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It is often said that Web 3.0 will be the semantic web, or an internet where information will relate and be accessible in pertinent and natural ways. Rather than mastering the art of obscure queries, we might simply type naturally to Google. Today’s addon of the day, Juice, offers a look at that future by […] Add comment
It’s that time of the week! The little email category for neat (or lame) gadgets has reached critical mass: This Sanyo wifi-enabled internet radio is actually pretty awesome. There’s no telling how long devices like this may last given the cost of licensing for streaming music, but it will be a fun ride. What’s 125″ […] Add comment
According to several reports, Google and Yahoo! have revised their deal with the hope that U.S. antitrust approval will be given. It is currently speculated that the newest terms reduces the duration to two years from ten and caps the revenue Google can obtain from Yahoo! at 25%. Add comment
With the official hush order lifted on Intel’s Nehalem, Icrontic’s inbox flooded with information about the chip coming in from all across the globe. Usually, these sort of things go in the Tech Ticker but there’s so much important news that it’s getting bumped to the main column. Add comment
Hard to do gaming roundups when you have a houseful of people for five days. Sorry about that. Music seems to be a popular topic lately. In honor of election day, there will be several songs from the Presidents of the United States of America available for Rock Band tomorrow. I see what they did […] Add comment
As of approximately 2:55 PM EST, the official John McCain website has been hacked. Clicking on the event details for McCain’s York, PA Road to Victory Rally reveals a banner announcing that McCain has quit the race and now backs presidential hopeful Barack Obama. Mousing over this banner redirects visitors to Obama’s website with a […] Add comment
After more than a year of speculation, it has been confirmed that aspects of the Windows micro-kernel known as MinWin reside in Windows 7. The confusion over MinWin began with an October 2007 demonstration by Microsoft employee Eric Traut. Traut showed a self-contained, Microsoft-engineered OS consisting of 100 files with a 25MB disk footprint and […] Add comment
Resizing, relocating and creating partitions ranges from impossible to tedious inside Windows. As enthusiasts turn to solutions such as Acronis Disk Director or Partition Magic, they’re raising the jolly roger or needlessly shelling out the dough. Instead, we suggest you spring for a free copy of Gparted. Rather than antagonizing The Man or blasting your […] Add comment
The never-ending supply of sites claiming to offer free, quality, streaming music has left us with a string of corpses. Sites like Muxtape were killed by recording studios and Pandora (praise be) appears to be on its last legs. It seems that between the rising costs of streaming and licensing behavior that can best be […] Add comment
You may not need Exchange or a BES to get free mobile email or calendar push support! Check out Mail2Web LIVE and see if it meets your needs. Add comment
Design your own iPhone theme. Includes icons, dock, backgrounds, and whatnot. Requires MS Silverlight and a jailbroken iPhone. Add comment
As a reader of Icrontic, you may be interested to know that our content doesn’t stop at the main news feed! Beneath the search box on our site’s right column, you’ll find our Technology Ticker. This informative feed contains a constant stream of eccentric links, useful links, and hardware reviews. Our Ticker is just one […] Add comment
Grooveshark is an incredibly powerful, robust and easy-to-use web 2.0 service that makes finding and streaming tunes a snap. Seriously, give it a try. You can even embed them elsewhere when you’re done! Add comment
Google Calendar has become an indispensible asset for keeping my errands, writing and tasks on schedule. There was a time when I thought the Google Calendar was more or less useless, but it has really come into its own for me. As a result of relying on it more heavily, I’ve had the need to […] Add comment
It was a weekend of marvelous events with the sudden appearance of complete Nehalem benchmarks. The numbers are arriving ahead of schedule, but nobody ever said that was a bad thing. Make sure you brush up on your Nehalem skills before entering the fray. Add comment
Thermalright is at it again. Today, we’ll be taking a look at the third iteration of the hugely popular TRUE heatsink—the TRUE Copper. As you have probably already guessed, the TRUE Copper is a 100% copper version of the “Ultra Extreme”. Add comment
Lian Li has been known for years as a designer of quality aluminum PC enclosures. Many an enthusiast has built a performance rig inside a Lian Li tower case. This summer, Lian Li released two new HTPC enclosures that follow the company’s design principles of simplicity and efficiency. These offerings, the Lian Li PC-C36 MUSE […] Add comment
A note from the editor: The content trapped behind the jump is potentially NSFW and does not represent the views of Icrontic, its editors, its owners, or even the author. People just like to read ridiculous talking points get run through the mud. Someone has to deliver the goods. Add comment
It’s called Awardfabrik OverClocking Meisterschaft which I think means “badass overclocking competition” in German. Some of Europe’s best overclockers were there, and Madshrimps has the story. Add comment
Wired is having a contest to write an epitaph for everyone’s favorite Twitter friend, MarsPhoenix. The spunky martian lander has been keeping net-savvy Twitter users informed about its various escapades for months, but as the cold Mars winter approaches, it’ll have to shut down. Solar cells and batteries can’t provide enough juice to keep the […] Add comment
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