Over 40 Netbook Specifications listed in sortable Database

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The Netbook market is getting pretty crowded. Asus itself is swamping us with tons of different netbooks already and many other well known and unkown brands offer their little cheap notebooks.
It is tough to keep a clear head when looking for a new netbook.
Liliputing has one tool that helps to get started with a sortable list of 40 netbooks. Read more

Posted on Fri, 22 Aug 2008 10:59:24 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Best Buy Launches DTV Facebook Application and Microsite

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Best Buy has launched two new programs that it says are intended to help prepare consumers for the analog to digital broadcast transition on February 17, 2009. One of the programs is a microsite that gives consumers access to home theater specialists at Best Buy to answer DTV related questions.

Best Buy also announced an interactive application for the Facebook social networking site to promote DTV awareness. Campaigns to get consumers to buy digital converters if needed and to be aware that the transition is coming. Campaigns are at a fevered pitch now that we are less than 200 days away from the transition. Read more

Posted on Thu, 21 Aug 2008 10:24:38 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

ATI All in Wonder HD Card returns

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AMD is slated to release the ATI All In Wonder HD video card reports Hothardware.
Quote: "When ATI was acquired by AMD a few years ago, one product that seemed to fall off of the new corporate radar was ATI's All-In-Wonder line of Graphics/TV-Tuner hybrid cards. This was an area of the market where ATI had exclusivity, yet we haven't seen a new All-In-Wonder offering since May 2006. Read more

Posted on Mon, 18 Aug 2008 10:01:39 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Dark Knight back atop international Box Office

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 By Frank Segers

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Batman triumphed on the international circuit during the weekend as "The Dark Knight" reclaimed the No. 1 slot with an estimated $42.4 million from 7,700 screens in 60 markets, pushing its foreign gross to $328.6 million.
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Posted on Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:34:40 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Drillbit Taylor is top Movie Download on Sony Playstation Store

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Sony published last week's top movie downloads on the Playstation Video Store. Owen Wilson's Drillbit Taylor is holding the top spot.
The Drillbit Taylor movie has been available since July 1st.
Two weeks ago we also looked at the Playstation Video Store download charts and back then the movie 21 was on top. 21 is now in 13th place.
Interestingly the Meet the Spartans movie is still under the top 3 like two weeks ago and even improved to 2nd place. Read more

Posted on Sat, 16 Aug 2008 10:05:20 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Archos Generation 6 PMPs expected to launch soon

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French PMP maker Archos is expected to announce its 6th Generation of portable media players soon. Their homepage shows a red curtain with "Coming up Soon..." message.

Update:
New Archos 5g, 5 and 7 announced

Rumors point to new Archos PMPs with HSDPA connectivity. This rumor is based on a deal Archos made in February with French carrier SFR. Read more

Posted on Fri, 15 Aug 2008 04:54:10 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Nintendo to boost Drive in Latin American Market

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PLAYA BONITA, Panama (Reuters) - Japan's Nintendo plans a more aggressive marketing campaign in Spanish to corner Latin America's growing games market and tap growing appetite for fitness and sports titles.
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Posted on Fri, 15 Aug 2008 02:14:59 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

SIGGRAPH 2008 Animation Winners announced

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SIGGRAPH is the gathering of the world's best computer animation people. Every year the SIGGRAPH hands out prizes for the best computer animations.
The SIGGRAPH 2008 Best of Show award goes to Oktapodi (photo), by Gobelins, l'école de l’image, France. See also the Oktapodi site. You can see the Oktapodi film on Youtube.

The Best Student Piece Winner goes also to France for 893 by Supinfocom.
The Jury Award goes to Mauvais Role by École Supérieure de Réalisation Audiovisuelle, again France. Read more

Posted on Fri, 15 Aug 2008 01:03:59 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

2-D Barcode Application Now Available for Apple iPhone

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I don't think anyone will deny that Apple has a runaway hit on its hands with the App Store. With over 60 million applications downloaded in the first month of the service, the App Store could prove to be as popular as Apple's music store in the future. A company called Scanbuy has launched an application for the iPhone called ScanLife that allows the iPhone to read 2-D barcodes.

The application installs directly to the iPhone, uses the iPhone camera to take pictures of 2-D barcodes, and provides users with an instant connection to information about the product associated with the barcode. The service allows consumers to search for product information without having to type in a URL or keyword. The service also allows individuals to create personal EZcodes linking to blogs or networking sites by registering an account. Read more

Posted on Thu, 14 Aug 2008 11:51:19 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Crucial Announces New DDR3 RDIMM Memory Modules for Server Applications

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Crucial announced new memory modules today that support next-generation server technology. The Crucial RDIMM DDR3 modules were developed to support the enterprise computing market and are available in DDR3-1066MHz and DDR3-1333MHz ECC modules.

Both available RAM speeds will be available in 1 GB and 2 GB kits. The new memory kits will also be qualified for the Lexar Media Crucial Alliance Program that provides access to server specific tech support, bulk shipping options, and the option of on-site spare modules. Read more

Posted on Thu, 14 Aug 2008 11:09:29 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

X-Rite Provides Embedded Display Calibration Technology for Lenovo

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X-Rite announced today that it has provided Lenovo with the first ever solution for display calibration -- without external peripherals -- on a workstation notebook. Lenovo uses the technology on its new ThinkPad W700 mobile workstation. The display calibration solution is embedded in the mobile workstation palm rest and uses customized Pantone hueyCOLOR technology.

X-Rite and Lenovo say that the embedded color calibration solution is perfect for digital photographers, industrial designers, and high-end graphic artists. The software needed for the calibration solution to operate is preloaded on the Lenovo notebook. Read more

Posted on Wed, 13 Aug 2008 08:25:00 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Alienware features new ATI 4870 X2 in Gaming Desktop PCs

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Alienware now offers the just announced ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2, the world’s most powerful graphics card, on its award-winning line of desktops, including the Alienware Area-51, Area-51 ALX and Aurora.
The ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 features 2.4 teraflops of graphics power, 1,600 stream processing units, 2GB of dedicated GDDR5 memory and more for uncanny performance in PC gaming and HD video playback. Read more

Posted on Tue, 12 Aug 2008 10:37:24 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

ATI HD 4870 X2 versus NVIDIA GTX 280

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AMD introduced today the new HD 4870 X2 and claims the top spot for video cards. Madshrimps compares the new HD 4870 X2 with its direct enemy NVIDIA GTX 280.
Quote from the comparison: "ATI launches their high end single VGA card today, the HD4870X2 is compared to NVIDIA top offering in this review using 8 different games to see which ones comes out on top." Read more

Posted on Tue, 12 Aug 2008 02:02:27 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 Analysis

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The new world's fastest graphics card is the new AMD ATI HD 4870 X2 as of today. Hothardware takes a closer look at the new HD 4870 X2.
Quote: "The Radeon HD 4800 series didn't exactly overwhelm NVIDIA's GTX 200 series with raw performance. In fact, the GeForce GTX 280 and 9800 GX2 were more powerful than the Radeon HD 4870. The Radeon HD 4800 series cards, however, were still excellent cards and they were offered at extremely competitive prices, which put significant pressure on NVIDA. At the time of their launch, the Radeon HD 4850 and Radeon HD 4870 were both less expensive and more powerful than the GeForce 9800 GTX and GeForce GTX 260, respectively. Since then, NVIDIA has reacted with a quick round of price cuts. Read more

Posted on Tue, 12 Aug 2008 01:57:57 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 unveiled

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AMD today announced the world’s fastest graphics card, the ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2.
The HD 4870 X2 is delivering 2.4 teraFLOPS of processing power. Also announced today is the ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2 graphics card, delivering good performance at a compelling price point.

The ATI Radeon HD 4800 X2 series are combining two ATI Radeon HD 4800 series GPUs with a more advanced cross-GPU connection based on the PCIe 2.0 standard, plus 2GB of memory, which is the most in any currently available consumer graphics card. Read more

Posted on Tue, 12 Aug 2008 00:03:10 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Trump sues former Lawyers for violating his Privacy

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York property developer and television personality Donald Trump is suing his former lawyers for $5 million, saying the firm's use of his name on its website and in interviews violated his privacy.
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Posted on Mon, 11 Aug 2008 13:50:59 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

NBC Universal off to fast start with Olympic ratings

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 By Paul Thomasch

NEW YORK (Reuters) - NBC Universal's Olympics coverage is drawing huge audiences, helped by the extravagant opening ceremony and swimming star Michael Phelps, and setting the stage for what could be record TV ratings for the Summer Games.
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Posted on Mon, 11 Aug 2008 13:33:09 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

How to apply for Playstation Home Beta Test

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Sony announces the details on how to apply for the Playstation Home Beta Test in the United States. As reported Japanese PS3 users could already apply for the closed beta of Home in late July.
Later today, the PLAYSTATION Store will be updated with a PlayStation Home theme. By downloading the theme, you are submitting an application to join the PlayStation Home Beta test community. Read more

Posted on Thu, 7 Aug 2008 14:31:13 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

ATI FirePro V5700 and ATI FirePro V3700 Cards announced

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AMD announced two new professional graphics accelerators with the ATI FirePro V5700 and ATI FirePro V3700. As a part of that announcement, AMD also introduced a new brand for the company’s professional graphics accelerators, ATI FirePro, reflecting AMD’s continuing and evolving commitment to the professional graphics market.

The ATI FirePro V5700 graphics accelerator delivers the perfect balance of price and application performance for CAD and DCC professionals.
With the new card, users will experience increased performance for shader-intensive applications, up to two times more than the previous generation. ATI FirePro V5700 also features 512MB of frame buffer memory, dual link DVI and DisplayPort connections, and its true 30-bit display engine produces more than one billion colors at any given time−empowering designers to see more of their data. Unified Video Decoder 2.0 provides full Blu-ray feature support including dual-stream and picture in a picture (PIP) capabilities, and handles decoding of various formats in the graphics processing unit (GPU), which helps free up the CPU to handle other tasks. Read more

Posted on Thu, 7 Aug 2008 00:40:48 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

How the Wii is Beating the Xbox 360 and PS3

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Our friends over at Digital Trends analyze why the Wii is beating the Xbox 360 and the PS3. There is a rumor that the Xbox 360 Arcade will be soon selling below $200. Still, consumers are still likely to pay $50 more for a Wii in my opinion than go for the cheaper Xbox 360 if they can get one.

Quote: "Nintendo has gotten family and friends involved with their system without the multimedia sharing capabilities that the other systems offer. Read more

Posted on Wed, 6 Aug 2008 16:26:55 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Mint 220 Wireless Digital Music Station Review

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Today we are looking at a really nice wireless digital music system that features an iPod dock called the Mint 220. The system is very easy to set up and offers great sound quality.

In addition to wireless streaming from a Mac or PC, the device will play music from an iPod or iPhone and charge the DAP at the same time and features a line-in jack. Read more

Posted on Tue, 5 Aug 2008 14:22:17 CDT | by Shane McGlaun