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On the heels of the phishing attacks on Twitter and Digg, where all that immediately seemed to be at risk were logon credentials to the social sites, comes a potentially much more insidious problem.Security vendor Trusteer has found a JavaScript bug in all major browsers makes it easier for crooks to steal your login information while you're...
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On our yearly jaunts to the Las Vegas to attend the Consumer Electronics Show, we meet with numerous companies and see a myriad of products--some we can, and some we can't talk about--in what is always an absolute whirlwind of a trip. This year was no exception. Although the show itself wasn't quite as big as it has been in previous years...
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On our yearly jaunts to the Las Vegas to attend the Consumer Electronics Show, we meet with numerous companies and see a myriad of products--some we can, and some we can't talk about--in what is always an absolute whirlwind of a trip. This year was no exception. Although the show itself wasn't quite as big as it has been in previous years...
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Today Seagate has announced two new models of its award winning and industry mainstay Cheetah enterprise class hard drives, the Cheetah 15K.7 and Cheetah NS.2. What’s really significant about these models is that they are 3.5” form factor drives in larger than previously available (SAS) capacities. This means that companies with server and...
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Sleep-walking? Sleep-driving? These have been documented, and even cases of sleep-murder. But until this study, these behaviors have all involved little cognitive ability. Until this case, one of sleep-emailing. Dr. Fouzia Siddiqui, a neurologist at the University of Toledo Medical Center in Ohio, and two colleagues describe the case as the...
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There's something about becoming a parent that seems to raise your paranoia quotient; it probably has a lot to do with becoming responsible for another human being's safety and welfare--especially when that being lacks the years of experience, wisdom, and distrust that adults eventually accumulate. Of course, it doesn't help when the evening...
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On Thursday, President-elect Barack Obama's transition team asked Congress to delay the shut-off of analog TV broadcasts, which is currently scheduled for February 17. According to Kevin Martin, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, postponing this shut off could confuse consumers. There’s also concern that consumers won’t take...
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Today, we have good news for Windows 7 fanatics: Microsoft is temporarily lifting that 2.5 million download limit that we told you about on Friday. As you’ll recall from our earlier post, Microsoft was unable to keep up with the demand for the beta. As a result, the servers reached a screeching halt as users hammered the site in an attempt...
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The news was all over the blogosphere this weekend: Doing two web searches on Google creates enough carbon dioxide to boil a kettle.It was based on an article in the Times of London (and so now the kettle of tea comparison make sense), which reported on a Harvard researcher's study of the environmental impact of computing.The energy used to...
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Blu-ray might not be supplanting DVD as the preeminent optical storage medium for data and media anytime soon, but it is at least slowly seeing growing market share. Korean-based manufacturer, LG, for one, believes in the future of Blu-ray as it recently unveiled a couple of new Blu-ray-based products, including what LG claims is "the world's...
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At the Consumer Electronics Show this past week, NVIDIA was demonstrating a new reference platform for an ultra small form-factor multimedia PC and we should underscore the word "ultra". To say this new product concept is tiny would be an understatement. Consider if you will, an entire PC, capable of decoding and playing full 1080p...
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Dell and AT&T Mobility today announced an offer that brings nationwide high-speed connectivity at an affordable price to the award-winning Inspiron Mini 9. Built-in mobile broadband on this compact, take-it-everywhere Internet buddy keeps you connected with friends, finds and Facebook.Through Jan. 31, 2009, digital nomads can purchase...
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There are six states - California, Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, Utah and Washington (as well as the District of Columbia) which ban the use of cell phones unless using a headset or hands-free setup while driving. But the National Safety Council wants to take things further: they are recommending a complete ban on cell phone use behind...
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We know that Apple has decided to eschew further Macworlds, but is it doing so in order to defect to the Consumer Electronics Show (CES)? The Consumer Electronics Association has confirmed to C|Net that it plans to host a Mac-centric area at CES 2010. However, there's no word on if Apple plans to participate. "We decided to create this special...
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From Aqua Computer comes two new water blocks for NVIDIAs latest offerings to keep them cooled to the max. Designed for the GTX295 and the GTX260s new 55nm GPU Aquagrafx GTX295 The Aquagrafx GTX295 watercooler will be available just in time for the release of the GTX 295 graphics card. The cooler is a sandwich design to cool both of the cards....
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In response to fierce competition in the mobile phone market, a Microsoft representative recently spoke about the company’s plans to retool and beef up its mobile OS, and the company's intentions to cut down on the number of devices it's installed on in the process. According to a NY Times blog, Todd Peters, the vice president of marketing...
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At the Consumer Electronics Show this past week, NVIDIA was demonstrating a new reference platform for an ultra small form-factor multimedia PC and we should underscore the word "ultra". To say this new product concept is tiny would be an understatement. Consider if you will, an entire PC, capable of decoding and playing full...
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On Thursday, Greenpeace released its second survey of "greener" consumer electronics, called "Green Electronics ... The Search Continues." Its first such report, "Searching ... for Green Electronics" was released in March of last year. Apple has been the target of much criticism by Greenpeace in the past, and despite touting the environmental-friendliness...
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Can you imagine having the processing power of an entry level laptop on a smartphone? Thanks to Marvell’s new 1GHz PXA168 processor, it’s possible that we might see some ultra-powerful smartphones in the not so distant future. Not only could the 1GHz PXA168 processor be a great addition to smartphones, but it could also improve the performance...
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We've got a couple of editors out in Las Vegas currently at the whirlwind that is the Consumer Electronics Show (myself included), and saw some cool stuff at an event this evening that we thought many of you would like to check out. There are a few big announcements coming over the next couple of days that we'll be talking about in due...
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You may have heard of Schlage. It's a well-known company in the lock industry, and you've likely seen at least one Schlage lock in a door somewhere. Well, they've just launched Schlage LiNK, a suite of products that encompasses not just security, as in an alarm system, but a control system for your locks and a monitoring system for the house....
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