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Mouse for gamers
2007-11-11 18:24:00
Microsoft SideWinder™ Mouse is a revolutionary mouse designed to provide you with unprecedented performance, handling, and adaptability. You can customize your mouse for every game you play using advanced software and adjustable accessories.Source: Microsoft
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Hi-Tech news [Digg]
2007-11-11 18:18:00
The latest & greatest tech news and information. Updated daily.
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Hi-Tech news [Digg]
2007-11-11 18:18:00
The latest & greatest tech news and information. Updated daily.
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Pirates of the Caribbean Online
2007-11-11 12:58:00
Disney™ games launches Pirates of the Caribbean Online beta.The game is free to dowbnload and free to play but you will have to register for an account.Source: Pirates of the Caribbean Online website
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'Botmaster' admits infecting 250,000 computers
2007-11-11 12:53:00
John Schiefer, 26, agreed to plead guilty to four counts of fraud and wiretap charges that could lead to a $1.75 million fine and send him to prison for up to 60 years, the Los Angeles U.S. Attorney's office said.Prosecutors said Schiefer and an unspecified number of conspirators installed malicious computer code that acted as a wiretap on compromised computers and intercepted messages to Paypal and similar Web sites.He retrieved usernames and passwords and used them to access an unknown number of bank accounts. Prosecutors said they were still investigating the dollar amount stolen and the number of victims.Source: ZDnet
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Samsung Stops Selling Most Products in Japan
2007-11-10 22:56:00
Samsung Electronics Co. said Friday it had stopped selling flat panel televisions and other consumer products in Japan , citing poor profitability.Many analysts feel that Japan's loyalty to home grown companies, such as Sony, Matsushita and Sharp, meant that Samsung never really had much of a chance of succeeding with the Japanese consumer.Source: Chron
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Suggestions For Future Versions of Windows
2007-11-10 22:52:00
The Windows Early Feedback program was created by Microsoft as a means of rounding up suggestions and feedback that may be considered for implementation in future iterations of the Windows operating system. The team in charge of the program has collected and released a list of (what they consider to be) the top 61 suggestions to be presented to the development team of Windows 7.The ideas being presented to the team range from basic usability improvements, such as a download manager in Internet Explorer, to more far fetched ideas, such as the ability to back up Xbox 360 games to a PC (good luck with that one). Some of the top suggestions are even features that were promised for and then dropped from Vista, such as a completely vectorized graphical user interface. A more complete list can be found here.Source: Neowin
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iPhone Firmware 1.1.2 Hacked Before Release
2007-11-10 22:46:00
When Apple announced the release of the iPhone for the UK, it also announced that iPhone and iPod touch firmware version 1.1.2 would be released at the same time. Release d today, firmware 1.1.2 closes the TIFF vulnerability in mobile Safari that was used to jailbreak firmware 1.1.1. Confirmed by DailyTech, the TIFF vulnerability no longer works. However, despite Apple's effort to lockdown the iPhone and iPod touch, firmware 1.1.2 has already been jailbroken.Source: DailyTech
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New mobile OS from Google
2007-11-09 17:14:00
Google will make a new operating system for mobile phones, based on the Linux kernel. The new OS will be an open source and it's called Android™.Android™ will deliver a complete set of software for mobile devices: an operating system, middle ware and key mobile applications.On November 12, will be released an early look at the Android Software Development Kit (SDK) to allow developers to build rich mobile applications. The name comes from the company with the same name which makes software for mobile phones, company that Google brought in 2005Source: Open Handset Alliance
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Windows Vista SP1
2007-11-09 16:18:00
It didn't even past a year since the official launch of Windows Vista , and the people at Microsoft already have a closed beta service pack for it. Windows Vista SP1 has been released as a limited beta to a group of selected beta testers. Technet subscribers will be the first to gain access to the SP1 release candidate when it becomes available. In addition to previously released updates, SP1 will contain changes focused on addressing specific reliability and performance issues, supporting new types of hardware, and adding support for several emerging standards. SP1 will also address some management, deployment, and support challenges. The official launch of this service pack will be around the second decade in 2008 and about the same time SP3 for Windows XP is also expected.Source: Microsoft website

Windows Server 2008 Release Candidate 0
2007-11-09 16:08:00
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Release Candidate can be free evaluated.Download is available on Microsoft websiteThe operating system is only available on x64 architecture.Source: Microsoft website
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Microsoft hopes to patent 'automatic goodbye messages'
2007-11-09 00:58:00
Microsoft is trying to patent automatic goodbye messages, including "Have a great afternoon!" and "Ciao, Harry!"Last week, the Redmond software giant tossed an application at the US Patent Office that demands the exclusive rights to a tool that lets you "automatically send a goodbye message when ending a conversation" over IM and VoIP services.When you close your IM client, for instance, the tool could instantly send mini-missives to all your buddies. And you'd have free reign to customize these messages."As an example, the facility may select a goodbye message based on the identity of the converser," the patent reads, in standard patent-speak. "As another example, the facility may select a goodbye message randomly. As another example, the facility may select a goodbye message based on other aspects of the conversation, such as time of day, length of conversation, mood indicated by the user, and so forth."You could argue that IRC clients have offered this sort of thing for years, b...
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Google in over 3500 gas pumps
2007-11-09 00:47:00
Lost drivers in the United States soon will be able to Google for help at the pump.As part of a partnership to be announced Wednesday, the online search leader will dispense driving directions at thousands of gasoline pumps across the country beginning early next month.The pumps, made by Gilbarco Veeder-Root, include an Internet connection and will display Google's mapping service in color on a small screen.Motorists will be able to scroll through several categories to find local landmarks, hotels, restaurants and hospitals selected by the gas station's owner. After the driver selects a destination, the pump will print out directions.Source: CNN website
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iPhone queue forming at Regent Street store
2007-11-09 00:35:00
Apple will launch the iPhone in the UK at 6.02pm tomorrow night - and a queue is already forming outside its doors on Regent Street .It's not the longest queue - yet, but two people have arrived outside the store equipped with warm weather clothing, folding chairs and grim, dogged determination to be among the first people in the UK to get hold of an iPhone. Source: MacWorld website
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Now...what about a 100x faster hard drive?
2007-11-08 19:42:00
ioDrive is the industry's first, NAND based enterprise storage solution that provides access rates comparable to DRAM with storage capacity on par with disks — being able to improve both memory capacity and storage performance by 100x.It uses a PCIe x4 connector to enable rapid implementation into today's commodity-off-the-shelf (COTS) servers and workstation configurations that have a PCIe connector.ioDrive is designed to deliver 87,500 IOPS (input/output per second @ 8K packets) per PCIe x4 card, while achieving sustained data rates of 700MB/sec (Read) and 600MB/sec (Write), making the ioDrive almost a thousand times faster than any existing disk drive.ioDrive is not an SSD. It is a truly innovative silicon based storage solution that eliminates the inherent limitations of traditional storage.It looks nice, but at what price? Fusion-io (the grup how makes this drives) is targeting a retail price of approximately $30 per Gigabyte for the ioDrive, expensive i can say considering...
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Hitachi 4TB Hard Disk Drives in the offing
2007-11-08 18:59:00
After being the first disk manufacturer to get PMR-based drives in the market and then breaking the 1TB barrier as well, Hitachi now wants to turn the heat up by a few notches. They plan to launch a 4TB desktop (3.5") hard drive and a 1TB laptop (2.5") hard dive for the consumer market.These new drives will feature ultra small heads, so small that they would be half the size of today's recording heads or about 2000 times smaller than a human hair.Source: Techtree website
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