Listen carefully to the sound your computer is making right now. Noisy? Most computers make noise, but we found one that’s tremendously powerful, yet it’s so quiet we couldn’t tell it was running.
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Most PC users these days go for a laptop, but any hard core dedicated gaming fan will tell you that for serious performance you need a serious desktop computer. With that in mind, few desktop setups look the part more than this awesome case from Thermaltake.
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In a bit of an about-turn, Microsoft will allow Nokia to "customize everything" in Windows Phone 7 in order to both differentiate it from handsets made by current WP7 OEMs, such as HTC and Samsung, and presumably to ensure smooth integration with Nokia's existing services.
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It's happened. Former Microsoft exec and current Nokia CEO Stephen Elop has married his future and his past in the holy matrimony of a "strategic alliance." Windows Phone is becoming Nokia's "principal smartphone strategy," but there's a lot more to this hookup -- scope out the official press release just after the break.
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INSECURITY RESEARCHERS have busted an Iphone's encryption protection in just six minutes to gain access to passwords.
Boffins at the Fraunhofer Institute for Secure Information Technology (SIT) in Germany devised the hack. The researchers did the tests to demonstrate that passwords aren't secure on Iphones that have been lost.
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If you want a small PC the most common options are to buy a netbook, or if you want a larger screen a nettop. But there is an even smaller option that does not require any desk space at all: it’s called a plug computer.
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Admit it, you know you want one of those wild N-Control Avenger controller attachments: there's no shame in that, we want one too! The so-called "Exo-Suit" -- which we checked out at CES -- gives your Xbox controller an overhaul, and it is now officially shipping. The little unit will run you $39.99, so you can hit up the source link if that's what you're into.
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Intel has today announced that its 6-series chipset, for use with the Sandy Bridge processors released earlier this year, has a serious flaw and that the company is recalling and replacing the affected parts. The chipsets, which provide PCI Express, USB, and other connectivity to the processor, have a problem in their SATA controllers causing performance to degrade over time.
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Benchmarks are the widely-accepted means of determining a hardware product's prowess compared to others of its kind, and since records always speak well of certain models, Duck decided to go ahead and break one for a change.
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With the announcement of the Sony NGP (aka the PSP2), we suddenly have quite a mobile gaming competition on our hands. As the increasingly popular smartphone gaming market starts to encroach on the territory long held by Nintendo and Sony, it's time see how these platforms compare.
See our infographic for a side-by-side comparison of the features.
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Re: What are you listening to right now?
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