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Live from IDF: Entertainment, WiMax and a sense of security.
Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:06:43 -0700
When you're talking tech, it never hurts to have a convertible BMW on stage with you. The afternoon keynote speeches at the Intel Developer Forum covered a lot of ground and some eye candy to keep us focused on what a couple of hours of geek speak can morph into,...
Another way to ditch your gadgets the green way and earn some money in the process
Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:41:04 -0700
For about a year now, a Web site that started life as Second Rotation has been buying back electronic gadgets including cell phones, MP3 players, digital cameras, laptops, GPS devices, gaming consoles, camcorders, satellite radios and portable hard drives. No matter how old. During that time, the...
HP ultraportables get new Intel chips, 80GB SSD
Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:38:38 -0700
HP has added three new ultraportables to its laptop lineup. All three have 12.1-inch wide-screen displays. Two of them, a 3.2-pound model with a built-in optical drive and a convertible tablet, are part of the new EliteBook line targeted at business users. The third is an HP Compaq model designed...
Dell to offer one year warranty extension on GeForce 8600M GT
Tue, 19 Aug 2008 12:57:35 -0700
On 8 August 2008 I reported that some MacBook Pros with the NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT GPUs were failing prematurely. Today Dell extended the warranty on their notebooks that use the chip. According to a post on setteB.IT (Italian | English translation): Dell will offer 12-month...
The Weather Channel's 'green' HD studio
Tue, 19 Aug 2008 11:22:50 -0700
Brian Shield, CIO for The Weather Channel, tells us about their LEED certified HD studio and the company's push towards greener data centers. by Andrew Mager
Psystar fails to meet court deadline again
Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:02:07 -0700
Mac clone vendor Psystar has once again failed to meet a court deadline to formally respond to Apple's claim that the company violates Apple's copyright. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

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