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Comcast Offering New 22Mbps and 50Mbps Speed Tiers, Upgrading Existing Service

6:58AM Sean Fallon | Comcast has announced that they have upgraded their DOCSIS 3.0 service to offer new high-speed 22Mbps/5Mbps and 50Mbps/10Mbps options. They have also increased the speed along standard tiers: 6Mbps/1Mbps will be upgraded to 12Mbps/2Mbps and 8Mbps/2Mbps will be increased to 16Mbps/2Mbps—both at no cost to subscribers. The “Ultra” 22Mbps plan will run for $US63 while the “Extreme 50″ 50Mbps plan will hit for $US140. Unfortunately, the new service will be available only in the New England area intially—including Boston, Philadelphia, and parts of New Hampshire and New Jersey. The goal is to expand the service nationwide in the near future.

Crysis Warhead Ultra Optimised PC Comes with Face-Melting Specs… for US$700?

10:30AM Wilson Rothman | The guys at GameCyte are keyed up to try out Crysis Warhead on the Optimised PC, a Core 2 Duo E7300, GeForce 9800GT system built by Ultra and vetted by game developer Crytek to bring the game fully to life (and death). The clincher: It only costs US$700. Since the GameCyte guys thought this was too good to be true, they started asking Ultra some uncomfortable questions. More »