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Samsung is preparing to launch a revamped version of its Story Station external hard drives. The new Story Station Plus drives have both eSATA and USB 2.0 connectivity, and will be available in 1TB, 1.5TB as well as 2TB capacities. With the inclusion of eSATA, users will be able to access and ...
Hardware
Samsung
According to a report released by Gartner today, worldwide PC shipments will grow 2.8% this year -- though, revenue will fall 11%. The firm's preliminary fourth-quarter forecast indicates that global PC shipments will total 298.9 million units in 2009, and may reach 336.6 million units in 2010, ...
Hardware
PC
Windows 7
Microsoft
Users of Internet Explorer will want to take note of a warning Microsoft posted today, as the company has discovered a vulnerability in several versions of the browser. Redmond has indicated that the new exploit could affect IE6 and IE7, but users of IE8 were immune -- another good reason to ...
Online
Microsoft
Symantec
Internet Explorer
LG has announced that it will be rolling out its first netbook in the US. The LG X120 will be available exclusively through RadioShack (or "The Shack"), and comes complete with the traditional netbook fixings. Crammed into a 2.8lb package is a 10.1" LED-backlit display with a native resolution ...
Software
LG
Intel
Windows XP
Windows 7
Linux
The folks at PCLab.pl have gotten their hands on a sample of Intel's upcoming Gulftown Core i9 processor and put it through its paces. PCLab pitted the six-core chip against Intel's Core i5, Core i7, Core 2 Quad and AMD's Phenom II. The chip was tested in three separate motherboards, the ...
Hardware
Intel
AMD
About two weeks ago, the first real worm for the iPhone began making its rounds, infecting vulnerable iPhones around the world. It was a benign attack made many jailbreakers aware of a commonly overlooked (but easily fixable) hole. Another worm for the iPhone has been spotted, and this time it ...
iPhone
iPhone
Apple
Brad Wardell, Stardock CEO, recently stated that Steam is leaps and bounds ahead of competing digital distribution services -- including "Impulse", Stardock's own gaming content delivery service. In terms of dollars generated per month, Wardell estimates that Steam enjoys some 70% of the digital ...
Gaming
DRM
THQ
Sega
Activision
CEO of Stardock Brad Wardell recently said that Steam is leaps and bounds ahead of competing digital distribution services -- including "Impulse", Stardock's own content delivery service. In terms of dollars generated per month, Wardell estimates that Steam enjoys some 70% of the digital ...
Gaming
DRM
THQ
Sega
Activision
Google ventured into the operating system world last year with the introduction of Android, an operating system intended for mobile phones, and most recently with the netbook-oriented Chrome OS. For now, the two projects are evidently separate, but according to the company's co-founder Sergey ...
Online
Chrome
Android
Linux
Microsoft today announced that it will reveal more details about its upcoming motion sensing peripheral for the Xbox 360, codenamed Project Natal, to developers at its Gamefest conference this February. According to the event's website, one session will focus on designing games for the ...
Gaming
Microsoft
Xbox 360
On several occasions over the last few months, News Corp chairman, Rupert Murdoch has been quoted hinting at changes he foresees for his high-profile Web properties. Most notably the Wall Street Journal and its network of sites, Murdoch believes on the paid subscription model for online ...
Online
Microsoft
Rupert Murdoch
Bing
It has been quite some time since Opera promised to "reinvent the web" with Unite, but the feature has finally been rolled into the latest version of its free browser. For those who missed the announcement back in June, Unite basically turns any computer into both a client and a server, allowing ...
Online
Opera
As it's become self-evident, this year we have not published an in-house holiday gift guide. The reason is that rather than giving you a PC-centric gift guide, we've built a coalition of nine tech websites delivering technology gift picks in each one of our specialties.
Hardware
PC
HDTV
Radeon
Apple
MacBook Pro
How-to: run Chrome OS as a virtual machine Itching for some Chrome OS? Well, we all are, but you might be a bit disappointed at the fact that while Google has open-sourced its progress on the OS so far, the version that is currently available for download seems eons behind what Google showed off ...
Online
Chrome
Nvidia
Bing
How-to: run Chrome OS as a virtual machine Itching for some Chrome OS? Well, we all are, but you might be a bit disappointed at the fact that while Google has open-sourced its progress on the OS so far, the version that is currently available for download seems eons behind what Google showed off ...
Online
Chrome
Nvidia
Bing
Introduced in Windows Vista, the infamous Windows is checking for a solution
message that appears right after a program crashes is downright annoying.
Software
Windows 7
Windows Vista
Microsoft
Firefox
After much speculation Google introduced Chrome OS this week, a feature-stripped operating system aimed at netbooks that's built around the browser and relies on web applications. Actual data and programs are stored and run online, while local machine storage is meant to be used only to speed up ...
Online
Chrome
Google Chrome OS
In a presentation with investors, Sony revealed that it would introduce 3D stereoscopic technology to the PlayStation 3 as a part of its strategy to achieve profitability. The company plans to introduce a system-wide firmware update that will add 3D functionality to the PlayStation 3.
Gaming
Sony
PS3
Howard Stringer
The shift from DDR2 to DDR3 has been long underway, and research group iSuppli believes the transition will reach a critical point in the second quarter of next year. The outfit predicts DDR3 shipments will rise to account for over half of the global DRAM market by spring 2010, leaving DDR2 ...
