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The rascally hackers of Lulz Security have unleashed pure havoc on the entire Internet today with the release of 62,000 email-password combos that serve as the login credentials for, well, we're not exactly sure — the group, better known as LulzSec, won't say explicitly. But so far Twitter users have reported hacked Gmail, PayPal, Facebook, Hotmail and Twitter accounts related to the stolen data, so it appears that nothing's… Read More

Hot on the heels of the introduction of a flip-style BlackBerry phone Verizon Wireless is going live with the Motorola Krave, a new interactive touchscreen flip-phone that features haptic feedback and a transparent lid so users can access key information and functions without actually having to open the phone. The phone features two layers of touch: a full touchscreen inside the phone, and and interactive features build into the clear flip… Read More

Last month Asus announced it would include the flash chip Splashtop on all its motherboards, allowing for a virtual instant-on of a few applications including IM, Firefox and Skype. Now it’s going one better by including an instant-on version of Linux, made by Device VM. The Splashtop distro will appear alongside Windows Vista on the Asus M70T, M50V, M51Vr and F8Va/Vr notebooks later this summer, and will eventually expand to the… Read More

It's not every day a mobile operator can announce that it has doubled the number of phones which support its top-flight content offerings…but that's exactly what Verizon Wireless was able to do today by adding the LG VX9400 to its list of offerings which support its new V Cast Mobile TV service. The VX 9400 is a CDMA handset offering EV-DO high speed mobile data services and sports a 2.2-inch 320 by 240 pixel LCD display… Read More

After announcing last week that it would participate in Sony's global battery replacement program for notebook batteries, Japan's Fujitsu announced today that was recalling 287,000 Sony-made made batteries used in the company's notebook computers. Combined with recalls from Dell, Apple, Toshiba, and Lenovo, the number of recalled Sony-made notebook batteries has climbed to over 7.5 million. The batter recall is another… Read More

Microsoft has released details of the first products to ship under its new Zune brand of portable media players. The first devices will sport 30 GB hard drives, wireless sharing capabilities, and come in three colors in time for the end-of-year holiday buying season. “The digital music entertainment revolution is just beginning,” said J. Allard, Microsoft VP of design and development. “With Zune, we are not simply… Read More

Motorola today refreshed their stylish RAZR line of cell phones as they revealed two new colors and two new versions of the popular handset. These new models - the RAZR V3i, V3c, RAZR in Pink and RAZR in Blue - will be availablein various regions around the world and through various carriers by the end of the year.   The most interesting of these phones - and the one generating the most buzz - is the RAZR V3i. Thisparticular model… Read More

Acer's newest notebook the TravelMate 4020 is designed for home office or SOHO use and comes packed with an Intel Centrino chipset, PCI-Express technology (we assume graphics subsystem, although the graphics is integrated) 512MB of RAM (upgradeable to 2GB), a 1.6GHz Pentium M processor, integrated WiFi and Bluetooth and a 60GB hard drive. The TravelMate 4020 notebooks come with Microsoft Windows XP Professional pre-installed… Read More

The Tecra S2 is one of the first notebooks to incorporate the new NVIDIA(R) GeForce Go 6600 graphics controller with 128 MB or 64 MB dedicated video memory, which is designed to maximize response time, provide better platform image management and deliver crisp vivid colors. Toshiba's Tecra S2 offers users a complete suite of communication technologies, including Gigabit Ethernet, V.92 modem, fast infrared, optional Bluetooth, and the… Read More

Advanced Digital Broadcast (www.adbglobal.com), a vendor of digital TV set-top boxes and software solutions for interactive television, announced today the introduction of the i-CAN170T, its first Integrated Digital TV (IDTV) based on the DVB-T MHP open standard. Mass production of ADB's i-CAN 170T is planned to start this October and its introduction will follow during the autumn in various retail outlets in Italy. It will also… Read More

Quote from the article: “Recently, I've been getting e-mail from folks inquiring about whether they should buy a DVI-equipped DVD player for their new HDTVs. DVI, which got its start in the computer world, is an all-digital video connection that enables you, in theory, to receive the best possible picture quality on a TV with a like input. How much of an improvement you'll get over component video depends on a lot of… Read More

With this high performance Combo Drive, consumers get two products ¡V a CD recorder and DVD-ROM drive ¡V in one stylish silver and black design, all at a very competitive price. Featuring the ability to read and record CDs at 52X, rewrite CDs at 32X, and read and play DVDs at 16X speeds, this Memorex drive makes it easy to create, archive, duplicate and play a wide variety of CD and DVD discs. While cutting edge 52X CD recording allows… Read More

quote from the review at AMD3d.com: “At the beginning of September AMD released a new processor for their existing Barton range. Not another high-end processor to top their existing XP3200+ Barton, but surprising slipping it in between the popular XP2500+and XP3000+. This processor was released as a XP2600+ Barton. Confusing, isn't it? So far there have been two different AMD Athlon XP 2600+ chips based on the Thoroughbred… Read More