Wednesday, April 20, 2011

IT News Head Lines (Tom's Hardware) 20/04/2011





.XXX Domains Are Live
.XXX Domains Are LiveIt’s been a long time coming, but the first .xxx domains are officially live.

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Major Retailers Cut the Price of the Nintendo Wii
Major Retailers Cut the Price of the Nintendo WiiFollowing rumors that a price drop was on the cards, major retailers have dropped the price of Nintendo’s Wii console.

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ECGC 2011: NC Is A Developer Hog Pen
ECGC 2011: NC Is A Developer Hog PenBased on feedback by game developers, North Carolina has become a massive hub for studios and potential recruits.

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Deals for April 18: 25% Off HP PCs Extravaganza
Deals for April 18: 25% Off HP PCs ExtravaganzaHPs for all forms and functions.

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Bill Gates Didn't Understand Gmail
Bill Gates Didn't Understand GmailWhat do you have in your email that's not email?

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Deals for April 13: 21.5'' HP 1080p LED LCD $139
Deals for April 13: 21.5'' HP 1080p LED LCD $139Check out our daily deals!

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Deals for April 11: 15'' HP Quad Core i7 $770 FS
Deals for April 11: 15'' HP Quad Core i7 $770 FSComputer deals here!

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Google Staff's Bonuses Depend on Social Success
Google Staff's Bonuses Depend on Social SuccessGoogle’s various forays into the social networking market haven’t exactly gone according to plan. Between the only mildly popular Orkut and the privacy fiasco that was Buzz...

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Deals for April 8: 25% Off - 14'' HP ENVY 14 $750
Deals for April 8: 25% Off - 14'' HP ENVY 14 $750Super deals inside!

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Deals for April 7: 17.3'' HP Envy 17 *3D* $1,162
Deals for April 7: 17.3'' HP Envy 17 *3D* $1,162Big sales on HP stuff!

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Deals April 4: 15'' HP dv6t Core i7-2630QM $775
Deals April 4: 15'' HP dv6t Core i7-2630QM $775Check out today's hottest deals!

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Deals for April 1: These Deals Aren't Foolin'
Deals for April 1: These Deals Aren't Foolin'Deals are back! No joke!

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Windows 8's Advanced Task Manager Revealed
Windows 8's Advanced Task Manager RevealedKeep an eye on what your computer is doing.

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Asus: Yes, We're Planning an Oak Trail Tablet
Asus: Yes, We're Planning an Oak Trail TabletAfter all this talk of the Tegra 2-powered Transformer, Asus is also working on an Intel-based tablet.

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RAGE "Anarchy Edition" Upgrade Free, Video
RAGE Gamers who pre-order RAGE will automatically be upgraded to the Anarchy Edition for free.

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Gigabyte's 320GB Windows 7 Tablet Hits Taiwan
Gigabyte's 320GB Windows 7 Tablet Hits TaiwanWho needs Honeycomb or iOS when you can have a full-blown copy of Windows 7 on a tablet?

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Razer's Gaming Netbook Concept Set for Release
Razer's Gaming Netbook Concept Set for ReleaseThe Switchblade is no longer just an impressive-looking concept.

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Deals for April 11: 15'' HP Quad Core i7 $770 FS
Deals for April 11: 15'' HP Quad Core i7 $770 FSComputer deals here!

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Seagate May Buy Samsung HDD Unit
Seagate May Buy Samsung HDD UnitSeagate has come under substantial pressure when Western Digital announced that it would buy Hitachi's HDD unit for $4.3 billion, making it the leading HDD maker worldwide.

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Toshiba's New HDDs Destroy Data Automatically
Toshiba's New HDDs Destroy Data AutomaticallyToshiba announced a series of self-encrypting hard drives that can actually wipe the data stored on them when they are connected to "an unknown host system."

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Seagate Ships World's Slimmest External HDD
Seagate Ships World's Slimmest External HDDSeagate's new external drive shares the same thickness as a #2 pencil.

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G.Skill's New Phoenix EVO SSD Uses 2xnm NAND
G.Skill's New Phoenix EVO SSD Uses 2xnm NANDG.Skill is launching an affordable SSD utilizing 2x-nm NAND flash and SandForce-s SF-1222 controller.

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G.Skill's Phoenix II SSD Using SF-2000 Series
G.Skill's Phoenix II SSD Using SF-2000 SeriesG.Skill is showcasing its new Phoenix II SSD series using the SandForce SF-2200 processor.

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Intel Launches Light Peak Tech as ''Thunderbolt''
Intel Launches Light Peak Tech as ''Thunderbolt''It's got the logo fit for a superhero.

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Ben Heck's Got an Atari 2600-esque Xbox 360
Ben Heck's Got an Atari 2600-esque Xbox 360We’re getting kind of used to seeing all the different creative projects dreamt up by Ben Heck but Heck’s most recent project was actually a request from Atari.

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Updated: Tom's Hardware February 2011 Charts
Updated: Tom's Hardware February 2011 ChartsCheck out the latest additions to our hardware charts!

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Intel Launches Light Peak Tech as ''Thunderbolt''
Intel Launches Light Peak Tech as ''Thunderbolt''It's got the logo fit for a superhero.

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Apple's Giving its Customers a New Kind of Screw
Apple's Giving its Customers a New Kind of ScrewApple's got a new way to screw your iPhone 4.

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Zalman's CNPS11X Extreme Gets V-Shape Design
Zalman's CNPS11X Extreme Gets V-Shape DesignZalman's new CNPS11X Extreme features a custom heatpipe and a V-shaped dual heatsink design.

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Nvidia Shows Off Gaming PC That's a Keg of Beer
Nvidia Shows Off Gaming PC That's a Keg of BeerIt's a keg from the Sierra Nevada Brewing company!

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Daily Deal: 25% off Dell UltraSharp 30'' and 27''
Daily Deal: 25% off Dell UltraSharp 30'' and 27''Need a new monitor, but you're willing to pay for quality? Then look no further than the deals of today.

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LG's Got a Mouse that Doubles As a Scanner
LG's Got a Mouse that Doubles As a ScannerThese days scanners aren’t exactly at the top of wish lists when it comes to must have pieces of tech so it makes sense that we don’t see all that many at the Consumer Electronics Show...

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LG's Shows Off World's Thinnest OLED TV at CES
LG's Shows Off World's Thinnest OLED TV at CESSometimes the more interesting products at CES are not the ones companies are holding massive launch events for.

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Intel Talks Hourglass Syndrome ''Computer Rage''
Intel Talks Hourglass Syndrome ''Computer Rage''Have you ever become violent over a slow computer?

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Microsoft's Collapsible Touch Mouse Now Available
Microsoft's Collapsible Touch Mouse Now AvailableJust in time for Christmas, eh Microsoft?

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Tom's Hardware: Zotac GeForce GTX 580 Amp! Edition and Zalman 1000 W PSU Giveaway
Tom's Hardware: Zotac GeForce GTX 580 Amp! Edition and Zalman 1000 W PSU GiveawayRetweet @TomsHardware to win nearly $850 in hardware!

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Asus: Yes, We're Planning an Oak Trail Tablet
Asus: Yes, We're Planning an Oak Trail TabletAfter all this talk of the Tegra 2-powered Transformer, Asus is also working on an Intel-based tablet.

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AMD's Fusion Chipsets to Support USB 3.0
AMD's Fusion Chipsets to Support USB 3.0AMD has said that upcoming chipsets will feature support for USB 3.0, otherwise known as SuperSpeed USB.

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Intel's Panther Point to Bring USB 3.0 Support
Intel's Panther Point to Bring USB 3.0 SupportGet your blue USB plugs ready.

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Cloverfield: Intel's Next-Next Tablet Processor
Cloverfield: Intel's Next-Next Tablet Processor Intel has another tablet processor cooking in its labs.

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Nvidia's Dual-GPU GTX 590 Already Sold Out
Nvidia's Dual-GPU GTX 590 Already Sold OutNvidia's new high-priced, dual-GPU GeForce GTX 590 sold out in less than a week.

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Nvidia's Official GeForce GTX 590 Release Video
Nvidia's Official GeForce GTX 590 Release VideoDon't we all want a Crysis 2 setup like that?

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AMD ''Interlagos'' Bulldozer Benchmarks Leaked
AMD ''Interlagos'' Bulldozer Benchmarks LeakedAn independent AMD server partner has leaked benchmarks of the upcoming Bulldozer-based Interlagos chip in a dual-GPU setting.

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