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Entries for May, 2008

ASUS P5Q Series Motherboards, Video Cards, and More to Launch at Computex

ASUS P5Q series motherboards and exclusive new video cards will launch at Computex
Despite the fact that Intel’s P45 chipset was delayed, Intel is still sticking to the June launch next month at Computex. ASUS will be fielding an entire family of motherboards based on the P45 chipset at Computex and the six models that make [...]

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Third-party Advertisers Tracking Users in Google Ad Network

Google is apparently allowing third-party advertisers to track consumers using the company’s ad network, a practice that raised concerns from one privacy advocate.
Some of the third-party ad servers and ad agencies that Google has approved to deliver ads through its network engage in behavioral advertising practices that require tracking consumers, said Jeffrey Chester, a privacy [...]

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Windows 7 - Next Generation User Interface

One thing is clear, although starting from the summer of 2007 and ending in the first half of this year, the main focus for Microsoft has been building Windows Vista SP1, Windows XP SP3, in terms of the Windows client the company did much more than just service packs. In the background of Vista SP1 [...]

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Linux Users: No MSDN Downloads for You!

“Okay, I confess, I use Microsoft products. A lot. Go ahead and revoke my Linux advocate license, I’m a traitorous clueless fool. Yadda yadda yadda. Have we gotten that out of the way? Great.
“Maybe I’m being totally unreasonable, but with the advent of free desktop and SMB virtualization products, one should be able to have [...]

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Apple Releases 10.5.3 Update for Mac OS X

Apple has just released the 3rd major update to Mac OS X 10.5 today, which contains “general operating system fixes” detailed in a support document on Apple’s site.
Notable changes include additional RAW support for several cameras, improved Wi-fi and Time Capsule support for Apple’s Time Machine, and fixes for an issue where video would stutter [...]

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Microsoft confirms PDC and hints at Windows 7 sessions

As part of Microsoft’s Windows 7 announcements yesterday the company has revealed that their professional developers conference is scheduled this year and the company is ready to reveal more about Windows 7.
Looking at the sessions agenda you can see the following:
* Windows 7: Graphics Advances
* Windows 7: Optimizing for Energy Efficiency and Battery Life
* Windows [...]

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Samsung BD-P1400 Blu-ray Disc Player

This Blu-ray player is inexpensive, but its image quality and features disappoint.
The Samsung BD-P1400 ($400 as of 4/24/08) is, at this point, one of the older Blu-ray Disc players currently available. And its features reflect this: It lacks both BonusView for picture-in-picture playback and BD-Live for accessing Internet-connected content.
In our image and sound quality tests, [...]

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BioShock PS3 arrives ‘genetically enhanced’ in October

2K Games on Wednesday promised “new content” and “new features” for the PS3 version of BioShock due this October, though specifics have yet to be revealed.

Since BioShock for Xbox 360 and Games for Windows won countless 2007 Game of the Year awards, we are excited to see the impact of this stellar title for the [...]

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Hitachi Aims Low-power Hard Drives At Consumer Electronics

San Jose (CA) - We have been hearing a lot lately about low-power hard drives and Hitachi GST is only the latest company to continue the trend. However, the company does not pitch its new CinemaStar hard drives as “green” hard drives, but as hard drives for consumer electronics devices.
Low power is good for your [...]

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ASUS Eee Family to Expand at Computex, Eee Box Gets Dissected

ASUS plans to announce two new Eee notebooks and an Eee desktop at Computex
ASUS is gearing up to expand its Eee family during Computex. ASUS already wowed consumers and online critics with the original Eee PC 701 4G. In the months following its release, the company introduced new models to occupy price points below and [...]

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