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Today’s stupendous Firefox addon is called TooManyTabs and boasts the swank ability to put user-specified tabs into an idle state. Tabs that have been idled no longer take residence in system memory and free those precious megs for other tasks. Any tab brought up from its sleepy slumber will be restored with all the hot […] Add comment
Our recent post on the internally-wireless mobile phone antenna has ticked off a discussion on the progress of consumer electronics in the last five years. What are your thoughts? Has it progressed significantly? Are we stagnant? What are your favorite inventions? What are some products that you wanted but never materialized? Sound off in our […] Add comment
A Microsoft spokesperson has confirmed that delivery of OEM orders for Windows XP will now be filled through May 30. In an e-mail to ChannelWeb, a Microsoft spokesperson confirmed the existence of a flexible inventory program that will allow distributors to place their final orders for Windows XP OEM licenses by Jan. 31, 2009, and […] Add comment
The Wall Street Journal has revealed that the RIAA has chosen to abandon individual lawsuits. In exchange for this shift in policy, the RIAA is now pursuing concessions from ISPs to institute “three strikes” policies. Under the terms of the agreements — which vary slightly from ISP to ISP — users may receive emails of […] Add comment
Once esteemed motherboard manufacturer ABIT is set to permanently close on December 31 when its backer, Universal Scientific Industrial, pulls funding. The closure is the unceremonious end to a hideous backslide that began in 2005 with the dismissal of executives for questionable finance practices. The ensuing years spelled a lost of top engineers which left […] Add comment
Mozilla CEO John Lilly has gone on record to state that the relationship between Google and Mozilla has become “more complicated” than it has been before. Mozilla has relied on Google for a significant share of its revenue for quite some time. Through advertising, bundling and referral deals, Google and Mozilla have been mutually beneficial […] Add comment
It’s that time! We’ve wiled away the weeks waiting for an assortment of suitably-awesome gadgets to arrive, and this festive slice of the year is just such an occasion. Put your peepers on these bizarre (or awesomely bizarre) doodads below. This hideous baseball cap boombox is allegedly capable of saving lives… Probably by scaring away […] Add comment
Given its heightened level of badassery, we can excuse the fact that the AT-ATs never got this close to Echo Base while the Alliance was in the trenches. Add comment
Let us assume that JJ Abrams’ lamest newest submission to the Star Trek lexicon is canonical. If so, Jim should be dead. Add comment
Electronics PhD student Atif Shamim has disconnected the wires to a cell phone’s antenna and reduced power consumption by up to twelve times in doing so. The magic stems from electricity’s inherent fascination with getting lost when moving through wires and electrical systems. “This has not been tried before — that the circuits are connected […] Add comment
OCZ Blade-series DDR3 runs at DDR3-2000 CL 7-8-7 speeds and is ready to rock your Core i7’s face off. Add comment
Phoronix tests Java performance in Ubuntu and Vista. Add comment
The Seagate FreeAgent XTreme 1TB works well as an external backup drive. Add comment
Corsair announced the new TX850W power supply. We hope it follows along the lines of the other TX units. Add comment
EVGA wins big with its X58 SLI motherboard. Add comment
You have until 11:59 PST tonight to complete the survey for Thermaltake’s holiday giveaway contest. Good luck! Add comment
The rumour mill is in full effect today with reports that Intel’s next X58 ‘Smackover’ motherboard will feature Lucid’s Hydra graphics chip. The Hydra allows users to mix-and-match ATI and NVIDIA video cards to their heart’s delight with no real downfall. By using Hydra instead of SLI or Crossfire, people should see better scaling over […] Add comment
The Palit Radeon HD 4670 Super 512MB is super! Thanks for asking. Add comment
Tech Report throws seven PSUs against “The Beast” load tester. Add comment
It is a mutually-parasitic relationship between tech sites and the PR companies that represent the firms we cover. Online publications — like Icrontic — are made or broken by the ability to create compelling new content enticing to the reader. In a similar respect, PR firms are sustained by the ability to widely disseminate material […] Add comment
TweakTown has an exclusive review of CoolIT’s Domino Advanced liquid cooling kit. It’s awesome for under $80. Add comment
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