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• Yahoo to shut down Briefcase online storage service
  By Justin Mann, January 31, 2009
• Download of the Week: Windows 7 Beta
  By Jose Vilches, January 30, 2009
• Higher capacity Intel SSDs to arrive in Q4
  By Jose Vilches, January 30, 2009
• Palm's VP of design shows off Pre features
  By Jose Vilches, January 30, 2009
• News around the web: New Halo 3 Map
  By Erik Orejuela, January 30, 2009
• Microsoft has no plans for additional Windows 7 betas
  By Justin Mann, January 30, 2009
• Chrome poses as Safari to access Hotmail
  By Jose Vilches, January 30, 2009
• Samsung intros 4Gbit DRAM, touts memory modules of up to 32GB
  By Jose Vilches, January 30, 2009
• Dell to launch Android and Windows Mobile phones?
  By Jose Vilches, January 30, 2009
• Friday's tech deals: Netbook round-up, $209 and up
  By Julio Franco, January 30, 2009
• GPU shipments drop sharply in Q4 2008
  By Jose Vilches, January 29, 2009
• Clickjacking vulnerability in Chrome discovered
  By Justin Mann, January 29, 2009
• Console sales: Wii leads, PlayStation 3 closes in on 360
  By Justin Mann, January 29, 2009
• Apple pulls MacBook graphics update
  By Justin Mann, January 29, 2009
• AMD releases Catalyst 9.1 drivers with full OpenGL 3.0 support
  By Jose Vilches, January 29, 2009
• Evidence suggests Apple is testing next-gen iPhone
  By Jose Vilches, January 29, 2009
• Acer's Aspire One to include Linux and SSD options
  By Justin Mann, January 29, 2009
• Storage vendors agree on common encryption standard
  By Jose Vilches, January 29, 2009
• Apple enables per track iTunes Plus upgrades
  By Jose Vilches, January 29, 2009
• News around the web: Putin-Dell slapdown at Davos
  By Erik Orejuela, January 29, 2009
• Fujitsu sells HDD business to Toshiba?
  By Jose Vilches, January 29, 2009
• FTC fines DNC offenders $1.2 million
  By Justin Mann, January 28, 2009
• Google and partners to expose network meddling
  By Jose Vilches, January 28, 2009
• Firefox Mobile hitting HTC Touch Pro next week?
  By Jose Vilches, January 28, 2009
• Opera Mini 4.2 for Android moves out of beta
  By Jose Vilches, January 28, 2009
• Xbox 360 a gold mine for Netflix growth?
  By Justin Mann, January 28, 2009
• Click fraud getting worse, shows study
  By Justin Mann, January 28, 2009
• AT&T, Comcast to help RIAA's anti piracy efforts
  By Jose Vilches, January 28, 2009
• News around the web: Steve: Give It To Us Straight
  By Erik Orejuela, January 28, 2009
• Super Talent touts 64GB netbook SSD upgrade for $169
  By Jose Vilches, January 28, 2009
• AMD has no plans for a Geode LX successor
  By Jose Vilches, January 28, 2009
• Acer teases smartphones launch on February 16
  By Jose Vilches, January 28, 2009
• Google takes Gmail offline using Gears
  By Julio Franco, January 28, 2009
• Microsoft: Windows Mobile to make a big comeback
  By Justin Mann, January 27, 2009
• Fujitsu to quit HDD head manufacturing
  By Jose Vilches, January 27, 2009
• Apple releases iPhone update 2.2.1
  By Jose Vilches, January 27, 2009
• Mozilla sponsors Ogg development with $100k
  By Justin Mann, January 27, 2009
• Apple gets multi touch patent, should Palm be worried?
  By Jose Vilches, January 27, 2009
• Digital TV transition delayed four months
  By Justin Mann, January 27, 2009
• Spam resurges to pre-McColo takedown levels
  By Jose Vilches, January 27, 2009
• News around the web: Go home and multiply
  By Erik Orejuela, January 27, 2009
• Western Digital launches world's first 2TB hard drive
  By Jose Vilches, January 27, 2009
• Operation: Anchorage DLC for Fallout 3 goes live
  By Jose Vilches, January 27, 2009
• Apple issues Nvidia graphics update
  By Jose Vilches, January 27, 2009
• EA Maxis details upcoming Spore expansion
  By Justin Mann, January 27, 2009
• How to Remove your Windows 7 installation, partition @ TechSpot
  By Julio Franco, January 27, 2009
• Games overtake DVD and Blu-ray combined sales
  By Jose Vilches, January 26, 2009
• Microsoft delivers first IE8 release candidate
  By Jose Vilches, January 26, 2009
• AMD Phenom II X4 940 Overclocking Performance @ TechSpot
  By Julio Franco, January 26, 2009
• EU asks Microsoft to include alternative browsers in Windows?
  By Justin Mann, January 26, 2009
• Monster.com compromised again
  By Justin Mann, January 26, 2009
• AMD rolls out seven new Shanghai chips for servers
  By Jose Vilches, January 26, 2009
• Wikipedia tests edit moderation
  By Justin Mann, January 26, 2009
• Apple to start shipping iLife '09 tomorrow
  By Jose Vilches, January 26, 2009
• MSI officially announces its VESA mountable WindBOX
  By Jose Vilches, January 26, 2009
• RIM calls buggy smartphones the 'new reality'
  By Jose Vilches, January 26, 2009
• News around the web: Phenom II Overclocked to 6.5GHz
  By Erik Orejuela, January 26, 2009
• Weekend tech reading: Google's semantic search & Windows 7 Beta ending soon
  By Julio Franco, January 24, 2009
• Zune revenue down $100 million
  By Justin Mann, January 23, 2009
• Download of the Week: Foxit Reader
  By Jose Vilches, January 23, 2009
• Samsung to introduce Android-based phone, new netbook
  By Justin Mann, January 23, 2009
• Microsoft to deliver IE8 release candidate on Monday
  By Jose Vilches, January 23, 2009
• Google remains profitable despite earnings drop
  By Justin Mann, January 23, 2009
• Netvibes founder teases Linux distro for netbooks
  By Jose Vilches, January 23, 2009
• Apple fixes critical QuickTime flaws
  By Jose Vilches, January 23, 2009
• Microsoft Flight Simulator studio hit by layoffs
  By Jose Vilches, January 23, 2009
• Facebook almost double the size of MySpace worldwide
  By Jose Vilches, January 23, 2009
• Nvidia releases Forceware 181.22 WHQL drivers
  By Jose Vilches, January 23, 2009
• Pirated copies of iWork '09 infect Macs with Trojan
  By Jose Vilches, January 22, 2009
• BlackBerry Storm 4.7.0.90 update leaked
  By Jose Vilches, January 22, 2009
• Intel to cut up to 6,000 workers, close 2 plants
  By Justin Mann, January 22, 2009
• Seagate offers new firmware for broken hard drives
  By Jose Vilches, January 22, 2009
• Majority of Windows 7 installations to be 64-bit?
  By Jose Vilches, January 22, 2009
• Microsoft unveils DRM-laden MSN Mobile Music service
  By Justin Mann, January 22, 2009
• Acer considers dropping 8.9" Aspire One netbook
  By Justin Mann, January 22, 2009
• Apple closely watching Palm Pre for IP infringement?
  By Jose Vilches, January 22, 2009
• Microsoft announces layoffs amid weak earnings
  By Jose Vilches, January 22, 2009
• F.E.A.R. 2 PC demo hits the web
  By Jose Vilches, January 22, 2009
• RIAA urges judge to disallow trial webcast
  By Justin Mann, January 22, 2009
• How long it's been since you last rebooted Windows?
  By Julio Franco, January 22, 2009
• Thursday tech deals: Everex gPC Core Duo 2GHz Mini-Desktop PC for $350
  By Julio Franco, January 22, 2009
• Microsoft may cut 8,000 jobs as profit drops
  By Justin Mann, January 21, 2009
• Apple bumps specs of $999 MacBook
  By Jose Vilches, January 21, 2009
• Corsair jumps into SSD market with a 128GB unit
  By Jose Vilches, January 21, 2009
• News around the web: A face you can trust
  By Erik Orejuela, January 21, 2009
• Hackers breach major credit card processor
  By Jose Vilches, January 21, 2009
• CRTC reveals most Canadian ISPs filter P2P traffic
  By Justin Mann, January 21, 2009
• Seagate's SD1A firmware bricking 500GB Barracudas
  By Justin Mann, January 21, 2009
• Apple drops copy protection from boxed iWork '09
  By Jose Vilches, January 21, 2009
• Asus laptops to get HyperSpace instant-on feature
  By Jose Vilches, January 21, 2009
• Windows Vista SP2 release delayed
  By Justin Mann, January 20, 2009
• More info on Intel's "Pineview" Atom chips surfaces
  By Jose Vilches, January 20, 2009
• Google bails on print advertising
  By Jose Vilches, January 20, 2009
• AMD drops Phenom II prices in response to Intel
  By Justin Mann, January 20, 2009
• Microsoft sells entire Comcast stake
  By Jose Vilches, January 20, 2009
• Sony prepares PS3 2.60 firmware for release
  By Justin Mann, January 20, 2009
• News around the web: The OLED Hype
  By Erik Orejuela, January 20, 2009
• Sony releases 5.03 PSP firmware
  By Justin Mann, January 20, 2009
• AMD sells handset division to Qualcomm for $65 million
  By Jose Vilches, January 20, 2009
• Elpida intros ultra-high speed XDR DRAM memory
  By Jose Vilches, January 20, 2009
• BlackBerry Application Storefront opens to submissions
  By Jose Vilches, January 20, 2009
• NPD reveals best selling PC games of 2008
  By Jose Vilches, January 20, 2009
• Dual Boot Windows 7 with XP/Vista in three easy steps @ TechSpot
  By Julio Franco, January 20, 2009
• Belkin issues apology for paid review scandal
  By Justin Mann, January 19, 2009
• News around the web: YouTube now a reference tool
  By Erik Orejuela, January 19, 2009
• Valve thinks pirates are "underserved" customers
  By Jose Vilches, January 19, 2009
• Amazon cuts Xbox Live Gold subscription to $30
  By Jose Vilches, January 19, 2009
• YouTube tries out downloadable videos
  By Jose Vilches, January 19, 2009
• EC may force Microsoft to strip IE from Windows
  By Justin Mann, January 19, 2009
• Intel to introduce CULV platform for ultra-portable laptops
  By Jose Vilches, January 19, 2009
• AMD launches 760G IGP chipset
  By Justin Mann, January 19, 2009
• Seagate issues with 7200.11 series escalate
  By Justin Mann, January 19, 2009
• Microsoft to unveil MobileMe competitor next month?
  By Jose Vilches, January 19, 2009
• Intel cuts prices, introduces new 65W quad-core models
  By Jose Vilches, January 19, 2009
• 21 First Person Shooters you shouldn't have missed @ TechSpot
  By Julio Franco, January 19, 2009
• Weekend tech reading: Belkin rep. paying for positive Amazon reviews?
  By Julio Franco, January 18, 2009
• Intel to delay mainstream Core i7 processors?
  By Jose Vilches, January 17, 2009
• Apple's App Store hits 500 million downloads
  By Jose Vilches, January 16, 2009
• Mozilla delays third Firefox 3.1 beta
  By Jose Vilches, January 16, 2009
• Circuit City to shut down remaining stores
  By Jose Vilches, January 16, 2009
• AMD plans to cut 1,100 more jobs
  By Justin Mann, January 16, 2009
• F.E.A.R. 2 demo due next week
  By Justin Mann, January 16, 2009
• Gaming industry rakes in $21 billion in 2008
  By Jose Vilches, January 16, 2009
• YouTube comes to gaming consoles, but not Xbox 360
  By Jose Vilches, January 16, 2009
• World's second Android phone gets delayed indefinitely
  By Jose Vilches, January 16, 2009
• Interview with Richard Garriott
  By Justin Mann, January 16, 2009
• News around the web: YouTube on Your TV
  By Erik Orejuela, January 16, 2009
• Windows 7 improved window management using the keyboard (hotkeys)
  By Julio Franco, January 16, 2009
• Downadup worm infects 3.5 million PCs
  By Jose Vilches, January 15, 2009
• Leaked screenshots of Office 14 surface
  By Justin Mann, January 15, 2009
• Intel plans Atom upgrade for mid-2009
  By Jose Vilches, January 15, 2009
• Asus introduces F50 and F70 series notebooks
  By Justin Mann, January 15, 2009
• Seagate unveils two enterprise-grade Cheetah HDDs
  By Jose Vilches, January 15, 2009
• Windows Live Hotmail finally gets free POP3 support
  By Jose Vilches, January 15, 2009
• Google kills off unpopular services, announces layoffs
  By Jose Vilches, January 15, 2009
• Valve releases Left 4 Dead patch, fixes issues
  By Jose Vilches, January 15, 2009
• Toshiba seeks to buy Fujitsu's HDD business
  By Justin Mann, January 14, 2009
• Intel price cuts coming soon?
  By Jose Vilches, January 14, 2009
• Xbox 360 rentals outweigh Wii 2 to 1
  By Justin Mann, January 14, 2009
• Steve Jobs takes medical leave of absence from Apple
  By Jose Vilches, January 14, 2009
• Wed's Tech Deals: Logitech MX518 for $12, more
  By Julio Franco, January 14, 2009
• Chinese Internet usage grows dramatically
  By Jose Vilches, January 14, 2009
• Blockbuster plans multi-device movie delivery service
  By Jose Vilches, January 14, 2009
• News around the web: Wall Street Tumbles
  By Erik Orejuela, January 14, 2009
• iTunes DRM-stripping fee is all or nothing
  By Justin Mann, January 14, 2009
• Google takes on Microsoft with App reseller program
  By Jose Vilches, January 14, 2009
• Apple iPhone gets new browser options
  By Jose Vilches, January 14, 2009
• OCZ intros new Apex series SSDs
  By Jose Vilches, January 14, 2009
• Former adware author goes on record, excuse us, "ad-supported software"
  By Justin Mann, January 14, 2009
• PlayStation 2 sells more than 50 million in North America, 140 million worldwide
  By Justin Mann, January 13, 2009
• Carol Bartz appointed as new Yahoo CEO
  By Jose Vilches, January 13, 2009
• Western Digital to unveil 2TB HDD this week?
  By Jose Vilches, January 13, 2009
• Asus to unveil Android-powered Eee Phone?
  By Jose Vilches, January 13, 2009
• OCZ introduces new input devices aimed at gamers
  By Justin Mann, January 13, 2009
• Seagate loses CEO, cuts 800 jobs
  By Justin Mann, January 13, 2009
• Bethesda releases Fallout 3 patch, DLC coming soon
  By Jose Vilches, January 13, 2009
• Sling Media founders to leave the company
  By Jose Vilches, January 13, 2009
• News around the web: WoW a college class?
  By Erik Orejuela, January 13, 2009
• Nvidia shares first benchmarks for the Ion platform
  By Jose Vilches, January 13, 2009
• Sony to post first annual loss in 14 years?
  By Jose Vilches, January 13, 2009
• Microsoft says next Xbox still distant
  By Jose Vilches, January 12, 2009
• Nvidia GeForce GTX 295 dual-GPU review @ TechSpot
  By Julio Franco, January 12, 2009
• Gigabyte prepares three 10" netbooks for 2Q 2009
  By Justin Mann, January 12, 2009
• AMD plans supercomputer for cloud based gaming
  By Jose Vilches, January 12, 2009
• LG signs LCD supply deal with Apple
  By Jose Vilches, January 12, 2009
• Via introduces 8-drive C7-D powered NAS
  By Justin Mann, January 12, 2009
• Atheros to turn cell phones into access points
  By Justin Mann, January 12, 2009
• Microsoft removes Windows 7 Beta download limit
  By Jose Vilches, January 12, 2009
• News around the web: Tech firms brace for painful '09
  By Erik Orejuela, January 12, 2009
• Intel to launch new CPUs for lower-cost thin notebooks
  By Jose Vilches, January 12, 2009
• Mozilla Firefox dumps Google for Yandex in Russia
  By Jose Vilches, January 12, 2009
• Weekend Tech Reading: Mumbai police to look out for unsecured Wi-Fi connections
  By Julio Franco, January 11, 2009
• Intel does not want dual-core Atoms in netbooks?
  By Justin Mann, January 10, 2009
• How to remove Windows 7 Beta 'Send Feedback' link and wallpaper watermark
  By Julio Franco, January 10, 2009
• Microsoft pulls Windows 7 beta due to overwhelming demand, some direct links still working
  By Justin Mann, January 09, 2009
• Nvidia releases 181.20 WHQL ForceWare drivers
  By Jose Vilches, January 09, 2009
• Circuit City in talks with possible buyers
  By Jose Vilches, January 09, 2009
• SanDisk introduces G3 series SSDs for notebooks
  By Justin Mann, January 09, 2009
• Dell officially unveils Adamo, shares almost no details
  By Jose Vilches, January 09, 2009
• News around the web: Apple's $1.8B iTunes tax
  By Erik Orejuela, January 09, 2009
• Asus announces launch of M4 series AM3 boards
  By Justin Mann, January 09, 2009
• Google previews Chrome 2.0
  By Jose Vilches, January 09, 2009
• Windows 7 Beta now publicly available
  By Jose Vilches, January 09, 2009
• AMD boosts notebook graphics with new Mobility Radeon HD 4000 GPUs
  By Jose Vilches, January 09, 2009
• LimeWire prepares to integrate social networking, private file sharing
  By Justin Mann, January 09, 2009
• AMD Phenom II X4 940 & 920 review @ TechSpot
  By Julio Franco, January 09, 2009
• Nvidia releases GeForce GTX 295 dual GPU card
  By Jose Vilches, January 08, 2009
• Download of the week: DivX 7
  By Jose Vilches, January 08, 2009
• Palm announces webOS platform and demos Palm Pre
  By Justin Mann, January 08, 2009
• Skype Lite for Android and Java phones coming soon
  By Justin Mann, January 08, 2009
• Lenovo cuts 2,500 jobs as part of restructuring plan
  By Jose Vilches, January 08, 2009
• Microsoft dates Halo Wars, plans demo for early next month
  By Jose Vilches, January 08, 2009
• News around the web: Sex And CES
  By Erik Orejuela, January 08, 2009
• Windows 7 beta released to testers, public beta coming tomorrow
  By Jose Vilches, January 08, 2009
• OLPC cuts workforce in half, aims for free laptop
  By Jose Vilches, January 08, 2009
• Left 4 Dead DLC arriving next week?
  By Justin Mann, January 08, 2009
• Sony unveils its "non netbook" Vaio P series
  By Jose Vilches, January 08, 2009
• SanDisk intros next-gen SSDs for netbooks
  By Jose Vilches, January 07, 2009
• Windows 7 64-bit version hits torrent sites
  By Jose Vilches, January 07, 2009
• Weak demand causes Intel to issue revenue warning
  By Jose Vilches, January 07, 2009
• AMD readies low-cost, low-power "ultra value" CPUs
  By Justin Mann, January 07, 2009
• Microsoft to announce free Windows 7 upgrade program?
  By Jose Vilches, January 07, 2009
• SD Association announces SDXC standard
  By Justin Mann, January 07, 2009
• News around the web: Best and Worst Jobs in the U.S
  By Erik Orejuela, January 07, 2009
• 2K Games president wants five Bioshock sequels
  By Justin Mann, January 07, 2009
• Toshiba unveils 500GB portable hard drive
  By Jose Vilches, January 07, 2009
• HP releases the Mini 2140 netbook
  By Jose Vilches, January 07, 2009
• Asus reveals Eee PC tablets, Eee Keyboard
  By Jose Vilches, January 07, 2009
• Verbatim intros ExpressCard SSDs at Macworld
  By Justin Mann, January 07, 2009
• Comcast protocol agnostic throttling is up and running
  By Jose Vilches, January 06, 2009
• Slow system performance when copying large files in XP x64 & Server 2003 x64
  By Julio Franco, January 06, 2009
• Wii Fit used for physical therapy
  By Justin Mann, January 06, 2009
• Apple refreshes 17-inch MacBook Pro
  By Jose Vilches, January 06, 2009
• Apple confirms iTunes going DRM-free
  By Justin Mann, January 06, 2009
• Xbox 360 sales hit 28 million, 17 million on Xbox Live
  By Jose Vilches, January 06, 2009
• Google brings Picasa to the Mac, Apple responds with iPhoto '09
  By Jose Vilches, January 06, 2009
• Seagate begins shipping 500GB per-platter disks
  By Justin Mann, January 06, 2009
• Logitech introduces new G-series peripherals
  By Jose Vilches, January 06, 2009
• AMD unveils Athlon Neo for ultraportable laptops
  By Jose Vilches, January 06, 2009
• News around the web: Best Buy offers used iPhones
  By Erik Orejuela, January 06, 2009
• Sling Media to demo iPhone client at Macworld
  By Jose Vilches, January 06, 2009
• Must-have Outlook plug-in Xobni gets funded
  By Julio Franco, January 06, 2009
• Notebook vendors pushing for mobile Nehalem delay?
  By Jose Vilches, January 05, 2009
• News around the web: Blu-ray's Fuzzy Future
  By Erik Orejuela, January 05, 2009
• Microsoft lists top Xbox 360 games for 2008
  By Jose Vilches, January 05, 2009
• Samsung to demonstrate 7mm thick TV at CES
  By Justin Mann, January 05, 2009
• XFX goes Radeon with launch of HD 4000 series cards
  By Jose Vilches, January 05, 2009
• Gigabyte EX58-UD4P Intel X58 motherboard review @ TechSpot
  By Julio Franco, January 05, 2009
• Steve Jobs says hormone imbalance caused weight loss
  By Jose Vilches, January 05, 2009
• Netflix Roku box to stream Amazon Video On Demand service
  By Justin Mann, January 05, 2009
• Lenovo introduces new notebooks, all-in-one desktop
  By Jose Vilches, January 05, 2009
• AMD prepares business-class 45nm CPUs for 3Q 2009
  By Justin Mann, January 05, 2009
• Apple to introduce new Nvidia-based Macbook Pro, mini
  By Justin Mann, January 05, 2009
• Freescale promises $199 netbooks with new chip
  By Jose Vilches, January 05, 2009
• LG to sell Netflix-enabled HDTVs
  By Jose Vilches, January 05, 2009
• Weekend tech reading: Friended by Mom and Dad on Facebook?
  By Julio Franco, January 04, 2009
• Viacom and TWC pending deal raises concerns for online media availability, distribution
  By Justin Mann, January 02, 2009
• Is the RIAA dropping MediaSentry?
  By Justin Mann, January 02, 2009
• IE continues to lose market share as Firefox, Safari and Chrome gain
  By Justin Mann, January 02, 2009
• Google urges IE6 Gmail users to switch to Firefox, Chrome
  By Justin Mann, January 01, 2009