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Reserve and Pick

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 20:09:22 +0000

A brand-new way to do your holiday shopping. With Reserve and Pick Up, you can make sure the top things on your list are definitely under the tree. Reserve an iPod or Mac online today and it will be waiting for you to pick up and purchase at an Apple Retail Store from December 15 to 24. ...

9 to 5 Mac - Apple Intelligence found this 19 hours ago on apple.com

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Guide: How to turn an old PC into a media centre

Sat, 7 Nov 2009 10:00:00 +0000

For years, Microsoft has been trying to convince us that we need to have not just a PC in the living room to serve up our media, but a full-blown installation of Windows too. Both Intel and AMD have joined the fray – Intel with Viiv (the brand that no one knew how to pronounce), and AMD with ...

albertsquare posted 5 hours ago from techradar.com

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World first! New ThinkPad Netbook set for launch, ThinkPad X100e due January 5th 2010

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 12:09:48 +0000

We can confirm that all the hype spreading over the net re the supposed new ThinkPad X200e NetBook is correct. With one glaring exception. The new small form factor ThinkPad NetBook will be called the ThinkPad X100e, and its been dubbed the ‘Entry level ultra portable, the first ThinkPad ...

SlashGear found this 27 hours ago on thinkpadtoday.com

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HD Media Player Battlemodo: Apple TV Killers [Battlemodo]

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 19:17:59 +0000

When Apple TV 3.0 came out, we were unimpressed . Readers asked what else they could use to play their many videos. Here are five nice ones to suit different needs—nearly all cost less, and do more, than ATV. The goal here is simple: Play all the videos that I have ripped from DVD, ...

Liliputing found this 20 hours ago on gizmodo.com

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News: Apple launches Reserve and Pick Up retail service

Sat, 7 Nov 2009 14:00:00 +0000

Apple has launched a new Reserve and Pick Up service ahead of the holiday shopping season that allows customers to reserve products online for pick up in one of Apple’s retail stores. Included in the service are all models of iPod, and most Mac computers; curiously missing from the reservation ...

The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) found this 88 minutes ago on ilounge.com

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Review: HD Digitech HDX-1000

Sat, 7 Nov 2009 10:00:00 +0000

The HD Digitech HDX-1000 is probably the nearest thing I've seen yet to a cinephile-grade multimedia streamer. Unlike practically every other networkable box on the market, its construction is superb. Styled like the Mac Mini, it features a heavy aluminium alloy chassis that inspires ...

albertsquare posted 5 hours ago from techradar.com

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In Depth: What's next for music on the Mac?

Sat, 7 Nov 2009 10:00:00 +0000

The Mac has played a major part in the development of music technology over the years. And now, musicians using the OS X platform have access to a variety of applications that would scarcely have been imaginable when the first software sequencers appeared back in the late 1980s. Early versions ...

albertsquare posted 5 hours ago from techradar.com

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Unboxing and Undressing Video

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 15:12:16 +0000

ASRock ION 330HT-BD Nettop - Unboxing and Undressing Video Vote: Thumbs Down or Thumbs Up Manufacturer: ASRock Ad Placeholder ASRock ION 330HT-BD Nettop - Unboxing and Undressing Video During the Computex Taipei 2009 tradeshow earlier this year we first got a glimpse of ASRock's NVIDIA ION and ...

iGadget Life found this 24 hours ago on tweaktown.com

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Top 10 reasons to use Windows Home Server in your SOHO

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 09:46:29 +0000

Since we had such a great response from our previous post on the Top 10 reasons to use Windows Home Server , we thought it would be beneficial to share our thinking on the business side of things. Don’t let the name Windows Home Server fool you into thinking that this product was created for ...

Official Windows Magazine | Home found this 2 days ago on windowsteamblog.com

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Intel replicates 'bricked SSD' bug, pledges fix • Register Hardware

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 14:06:00 +0000

Intel has once again promised a fix for the glitchy firmware update tool it released for its 34nm solid-state drives last month. But it still can't say when the new version will arrive. The chip giant released new firmware for the drives on 26 October. The following day it pulled the software ...

Engadget found this 25 hours ago on reghardware.co.uk

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Official Release: Dell Adamo XPS Laptop

Sat, 7 Nov 2009 04:38:03 +0000

After the long wait, Dell has finally releasing their Adamo XPS super thin laptop along with the specification. Dell Adamo XPS is absolutely the thinnest PC laptop that could slash Macbook into two. Measuring in just 9.9 thickness, weigh in just about 1.4kg, it might looks impossible to have a ...

kenxu posted 11 hours ago from hardwaresphere.com

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Ionic batteries could multiply battery life by 11

Sat, 7 Nov 2009 01:12:19 +0000

A new development by partly government-backed Fluidic Energy could potentially extend the battery life of notebooks, cars and other devices well beyond existing lithium-ion cells. Known as Metal-Air Ionic Liquid (MAIL), it would improve energy storage beyond relatively efficient zinc-air ...

Gadgetell found this 14 hours ago on electronista.com

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First take: Apple's new MacBook offers sleek style, solid performance

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 18:45:40 +0000

First take: Apple's new MacBook offers sleek style, solid performance

MacDailyNews found this 21 hours ago on computerworld.com

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Apple testing RFID

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 20:12:41 +0000

Einar Rosenberg, who runs the Near Field Communications Group on Linkedin.com, has reported the following: Had to share this news. A highly reliable source has informed me that Apple has built some prototypes of the next gen iPhone with an RFID reader built in and they have seen it in action. So ...

9 to 5 Mac - Apple Intelligence found this 43 hours ago on nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com

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Vision 2009 Sony Atracsys video

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 21:21:55 +0000

Interview with Sony's Arnaud Destruel's and Atracsys' Gaetan Marti on a futuristic PC control interface based on vision cameras

Gadgetreview found this 18 hours ago on youtube.com

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Asus delays 'smartbook' release • Register Hardware

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 21:21:43 +0000

Asus has push back scheduled plans to launch its first "smartbook" early next year. Asus confirmed in October 2009 that it would launch such a machine during Q1 2010. However, Judy Wu, a market specialist at Asus, today told Register Hardware that the company will now not unveil the netbook ...

Liliputing found this 42 hours ago on reghardware.co.uk

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IntelsInsides - Official Website

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 01:21:00 +0000

Engadget found this 38 hours ago on intelsinsides.com

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Samsung DualView TL225 camera reviewed: good idea, poor implementation

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 14:54:01 +0000

The best laid plans can so easily go awry, and while Samsung’s DualView TL225 digital camera – which has a second, front-mounted display – seemed like such a great idea, the end result is actually tipped as more than a little disappointing. Wired have been putting the TL225 ...

ewdi posted 25 hours ago from slashgear.com

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Dell Adamo XPS prototypes played with multitouch trackpads, touch-sensitive keyboards, more

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 14:43:26 +0000

Dell’s Adamo XPS is certainly a striking piece of tech – any notebook that thin is going to grab our attention, and that’s before you add in a spytastic touch-strip to open it – but it turns out the company had even more ambitious plans initially. PC World managed to ...

ewdi posted 25 hours ago from slashgear.com

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PC Modern Warfare 2: it's much worse than you thought

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 00:40:00 +0000

Modern Warfare 2 has long earned the ire of PC gamers for its lack of dedicated servers, but Infinity Ward has now announced that it's taking away much more than control over hosting with the game in one long face-palm of a question and answer session. No servers, no console, no mods, no problem!

Joystiq found this 39 hours ago on arstechnica.com

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