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    Rumor: MS to Make 'Huge' Xbox 720 Announcement at CES

    Is it me or does the theory posted above about the 720 having some sort of Bulldozer CPU sound a little odd? The PS3, Nintendo Wii and Wii U and especially the Xbox 360 all use some sort of RISC CPU. Moving back to x86 seems an odd move, especially considering RISC made huge leaps forward in...
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    Microsoft Offers webOS Devs Free WP7 Phones, Tools

    rottingsheepMS should buy HP's pc division - Can they afford to buy the world's largest PC maker? If some quick Googling is to be believed, MS could do, but only by wiping out most of their cash reserves. - Would regulators allow an enterprise that controls about 90% of the consumer PC market...
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    HP TouchPads May Be Dumped in Landfill

    Get one cheap and wait till someone ports Android or a related bootleg project to it. Win! (if you're interested in a tablet that is...)
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    Firefox's Tablet UI Scheduled for Firefox 9 Integration

    Firefox 7.0 is the first browser release that got me exited in a while. It fixes the terrible font rendering that Windows 7 users had to endure with hardware acceleration enabled, reduces cold boot time sharply and makes memory use more stable and predictable - thus fixing all my gripes at once...
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    Is There a Female Gender Bias in Wikipedia?

    weaselsmasherIf women refuse to participate, or respond differently to actions that all editors are required to deal with, that's not the fault of men.You want representation? Then represent. Nobody's going to do it for you, and nobody's going to have a man-woman quota. The problem is not so...
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    Razer Intros Battlefield 3 Keyboard, Mouse, & More

    icepick314Razer's full line of Battlefield 3-themed products will be available both online and at retailers worldwide on October 25. The Razer BlackWidow Ultimate gaming keyboard will retail for $139.99 USD (EU €139.99 ), the Razer Imperator gaming mouse will retail for $79.99 USD (EU €79.99)...
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    Is There a Female Gender Bias in Wikipedia?

    eyemasterWomen are more about feelings, men are more about facts. Of course, men feel strongly about the facts, but women are more about the feelings and less about the facts.Wikipedia is related to facts, not feelings. Cliché and a false one at that. Just read some psychology reports. Men...
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    Is There a Female Gender Bias in Wikipedia?

    Is it me or is the internet getting more sexist by the minute. Name one good reason why women belong in the kitchen or make poor writers. Some facts to chew on: most high school and university teachers are female. More women than men complete higher studies. Female only teams perform better...
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    The Next Particle Collider is Taking Shape

    Just what America needs: another huge project that won't be funded due to the general lack on interest in Washington for science at a time when funding for STEM teaching is at an all time low... From now on, the entire world should just collaborate on the LHC. And that includes America, given...
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    Symantec Offering Free Norton Security for Android

    guanyu210379Norton antivirus will make your system will be too busy even to run a virus program...that is the basic logic of Norton antivirus...keeping the system busy so that it can not anything else!Now, you want us to have it on our phone? Are you sure that you spare enough room for the phone...
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    Samsung Responds to Apple's Galaxy Tab Block in EU

    There are similarities between Samsung's TouchWiz-skin and iOS design-wise. That the judge has a problem with that is stupid but at least understandable. However, the Android software running underneath TouchWiz is completely different from iOS and the physical hardware is also anything but a...
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    3D Televisions Finally Getting a Glasses Standard

    As long as they force me to put glasses on top of glasses, I'll say no to the 3D effect. Besides, there are no TV and very few quality movies in 3D. Some people actually like to see more than just dumb Hollywood blockbusters. You know, like art films...
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    Microsoft Mobile Marketshare Declines After WP7 Release

    Still in decline, but the decline is likely slower than it would have been if WP 7 hadn't been released. I'm hopeful that the introduction of Nokia (a brand with an excellent reputation in Europa, Africa and Asia) handsets will turn things around. Especially if these handsets are more powerful...
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    Telex Software Circumvents Internet Censorship

    christopCan they not just use tor. TOR doesn't guarantee immunity. China for example has tracked users that hid their tracks with TOR. The problem is not so much TOR itself - that protocol is VERY difficult to break - but rather the possibility of intercepting a connection before it enters or...
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    Google Acquires 1,030 Patents From IBM

    ericburnbyFunny, it's always the people who are the LEAST innovative who complain about patent reform. Patents don't stifle innovation - it's the exact opposite. No company will ever spend huge $$$ on R&D if there's no way for them to protect the IP they gained from all that R&D.Do people forget...