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What 200MB looked like in 1970 (1,019 diggs) Stick that in your laptop.

The Impact of Earnings on Internet Access (Graphic) (477 diggs)

Nexus One hits for AT&T 3G and Rogers 3G bands (268 diggs) That's it folks -- the heat is on. Today Google's Nexus One has hit the virtual shelves equipped for 3G action on AT&T and Rogers networks... free of any contracts or nasty carrier locks. Developing...

No, THIS is what you need a quad-core CPU for [PIC] (3,693 diggs) Stolen from Reddit.

Why you'll never be able to legally rip your DVDs (1,236 diggs) This is the sad story of RealDVD, the company that recently screwed consumers everywhere by settling a lawsuit that makes it illegal to rip DVDs.

Intel 6-Core Processor Dominates Benchmarks (505 diggs) Intel has released a 6-core processor that will fit into existing X58 motherboards and really pushes the boundaries of computing performance. There are many cases where the CPU actually is 50% faster than the measly quad-core processors currently for sale! Time to open up the pocket book or steal your neighbors.

Unboxing the fake Intel Core i7 that NewEgg was shipping (1,939 diggs) By now, you've probably seen many of the homemade videos from people who ordered an Intel Core i7-920 processor from Newegg.com and received a bogus processor and hunk of plastic shaped like a fan. We have one in the office.

The Rise of Netbooks (Infographic) (352 diggs) 2009 saw dramatic growth in the popularity of netbooks. This trend is expected to continue in 2010 as they become increasingly affordable.

Crowd-sourced Toshiba Satellite Notebook = Thin & Sexy (372 diggs) If you could design a perfect laptop, what features would you include or leave out? Best Buy asked its customers, then channeled the info back to laptop manufacturers. The Satellite E205 is Toshiba's offering and it weighs in at a decent price, with solid performance and Intel WiDi wireless display to TV technology on board.

The World's First Commercial Brain-Computer Interface (345 diggs) The world's first commercial effort at a patient-ready brain computer interface is on display over at CeBIT 2010, but don't go throwing out your keyboard and mouse just yet.

The LAPD Gets Its Own, Supersized Robocop (303 diggs) It might not have a soul or emotion, but the Los Angeles Police Department's latest toy, a Remotec Inc. "Telehandler," could probably give Robocop a run for his money.

The World's Largest Amateur Rocket (1,010 diggs) Unlike wood-based models, the Heat 1X is a real metal rocket. At more than 9 meters high, it's also the largest amateur rocket in the world. The guys building it are planning one almost as large as the V-2.

Surf the Web at the Speed of Light (404 diggs) A new laser developed by scientists at MIT could make light-speed computing a reality.

Graphics Card Prices Could Rise by 10% Due to Shortage (391 diggs) Shortages obviously feed on the demand to raise prices and as we saw for the first two months of the 5000-series availability, prices where higher than the estimated pricing originally fed from AMD's marketing team.

Sony, LG, Samsung, Hitachi, Toshiba accused of price fixing (484 diggs) A Connecticut home electronics store has filed a class-action lawsuit against major manufacturers of optical disc drives, alleging that the companies colluded to raise and keep prices high for CDs, DVDs and Blu-ray Disc technology.

The evolution of removable storage: punchcards to datasticks (205 diggs) Over the years, people have tried to transfer information from one computer to another in a dizzying number of ways. Here's a look at some of the best, along with others that time forgot.

Rural America: The Land Broadband Forgot (351 diggs) Despite promising new technologies, rural America remains the land that telecom forgot. While many politicians claim that they will work toward cheap, reliable broadband for all Americans, it's still a long way off for much of the rural U.S., says our country-dwelling mobile expert.

My roommate didn't notice for 10 minutes [Pic] (4,180 diggs)

Massive Network is an Olympian Feat (468 diggs) The numbers start to overwhelm. In just the hockey venue, there are 25 kilometers of fiber optic cable, 80 kilometers of Cat 5 Ethernet cable, 1,500 Ethernet drops. And they had 12 days to install it all, after the Vancouver Canucks turned over the building to the Olympic organizing committee.

2GB/s Transfer Speed To Be available in 2010 From 1TB Drives (810 diggs) One-terabyte (TB) solid state drives (SSDs) are expected to be released in a couple of years, and they will be about the size of the average postage stamp.

HP slate to undercut iPad's price? (375 diggs) HP's slate PC should cost less than an equivalent iPad when it goes on sale, a leak has revealed late on Wednesday. Sources say that an entry version of the Windows 7 tablet with 3G will have similar specs to an iPad but will cost less than the $629 Apple wants to charge.

Hackers, Troops Rejoice: Pentagon Lifts Thumb Drive Ban (370 diggs) Soldiers, you are now cleared to use your thumb drives again. U.S. Strategic Command has lifted its ban on the tiny drives, memory sticks, CDs, and other “removable flash media” on military networks.

Today's best CPUs compared... to Pentium 4 3.8GHz (1,203 diggs) How do current $74 CPUs compare to the $133 ones? To exclusive $1K Extreme Editions? Interesting questions, but what if you took a five-year-old Pentium 4 3.8GHz and pitted it against today's CPUs in a slew of games and other apps? The results are eye-opening.