There is a review of the XFX Radeon HD 7970 Black Edition posted today at Neoseeker for those of you on the hunt for a new Radeon based video card. Here's a quote from the full review:
XFX flexes its Xpertise to deliver the Radeon HD 7970 Black Edition, which comes with increased core and memory frequencies to help improve both the graphics and compute power in comparison to standard HD 7970 models. Naturally this is going to make it cost quite a few Xtra dollars, so hit our review of XFX's overclocked HD7970 entry to see if the price premium gets you both quality and performance.
According to this article, Amazon is being accused of a "pressure campaign" to get better terms from book publishers by removing 5,000 electronic titles from its store.
"They wanted better margin and we were telling them what our terms were. So they took the titles off," according to Suchomel, who said the two sides had been talking for some time. "It is what it is. We're certainly not talking to them today. I hoped it would be otherwise but am not expecting it to happen anytime soon.
But, in a pretrial for a commercial dispute, these old-fashioned methods proved fruitless. The prosecuting team then decided to check online, and noticed recent updates on defendant Fabio De Biase's profile. Satisfied it was currently active, they sought permission to send documents via the website, with Justice Nigel Teare duly obliging.
I've bricked many things in my life, mainly phones and / or other small electronics, but I've never bricked a car with a $40,000 battery pack. How do you brick a Tesla? Apparently it is pretty damn easy:
A Tesla Roadster that is simply parked without being plugged in will eventually become a "brick". The parasitic load from the car’s always-on subsystems continually drains the battery and if the battery’s charge is ever totally depleted, it is essentially destroyed. Complete discharge can happen even when the car is plugged in if it isn’t receiving sufficient current to charge, which can be caused by something as simple as using an extension cord. After battery death, the car is completely inoperable. At least in the case of the Tesla Roadster, it’s not even possible to enable tow mode, meaning the wheels will not turn and the vehicle cannot be pushed nor transported to a repair facility by traditional means.
I guess we know why ABC didn't find any wrong doing in its recent report, all those troublesome teens were stuffed in a closet somewhere. The good news is, at least during inspections, the 16 year old employees got more than one break a day.
Speaking in an interview published today by AppleInsider, Debby Sze Wan Chan, project officer of the Hong Kong-based not-for-profit Students & Scholars Against Corporate Misbehavior (SACOM), said that Foxconn moved younger workers and banned them from overtime ahead Apple's of requested audits by the Fair Labor Association, an independent group.
WTF on billboards is a great way to get your town noticed. Well, at least it's a better way than relying on the town's "Fruita" name.
City Manager Clint Kinney wanted to post ads with "WTF" on billboards and bumper stickers. He says "Welcome To Fruita" was part of a strategy to attract more tourism, but the ads had the town talking and city council members opposed the idea.
A new American Customer Satisfaction Index report says that customer satisfaction is up by 0.1%. Online retailers like Amazon and Newegg top the satisfaction chart with a 85% rating and above.
"The good news is that customer satisfaction continues to climb, which has a positive effect on consumer demand and growth," says Claes Fornell. "Still, the ACSI improvement is tepid, and much of the fourth quarter gain comes from positive consumer reaction to lower gas prices. With gas prices already on the rise, customers obviously are going to be less pleased."
Alright, let's hear it....what do you think of the Borderlands 2 launch date trailer? I loved the first game so I am really looking forward to Borderlands 2, especially for the four player co-op! I have my fingers crossed.
I guess one of the benefits of buying Motorola is being automatically added to lawsuits filed by Microsoft. That has to suck for Google but I'm sure they'll be okay, the company seems to know its way around a courtroom.
"Microsoft said that Motorola asked it to pay a royalty of $22.50 for a laptop computer worth $1,000 for its use of 50 Motorola patents that apply to a video technology standard. It said that this compares to a 2 cent royalty charged by a group of 29 companies that offer the use of more than 2,300 patents for products following the same video standard."
The European Commission, facing opposition in city streets, on the Internet and in the halls of parliament, has suspended efforts to ratify a new international anti-counterfeiting agreement, and instead will refer it to Europe's highest court to see whether it violates any fundamental EU rights. EU Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht asserted Wednesday that an opinion from the European Court of Justice would clear away the fog of misinformation surrounding the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, known as ACTA.
Nearly 12 million Americans were victims of identity theft in 2011, an increase of 13 percent over 2010, according to a report released on Wednesday by the research firm Javelin Strategy & Research. The rise in the use of smartphones and social media by incautious consumers fueled the increase in identity fraud, and 2011 was a year of several big data breaches too, Javelin said.
Being the fastest single core graphics card on the planet, the HD7970 is going to be hard to improve. Considering that the reference cooler already performs very well and the stock AMD card overclocks freely, XFX certainly have their work cut out.
If you were expecting a hard hitting expose about the conditions at Foxconn, this isn't it. It is disappointing that Nightline had that kind of access and the only thing new you learned was how much the host loooooves his iDevices. Thanks to everyone that sent this one in.
"Compared with other factories, it's quite good here, because the benefits are good. And because a lot of things happened in the past, it's been improved a lot," said 26-year-old Zhang Ruohua after making printer cartridges for about a year.
It is a battle of the ages, Apple versus Facebo...wait, did you just call us losers?
Apple's distaste for Facebook became apparent with last week's preview release to developers of Mountain Lion, the newest version of Apple's OS for computers. The OS includes a slew of new apps (Game Center, Reminders, Notes) and new features (Gatekeeper, Notification Center). What it doesn't include is Facebook integration--a baked-in connection to Facebook that would make it easier for Apple users to share more on the world's largest social network.
Gigaom claims to have leaked internal documents from Facebook showing off the company's new premium ads. As you might expect, Facebook reassures advertisers that these ads are way better than the old ads and all the cool kids will be doing it.
Want to freak out your next date? Serenade her with this thing. Honestly, this would be so much cooler if the clicking sounds weren't louder than the music.
If you are looking for a bargain on computer hardware, we have some pretty good deals for you in today's [H]ot Deals forum thread. The coupon codes for the items listed below won't last forever and are limited to stock on hand so you'd better get in on these deals while the getting is good.
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In recognition of International Mother Language Day, Microsoft Corp., a strong supporter of language preservation, today highlighted the company’s Local Language Program (LLP), which enables the development of custom language translation. LLP enables 1.7 billion people worldwide to access technology in their own language, while striving to preserve those local languages and cultural identities.
A full Ubuntu desktop system running on your docked Android phone? This actually sounds like a brilliant idea, doesn't it? Hell, why stop at phones? Thanks to Asacolips for the link!
Complete desktop solution for full productivity on docked Android phones. Easy to integrate with existing Android phones in development. Certified apps for business users from Adobe, Citrix, VMWare and more.
Although it doesn't look like the most comfortable device on the planet, and it requires a tongue piercing, this looks like it would be better than the straw method currently in use.
Microsoft could be saddled with antitrust lawsuits for bundling its Windows Defender security suite with the upcoming Windows 8 operating system (OS), as such an act may be considered an abuse of a dominant position within the industry, lawyers said.
My opinion? Don't build your entire business around another company's product and you wont have this issue. What happens if Windows 8 ships without any need for security at all (heh, quit laughing...it could happen), is Microsoft going to be sued for putting Symantec, McAfee and everyone else out of business?
Using technology to intentionally discriminate against men by NOT showing them ads? Please discriminate against me more and show all the commercials on TV to the women too please. I think this falls into the category of "You're doing it wrong!"
The billboard is meant to promote Plan UK's "Because I am a Girl" campaign, which aims to fight gender inequality. By discriminating against males, Plan UK hopes that men will get a taste "of what it's like to have basic choices taken away."
Wow, could you imagine being able to afford taking a $2 million pay cut? The failed merger with T-Mobile cost the company over $4B but all he got was a 25% reduction in his cash bonus???
AT&T's board cut CEO Randall Stephenson's 2011 pay by $2.08 million because he engineered the failed deal to buy T-Mobile USA, according to a regulatory filing. The collapse of the deal, in the face of opposition from antitrust regulators, cost AT&T $4.2 billion in cash and spectrum rights that it had to hand over to T-Mobile.
Are we taking any bets on whether or not this guy jumps bail to avoid extradition? Thanks to everyone that sent this one in.
Megaupload millionaire Kim Dotcom has been granted bail after a judge decided he was not enough of a flight risk to keep in custody. The website's founder and three of his associates have appeared in the North Shore District Court this morning.
"Two individuals accessed our store's wireless signal to broadcast inappropriate content on a smart television display. In both cases, we worked immediately to disable the inappropriate content. We greatly apologize for this unfortunate incident and we are working to ensure that it does not happen again."
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