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Toshiba releases something thinner than (MacBook) air

Toshiba can now claim to have the thinnest and lightest of ultraportable laptops as they launched the  Portégé R500-S5007V.  Here are the specs to back that up: This laptop weighs in at 2.4lbs, which is lighter than the MacBook Air (3lbs) and Lenovo Thinkpad X300 (2.93lbs).  One of the things that makes these ultraportables so [...]

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Wed, June 18 2008 » tech » Comments Off

Microsoft keeps XP alive

Microsoft has extended the life of its older operating system days before PC makers are forced to stop selling it. June 30th (2008) would have been the day that PC manufacturers would have to stop selling Windows XP, Microsoft’s older operating system, and be forced to sell its new operating system on all new units.  [...]

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Fri, June 6 2008 » tech » Comments Off

THE LAST HOPE TO FEATURE HACKER RADIO

At The Last HOPE conference, hackers will broadcast their minds  and their iPods. In the center of the summer’s top hacker event will be a small isolation booth. “Radio Statler!” as the station is called, will send out a three day broadcast of all-original material. From the center of Manhattan, around the clock, discussions of [...]

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Thu, June 5 2008 » misc. debris » Comments Off