MSI Unveils First LED-based All-in-One PC

December 31, 2011

All-in-one (AIO) PCs are quickly becoming a dime a dozen with little to separate one Sandy Bridge or Fusion model from the next. Credit MSI with finding a way to differentiate its new Wind Top AE2071 model from the rest by supposedly being the first in the industry to use an LED panel. Combined with [...]

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PlayStation Vita Sales Slump One Week Post Launch

December 31, 2011

Sony found itself scrambling to explain away early complaints lodged against its PlayStation Vita handheld console and quickly deniedthere exists a widespread issue of any kind. Not quickly enough. Following a flurry of sales during its first two days of sales in Japan, interest in the PlayStation Vita appears to have dropped sharply. The console [...]

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Success: Verizon Wireless Drops $2 Convenience Fee

December 31, 2011

Let it never be said that the Internet can’t be used for good as well as evil. After a huge online backlash, Verizon Wireless has backed away from plans to begin charging a $2 “convenience fee” to customers for paying their bills online, or by the phone. The change was supposed to go into effect [...]

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HP sued over security flaw in printers

December 8, 2011

A lawsuit against Hewlett-Packard alleges that the company sold LaserJet printers that it knew had a security flaw in them that could allow hackers to steal data, take control of networks and even cause physical damage to printers through overheating. The suit, filed last week in district court in San Jose, Calif., accuses HP of [...]

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Android leads the iPhone?

December 8, 2011

PARIS–In the fight between the two smartphone heavyweights, Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt was blunt today about who he thinks is winning. (On Left) Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt speaks at the LeWeb conference. (Credit: Stephen Shankland/CNET)   “Android is ahead of the iPhone now,” Schmidt declared to an audience of techies and aspiring entrepreneurs [...]

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Windows 7 Versus Windows XP

December 8, 2011

Windows Tips and Tricks: Windows 7 Versus Windows XP “Is it really time to drop XP?” I’ve seen many articles about Win 7 vs. Vista, but what about an article about Win 7 vs. XP? My family (including two seniors) and our family business (a non-profit) have been using XP on our three computers for [...]

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MythBusters make apologetic house call after cannon accident

December 8, 2011

It’s not often that two world-famous TV stars drop by your house, but then again, it’s not often that cannonballs come flying through your walls either. On Wednesday, according to the San Francisco Chronicle, MythBusters hosts Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman personally stopped by to apologize to the residents of the Dublin, Calif., house that [...]

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Will Windows 8 be irrelevant to regular PC users?

December 8, 2011

 (Credit: Screenshot by Lance Whitney/CNET) Will the average Windows PC user jump to Windows 8 next year or snub the new OS as a platform geared more for mobile devices? Weighing in with a strong opinion on that question is research firm IDC, which recently unveiled a list of its top ten predictions for 2012. [...]

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A closer look at the My Xbox Live app for iOS

December 8, 2011

My Xbox Live (iOS) The Xbox 360 dashboard’s “most important update ever” hit consoles this week, merging the content search and gaming experience into a more streamlined interface. To many people’s surprise, following right up on the heels of the major update is Microsoft’s first-ever iOS Xbox app simply called My Xbox Live. While it [...]

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Why Twitter is becoming more like Facebook

December 8, 2011

Twitter’s redesign today has one major goal: To get the microblogging service out of Facebook’s shadow. And whether Twitter execs are aware of it or not, in so doing they’re taking advice from Sean Parker–the founding president of Facebook, who might know a thing or two about social media. I spoke to Parker about Twitter [...]

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