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7.12.09 » Sports: Sports Illustrated Sportsman Of The Year Award Important, Sports Illustrated Reports

NEW YORK—The Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year Award is a crowning life achievement for the player whom it honors, and the award’s announcement is a landmark event highly anticipated by aficionados across the world…

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7.12.09 » The Cable Chronicles: Win7 Digital Cable Advisor Released

As we mentioned in our previous edition of The Cable Chronicles, Microsoft and CableLabs have come to an agreement to allow the installation and use of CableCARDs on unapproved and non-OEM systems, allowing for the wider proliferation of CableCARD equipped HTPCs beyond the handful of OEM systems that CableLabs had previously approved. With […]

7.12.09 » Humans Biologically Disposed To Help

In his new book Why We Cooperate, Dr. Michael Tomasello writes that 18-month-old infants will attempt to help when they see an unrelated adult…

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7.12.09 » vApus for Open Source: Creating a virtualized stress test

If you’ve been keeping up with our articles for a while, you might have picked up on vApus Mark I: the virtualized stress test we created for internal use at the Sizing Servers testlab.
As detailed in Johan’s article, this bench consists of 3 separate applications, all of which we are very familiar with […]

7.12.09 » In Focus: Richard Branson’s Global-Warming Donation Nearly As Much As Cost Of Failed Balloon Trips

LONDON—Analysts are predicting that the $3 billion Sir  Richard Branson has pledged for developing energy…

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7.12.09 » [audio] President Obama Frustrated By Repairs To Dirt Bike One

Onion Radio News - with Doyle Redland

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7.12.09 » Google search results to include ‘real-time’ data (AP)

AP - Fresh information from blogs, news sites, Twitter and other popular hangouts will appear in Google’s search results more quickly as the company aims to give people a more comprehensive look at what’s happening on the Web.

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7.12.09 » George Stephanopoulos Offered ‘Good Morning America’ Job

Former adviser to President Clinton and television host George Stephanopoulos has been offered a job as co-anchor of Good Morning America….

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7.12.09 » Sports: Fired Charlie Weis Cleans Out His Desk

News In Photos

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7.12.09 » Warning: Do not board the elevator with the robot

Scientists suddenly realize that robots need ethics.
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7.12.09 » EMI joins Universal-backed music video site Vevo (AP)

AP - Music videos from Norah Jones, Coldplay, Katy Perry and other artists under EMI Group PLC are headed to an online music video venture, Vevo, set to launch Tuesday with a gala in New York.
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7.12.09 » In Focus: Fritolaysia Cuts Off Chiplomatic Relations With Snakistan

KARUNCHI, SNAKISTAN–Fritolaysia’s trade blockade has also cut off Snakistan’s commerce with Yumen, Mmmmadagascar, and the Chex Republic.

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7.12.09 » In Focus: Temp Hides Fun, Fulfilling Life From Rest Of Office

BOSTON–Ty Braxton, 23, continues to hide his fun and fulfilling life from the full-time employees of Hale & Dorr, the Boston law firm for which he has temped since July.

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7.12.09 » Where Are We Going For Our Anniversary?

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7.12.09 » Larrabee: Intel’s Bad News is Good News for Nvidia and AMD (PC World)

PC World - Intel’s decision to indefinitely delay its Larrabee graphics processor is a setback for the Linux community, delaying improved performance for users of open source operating systems. Competitors Nvidia and AMD, however, saw their share prices rise following the news.
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7.12.09 » Yahoo Privacy Tool Lets You Control Ad Tracking - PC Magazine

CNET News

Yahoo Privacy Tool Lets You Control Ad TrackingPC MagazineYahoo on Monday launched an advertising privacy tool intended to provide users with more information about how their data is being used for targeted ads. The company's Ad Interest Manager "will show users what interests we think …Yahoo lets users tweak targeted ads ahead of FTC […]

7.12.09 » AMD Unveils Bulldozer & Bobcat: 2011 Microachitectures

Could this be AMD’s comeback? It sure looks bold at a high level……
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7.12.09 » iPhone Hints: Take contacts farther afield

The iPhone’s address book, which is accessible through both the Phone application and the Contacts application, helps you keep all of your contact information organized and easily at hand. But what if you want to enter information that’s not just a name, address, phone number, or e-mail?
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7.12.09 » A Peek at HTC’s Purported 2010 Android, WinMo Plans (PC World)

PC World - HTC’s roadmap for the first half of 2010 was supposedly leaked over the weekend, revealing what may be a lineup of new Android and Windows Mobile phones.
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7.12.09 » DirectX11 Released For Windows Vista

For those of you sticking with Vista, Microsoft has finally officially released DirectX 11 for Vista, after having spent the last couple of months in beta. This final release looks to be the same as the last beta released earlier this month.
The update is KB971512, which is being released as part of a […]

7.12.09 » Core i7 Giveaway Winner, AT on Kindle, Site Redesign Preview and More

We have a winner! We’ve also got AnandTech offered on Amazon’s Kindle and a preview of the new AnandTech site redesign. I hint about a call to writers and a potential reader meetup in India. …
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7.12.09 » Windows 7 Performance Guide

After nearly a year of serious waiting, the next Windows is here. Its arrival puts a stake in Vista, and may finally be what Microsoft needs to put XP to bed….
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7.12.09 » The Radeon HD 5970: Completing AMD’s Takeover of the High End GPU Market

With 2 Cypress chips on 1 card, today marks the day where AMD completes their takeover of the high-end video card market. It’s the fastest single card on the planet for $599, and quite overclockable out of the box. Goodbye GTX 295….
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7.12.09 » HP Mini 311: Netbooks get ION

The HP Mini 311 is one of the first netbooks to ship with NVIDIA’s ION platform. The question everyone’s asking is: does ION improve the netbook experience? The answer is yes, but there are other questions we still need to address….
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7.12.09 » How Does the New Google DNS Perform? (and Why?)

Tarinth writes “Google just announced its new Google DNS platform. Many have viewed this as a move to increase ad revenue, or maybe capture more data. This article explores those questions, as well as the actual benchmarking results for Google DNS — showing that it is faster than many, but not nearly as fast as […]

7.12.09 » AT&T’s ‘Mark the Spot’ iPhone App Admits Coverage Woes - PC World

DailyTech

AT&T's 'Mark the Spot' iPhone App Admits Coverage WoesPC WorldComplaining to AT&T about poor wireless coverage has never been easier thanks to a new iPhone app. Mark the Spot is no prank that somehow slipped past the App Store's censors. This is an official iPhone app from AT&T letting you report dropped calls, …Five Moves […]

7.12.09 » FTC to Consider Stricter Online Privacy Rules (PC World)

PC World - The U.S. Federal Trade Commission plans to take a hard look at how it enforces consumer privacy standards in the coming months, with new rules for online companies possibly on the way, the agency’s chairman said Monday.
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7.12.09 » Anand’s Thoughts on the Kindle 2 and Marvell Making Affordable eBook Readers

A couple of weeks ago Marvell announced its ARMADA line of custom ARM based SoCs. We have a little more detail on one of its members: the 166E. Marvell hopes that the 166E will pave the way for affordable ebook readers in 2010….
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7.12.09 » Karzai Vows To Crack Down On Self

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN—In his first major policy speech since being sworn in for a second term, Afghan president Hamid Karzai made a solemn…

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7.12.09 » Mobile Buyers’ Guide, December 2009

Looking for a laptop, netbook, or even a notebook this holiday season? We’ve put together our thoughts on the various price segments and have selected a few laptops worthy of mention for this buyers’ guide….
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7.12.09 » Yahoo launches online consumer privacy tool (AP)

AP - A new online tool from Yahoo Inc. will let users see and edit the personal profiles that the Internet company compiles about them to target Internet advertising.
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7.12.09 » Confessions of a Public Speaker

brothke writes “While there is a plethora of books such as Public Speaking for Dummies, and many similar titles, Confessions of a Public Speaker is unique in that it takes a holistic approach to the art and science of public speaking. The book doesn’t just provide helpful hints, it attempts to make the speaker, and […]

7.12.09 » Symantec upgrades for SSD, Hyper-V

Symantec announced several enhancements to its storage management suite of software, its cluster file and cluster server system, that include the ability to recognize solid state drives used in tiered storage as well as full integration with Hyper-V.
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7.12.09 » New Device Desirable, Old Device Undesirable

SEATTLE—”The new device is an improvement over the old device, making it more attractive for purchase by all Americans,” said Thomas Wakefield, a spokesperson for the large conglomerate that manufactures the new device. “The old device is no longer sufficient. Consumers should no longer have any use or longing for the old device.”

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7.12.09 » P55 Overclocking Showdown - ASUS, Gigabyte, and EVGA at the OC Corral (Page 6 Updated)

In our first P55 Overclocking showdown we take a look at the top boards from ASUS, EVGA, and Gigabyte. One failed, the other three made it through our torture tests. Find out which one deserves your attention if you are into serious overclocking on the P55 platform….
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7.12.09 » Ruckus Patents Technique for Video Over Wi-Fi (PC World)

PC World - Wi-Fi equipment vendor Ruckus Wireless has patented a technique that appears to be widely used to improve video on wireless LANs.
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7.12.09 » Sun to shed light on latest Java technologies (InfoWorld)

InfoWorld - Sun Microsystems, which has been pretty much silent in recent months while awaiting its merger with Oracle, will open up on Thursday about the latest developments in its Java technologies.
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7.12.09 » Google search adds Twitter-Facebook-MySpace feeds (AFP)

AFP - Google began adding real time results to its Internet search engine on Monday, channeling feeds from Facebook, MySpace, Twitter and other fresh content into responses to queries.

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7.12.09 » Canada Supreme Court Broadens Internet “Luring” Offense

An anonymous reader points out this report that a Canadian Supreme Court has broadened its interpretation of an existing law designed to punish adults who attempt to meet children online for criminal purposes; under the court’s interpretation, says the article, that would now “include anyone having an inappropriate conversation with a child — even if […]

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