Graphics chip maker NVIDIA seems to be growing more and more full of themselves by the day.
First, NVIDIA CEO Jen Hsun-Huang called Intel’s integrated graphics offerings “a joke” and then said that his company was “going to open a can of whoop-ass” on Intel.
Yes, Jen “Captain 80’s” Hsun-Huang really said that.
Now NVIDIA VP of Content [...]
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If you need a PDF reader for Windows, forget the bloated Adobe Acrobat reader–Foxit Reader is faster, free, and has just been updated to include a few new tricks.
The biggest addition in the new version 2.3 is the inclusion of tabs, allowing you to open multiple PDF files in different tabs of the one application [...]
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Apparently the red Zune Microsoft offered for Valentine’s Day was a bit–so much so that they plan to continue selling it as a permanent color both on the Zune Originals store as well as in retailers.
The price will be the same $250 that the black Zune 80 sells for. No exact date for when it [...]
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According to a “trusted source”, Engadget says they’ve got the scoop on what’s new with the upcoming second-generation iPhone:
Roughly the same size and shape as the current model, just a bit thicker
3G and GPS support
The back of the iPhone will no longer be metal and instead be glossy black from top to button
The volume buttons [...]
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Back in early February Starbucks announced that it was dropping T-Mobile’s HotSpots Wi-Fi service and going with AT&T instead in a move they planned to have completed by the end of 2008.
Looks like the transition has started and beginning on May 1st qualifying customers who have one of AT&T’s three higher-speed residential broadband packages [...]
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TrustedReviews has spend some time testing the new Pentax K200D DSLR camera.
The K200D replaces the K100D from last year and can be considered more of an upgrade than a completely new camera.
Some of the features of the K200D include:
10.2 megapixel CCD with PRIME image sensor as seen on K20D semi-pro model
2.7 inch LCD
Dust Removal system [...]
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Apple has released an update to Bootcamp (the utility that lets you dual boot your Intel-based Mac into either Windows or Windows), brining the latest version to 2.1.
The update does what all Apple updates do: “address issues and improve compatibility.”
There’s a different download depending on which version of Windows you’re using.
Windows XP users should download [...]
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In what has to be one of my personal favorite blog post titles in recent times, Nilay Patel over at Engadget used the title “CompUSA rises from the dead, attacks Florida”.
Damn you, Nilay, I wish I’d thought of that first! =)
As you might remember CompUSA died, was purchased by Systemax (owner of TigerDirect) and re-animated [...]
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