Intel Commits $1 Billion To Further Emerging Markets Strategy

Subject: General Tech | May 2, 2006 - 03:25 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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SANTA CLARA, Calif., May 2, 2006 — Intel Corporation will invest more than $1 billion over the next five years in a broad new program to speed access to uncompromised technology and education for people in the world's developing communities.

The Intel World Ahead Program, which extends the company's existing initiatives for developing regions, integrates Intel's efforts to enhance lives by driving progress in three areas: 

• Accessibility: Creating opportunities for widespread ownership and use of PCs through affordability, access and content, including the

The Nintendo Developers System

Subject: General Tech | May 2, 2006 - 11:50 AM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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[H]ard|OCP reviews the Nintendo DS, with it's dual screen and WiFi abilities and a good selection of games.  It must have something going for it if [H] will admit to playing with it.

Toshiba MP3 player crosses the Pacific

Subject: General Tech | May 1, 2006 - 06:44 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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ExtremeMhz reviews the Toshiba Gigabeat F40, which is incredibly popular in Asia, and is now available here.  Check out the player to see if it lives up to the hype.

Free yourself from the ties that bind

Subject: General Tech | May 1, 2006 - 12:29 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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Wireless USB is here to rid the world of some of the spaghetti that seems to grow near PCs.  Drop by Auphan Online to read about the devices that can use it.

Valve opens the tap on Source for 360

Subject: General Tech | April 27, 2006 - 01:56 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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Valve is now including the X Box360 as a supported platform. Drop by the OCMODSHOP to find out what they know about this announcement.

Don't let your image deteriorate over time

Subject: General Tech | April 25, 2006 - 12:11 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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ExtremeTech touts the benefits of keeping an up to date image of your usual OS installation and programs.  Instead of having to reinstall everything from scratch after a bad thing happens, just restore from the image.

Intel Unveils Game-Changing Direction For Business PCs

Subject: General Tech | April 24, 2006 - 06:55 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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SANTA CLARA, Calif., April 24, 2006 —
The way the world views and uses business PCs is about to change with
the introduction of Intel Corporation's new Intel® vPro™ technology, a
revolutionary shift in desktop PC security and manageability along with
remarkable energy-saving computing performance.

Make your nano nigh indestructable

Subject: General Tech | April 21, 2006 - 06:56 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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Futurelooks introduces you to the OtterBox, a case for iPod Nanos that does more than just protect it from scratches, it makes it waterproof.  It also happens to be transparent, so you can show off any modifications you might have added.

"They're small, they scratch, they're fragile, they're the iPod nanos! OtterBox has created a

solution to keeping these expensive little digital lifestyle accessories safe and sound, even

underwater."

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The Stainless Steel Silicon Cyborg Rat is coming

Subject: General Tech | April 21, 2006 - 12:30 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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According to a link on MAKE:Blog, a rat neuron was able to ping a computer chip.  Cyborg bodies and brain implants would seem to be one step closer!

It's a stealth Razer

Subject: General Tech | April 20, 2006 - 02:45 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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The Razer Pro|Solutions set is a mouse and mousepad with all the quality and features you expect from their gaming mice, but with a paintjob that makes it almost indistinguishable from a normal mouse.  Read the review at ExtremeMhz, then get one for your office desk.

AMD sneaks in a new process

Subject: General Tech | April 19, 2006 - 12:35 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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Drop by The Inquirer to find out how AMD has managed to get Fab 30 to produce a lot more wafers than originally expected, in a very creative way.  Hope we will see price cuts on some of the chips.

Nearly new is nearly as good, at least

Subject: General Tech | April 18, 2006 - 06:24 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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While reviewing Logitech's X-530 5.1 speaker system, Think Computers reminds us of a good way to get deals ...  never forget about refurbished items.  If you can find a reputable seller, then the item will be nearly new, if not indistinguishable from brand new.

That's why we have a Hot Deals Forum and a Trading Post.

Free the spreadsheets

Subject: General Tech | April 18, 2006 - 12:48 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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The Tech Zone reviews ajaxXLS 0.5, a web based spreadsheet program.  Without even installing anything, you can view any .xls file.  They are currently working on an editor that will let you edit and save changes too.

Time to improve bannination

Subject: General Tech | April 14, 2006 - 04:46 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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Tech Connect Magazine links to the SBS, a shared ban system for Steam based games.  If you are losing your cool to cheaters, give the system a shot, hopefully it will make blasting away opponents even more fun.

Get info on your running processes with a click

Subject: General Tech | April 14, 2006 - 04:39 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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The Moditory wants you to know about Process Library and Quick Access.  Run their free program in the background and when you bring up task manager, every process will have a link to their database to tell you what it is.

Sometimes simple fixes are the best

Subject: General Tech | April 13, 2006 - 03:13 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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Sick of cords all over your desktop, and don't want to give up your favourite mouse for a wireless one, plus all the batteries you have to keep in the desk drawer?  PC Modding Malaysia reviews an incredibly simple solution ... the XTracPads Mouse Bungee.

Like an old friend, but one you are never happy to see

Subject: General Tech | April 13, 2006 - 12:07 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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Suddenly your desktop turns an alarming shade of blue, with white text in your system font, and the adrenaline starts to surge as you desperately try to remember if you have saved recently.  The BSOD (Blue Screen of Death) is something you become very familiar with, and PC Stats hopes to make it rarer in your life, and give you more tools to deal with it if it does try to make you miserable.

It's almost like MP3 playing tupperware

Subject: General Tech | April 12, 2006 - 12:20 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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Ars Technica reviews some inexpensive flash based MP3 players, all holding around 512MB.  Don't worry about killing a 40GB iPod at the beach, bring one of these fairly easy to replace players for those trips into human friendly environments that have hazards for electronics.