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"SSDs are quite pointless," my friend said before the beginning of our Engineering Economics lecture last semester. "They don't do anything besides improving your boot time. Programs don't load that much faster compared to a 7200RPM hard drive." Of course, as with most people who actually own an SSD, this is a statement you cannot resist to argue with. "That's like saying a Ferrari is not much better than a Honda Civic. Sure, you... |
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From CNET News.com: he high-resolution "retina display" expected on the next iPad should make users happy--but may present challenges for developers. As detailed today by The Next Web, the higher resolution display will increase the pixel count and size of graphics used in iPad apps... |
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From DailyTech: Fans of high-end Canon D-SLR cameras have reason to be excited today; the company officially announced the new EOS 5D Mark III. The new camera is positioned between the EOS 5D Mark II and the top-of-the-line EOS-1D X. The new 5D Mark III has a 22.3-megapixel full... |
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From DailyTech: Google Inc. (GOOG) is supposedly a champion of developer rights and software freedoms. So it seems highly curious that while the majority of Android manufacturers like Samsung Electronics Comp., Ltd. (KS:005930) and HTC Corp. (TPE:2498) unlock their bootloaders... |
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From X-bit Labs: Nvidia Corp. has officially started advertising campaign of its next-generation Kepler graphics processing unit (GPU) that is due out in March or April. The company has posted a word on a Facebook wall claiming that performance of Kepler would be unbeatable.... |
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From X-bit Labs: Advanced Micro Devices stressed at a conference that it would not compete against its microprocessor customers on the servers market after taking over SeaMicro manufacturer. Although the company does plan to introduce current-generation SeaMicro micro-servers with... |
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From PC World: Microsoft's Azure cloud infrastructure and development service was apparently running nearly trouble-free on Thursday, following a series of outages on Wednesday that affected multiple aspects of the system The Azure service health dashboard showed only one problem at... |
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From CNET News.com: Apple customers who buy products through the iOS Apple Store app will find a couple of helpful updates in the latest release. Launched yesterday, version 2.1 of the Apple Store app now lets U.S. buyers of a new iPhone choose a plan from among all three carriers-... |
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From DailyTech: Many Android smartphone fans will agree that custom OEM user interfaces for Android often muddle the user experience. Some users prefer the standard Android interface, but much of the ire felt against custom user interfaces on Android is that they often significantly... |
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From DailyTech: Windows 8 Consumer Preview (a beta build) is now officially live on Microsoft's servers, so get ready for the rush. Travel here to get it. Windows Chief Steven Sinofsky at the unveil event stated, "We are really excited to be here. This is a day that's been long in... |
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