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Dell and Origin PC Give Free Ivy Bridge Upgrades to Shoppers With Poor Timing

techno — Sun, 06 May 2012 22:00:08 +0000

One of the unmentioned joys of purchasing tech hardware is that you really have to be a news hound or at least have a basic understanding of what’s going on the tech market lest you plunk down for a system or component that’s about to become obsolete. While it hasn’t happened to us in recent [...]

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Is BitTorrent Rebranding Itself to ‘Gyre?’

techno — Sun, 06 May 2012 21:00:06 +0000

Want that new Linux distribution? You’re going to have to Gyre it. Wait, what? A report over at TorrentFreak suggests that BitTorrent Inc. the company might be looking to rebrand itself to “Gyre Inc.” While it’s doubtful that the change would have any effect on the name of the protocol that fuels the company’s uTorrent [...]

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Report: HP Regains PC Market Share Crown from Apple

techno — Sun, 06 May 2012 06:00:03 +0000

Apple’s reign as PC market share leader was short-lived as Hewlett-Packard regained its top spot in the first quarter of 2012 by the narrowest of margins, according to research firm Canalys. HP shipped 40,000 more client PCs than Apple in the first three months of the year, Canalys reported this week. The final tally of [...]

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A Modest Proposal for Media Studies

techno — Sun, 06 May 2012 05:00:05 +0000

The colleges and universities around the country must begin to take media studies much more seriously as an emerging discipline, more on the level of electrical engineering than of journalism or communications. I say this because we are coming upon yet another odd crossroad of media distribution, the ebook. The recent Microsoft and Barnes & [...]

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Samsung Galaxy S III Unveiled; Elder Scrolls MMO; Teen Video Chat Trends

techno — Sun, 06 May 2012 04:00:05 +0000

Topping tech headlines on Thursday, Samsung unveiled the next device in its Galaxy lineup, the Galaxy S III. The smartphone will make its debut in Europe on May 29 and a 4G LTE-optimized version will hit the U.S. market during the summer. The Galaxy S III boasts a 4.8-inch Super AMOLED 1,280-by-720 display, and runs [...]

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Report: Android a Loss Leader for Google in 2010

techno — Sun, 06 May 2012 03:00:03 +0000

Google’s Android operating system may be one of the great success stories in tech, but the search giant apparently lost money with its mobile platform in 2010, according to Reuters. The company’s “big loss” for Android several years ago was revealed by a federal judge overseeing a jury trial between Google and Oracle over the [...]

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Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 Blows Away Amazon Pre-Order Records

techno — Sun, 06 May 2012 02:00:03 +0000

Treyarch this week unveiled the first full trailer for the highly anticipated Call of Duty: Black Ops 2, which caused first-person shooter fans to circle Nov. 13 on their calendarsliterally. Amazon revealed to MCV (The Market for Computer & Video Games) that the single-day pre-orders for Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 were three times [...]

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No DVD Playback, Windows Media Center in Windows 8? No Problem

techno — Sun, 06 May 2012 01:00:03 +0000

In case you didn’t notice or didn’t join the growing digital mob that’s scratching their pitchforks against Microsoft’s official blog the company announced this past Thursday that it’s stripping Windows Media Center out of the shipped versions of Windows 8. Additionally, DVD playback is completely gone from Windows Media Player. Those looking to get their [...]

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No DVD Playback or Windows Media Center in Windows 8? No problem!

techno — Sun, 06 May 2012 00:00:03 +0000

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Apple TV Set This Year? Don’t Hold Your Breath, Analyst Says

techno — Sat, 05 May 2012 23:00:04 +0000

Those of you hoping to snag an Apple-produced television set this holiday season might be out of luck. A new analyst report says there is no evidence to suggest that Cupertino will begin production of its own TV this year. “Our research does not indicate any looming TV-related product launch, and our model does not [...]

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