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The News: Definitely in the Woods Edition

Beth Snyder — Thu, 17 May 2012 17:11:08 +0000

My friend and I were just sitting in the back yard with our coffee when the next-door neighbour calls over the fence that he’s sorry to interrupt us, but he saw a bear in the back yard about a half hour ago. The funny thing is, this...

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Google Planning Five Android 5.0 Nexus Devices

Dylan Duarte — Wed, 16 May 2012 18:39:27 +0000

Google is likely going to be showing off Android 5.0 at next month’s I/O Conference and it’s being reported that the company is in talks with up to five manufacturers about producing stock Android 5.0 Jellybean smartphones and tablets....

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The News: Day of Recuperation Edition

Beth Snyder — Wed, 16 May 2012 16:19:19 +0000

Sometimes, even though I know better, I am having so much fun it doesn’t occur to me there might be consequences later. Such was the case yesterday, when friends came over with their dogs to play with our dog and the kids in the afternoon. Of...

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Pirate Pay: The Latest Weapon in the War on Piracy

Dylan Duarte — Wed, 16 May 2012 00:46:21 +0000

A seven-person team in Russia is working on a new technology that they hope will stop people from pirating copyrighted works from BitTorrent and the like. According to Pirate Pay, they ran a test run in December of last year and successfully stopped...

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Virgin Atlantic to Feature In-Flight Cell Phone Service

Dylan Duarte — Tue, 15 May 2012 20:18:57 +0000

At this point, in 2012, we all know that if you use your cell phone on an airplane, that airplane will plummet to the ground. However, you’ll soon be able to use your cell phone aboard Virgin Atlantic flights thanks to the airline teaming up with...

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The News: Actually Going To Do Something Edition

Beth Snyder — Tue, 15 May 2012 15:06:26 +0000

Yesterday we were going to get out and do some stuff, but then her small son was cranky and needed a nap. So, we put together her daughter’s new bike and hung around the house instead. Let me tell you, when a child’s bicycle instructions...

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ASUS Launches the GeForce GTX 690 – King of the Graphics Mountain

James White — Tue, 15 May 2012 14:22:24 +0000

This is the most power graphics card to date. Any benchmark, game performance, etc. you are thinking about this card is the best at it.

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Corsair Adds Cooling Fans to Product Line

James White — Tue, 15 May 2012 06:19:59 +0000

I hope, like the case and PSU markets, these fans force everyone else to step up their game.

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Antec Helps to Support Aspiring Engineer with Leukemia

James White — Mon, 14 May 2012 23:19:27 +0000

Antec with the support of LANFest, Kingston, and GIGABYTE have donate a great mid-range gaming system to give Jethenro the experience of a custom PC he wants and needs.

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Facebook Testing Pay-to-Highlight Feature

Dylan Duarte — Mon, 14 May 2012 18:57:02 +0000

Mark Zuckerberg has said time and time again that Facebook will always be free to use. That isn’t changing, but the social networking site is testing a new pay-to-highlight feature where users can pay $2 via PayPal or credit card to have their...

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