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No BS Podcast #161: Paranormal Activity

December 21, 2010
No BS Podcast #161: Paranormal Activity

Season’s greetings, PC fans. In this week’s unseasonably-spooky episode of the No BS Podcast, the gang discusses the Nook, hacked Gawker accounts, Time’s Person of the Year award and, of course, ghosts. 
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Motorola Wants Ban Hammer Dropped on Xbox 360

December 21, 2010
Motorola Wants Ban Hammer Dropped on Xbox 360

The International Trade Commission in Washington is investigating a complaint by Motorola against Microsoft and will decide whether or not to ban imports of the Xbox 360 game console, Bloomberg reports.
We’d be shocked if the two sides didn’t come to s…

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Latest RST Storage Drivers Support High Capacity Hard Drives

December 21, 2010
Latest RST Storage Drivers Support High Capacity Hard Drives

We just got word from Intel that it has new Rapid Storage Technology (RST) drivers available for download, and there’s a good reason why you might want to check them out. As we’ve been told, version 10.1 adds support for hard drives larger than 2TB in …

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Free Gmail Voice Calls Extended Through 2011

December 20, 2010
Free Gmail Voice Calls Extended Through 2011

Google is offering a nice little holiday gift to Us users of Gmail today. You may remember a few months ago when Google rolled out voice calls in Gmail. At the time, they decided to make all Gmail calls to the US and Canada free through the end of 2010…

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Microsoft Pulls the Plug on Office Genuine Advantage Program

December 20, 2010
Microsoft Pulls the Plug on Office Genuine Advantage Program

Microsoft said goodbye to its little friend, Office Genuine Advantage (OGA), and quietly shut down the program last Thursday.
What that means for Office users is they’re now able to download add-ins and templates without having to jump through any vali…

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Google Adds Hacked Site Notifications to Search Results

December 20, 2010
Google Adds Hacked Site Notifications to Search Results

Awake to the fact that malware authors are adept at gaining high search rankings for their malware-fraught sites, Google has been providing malware notifications in its search results for three years now. But what about legitimate sites compromised …

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Futuremark Announces Update to All Versions of 3DMark 11

December 20, 2010
Futuremark Announces Update to All Versions of 3DMark 11

Futuremark originally delayed the release of its much anticipated 3DMark 11 benchmark in order to “fix a couple of difficult bugs rather than patching the benchmark immediately after launch.” Mission accomplished, as today’s update to version 1.01 does…

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Sprint Flips the 4G Switch in Denver, Co. and Bridgeport, Conn.

December 20, 2010
Sprint Flips the 4G Switch in Denver, Co. and Bridgeport, Conn.

Sprint today added a a few more markets to its 4G service umbrella, including Denver (as well as other cities along Colorado’s Front Range, such as Boulder, Fort Collins, and Greeley) and Bridgeport, Connecticut, the wireless telco announced.
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