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Enermax Phoenix Neo Aluminum ATX Case @ TechwareLabs
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OCZ Blade Series Triple Channel DDR3 2000Mhz @ Hardware Canucks
OCZ Blade Series Triple Channel DDR3 2000Mhz @ OCAholic
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Gigabyte MA790XT-UD4P Motherboard @ Neoseeker
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Topower PowerBird 900W PSU @ Hardware Secrets
According to C|Net, representatives from Google, Yahoo and Facebook will appear before a Congressional subcommittee today to discuss the privacy implications of behavioral advertising.
Yahoo and Google both plan to explain how their privacy policies work with respect to the data collected through behavioral advertising. Yahoo's Anne Toth said Wednesday she will emphasize that the company has introduced a plan (that it said won't be fully complete until 2010) to remove identifying links to personal data after 90 days and has taken steps such as linking one's decision to opt out of this type of ad serving to their Yahoo account, rather than a cookie.
Remember the story we posted yesterday that said YouTube was a massive money pit? Yeah, well here’s the other side of the story. You know things aren't going well when you can say "we only lost $175M…not $470M" and call that good news.
In a report set for release today, RampRate founder Tony Greenberg estimates that YouTube will lose just $174 million -- 63% less than the $470 million loss forecast last April by investment bank Credit Suisse. The bank estimates YouTube's revenue at $240 million.
Today’s installment of "technology gone wrong" is this interactive meth lab map. Wait. What!?!?
It looks as though the IFPI is dragging an ISP to court because they refused to block The Pirate Bay.
This March, IFPI set course for Norway and gave the country’s largest Internet provider ‘Telenor’ an ultimatum. IFPI demanded that the ISP block access to The Pirate Bay within 14 days - or get taken to court.
Ever wonder why that advertised "8 hour battery life" never equals more than 4 hours in real life? This ought to give you an idea where those inflated claims come from:
According to Advanced Micro Devices, the problem with most battery life claims stems from the wide use of a test called MobileMark 2007. Patrick Moorhead, a vice president for marketing at AMD, said the parameters for this test include having the screen at just 20 percent brightness, Wi-Fi turned off and no music, video, games or Web pages running. More or less, the test turns a computer into a dimly lit clock, then sees how long it can run.
Don’t feel bad if you’ve never heard of this…lots of people haven’t. Get it? You haven’t "heard" of this because it traps all sound waves…. nevermind. 
It's like a black hole because waves get sucked in and can't escape," said Jeff Steinhauer, a scientist at the Israel Institute of Technology and the corresponding author of the article recently posted on the ArXiv.org pre-print Web page. "But in this case we use sound waves instead of light.
And the ironic news story of the day is this little gem from the Boston Globe. While in some ways it isn't funny, you have to admit it is pure comedy gold that a drug company is taken down by a virus.
In an unprecedented move for Genzyme Corp., the state’s largest biotechnology company has halted production of two drugs for rare genetic disorders after a virus was discovered in production equipment at its Allston plant. The drugs are used by 8,000 people worldwide and cost about $200,000 per patient annually.
OCZ Technology Group, a worldwide leader in innovative, ultra-high performance and high reliability memory and computer components, today unveiled the latest memory cooling accessory, the OCZ XTC (Xtreme Thermal Convection) Cooler Revision 2 to promote dedicated airflow to modules. Active cooling combined with passive thermal solutions is extremely important in any rigorous overclocking environment, and OCZ developed the next generation XTC Cooler for supreme heat management of OCZ’s complete lineup of high-speed RAM.
IBM today announced it plans to shift $100 million investment over the next five years into a major Research effort which aims to advance mobile services and capabilities for businesses and consumers worldwide. IBM is investing to create technology in its labs that bring simple, easy-to-use services to the millions of people who have bypassed using the personal computer as their primary method of accessing the Internet, and instead use their mobile devices for managing large forces of enterprise field workers, conducting financial transactions, entertainment, shopping, and more.
28 Full Minutes of CPU Cooling Excitement! Well, maybe not, but at least we show you very detailed testing and results along the way. Our official "review" will be in 30 to 45 days along with a full HSF Roundup for Q309.
Kyle has started a discussion today about the benefits of running more than 6GB of memory. Currently Kyle is running Windows 7 and one of the points he made in this thread is how having more than 6GB of memory makes it possible to run upwards of 15 applications at a time, even when performing memory intensive tasks like encoding a Premiere Pro movie sequence. Who needs the Quick Launch bar in Windows 7 when you are running 12GB of RAM? Have an opinion? Let’s hear it! Those of you that thought 12GB was overkill are welcome to chime in as well.
