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NVIDIA sends 40nm GPUs to retail

NVIDIA finally plays the 40nm game with a range of uninspiring budget GPUs. Add comment

SanDisk begins shipping X4 MLC flash chips

SanDisk releases new 8 and 16GB SDHC flash cards using 4 bit per cell technology Add comment

Armani teams with Microsoft, designs phone

Giorgio Armani designs phone with Samsung, teams with Microsoft to run Windows Mobile 6.5 Add comment

Five Windows Task Manager alternatives

The built-in Windows Task Manager is no joke, but there are better alternatives. Add comment

The 12 e-Readers Coming To Kick Kindle’s Ass This Christmas

The 12 e-Readers coming to kick Kindle’s ass this Christmas. Add comment

DirectX 11 game roadmap released

The list of DirectX 11 titles and game engines for 2010 has been leaked. Add comment

Phishing for FBI

FBI Director’s wife bans him from online banking after he almost fell for a phishing scam. Add comment

Failure in T-Mobile servers calls cloud computing into question

Cloud servers for T-Mobile's Sidekick communicator have experienced massive failures; thousands of customers have permanently lost data. Add comment

Netgear responds to open source concerns for WNR3500L router

Netgear claims that the WNR3500L router is open source, but the open source community alleged that the product might be illegal, in addition to being unsafe and unethical. We contacted Netgear to receive their perspective on the issue. Add comment

Tauntaun sleeping bag is coming!

ThinkGeek’s Tauntaun sleeping bag will be here soon thanks to a bevy of fans demanding they turn an April Fool’s Day joke into reality. Get one and be the hit of your next Icrontic event! Add comment

Amazon drops price on Kindle, releases international version

Amazon is dropping the price on the US Kindle, while also planning to intro an international version. Add comment

Twitter me to jail and seize my computers, please

A self-proclaimed Anarchist and political protester at the Pittsburgh G-20 Summit has attracted the ire of the FBI. They took his cat poster. Add comment

Hulu Desktop now on Linux

The Hulu Desktop app finally supports Linux through Fedora 11 and Ubuntu 9.04. Add comment

Yahoo! pulling plug on GeoCities

GeoCities will be closing their doors forever on October 26th. The service is the latest victim of the Yahoo!/Microsoft merger fat-trimming. Add comment

The best heatsinks of Q3 2009

Benchmark Reviews has published it’s always informative quarterly heatsink comparison. The Cogage TRUE Spirit shines. Add comment

Mind of UPSLynx for the week of October 4th

Icrontic's Bobby Miller talks beards, back hair, Windows 7, physics and [redacted]. [Redacted] is so exciting! Add comment

Virus network found spoofing Google, Yahoo & Bing

"Bahama Botnet" malware discovered siphoning major search engine profits. Add comment

Microsoft to offer ad-supported version of Office 2010

Continuing the trend of releasing ad-supported software to their consumer base, Microsoft has announced an ad-supported version of Office. Add comment

Netgear’s open source WNR3500L not so open source after all

Open source advocate Herald Welte alleges that Netgear's "open source" WNR3500L isn't so open source after all. Add comment

Will Windows 8 be 128-bit?

A Senior Microsoft R&D employee has accidentally revealed that Microsoft is working to add 128-bit support to Windows 8. Add comment

Elpida prepares cheaper, faster, colder DDR3 ICs

Memory chip maker Elpida has announced new chips that will make for better overclocker DDR3 in 2010. Add comment