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Why you'll never be able to legally rip your DVDs

594 votes | submitted 2010-03-10 20:02:05 by Lowenfels | 151 comments

This is the sad story of RealDVD, the company that recently screwed consumers everywhere by settling a lawsuit that makes it illegal to rip DVDs.

Intel 6-Core Processor Dominates Benchmarks

364 votes | submitted 2010-03-11 06:06:28 by cnpatterson3 | 73 comments

Intel has released a 6-core processor that will fit into existing X58 motherboards and really pushes the boundaries of computing performance. There are many cases where the CPU actually is 50% faster than the measly quad-core processors currently for sale! Time to open up the pocket book or steal your neighbors.

Unboxing the fake Intel Core i7 that NewEgg was shipping

1820 votes | submitted 2010-03-10 08:47:19 by adeelarshad82 | 264 comments

By now, you've probably seen many of the homemade videos from people who ordered an Intel Core i7-920 processor from Newegg.com and received a bogus processor and hunk of plastic shaped like a fan. We have one in the office.

The Rise of Netbooks (Infographic)

322 votes | submitted 2010-03-09 18:13:56 by jmritchie | 65 comments

2009 saw dramatic growth in the popularity of netbooks. This trend is expected to continue in 2010 as they become increasingly affordable.

Crowd-sourced Toshiba Satellite Notebook = Thin & Sexy

358 votes | submitted 2010-03-08 17:45:22 by AmyVernon | 58 comments

If you could design a perfect laptop, what features would you include or leave out? Best Buy asked its customers, then channeled the info back to laptop manufacturers. The Satellite E205 is Toshiba's offering and it weighs in at a decent price, with solid performance and Intel WiDi wireless display to TV technology on board.

The World's First Commercial Brain-Computer Interface

323 votes | submitted 2010-03-09 13:54:24 by Lovelezz | 40 comments

The world's first commercial effort at a patient-ready brain computer interface is on display over at CeBIT 2010, but don't go throwing out your keyboard and mouse just yet.

The LAPD Gets Its Own, Supersized Robocop

301 votes | submitted 2010-03-02 18:01:02 by vtbarrera | 44 comments

It might not have a soul or emotion, but the Los Angeles Police Department's latest toy, a Remotec Inc. "Telehandler," could probably give Robocop a run for his money.

The World's Largest Amateur Rocket

995 votes | submitted 2010-03-02 07:28:48 by Iexist08 | 99 comments

Unlike wood-based models, the Heat 1X is a real metal rocket. At more than 9 meters high, it's also the largest amateur rocket in the world. The guys building it are planning one almost as large as the V-2.

Surf the Web at the Speed of Light

399 votes | submitted 2010-03-01 19:08:25 by amprather | 40 comments

A new laser developed by scientists at MIT could make light-speed computing a reality.

Graphics Card Prices Could Rise by 10% Due to Shortage

385 votes | submitted 2010-02-28 00:12:25 by rwbrinso | 85 comments

Shortages obviously feed on the demand to raise prices and as we saw for the first two months of the 5000-series availability, prices where higher than the estimated pricing originally fed from AMD's marketing team.

Sony, LG, Samsung, Hitachi, Toshiba accused of price fixing

479 votes | submitted 2010-02-26 21:50:29 by Lucas123 | 34 comments

A Connecticut home electronics store has filed a class-action lawsuit against major manufacturers of optical disc drives, alleging that the companies colluded to raise and keep prices high for CDs, DVDs and Blu-ray Disc technology.

The evolution of removable storage: punchcards to datasticks

199 votes | submitted 2010-02-25 18:40:15 by ubernoggin | 23 comments

Over the years, people have tried to transfer information from one computer to another in a dizzying number of ways. Here's a look at some of the best, along with others that time forgot.

Rural America: The Land Broadband Forgot

348 votes | submitted 2010-02-25 15:22:55 by Lucas123 | 84 comments

Despite promising new technologies, rural America remains the land that telecom forgot. While many politicians claim that they will work toward cheap, reliable broadband for all Americans, it's still a long way off for much of the rural U.S., says our country-dwelling mobile expert.

My roommate didn't notice for 10 minutes [Pic]

4089 votes | submitted 2010-02-23 15:41:00 by ToksterJokster | 557 comments

Massive Network is an Olympian Feat

468 votes | submitted 2010-02-22 15:05:18 by kesk2006 | 61 comments

The numbers start to overwhelm. In just the hockey venue, there are 25 kilometers of fiber optic cable, 80 kilometers of Cat 5 Ethernet cable, 1,500 Ethernet drops. And they had 12 days to install it all, after the Vancouver Canucks turned over the building to the Olympic organizing committee.

2GB/s Transfer Speed To Be available in 2010 From 1TB Drives

794 votes | submitted 2010-02-22 16:24:17 by legofanboy | 163 comments

One-terabyte (TB) solid state drives (SSDs) are expected to be released in a couple of years, and they will be about the size of the average postage stamp.

HP slate to undercut iPad's price?

372 votes | submitted 2010-02-18 05:33:15 by Commodus | 138 comments

HP's slate PC should cost less than an equivalent iPad when it goes on sale, a leak has revealed late on Wednesday. Sources say that an entry version of the Windows 7 tablet with 3G will have similar specs to an iPad but will cost less than the $629 Apple wants to charge.

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