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Everybody Builds a Segway Sooner or Later

Thursday, May 31, 2007

“The future of mobile computing”? Umm, not quite. That was the general response to Jeff Hawkins’ unveiling of the new Palm “Foleo” today at the D conference hosted by Wall Street Journal personal technology reviewer Walt Mossberg. Hyped in advance by Palm as “a new category of mobile device,” the Foleo is clearly an attempt [...]

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Your Tech Dollars at Work

Thursday, May 31, 2007

Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton spoke the language of Silicon Valley on Thursday when she laid out an “innovation” plan to the valley’s high-tech leaders aimed at creating new jobs, encouraging math and science education, and “bringing the information age to every corner of the country.” “Call this version 1.0 of my innovation agenda,” the [...]

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Global Warming? So What?

Thursday, May 31, 2007

NASA Administrator Michael Griffin, whose agency’s observations of the Earth have helped to confirm a global rise in temperature, said he doubts that global warming is an issue mankind should address. “I have no doubt that global — that a trend of global warming exists,” Griffin told National Public Radio’s Morning Edition in an interview [...]

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Google’s Street Camera

Thursday, May 31, 2007

If you’ve been playing with Google’s new Street View feature–that $25 billion time suck–you may well have wondered how the heck they took those 360-degree images while driving down the street. We now know that many of the images, at least those shot outside the San Francisco Bay Area–were shot using this fairly disco-ball-esque device [...]

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Dell Pandering to Its Customers

Thursday, May 31, 2007

Those of you doubting Dell’s commitment to improved customer service ought to have a look at how it’s handling a gaming PC debacle. In “the very near future,” an army of Dell technicians will descend upon customers who last year purchased the Dell XPS 700 gaming rig. Their mission will be to upgrade the XPS [...]

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AMD: The Fabs Are Allright

Thursday, May 31, 2007

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) dismissed rumours that it was having problems producing future monolithic chips, codenamed Barcelona, using its own fabs.Henri Richard, senior executive marketing director at AMD, told the INQ: “I usually never comment on rumors but this one is so silly I will break my own rule. There is absolutely no ground to [...]

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NASA Will Attempt Launch Next Week

Thursday, May 31, 2007

NASA managers announced Thursday that they would press ahead with the first space shuttle launch of the year next week, three months later than originally planned because of a hail storm that pockmarked the spacecraft’s external tank. More

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Motorola Q9h – Worth the Move?

Thursday, May 31, 2007

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QX6850 Spotted Months Before Official Arrival

Thursday, May 31, 2007

The 6850 is a quad-core Kentsfield chip that bears the ‘Extreme’ moniker, thanks to its 3GHz clock speed and 1333MHz front side bus. It’s built on 65nm, like the rest of the Kentsfield family, and it will sit above the QX6800 in Intel’s range. The 6800 is clocked at 2.93GHz and has a 1066MHz FSB. [...]

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iRiver S10

Thursday, May 31, 2007

iRiver is back with us again with another music player that’s bound to impress you. The S10 is a remarkably tiny device, and is in close competition with MobiBLU and its small media player series for the ultimate wow factor. It may be minute, but iRiver has packed a plethora of features to satisfy your [...]

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Toshiba 200GB USB 2.0 Portable External Hard Drive

Thursday, May 31, 2007

Toshiba, long a powerhouse in both notebook computers and internal components (including notebook-class hard drives), has entered the USB external hard drive fray. These small, portable hard drives are powered entirely through a USB link with your computer. The Toshiba 200GB USB 2.0 Portable External Hard Drive ($219.99 direct) is for people who need to [...]

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Dell Gives Some Workers The Axe

Thursday, May 31, 2007

Last week, Dell announced that it would extend its reach into the retail sector by partnering with Wal-Mart. According to the deal, Dell will provide sub-$700 desktop computers to Wal-Mart and Sams Club locations in the United States, Puerto Rico and Canada. The move to retail is expected to help Dell expand its business and [...]

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You Were My Sweatheart Now You’re My Ho

Thursday, May 31, 2007

Proof that true love never dies shows up in the song lyrics of today’s generation, which match the romantic pantings from the songs of their baby boomer parents’ youth, said Chad Swiatowicz, who did the study for his master’s thesis in sociology at UF. “American culture is in love with love,” he said. “War may [...]

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Intel Pentium E2160 and Pentium E2140

Thursday, May 31, 2007

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Verizon Chums the Waters

Thursday, May 31, 2007

On Thursday, the second largest wireless carrier in the U.S. announced that it would be exclusively offering Prince’s new single “Guitar” through its VCast service. And subscribers will be able to download the song, which will appear on Prince’s upcoming album Planet Earth, for free. The exclusive content deal is part of a larger strategy [...]

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