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LaCie LaCinema Classic HD: 1TB Media Player For $299
4:56AM Mark Wilson | LaCie makes design-friendly, premium hard drives. But while it’s no surprise that their LaCinema Classic HD looks this attractive, the $299 price is surprisingly reasonable. More »
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Buffalo’s USB 3.0 External Hard Drive Arrives In The US
12:42AM Danny Allen | As expected, the DriveStation HD-HXU3 is the first external USB 3.0 drive in the US. It promises transfers up to 4.8Gbps (compared to USB 2.0’s 480Mbps) and Buffalo has a two-port USB 3.0 PCI Express card to get you started. More »
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6:04PM Elly Hart | Telstra’s launched a new home internet gateway that delivers high-speed broadband over the Next G wireless network, which means no cables and no fixed lines. But how much are you willing to pay for Australia’s fastest, wireless, broadband connection? More »
Telstra’s New Wireless Gateway: You Really Pay For What You Get
6:04PM Elly Hart | Telstra’s launched a new home internet gateway that delivers high-speed broadband over the Next G wireless network, which means no cables and no fixed lines. But how much are you willing to pay for Australia’s fastest, wireless, broadband connection? More »
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Microsoft Sued For Killing Off Third Party Xbox 360 Memory Units
9:10AM Rosa Golijan | Datel, a company selling memory units for Xbox 360 consoles, filed an antitrust suit against Microsoft for blocking unauthorised third party memory units. Microsoft claims innocence, as the block is meant to reduce cheating on Xbox Live, not reduce competition. More »
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Intel Core i9 Benched: Six Cores Of Pure Joy
6:22AM John Herrman | On paper, the Core i9 might not sound that exciting: It’s a lot like the Core i7, except built with a 32nm fabrication process and two extra cores, for a total of six. Early benchmarks, though, say it flies. Sometimes. More »
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3:42AM Mark Wilson | OCZ’s new Colossus drives are among the first SSDs designed for desktops, and they’re the very first to store up to 1TB of data. Oh, and on top of all that, they work pretty well, too. More »
OCZ Colossus 3.5-Inch SSD Reaches 1TB, Super Speeds
3:42AM Mark Wilson | OCZ’s new Colossus drives are among the first SSDs designed for desktops, and they’re the very first to store up to 1TB of data. Oh, and on top of all that, they work pretty well, too. More »
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The Cell Processor Is Going Extinct
1:34AM Matt Buchanan | IBM’s shit-canning the Cell processor line – you know, the chip that’s in the PS3 and uh, Toshiba laptops and TVs – according to their VP of Deep Computing, making the current PowerXCell 8i the last of its ilk. More »
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Drobo S: A Faster, Fatter Storage Robot With ESATA
1:11AM Matt Buchanan | What’s the ‘S’ stand for in Drobo S? Speed. Uh, more speed. And more storage. Specifically, a fifth drive bay for more redundancy, faster FireWire and a new eSATA port. As always, it’s not cheap — $US800 sans drives. More »
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Apple Denying Support to Smokers?
7:00AM Chris Jacob | The Consumerist is reporting that two Mac users were denied AppleCare coverage because the owners were smokers. Not because the computers were damaged by second-hand smoke, but because of Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulations. More »
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