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Adobe bloated software, and how to disable automatic updates

Published on Dec 20th, 2007 in blog, interesting links, software, thumbs down, tips & tricks | 1 Comment »

Personally, I hate the trend of software adding bloat in subsequent versions as much as I hate people saying an application is bloated just because it’s no longer a simple one-dimensional kind of program. That said, Adobe current crop of products have to be some of the worst in this sense.
At this point I’m sure [...]

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Optimus Maximus keyboard in action (video)

Published on Nov 13th, 2007 in blog, hardware, interesting links, video | 5 Comments »

For over two years we have reported several times on this keyboard that is supposedly being actively developed by a group of russian designers and developers. So many times in fact I have pretty much told TechSpot news editors to stop posting news on this topic until we can see some actual progress…
For some, the [...]

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Xbox 360 HD DVD drive bundled with Heroes Season 1 (for free)

Published on Oct 31st, 2007 in deals, hardware, interesting links | 2 Comments »

Ever since we started discussing the differences between Blu-ray and HD DVD, I always thought and assumed that when time came, I would jump to the Blue team bandwagon. After all, Sony’s format offers a larger technological leap and seems to be more data (PC) friendly…
Almost two years later, neither format dominates the market and [...]

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TV on the web & the GigaOm show

Published on Oct 28th, 2007 in blog, interesting links, the web | 1 Comment »

One of the reasons that drove me to relaunch the TS blog was that I wanted to share with our site community a variety of things, many of them even PC/tech related, that departed from the core coverage offered on the frontpage and in our usual reviews and articles.
Take for example the current revolution of [...]

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Maximum PC is back online plus a bit of TechSpot’s history

Published on Oct 7th, 2007 in blog, interesting links, techspot | No Comments »

Those of you living in the U.S. are probably familiar with Maximum PC magazine, which in my opinion is one of the few excellent print publications catering to PC enthusiasts. For a long time they had relegated their online presence which was poor decision making from its parent publishing company. The fact is, MaximumPC.com was [...]

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Radiohead’s latest album, pay the price you want

Published on Oct 3rd, 2007 in interesting links, music, the web | No Comments »

I missed this a couple of days ago (and that’s like months in Internet time), but I still thought I would contribute with the news since it’s not techie enough to go on the frontpage.
Radiohead will be taking the boldest move ever on Internet music distribution with their upcoming album “In Rainbows”. The band expects [...]

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Ants have their own pedometers

Published on Jul 5th, 2006 in interesting links | 1 Comment »

Because there are things you just would never think are possible…
It turns out ants have internal pedometers that help them figure out exactly how many steps they must take to reach their food and get back to their nest.
In a new study published in Science, researchers in Germany and Switzerland studied Saharan desert ants and [...]

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Mario Bros, anyone?

Published on Nov 29th, 2005 in gaming, interesting links | 3 Comments »

This is a funny video, worth your next couple of minutes ;)

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