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  1. Rob Williams

    Xbox 360's Netflix Feature Passes One Million Installs in Three Months

    From our front-page news:Back in May of 2005, Time magazine published a wonderful article on the just announced, not-yet-released, Xbox 360. In the article, the author was able to sit down with Bill Gates and go behind the scenes of the 360 before it was launched later that year. One of the...
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    Is Microsoft Rushing Windows 7?

    From our front-page news: That's the important question being asked, and after taking a look at all the facts, it's a hard one to answer. With Windows Vista, Microsoft wasn't too shy about getting information out long before its release. It was also the first version of Windows that had a rather...
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    Have Simpler Product Lines Lead to Apple's Success?

    From our front-page news: Think back to about ten years ago. How many people did you know that owned a Mac? Chances are, despite that they were still well-designed computers, probably not too many. Since then, though, things have changed dramatically. Apple now holds a good percentage of PC...
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    Digital Transition Delay Passes, Feb 17 Becomes June 12

    From our front-page news: Last Tuesday, we posted about the potential delay for the digital transition, which was passed by the Senate but denied by the House the very next day. Well, it seemed unlikely that the House would have a change of heart, but that's exactly what seemed to happen. The...
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    Intercepting Video-On-Demand with a QAM Tuner

    From our front-page news: By now, you probably all know about the porn that aired for up to thirty seconds during the Super Bowl this past Sunday. It apparently only affected Comcast subscribers in Tuscon, Arizona, but it was clearly hilarious enough to become the most popular story on...
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    The cell phone that killed...

    I admit... I hate my current cell phone, but I can honestly say I'm glad that it's never attempted to kill me. In China, that's exactly what happened to one man. He put in a freshly charged battery and put the phone in his shirt. It exploded, and he sadly died. Whether or not the battery was...
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    Despite iTunes Dominance, Record Companies Not Too Pleased

    From our front-page news: It's no doubt clear to almost everyone just what kind of power Apple has over the music industry, but thinking about it, it does seem a little odd for a company that a) isn't a record company and b) didn't have anything to do with music before 2000. Yet, thanks to their...
  8. Rob Williams

    Microsoft Officially Announces Windows 7 Editions

    From our front-page news:Last week, we posted about the numerous editions that Windows 7 would be available in, but today, CNET blog Beyond Binary gives even more details about what to expect. It looks like Windows 7 will drop the "Business" moniker and replace it with "Professional", a tag that...
  9. Rob Williams

    Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection Offers 40+ Games

    From our front-page news: I don't post that much console-related news here too often, but this one particular title caught my eye the other day while browsing Amazon, so I felt compelled to talk about it. If you grew up in the early 90's and loved video games, chances are good that you've played...
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    Intel Encourages Game Devs to Utilize the CPU Over the GPU

    From our front-page news: It looks as though Intel plans to give an interesting talk at the upcoming Game Developers Conference, which aims to explain to developers just how useful a CPU can be in gaming, over a typical GPU. We've been down this debate road time and time again, so there isn't...
  11. Rob Williams

    Google Earth Hits 5.0, Brings Underwater Views and Historical Imagery

    From our front-page news: Google has unveiled a major upgrade to their popular Google Earth application, bringing it to version 5.0. Like most Earth upgrades, the feature additions to this one are well-worth checking out. One of the coolest features is the addition of being able to go underwater...
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    If iTunes is Available in Canada, Zune Marketplace Should Be Too

    From our front-page news: Last week, I posted about my first experience with purchasing music on iTunes, while also calling out the need for an audiophile digital music store (but I'll keep dreaming). In the post, I admitted that while I never used iTunes in the past, DRM was finally given the...
  13. Rob Williams

    ASUS Announces Atom N280-Equipped Eee PC 1000HE

    From our front-page news: Despite the fact that Intel hasn't yet announced their Atom N280, ASUS sent out a press release today touting that their Eee PC 1000HE is the first to come equipped with the new processor. Thanks to a general lack of choice, most netbooks on the market right now use the...
  14. Rob Williams

    Charter Offers 60Mbps Cable Internet Service

    From our front-page news: North America has been known to lag behind other countries in terms of Internet speeds, but cable operator Charter is looking to change that. The company has just unveiled a new 60Mbps service, which would equate to well over 6MB/s download speed, for the premium price...
  15. Rob Williams

    World's most valuable sports teams?

    Can you take a stab at guessing the top ten most valuable sports teams in the world right now? Well, you don't have to, since Forbes took the hassle out of things, with a list they recently published. Some cool facts are mentioned there. Did you know that in 2003, there were no sports teams...
  16. Rob Williams

    Which Notebook Beats Them All for Photographers?

    From our front-page news: Like most professionals, photographers have an absolute need to have quality hardware when dealing with their photos, the most important being the display. In fact, many professional displays can run at least twice the cost of a regular monitor, and it's for good...
  17. Rob Williams

    Windows 7 to Follow Vista's Edition Scheme

    From our front-page news: Oi, not this mess again. Prior to Vista's launch, one of the biggest complaints with the OS was the number of different versions available. It was such a big complaint, in fact, that we felt compelled enough to write an article about it. Prior to Vista, things were kept...
  18. Rob Williams

    Hard Drive Encryption to Soon Become the Norm

    From our front-page news: Earlier this week, the biggest disk drive makers in the world completed a specification that paves the way for full-disk encryption in most, and in the future, probably all drives. Select manufacturers, such as Seagate, have been offering encrypted drives for a little...
  19. Rob Williams

    NVIDIA's CEO Talks Netbooks

    From our front-page news: With there being so much talk about Netbooks everywhere, care to know what NVIDIA CEO Jen-Hsun Huang thinks about them, and also about his main competition? Laptop Mag sat down with him to see what was happening with ION in netbooks, and even Tegra (a technology we...
  20. Rob Williams

    Zune Survives 2008, Might See 2010

    From our front-page news: After watching their Q4 revenue drop a staggering $100 Million compared to the same quarter last year, Microsoft's Zune team had to have an uneasy feeling when the announcement of layoffs came last week. While the Entertainment and Devices Division remained quite...
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