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iBuyPower adds Core i7, Phenom II rigs for NewEgg

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:20:00 GMT

<img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/ibuypowernewegg.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />iBuyPower this afternoon refreshed the ready-made gaming PCs it ships to NewEgg. All of the Gamer Extreme and Supreme models, ranging from the 922 SLC through to the 979 SLC, use an Asetek-made liquid cooling setup that lets them run coolly while also giving them some performance headroom. The 979 and its sibling 929 also adds the PC builder's own internal USB expansion, which supplies added pow...

ASUS Eee PC 1005HR surfaces in video unboxing

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:10:00 GMT

<img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/eeepc1005hrin.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />A new Eee PC from ASUS, the 1005HR, will be released soon, as this unboxing video reveals. The main feature of this Eee PC is a high-resolution 10-inch display with a 1366x768 resolution, significantly higher than the usual 1024x600 resolution found in netbooks of this size and the first such resolution for an Eee PC netbook. Other than the screen resolution, the 1005HR is similar in specs to the ...

Razer intros ergonomic Imperator mouse

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:50:00 GMT

<img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/RazerImperatorin.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Razer on Tuesday introduced its latest gaming mouse, the Imperator. Designed specifically to give comfort to right-handed users, the ergonomic mouse's design is optimized for both palm and fingertip gamers. To this end, the Imperator is the first to sport side buttons that are adjustable and slide on a track to let users find the best position for their thumbs....

Microsoft opens store-in-store at Saks 5th Avenue

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:20:00 GMT

<img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/microsoftsaks.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Microsoft made a tentative step into a retail presence on the East coast with a special section at Saks Fifth Avenue in New York City. The section replicates a small slice of Microsoft's retail shops in the West and shows notebooks running Windows 7. It will also have staff on hand to answer questions about both the notebooks and the OS....

Fujitsu netbook with Pineview Atom spotted at FCC

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:10:00 GMT

<img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/fujitsumh380in.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Fujitsu will soon release a new netbook powered by Intel's new Pineview-based Atom processors, a filing (PDF) at the FCC indicates. The 10.1-inch netbook will be part of Fujitsu's M-series range, with both the MH380 and M380 LifeBook models using the Pineview chip....

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Best Buy Black Friday brings $80 Palm Pre, $197 notebook

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:35:00 GMT

<img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/bbblackfri.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Best Buy has posted its Black Friday specials online, confirming many of the prices and deals that were seen in a leaked flyer as well as some new doorbuster deals. The new deals include a Palm Pre handset priced at $80, matching a recent sale price at Amazon, as well as a 15.6-inch HP G60 notebook powered by a 2.2GHz Intel Celeron processor priced at $197. Unlike the other deals, the HP notebook ...

Core i7-based iMacs suffer cracked screens, DOA failures

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:40:00 GMT

<img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0910/imac2009.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Some buyers of the 27-inch Core i7 iMac are receiving unusuable systems, threads on Apple's support forums indicate. In a collection of cases the systems are failing to even turn on properly, at best sounding the Mac startup chime, always failing to display anything more. Apple is reportedly offering replacement iMacs for affected customers, but this may involve a shipping time of two weeks, as ...

HP's 3rd quarter results hurt by budget PCs

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:30:00 GMT

<img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/hpmini110-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />HP this afternoon revealed mixed results for its quarter ended in October. The company's net earnings climbed 14 percent year-over-year to $2.4 billion, but its revenue dropped by 8 percent to $30.8 billion in the same time frame. It credits the profit boost to cost-cutting measures but saw its revenue drop across the board in every category, including the Personal Systems Group that handles its...

Samsung STORY gets 2TB version, eSATA

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:20:00 GMT

<img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/samstory.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Samsung has announced it will soon replace the existing STORY Station range with a a new STORY Station Plus external hard drive line, add a new 2TB model and update the entire range with the inclusion of an eSATA interface. Compared to the original STORY drives which only have a USB 2.0 connection, the new 3.5-inch STORY Station Plus drives have the ability to transfer data at a 3-gigabit per seco...

Early Core i9 tests show up to 50% boost

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:25:00 GMT

<img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/intelcorei9-leak.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Despite being more than a month away from the public, Intel's Core i9 (Gulftown) platform has already been tested and is shown to be potentially as fast as its design implies. The move from four to six cores has translated into an almost perfectly linear increase in speed for those apps that can use multiple processors. In tasks such as 3D modeling and video encoding, a 2.8GHz Core i9 is found b...