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  • The Digital Storm BlackOPS PC gets the Core i7-980X treatment

    The Digital Storm BlackOPS PC gets the Core i7-980X treatment

    Posted on March 16, 2010 | No Comments
    >These Core i7-980X CPUs are everywhere now. First it was Alienware, then Maingear, now Digital Storm, and there's still at least one more announcement coming today. But Digital Storm wasn't satisfied with the standard 3.33GHz on a stock 980X. Oh no, this Core i7 can be cranked all the way to the breakneck speed of 4.44GHz.

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  • Motorola to replace Google with Bing on Chinese Android phones

    Motorola to replace Google with Bing on Chinese Android phones

    Posted on March 11, 2010 | No Comments
    Imagine this with Bing inside. It’s easy if you try. If I were a spit takin’ man, I’d do a spit take right now. Motorola, stalwart of freedom, will work with Chinese carriers to add Bing to Chinese Android-based phones, ousting Google Search and Maps from the scene. Now this isn’t meanness on Motorola’s part although [...]

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  • iPhone rumors revisited

    iPhone rumors revisited

    Posted on December 29, 2009 | No Comments
    Good old Harry McCracken has build up another one of his exhaustive topical examinations, this time turning his bespectacled gaze towards the iPhone. Like the iSlate or the iTablet or the iNinjaStar, analysts, journos, and bloggers frothed at the mouth for years before the product was announced. Take Kevin Rose's exciting prediction, straight from "sources:"
    * January launch on “all” providers, both CDMA and GSM * Extremely small form factor * Two battery design (with single charger) — one for playing music, the other for phone functions * Flash memory: 4GB for $249, 8GB for $449 * “Slide-out keyboard” * Possibly touchscreen

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  • Stargate Universe gets a second season

    Stargate Universe gets a second season

    Posted on December 14, 2009 | No Comments
    Well my day just got better. SGU is currently on a mid-season break but at least the news broke that the show got picked up for another season. Now if I can only wait until April to see how Dr. Rush gets back on board the Destiny.

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  • Chrome OS gets a second look by Gruber

    Chrome OS gets a second look by Gruber

    Posted on July 10, 2009 | No Comments
    Although John Gruber is an avowed masticator, I do enjoy his take on issues dealing with and pertaining to technology. To wit: his take on Chrome OS which, in a few paragraphs, boils down the entire argument to "We don't know enough yet to decide but things look interesting, although it seems like it might be a certain form of vaporware."

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