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Contxts is an SMS business card

March 13th, 2009 – Robert Hallock

Register for contxts, and then people need only text your user name to 50500 to receive an SMS containing all the information you would normally put on a business card. Add comment

Google VP made AOL CEO

March 12th, 2009 – Lincoln

AOL’s new CEO is Tim Armstrong, previously a Google VP. It would matter if this were 2004. Add comment

Amazon abusing DMCA

March 12th, 2009 – Lincoln

Amazon uses DMCA to restrict where you can buy e-books for Kindle. (via O’Reilly) Add comment

Twinkle toes Wozniak’s new company, Fusion-io, is tearing up net today with the introduction of the ioDrive, a PCIe mounted 80 – 320GB storage card that pushes 700 MB/s reads and 500 MB/s writes. That’s quick. Not as fast as the newly announced ioDrive Duo, however. Their sophomore release starts at $14k and will push […] Add comment

XFX Geforce 9800 GTX+ Black Edition

March 12th, 2009 – Peter Gill

The XFX Geforce 9800 GTX+ Black Edition comes bundled with Far Cry 2, just to prove it can play it. Add comment

Phenom II DDR2 vs DDR3

March 12th, 2009 – Peter Gill

Is the Phenom II better with DDR2 or DDR3? Add comment

Benefits of a domain

March 12th, 2009 – Lincoln

A member is considering turning his office of 50 workstations into a domain-based environment. He’s looking for feedback on costs and benefits to develop a proposal; can you think of any we’ve missed? Add comment

Ram at CeBIT

March 12th, 2009 – Peter Gill

MadShrimps has a sweet story on the memory shown at CeBIT. The Elpida chips are everywhere! Add comment

IE8 on March 19?

March 12th, 2009 – Lincoln

Neowin prognosticates a March 19 release for IE8. Add comment

Tagan SuperRock 880W PSU

March 12th, 2009 – Peter Gill

WOW! The Tagan SuperRock 880W power supply’s 3.3v line is a serious flaw in an otherwise awesome PSU. Add comment

Tritton AX Pro gaming headset

March 12th, 2009 – Peter Gill

Spendy and packing a billion cables, the Tritton AX Pro gaming headset is a serious piece of kit. Add comment

NVIDIA to drop goofy re-naming scheme?

March 12th, 2009 – Peter Gill

DailyTech says they’ve received a confidential email circulating around NVIDIA offices suggesting the company is abandoning the renaming of the 9800 GT to the GTS 240. The whole “let’s rename everything to GTS/X and try to claim it’s a new product” business has upset board partners and raised consumer concerns who’ve suggested it’s more of […] Add comment