Archive for March 26, 2008

Evidence mounting: Windows 7 going modular, subscription

A modular Windows 7 could mean many things: improved performance, increased security, and more customization. It also signals Microsoft’s intent to start charging subscription rates for certain Windows features, too.

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Toshiba Preps 128GB Solid-State Notebook Drive

Toshiba this week said it plans before April to ship a 128 GB solid-state drive that will appear first in Toshiba notebooks sold in Japan. The drive, which has no moving parts, achieves the unusually high capacity at a lower cost than most SSDs through the use of multi-level cell NAND flash technology.

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OpenOffice 3.0 Promises to Bash Office

Others maintain that the whole model of deskbound productivity applications is obsolete, foreseeing a future in which businesses and individuals instead use lightweight online applications such as Google’s Docs . It is likely, however, that all models will flourish

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Ubisoft Announces Tom Clancy MMO

Development costs could reach upwards of $50 million.

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Tracking Linux prereleases: OpenSUSE, Ubuntu, and Fedora

Ars explains the Ubuntu, Fedora, and OpenSUSE release cycles and tells you what you need to know to track ongoing development. We also have screenshot comparisons of the latest OpenSUSE 11, Ubuntu 8.04, and Fedora 9 prereleases.

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Windows XP: Going, going … gone?

Will there be any way to get a copy of Windows XP after June 30? If you want to continue using XP, what problems will you face? If you buy a PC with Vista installed and decide you want XP instead, what are your options?

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Do you hear the diference between a 128 and 320 kbps mp3?

Test yourself! On my B&W 685 speakers I could only hear a little difference between the two clips, never knew that 128 kbps mp3’s where so good!

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50 of the biggest moments in PSP’s history

Celebrating the Sony PSP’s third birthday this week, we’ve pooled together a list of the 50 biggest moments in the PSP’s life.

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UPDATE: It’s Over! The XBOX has been returned!

So 2 out of 3 aint bad everyone, bravo!

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Teenager Killed His Father After Being Banned from Myspace

A teenager who confessed to killing his father last month told police he hated his dad for taking away his Internet access, according to a police report released Wednesday. He told police that his father had taken away his Internet access after seeing suicide threats the teen had posted on social networking Web site MySpace.com.

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‘Good’ Pirates Help Companies Sell More Products

If you are downloading stuff you wouldn’t have bought in the first place, according to economist Karen Croxson, you are probably doing the company that owns the product a big favor. You, Mr ‘Good’ Pirate, are telling your friends, adding to the media ‘buzz’ and driving up sales.

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Man kills daughter over broken XBOX

Man kills daughter over broken XBOX…

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