The second, rejected app was called "Android Magasinet." We're sure you can see the
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Gateway Reveals 11.6" Ultraportable With Core i5 Processor
The ultraportable market gets more interesting by the day. For years, 11.6" machines were very, very expensive, mostly because it was costly to squeeze components into a shell so small. But then netbooks were introduced. Recently, some 11.6" netbooks have creeped up into a higher range category, with prices hovering between $500 and $600. Not exactly a bargain netbook, but these machines are usually plenty capable for most common users. Now, Gateway is looking to revive the high-end 11.6" machine with the EC19C-A52C/S
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Acer Debuts Stylish 21.5" All-In-One PC
The all-in-one PC market is growing saturated, and it's harder and harder to figure out the difference between this machine vs. that machine. But Acer has a great tactic: make a better design than everyone else. The new AZ3750-A34D all-in-one PC is one of the most stylish that has been produced in recent memory, with only Apple's iMac and Dell's Studio One coming close in our eyes. The machine is sleek, silver and black, and the internals are pretty impressive as well. An Intel Core i3-550 CPU (3.2GHz) is at
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iPhone App Aims To Fight Skin Cancer
Australia has one of the highest rates of skin cancer in the world (more than 1,850 people die of skin cancer each year). A new iPhone application from SunSmart is hoping to help reduce this figure by showing people when it's time to cover up and avoid the sun's ultraviolet rays. The free app provides a daily weather forecast complete with the maximum UV levels and an alert function that uses the GPS sensor in your phone to adjust to your location. By offering an automated UV warning and up-to-the-minute UV
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Site, SMS Short Code Created for Mobile Checks for Lead, Product Safety
The U.S. Public Interest Research Group (PIRG) has released its latest report, Trouble in Toyland: The 25th Annual Survey of Toy Safety. The report is something parents should look at as they rush out on Black Friday to gather bargains. What about if you are already at a store? How do you protect your children? HealthyChoice.org has help for you. It's a site with Flash widgets that show you both overall safety concern for products and lead only concern. That works for devices that support Flash (such as Android
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DVDFab Rips Movies For Windows Phone 7
Windows Phone 7 handsets have been out for a few weeks here in the U.S. and now, Fengtao Software wants you to know its DVDFab software supports Windows Phone 7 compatible formats. This means you'll be able to use the company's DVD and Blu-ray ripping tools, DVD Ripper and Blu-ray Ripper, to remove known DVD and Blu-ray protections and rip your favorite videos to a format that is compatible with your new Windows Phone 7 handset. With the holidays coming up and many people making travel plans, there's no doubt
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Gigabyte P67A-UD7 Preview - Intel Sandy Bridge Motherboards Break Cover
Just when you think you have everything figured out, you come across something that turns your world upside down. Long known for their blue motherboards, Gigabyte has finally decided to enter the dark side and will release mainboards featuring black PCB. Up to this point, it was the only major motherboard company that did not offer models sporting a black paint job. We first saw the P67A-UD7 at IDF 2010 in San Francisco, but finally have a retail unit in our hands. The P67A-UD7 is an enthusiast class,
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Site, SMS Short Code Created for Mobile Checks for Lead, Product Safety
The U.S. Public Interest Research Group (PIRG) has released its latest report, Trouble in Toyland: The 25th Annual Survey of Toy Safety. The report is something parents should look at as they rush out on Black Friday to gather bargains. What about if you are already at a store? How do you protect your children?HealthyChoice.org has help for you. It's a site with Flash widgets that show you both overall safety concern for products and lead only concern. That works for devices that support Flash (such as Android 2.2 devices), but for others, such as iPhone and older versions of Android, there is a mobile site.
| Keywords | Healthy Stuff Department | Example(s) |
| cars | Cars | cars ford focus |
| clothes | Apparel and Accessories | clothes red wallet |
| pets | Pets | pets tennis balls |
| kids | Children’s Products | kids britax |
| toys | Toys | toys fisher-price low |
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Apple Mysteriously Rejects Magazine App ... an Android One
It's not one of the more confusing rejections from the App Store, and in fact it was probably expected. Still, it deserves coverage because its another example of the overbearing control Apple exhibits over its App Store.A companion magazine app to one that Mediaprovider, a small magazine publisher based in Denmark, had begun selling earlier in the year was rejected. The first, perfectly OK one was called "iPhone Magasinet." The second, rejected app was called "Android Magasinet." We're sure you can see the issue (pun intended) already.
Brian Dixen, managing director of Mediaprovider, wasn't surprised when he received a call from Apple.
Dixen: "So what's the problem?"
Apple Rep (Richard): "You know... your magazine. It's just about Android.... we can't have that in our App Store."
Dixon finds the censorship frustrating. Also, since Apple must approve each issue, he is also concerned about what Apple may and may not deem publishable. It also takes about 2 weeks for Apple to approve a new issue, meaning that the publication is not as timely as it might be. Dixen added:
"It's funny really because I don't think we would sell many magazines on Android through Apple App Store, but the question is where this is going. They must have 500 people working day in and day out controlling the content. We have to get not only our apps but every single copy of our magazines approved and I wonder what will happen if we choose to make the next issue of our magazine about mobile phones in general a theme issue about Android."
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Angry Birds Downloaded 7M Times; No WP7 Version in 2010
Rovio has announced some nice stats for its Angry Birds Android release. The much-loved and -played video game has reached 7 million downloads from the Android Market.Rovio's Angry Birds is free on the Android Market, though it costs $0.99 in the App Store. When asked why it is free on Android, Rovio Tweeted, "because that is the google way;-)." By that, Rovio meant that the majority of apps on Android are free and ad-supported.
At the same time, despite the fact you know that Microsoft would love to see Angry Birds on Windows Phone, it's not going to happen in 2010 (or at least, is highly unlikely). Also Tweeting a response, Rovio said: "never say never, but it's highly unlikely."
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LaCie Reveals 4-Port USB 3.0 Hub
USB 3.0 may not the total buzz of 2010 (that goes to tablets!), but it's definitely the peripheral highlight of the year. USB hasn't seen a major innovation in awhile prior to USB 3.0, and the speed increases are rather extreme, not to mention the backwards compatibility. Thus, it's not surprising to see major storage players like LaCie jump at the chance to inflate their USB 3.0 inventory. The company has released a number of USB 3.0 hard drives to date, and now there's a USB hub to work with them.
The new LaCkie Hub4 USB 3.0 provides four USB 3.0 ports for your PC, and of course it's fully USB 2.0 compatible. It's a pretty simple hub, but having the ability to add four USB 3.0 devices is huge. Most all notebooks these days only ship with a single USB 3.0 port; with this hub, that single port can now host four devices.
The $59.99 MSRP isn't cheap, but there aren't too many options like this out on the market yet. Hopefully that will change soon enough.
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Video Games To Be Used In U.S. Air Force Training
Growing up, your parents may have told you that playing video games was nothing but a waste of time. They probably tried to encourage you to play outdoors or study the dictionary rather than waste countless hours with a joystick, but you didn't listen. And now, there's finally a little ammunition for the "I told you so!" war. Adayana Government Group announced today that it received a contract from the U.S. Air Force Negotiation Center of Excellence (NCE) to develop an experiential learning environment designed to train negotiation skills in cross-cultural environments.That's right. The U.S. Air Force will use video games to provide training. So much for video games being a waste of time! The training objective is to prepare junior Air Force and Department of Defense (DoD) personnel (median age 30) on the application of basic negotiation principles in a culturally specific context. Interactive, 3-D game-like training scenarios will be scripted to allow students to practice foreign language skills, and to learn the cultural principles that form the basis of the societies where they operate. The solution will also support the use of interpreters to provide airmen exposure to this additional skill set.
Jeff Kidwell, Adayana Government Group President, had this to say regarding the announcement: "Understanding of cultural differences is a critical factor in developing trust relationships between ourselves and those in other societies – and is essential for successful negotiations with foreign nationals. Implementing a training solution using video game technologies that will be compelling for the users – especially those from today’s millennial generation – is an exciting proposition for us, and we look forward to the delivery of positive results for NCE."
We suspect that this kind of partnership won't be the last we hear of. With Move and Kinect out there, it's clear that video games are much more than just mashing buttons, and it doesn't take too large of an imagination to figure out how they could be used for more than just killing time.
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Sprint & Clear 4G Comes To LA, DC, Miami And More
The 4G rollout continues! With T-Mobile now claiming that their HSPA+ network is "4G," and Verizon Wireless claiming the same for their incoming LTE network, it's getting hard to know what's what. WiMAX is the original 4G network, and both Clearwire and Sprint are working hard to bring that network to more and more people. Every few weeks now it seems like another major market is getting Spring 4G, and that's the case again this week.Los Angeles, Miami, Washington, D.C., Cleveland, Cincinnati and Columbus, Ohio are the latest cities to get Sprint/Clear's 4G services, and those are definitely heavy-hitters. These major markets have historically had issues handling all of the 3G capacity, so hopefully by opening up a 4G lane, the stress on 3G will subside somewhat. print 4G is now available in 68 markets2 across the country, including Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Houston and New York City. Additionally, the wireless carrier announced that it expects to launch the San Francisco market on Dec. 28. Not quite in time for Christmas, but close!
Will WiMAX be able to hold its own after Verizon launches LTE? It's hard to say, but having this big of a footprint definitely can't hurt.
Sprint 4G Rolls Out in Los Angeles, Miami, Washington, D.C., Cleveland, Cincinnati and Columbus, Ohio
Sprint Expands the Power and Immediacy of 4G to 68 Markets Nationwide
San Francisco Market expected to launch 4G Service on Dec. 28
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (BUSINESS WIRE), November 29, 2010 - Sprint (NYSE:S) today officially unleashed the power of 4G – enabling fast mobile downloads, wireless video chat and turbo-charged mobile Web browsing up to 10 times faster than 3G service1 – in Los Angeles, Miami, Washington D.C., Cleveland, Cincinnati and Columbus, Ohio. Customers in these metropolitan areas can now take full advantage of the Sprint 4G network using a wide range of 4G-capable devices. With the addition of these six markets, Sprint 4G is now available in 68 markets2 across the country, including Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Houston and New York City. Additionally, the wireless carrier announced that it expects to launch the San Francisco market – home to Silicon Valley and thousands of tech enthusiasts – on Dec. 28.
How will 4G benefit Sprint customers in these areas? With the Overdrive™ 3G/4G Mobile Hotspot by Sierra Wireless, a visitor to Washington, D.C., (including Northern Virginia and parts of Maryland) can connect to the Internet with a laptop or any Wi-Fi enabled device to check the news at speeds that are up to 10 times faster than 3G. A hungry tourist in Miami, Fort Lauderdale or Palm Beach can search for the best food truck in their vicinity using one of the food-truck applications in the Android™ Market on Samsung Epic™ 4G. If sports fans in Cleveland, Cincinnati or Columbus are looking for up-to-date scores, no problem – it’s easy and quick to find on HTC EVO™ 4G. And, surfers in Los Angeles can forgo the waves and surf the Internet on-the-go using the first 3G/4G-embedded netbook and notebook from Sprint – the Dell™ Inspiron™ Mini 10 (1012) netbook and Dell™ Inspiron™ 11z notebook.
“We have witnessed a great demand from our customers for 4G speeds, power and capabilities in these cities already and today they officially have it,†said Matt Carter, president-Sprint 4G. “We are proud to deliver on our commitment to serve our customers and deliver 4G to more major metropolitan areas in 2010.â€
Sprint first launched 4G in Baltimore in September 2008 and since then has delivered a comprehensive consumer, business and public sector strategy and a robust portfolio of devices, consisting of phones, USB aircards, notebook/netbook products, mobile hotspots and routers, that are being used by satisfied consumers and businesses.
To get an insider’s view about how Sprint is making sure that 4G is ready for its customers, visit the YouTube Web video series “Wiring Up 4G.†Videos are available for Los Angeles and New York City.
Sprint is delivering the power of 4G as the majority shareholder of Clearwire, the independent company that is building the WiMAX network. For more information, visit www.sprint.com/4G.
About Sprint Nextel
Sprint Nextel offers a comprehensive range of wireless and wireline communications services bringing the freedom of mobility to consumers, businesses and government users. Sprint Nextel served more than 48.8 million customers at the end of the third quarter of 2010 and is widely recognized for developing, engineering and deploying innovative technologies, including the first wireless 4G service from a national carrier in the United States; offering industry-leading mobile data services, leading prepaid brands including Virgin Mobile USA, Boost Mobile, Common Cents Mobile and Assurance Wireless; instant national and international push-to-talk capabilities; and a global Tier 1 Internet backbone. Newsweek ranked Sprint No. 6 in its 2010 Green Rankings, listing it as one of the nation’s greenest companies, the highest of any telecommunications company. You can learn more and visit Sprint at www.sprint.com or www.facebook.com/sprint and www.twitter.com/sprint.
1 “Up to 10x faster†based on download speed comparison of 3G’s 600 kbps vs. 4G’s 6 Mbps. Industry published 3G avg. speeds (600 kbps-1.7 Mbps); 4G avg. speeds (3-6 Mbps). Actual speeds may vary by plan or based on other factors.
2 Sprint 4G is now available in 68 markets: California – Los Angeles, Merced, Modesto, Sacramento, Stockton, Visalia; Connecticut – Hartford, New Haven; Delaware – Wilmington; District of Columbia – Washington D.C.; Florida – Daytona Beach, Jacksonville, Miami, Orlando, Tampa; Georgia – Atlanta, Milledgeville; Hawaii – Honolulu, Maui; Idaho – Boise; Illinois – Chicago; Maryland – Baltimore; Massachusetts – Boston; Michigan – Grand Rapids; Minnesota – Minneapolis-St. Paul: Missouri – Kansas City, St. Louis; New Jersey – New Brunswick, Trenton; New York – New York, Rochester, Syracuse; Nevada – Las Vegas; North Carolina – Charlotte, Greensboro (includes High Point and Winston-Salem), Raleigh (includes Cary, Chapel Hill and Durham); Ohio – Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus; Oregon – Eugene, Portland, Salem; Pennsylvania – Harrisburg, Lancaster, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Reading, York; Rhode Island – Providence; Tennessee – Nashville; Texas – Abilene, Amarillo, Austin, Corpus Christi, Dallas/Fort Worth, Houston, Killeen/Temple, Lubbock, Midland/Odessa, San Antonio, Waco, Wichita Falls; Utah – Salt Lake City; Virginia – Richmond; and Washington – Bellingham, Seattle, Tri-Cities, Yakima.Â
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Nuance Continuous Touch Text Input Technology Ships On Samsung Wave II
Ever heard of Swype? That's a program on Android that allows mobile users to simply leave their fingertip on the display and move it from point to point in order to input text. It's a radical change from pressing key after key, and it's clearly catching on. Nuance is a company that has been involved with touch input for awhile now, and they're introducing a similar solution for Samsung's Wave II. It's called Continuous Touch, and it's shipping now on the Wave II, Bada 1.2-powered smartphone. The technology allows users to glide their finger from one letter to another in order to spell out words, and it's being branded as QuickType for Samsung. T9 Trace is fully integrated with Nuance XT9 predictive text, providing a compelling messaging experience as words and phrases appear while consumers trace. And because T9 Trace takes advantage of XT9’s word prediction and error correction capabilities, users get superior word-completion accuracy, and have the ability to seamlessly switch back and forth between typing and tracing at any time – providing even more control and ease of use.
T9 Trace is also platform agnostic, which is how it was ported over to Bada so easily. Nuance T9 portfolio supports more than 80 languages worldwide, allowing handset manufactures to ship amazing multimodal input experiences in both established and emerging markets. Something tells us the days of the keyboard ruling the roost are over. Glide is the future? Looks it!
 Nuance T9 Trace Now Shipping on Samsung Wave II
Nuance’s Continuous Touch Input Lets Users Glide Their Finger from One Letter to the Next for Faster, Easier Messaging
BURLINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nuance Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: NUAN) today announced that its T9 Trace continuous touch input is now shipping on the Samsung Wave II, Samsung’s latest device running on its bada 1.2 smartphone platform featuring a 3.7 inch touchscreen display. Announced earlier this year, Nuance T9 Trace continuous touch input lets users simply glide their finger from one letter to another on their touchscreen QWERTY or touchscreen 12-key keypads for faster and easier messaging.
   “Continuous touch is incredibly hot right now, and we’re thrilled that the innovative Samsung Wave II will be among the first devices in the world to ship T9 Traceâ€
Branded as QuickType for Samsung, Nuance T9 Trace enables users to input text faster, easier and more naturally than typing on a virtual keypad. T9 Trace is fully integrated with Nuance XT9 predictive text, providing a compelling messaging experience as words and phrases appear while consumers trace. And because T9 Trace takes advantage of XT9’s word prediction and error correction capabilities, users get superior word-completion accuracy, and have the ability to seamlessly switch back and forth between typing and tracing at any time – providing even more control and ease of use.
“Continuous touch is incredibly hot right now, and we’re thrilled that the innovative Samsung Wave II will be among the first devices in the world to ship T9 Trace,†said Michael Thompson, senior vice president and general manager, Nuance Mobile. “Consumers love the ease with which they can just slide their finger across the keypad to send messages and emails, or input text in the Web browser, social media applications and more. And since T9 Trace is fully integrated with XT9, words and phrases appear faster than ever before – allowing consumers to say more and do more.â€
Nuance T9 Trace is directly compatible with XT9 to deliver handset manufacturer partners like Samsung significant and unique efficiencies in device integration times, memory consumption, and global language support. And because T9 Trace is platform agnostic, it can be integrated on any platform –including Samsung’s bada. Additionally, T9 Trace is fully compatible with the entire T9 portfolio, including Nuance T9 Write handwriting technology, giving partners the ability to integrate one robust yet simple predictive input technology suite on their entire device line up faster and easier. The Nuance T9 portfolio supports more than 80 languages worldwide, allowing handset manufactures to ship amazing multimodal input experiences in both established and emerging markets.
Availability
The Samsung Wave II featuring QuickType powered by Nuance T9 Trace will be available November 2010 in Europe and Asian markets.
Nuance’s entire mobile portfolio of voice and predictive touch technology is changing the way consumers interact with their mobile phones to send text messages and email, place calls, and access the mobile Web for information, directions, music and more. Nuance’s mobile solutions ship on more than four billion handsets – a result of its extensive relationships with every major mobile OEM and carriers around the world. For more information about Nuance T9 Trace, please visit www.nuance.com/t9trace.Â
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Newbie here, but this is my current build.
Specs:
Antec 1200
Silverstone ST1500
ASUS Rampage 3 Extreme
Intel i7 980x - Corsair Hydro H70
24GB G.Skill Ripjaws DDR3 1600
Boot Drive: Intel X-25M Mainstream 160GB SSD
High Priority Drive: WD Velociraptor 600GB
Storage Drive: Hitachi Ultrastar 2TB
Dual EVGA GTX580 Black Ops Edition in SLI - Possibly 3 way SLI soon after.
Lite-on 12x Blu-Ray Burner
Asus 24x DVD Burner
Windows 7 Ultimate x64
Here is a quick snap of where its at right now. The rest of the parts should be in and the rig running by Christmas.
I should have an update by Wednesday... the RAM will be in and I've installed the larger Northbridge heatsink with the fan. (Which has to come back off so I can clean it properly and change the thermal compound to Artic Silver 5.
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02: HotHardware's Two And A Half Geeks - November 29, 2010
We are back with the latest episode of HotHardware’s Two and Half Geeks. In this episode, we discuss the so-called Apple Tax, talk about some basic system building techniques, show off a few Gigabyte motherboards for Intel’s upcoming Sandy Bridge processors, and talk about some of Acer’s new products slated to arrive next year. Finally we explain how to win an awesome new gaming system from Digital Storm in our current holiday sweepstakes...Show Notes:
00:40 -Â Is The "Apple Tax" Real? Mac vs. PC Value Analysis
03:59 -Â How To Build A Computer: System Assembly 101
06:38 - Acer Introduces 7" and 10" Android Tablets, Single Windows 7 Tablets
09:10 -Â Gigabyte P67A-UD7 Preview - Intel Sandy Bridge Motherboards Break Cover
11:00 -Â PhotoFast GM-PowerDrive PCI Express SSD Sneak Peek
11:38 - HH Holiday Sweepstakes with Digital Storm - Win A Killer System!
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Acer Debuts Stylish 21.5" All-In-One PC
The all-in-one PC market is growing saturated, and it's harder and harder to figure out the difference between this machine vs. that machine. But Acer has a great tactic: make a better design than everyone else. The new AZ3750-A34D all-in-one PC is one of the most stylish that has been produced in recent memory, with only Apple's iMac and Dell's Studio One coming close in our eyes.
The machine is sleek, silver and black, and the internals are pretty impressive as well. An Intel Core i3-550 CPU (3.2GHz) is at the help, with up to 8GB of DDR3 RAM, a 500GB hard drive, a DVD writer, 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi, 1920x1080 panel, a 21.5" LCD, Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit), eight USB 2.0 ports and a built-in card reader.
Acer is also including a matching keyboard/mouse combo, and there's an adjustable stand on the rear. The bottom looks like home to speakers, and the total just over $800. It's being released in Japan first, but there's no word on it shipping elsewhere.
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Gigabyte P67A-UD7 Preview - Intel Sandy Bridge Motherboards Break Cover
Just when you think you have everything figured out, you come across something that turns your world upside down. Long known for their blue motherboards, Gigabyte has finally decided to enter the dark side and will release mainboards featuring black PCB. Up to this point, it was the only major motherboard company that did not offer models sporting a black paint job. We first saw the P67A-UD7 at IDF 2010 in San Francisco, but finally have a retail unit in our hands. Â 
The P67A-UD7 is an enthusiast class, LGA1155 based motherboard designed specifically for Intel's upcoming line of Sandy Bridge processors. It features a 24 phase CPU power design, Ultra Durable 3 with two ounces of copper within the PCB, ten SuperSpeed USB 3.0 ports, six SATA 6Gbps connectors, 3-way CrossFireX and SLI support, DualBios technology, and On/Off Charge support.
Expect to see a full product line of P67 motherboards from Gigabyte very soon. The UD7 will be the flagship model at launch, targeting the enthusiast and extreme overclocking market. All the P67 boards (UD7, UD5, UD4, UD3P) will come with the new black PCB, while the H67A-UD3H still offers the traditional blue color scheme.
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| Processor Intel LGA1155 Processors Memory Four 1.5V DDR3 SDRAM DIMM sockets Supports up to DDR3 2133 MHz / 16GB max    Expansion Slots 2 x PCIe 2.0 x16 slots 2 x PCIe 2.0 x8 slots 1 x PCIe x1 1 x PCI Chipset Intel P67 Chipset 2x Renesas D720200 USB 3.0 controllers 2x Marvell 88SE9128 SATA 3 controllers 2x Realtek RTL8111E LAN controllers T.I. TSB43AB23 1394 controller Realtek ALC889 8 channel audio controller iTE IT8728 I/O controller | Internal I/O Connectors 4x SATA 6Gb/s connectors 4x SATA 3Gb/s connectors 1x IEEE 1394a connector 2x USB 3.0/2.0 connectors (supports 4 ports) 2x USB 2.0/1.1 connectors (supports 4 ports) 1x S/PDIF Out header Rear I/O Connectors 2x eSATA/USB combo connector 6x USB 3.0/2.0 ports 2x USB 2.0/1.1 ports 2x LAN ports 1x coaxial S/PDIF Out connector 1x optical S/PDIF Out connector 2x IEEE 1394a connectors PS/2 keyboard/mouse connector 6x audio jacks Form Factor ATX 12 x 9.6 inches ( 30.5 cm x 24.4 cm ) Warranty 3 years |
Inside the box, Gigabyte provides an accessory bundle fitting for an enthusiast class product. The UD7 comes with a user manual, quick installation guide, driver disk, six SATA cables, I/O shield, dual eSATA bracket, 2-way SLI bridge, and a 3-way SLI bridge.
We'll be taking an in-depth look at the P67A-UD7 motherboard in the near future, so be sure to come back after the Sandy Bridge launch for the full scoop.
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Gateway Reveals 11.6" Ultraportable With Core i5 Processor
The ultraportable market gets more interesting by the day. For years, 11.6" machines were very, very expensive, mostly because it was costly to squeeze components into a shell so small. But then netbooks were introduced. Recently, some 11.6" netbooks have creeped up into a higher range category, with prices hovering between $500 and $600. Not exactly a bargain netbook, but these machines are usually plenty capable for most common users.
Now, Gateway is looking to revive the high-end 11.6" machine with the EC19C-A52C/S laptop. It's a sleek new ultraportable that pulls no punches, and it's not afraid of charging a lot despite a wealth of netbook options being available as well.
There's a 1.33GHz Core i5-470UM (dual-core) processor, an 11.6" panel with a 1366x768 resolution, 2GB of memory, a 320GB hard drive, VGA and HDMI outputs, an integrated Ethernet port, 1.3MP webcam, 4-in-1 card reader, Wi-Fi, Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit), Bluetooth 3.0 and a 6-cell battery. The machine will ship first in Japan for around $775, though the extra cash over a netbook definitely gets you a more powerful CPU and more expensive extras like BT 3.0. There's no word on the machine shipping elsewhere, but it should make its way over soon.
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