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  • USB 3.0 adoption could be slowed because of lack of demand

    USB 3.0 adoption could be slowed because of lack of demand

    Posted on April 7, 2010 | No Comments
    Willing to spend $300+ on a fancy motherboard just so you can get USB 3.0 support? Yeah, that might not be such a good idea, if only because Intel is in no hurry to integrate the spec into its chipsets. That means companies have to go out of their way to offer USB 3.0 on their systems. The odds of seeing USB 3.0 on a cheap-o netbook, then, are pretty much non-existent.

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  • Amazon’s convenient packaging hates hard drives

    Amazon’s convenient packaging hates hard drives

    Posted on March 30, 2010 | No Comments
    I like Amazon's "frustration free" packaging. When I ordered my copy of Command & Conquer 4, it came in that easy to open package, and it makes sense: why put a dvd in a box with a bag of air, and waste all that shipping? Would I trust a hard drive to that packaging? No way in hell.

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  • The Century USB 3.0 2.5-inch HDD enclosure lets you test USB 3.0’s water

    The Century USB 3.0 2.5-inch HDD enclosure lets you test USB 3.0’s water

    Posted on March 29, 2010 | No Comments
    USB 3.0 hard drives are little on the expensive side right now. But there’s a new option in town that will let you give the faster interface a-go with a spare hard drive. The external enclosure has USB 3.0 interface and a screw-less design. Simply insert a drive you have laying around, snap together the case, and enjoy [...]

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  • The Origin EON15 is the ugly ducking of gaming notebooks

    The Origin EON15 is the ugly ducking of gaming notebooks

    Posted on March 24, 2010 | No Comments
    The Origin EON15 gaming notebook is a computer after our own hearts. Instead of a crazy and so-called radical computer case that the company no doubt spent too much money developing, the Origin EON15 is packaged in a no-frills casing. This means more power for the money, kids. And we like the cheap power.

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  • The Archos 9 PC Tablet makes room for the Atom Z515 CPU

    The Archos 9 PC Tablet makes room for the Atom Z515 CPU

    Posted on March 23, 2010 | No Comments
    Isn't it grand when companies somewhat silently update their products with new hardware but keeps the previous price. That's just what Archos did with the 9 PC Tablet. Overnight it went from the Intel Atom Z510 1.1GHz CPU to the Z515 1.2GHz Atom with Hyper-Threading and Intel Burst Performance Technology. It's a nice little spec bump, actually.

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  • Review: Plextor 128GB SSD

    Review: Plextor 128GB SSD

    Posted on March 17, 2010 | No Comments
    All the cool kids are playing SSDs these days. So much so that every manufacturer wants of piece of the sweet cherry pie. Even Plextor who was previously known as an optical drive/media company has a set of 64GB and 128GB SSDs available now. Too bad these options tastes more like a supermart-made pie than [...]

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  • The $75 iPod levy that will solve all of Canada’s problems

    The $75 iPod levy that will solve all of Canada’s problems

    Posted on March 17, 2010 | No Comments
    Apparently it's illegal in Canada to copy music from a CD you bought to an iPod (or whatever). It's simply not allowed, even if you're not breaking any DRM in the process. (In the U.S., it's illegal to copy a DVD to your computer's hard drive because you have to circumvent the copy protection in the process.) Solution? Some sort of levy, which would ensure that "artists" make money even though you're not re-buying their music.

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  • Mac pricing leak? Perhaps updated Macs are inbound.

    Mac pricing leak? Perhaps updated Macs are inbound.

    Posted on March 17, 2010 | No Comments
    In case you haven't noticed, the MacBook Pro line is starting to get a little stale with just a lowly Core 2 Duo CPU. Even the Mac Pro with it's Quad-Core Xeon isn't the fastest kid in town anymore with the six-core Core i7-980X making the rounds. Hopefully all this fuss concerning a supposed leak of new Mac pricing that's a bit higher than the current MSRPs foreshadows updates coming in the near future.

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  • Maingear stuffs an Intel Core i7 980X into the SHIFT and still calls it an everyday super computer

    Maingear stuffs an Intel Core i7 980X into the SHIFT and still calls it an everyday super computer

    Posted on March 16, 2010 | No Comments
    The Maingear Shift line is designed for serious computing on a budget. You won't find silly automatic airvents or fancy-pants hard drive trays here. Nope, it's just a good, solid computer platform meant for those looking to have their own super computer. And that super computer goal is even more achievable now that the Intel Core i7 980X is one of the CPU options.

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  • Hard drive design leaving XP behind

    Hard drive design leaving XP behind

    Posted on March 9, 2010 | No Comments
    Bad news for the XP diehards out there, hard drive manufacturers are tired of supporting you, and the next generation of controller technology is not going to work properly with DOS and Windows XP users. Of course it won't be a major issue until 2011, and maybe not even then.

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  • MSI X360: Intel Core i5, three pounds, less than an inch thick

    MSI X360: Intel Core i5, three pounds, less than an inch thick

    Posted on March 9, 2010 | No Comments
    MSI has added another skinny notebook to its X-Slim series with the announcement of the 13-inch X360 model. This one makes use of an Intel Core i5 ultra low voltage CPU clocked at 1.06GHz alongside Intel’s HM55 graphics chipset.

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  • Ezy Tablet PC features 10.2-inch multitouch screen, runs Windows

    Ezy Tablet PC features 10.2-inch multitouch screen, runs Windows

    Posted on March 8, 2010 | No Comments
    I’ll leave the comparisons between the Ezy Tablet PC and a certain device to be launched in a little under a month up to you. Actually, aside from the casing and the 10.2-inch multitouch LCD, there’s not a whole lot else in the way of commonality.

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  • The coolest clock you’re going to see today: strobing LED hard drive digital clock

    The coolest clock you’re going to see today: strobing LED hard drive digital clock

    Posted on March 8, 2010 | No Comments
    Making clocks out of hard drives isn't anything new. The hard drive platters make nice shiny backgrounds for your traditional analog clock, and provides just a little geek panache to an ordinary timepiece. This new strobing LED hard drive digital clock really takes things to the next level, though, as you can see in the video inside.

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  • Sony files patent for degradable video game demo

    Sony files patent for degradable video game demo

    Posted on March 5, 2010 | No Comments
    Sony has filed a patent for a new type of video game demo that's worth mentioning here. Rather than your typical demo, where they give you level to mess around with, they essentially give you the whole game. As you play the demo, the game "disappears."

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  • The Shuttle barebone XS35 HD is as thick as my granola bar is wide

    The Shuttle barebone XS35 HD is as thick as my granola bar is wide

    Posted on February 26, 2010 | No Comments
    Don't be fooled by the size of this Shuttle computer. It has everything that you would fine in a larger rig but is barely larger than a convential 3.5-inch hard drive at 33mm wide. But you probably knew that. After all, it is 2010 and small form factor computers are nothing new.

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