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Paul McCartney Reportedly Inks ITunes DealMar 10, 2008 - in News
London (England) - The most notable band absent from Apple's digital music store may finally be making its way to iTunes, as long-time skeptic Paul McCartney has reportedly signed a $600 million deal with Apple.
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CeBIT 2008: A MSI Laptop That Ionizes AirMar 9, 2008 - in News
There really isn't anything new when it comes to laptops at this year's CES. The relatively important gap between this show and the next Centrino launch (Montevina, in June) is to blame. This is however the occasion for MSI to show us its prototypes create some buzz rather than display something that's meant to be sold (let's remember the laptops that had solar panels two years ago).
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CeBIT 2008: Thermaltake Offers 2kW PSUMar 9, 2008 - in News
Thermaltake now offers a high performance power supply for users that just can't get enough power. The new model belonging to the Toughpower line provides up to 2 Kilowatts of power. Live demonstrations are given at the company's CeBIT stand
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CeBIT 2008: New CPU and Water Coolers from ThermaltakeMar 8, 2008 - in News
If you need good cooling performance but one cooler just isn't enough, there is an obvious solution - just take two instead. It seems that is what Thermaltake's engineers must have been thinking when they came up with the DuOrb CL-P0464 cooler. It consists of two coolers stemming from the Orb series that are connected to the CPU cooling block via heatpipes.
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CeBIT 2008: MSI Shows Passive Fan for ChipsetMar 8, 2008 - in News
Here's another prototype that could have been quite interesting. It's at least very original and comes from MSI. The ECOlution (the developed by the Taiwanese Polo-Tech) is a passive fan for northbridge. What we mean by passive fan is that this cooling system doesn't need a fan when the chip is idle. However, when in peak, the heat generated by the chipset is used to dilate a gas that will move a piston that in turn will move the blades of the fan that's placed in front of the heat sink's extension linked with 2 heat pipes.
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CeBIT 2008: Anti-Noise Cards by HISMar 8, 2008 - in News
HIS ha a couple of interesting thing to show. It first claim to own the fastest Radeon HD 3870 as the manufacturer will launch it in the second quarter a model equipped with a water block (meaning it can only work when coupled with a watercooling system), which allows for an intense overclocking : 850 MHz for the GPU and 2380 MHz for the GDDR3 for this IceQ Liquid.
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CeBIT 2008: New CPU Coolers from ThermaltakeMar 7, 2008 - in News
Double vision - Thermaltake's DuOrb cooler and a grown-up V1
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CeBIT 2008: MSI Motherboards with Intel X48 ChipsetMar 7, 2008 - in News
MSI is showing high-end motherboards using Intel's X48 chipset.
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CeBIT 2008: MSI Shows off P45 MotherboardsMar 7, 2008 - in News
MSI unveiled two new motherboards based on Intel's P45 chipset at CeBIT
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CeBIT 2008: A Mix of Laptops from ASUSMar 7, 2008 - in News
ASUS isn't only showing cheap mini-laptops at its CeBIT stand. The Taiwanese company also brought a few full-fledged portables for a variety of uses.
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Sleek Designs, Little Innovation: 4 Barebone Cases ComparedMar 7, 2008 - in Reviews
You might think that it is hard to go wrong when selecting a case for your PC. Think again, as our tests of four new designs prove that not all cases are created equal.
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CeBIT 2008: OCZ Jumps Into Laptop MarketMar 7, 2008 - in News
The manufacturer of high end memory modules continues its diversification process, taking advantage of its reputation as a manufacturer of elitist products made for gamers. We have no news from its compressor, but more interesting for a majority of people, OCZ jumps in the laptop market.
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CeBIT 2008: Matrox: No 3D, But Still a Prosumer ManufacturerMar 7, 2008 - in News
Faithful to its calling, the company reminded us its goal was still to provide solutions that gave something more to consumers than the basic existing products. Practically, Matrox didn't have anything new destined to the mass market, the Millennium P690 being launched recently. The manufacturer was showing two new solutions meant for prosumers, which testifies of the increasing importance of this market.
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Google Earth Banned From US Military BasesMar 7, 2008 - in News
Google has been banned from surveying US military bases after it took street-level photographs of a Texas army base. The Department of Defense believes the photographs could compromise security and has ordered base commanders to prohibit Google Earth teams from driving their picture taking vehicles onto military property.
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CeBIT 2008: Gigabyte 2, High-End X48 Motherboards, 790i SLI unleashed.Mar 7, 2008 - in News
Gigabyte is showing two new high-end motherboards based on Intel's X48 chipset, and a new motherboard based on Nvidia's 790a SLI chipset at its CeBIT stand.
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CeBIT 2008: Thermaltake Diversifies Itself AgainMar 7, 2008 - in News
There was an avalanche of products Thermaltake was showing for the first time. There was, for instance, the trimmed down version of two existing and massive cases. The Xaser XIMX and the Armor+ MX. Nothing much to know except that they do remain quite big (still bigger than the majority of cases). One detail worth mentioning is the 23 cm fan of the Armor+ MX on the left panel.
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The Universe Is 13.73 Billion Years OldMar 7, 2008 - in News
NASA's Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) has released new data that shed light on the age of the Universe.
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Samsung's Adidas Phone Helps Users With WorkoutsMar 7, 2008 - in News
In a nearly identical move to Apple's partnership with Nike, Samsung has joined forces with athletic apparel specilaist Adidas to create a music-centric phone with special functionality to keep track of workout data.
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Doritos Commercial To Be Sent 42 Light Years Into SpaceMar 7, 2008 - in News
If you had the chance to send a message into space, what would it be? People in the UK have an opportunity to get their Doritos-sponsored message sent to 47 Ursae Majoris, which is believed to be supporting living organisms - 42 light years away from Earth.
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Apache Regaining Traction In Global Server InstallationsMar 7, 2008 - in News
The Internet picked up the pace in February and showed stronger growth, approaching a total size of 160 million websites. Apache stopped the march of Microsoft's IIS and is gaining share in global Internet server installations: More than half of the web's servers are running on Apache.
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Asustek To Offer Digital Photo FramesMar 7, 2008 - in News
Asustek Computer, in light of fast growing global demand for digital photo frames, is planning to offer digital photo frames as early as the end of June 2008, according to industry sources.
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Intel To Add Another IGP Chipset For Centrino 2Mar 7, 2008 - in News
In addition to the previously reported Centrino 2 (Montevina) IGP chipsets GM45, GS45 and GL40, Intel will add a performance/mainstream level model, the GM47 to the list, according to sources at notebook makers.
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Storage Accessories: Move, Cool, MultiplyMar 7, 2008 - in Reviews
We look at a port multiplier for eSATA; a combined portable and permanent storage solution; a USB-to-eSATA dongle and a hard drive cooler and noise dampener. There's something for everyone.
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Box Office Sales Set Record In 2007Mar 6, 2008 - in News
Despite mass hysteria in the movie industry of piracy and declining movie sales, box office ticket sales reached nearly $10 billion last year, a new record.
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CeBIT 2008: Affordable Color Laser Printer from XeroxMar 6, 2008 - in News
Xerox's color laser printers are finally becoming affordable. At this year's CeBIT, the self-proclaimed document company is introducing a 12 page-per-minute office color-laser printer for under $450.
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Bill Gates Slips To Third-richest Person In The WorldMar 6, 2008 - in News
Bill Gates ran for 13 years as the richest man in the world, but now he has slunk back to the third spot.
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CeBIT 2008: High-End X48 Boards From GigabyteMar 6, 2008 - in News
Gigabyte is showing two new high-end motherboards based on Intel's X48 chipset, namely the GA-X48T-DQ6 and its new flagship, the GA-X48-DQ6.
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Head Of "One Laptop Per Child" Wants New Chief ExecutiveMar 6, 2008 - in News
Nicholas Negroponte, the man who has always been in charge of the ambitious "one laptop per child" program, is now looking for a new person to take control as CEO of the initiative.
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CeBIT 2008: Wireless PresentationsMar 6, 2008 - in News
ATEN promises us a revolution in the conference room. Its KE8220 Virtual VNC Console is supposed to let users manage presentations on several PCs or laptops.
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$75 Million In Sharper Image Gift Cards Could Become WorthlessMar 6, 2008 - in News
You know that Sharper Image gift card you got for Christmas?