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I can understand how you might be playing your guitar one day, then coming to the realization, “Hey! This thing just puts out electrical signal. I should be able to plug it right into my computer!’ Now your dreams can be a reality with Orange Amplifiers’ new OPC small form-factor desktop. I’m not so sure mounting a large speaker right on your computer’s housing is a good idea, as amps can generally take a decent beating

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Orange Amplifiers announces computer / guitar amp combo

Would you be willing to pay an extra dollar or two per month for Xbox Live if you were able to watch live TV on it? That’s what Microsoft and News Corp. execs are currently contemplating , with the two companies in talks over bringing a “young, male” channel to XBL.

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Microsoft, News Corp in talks over Xbox Live channel (but it’ll cost you $1 or $2 extra)

Remember when 56K modems first came out? I remember walking around the mall thinking to myself, “Man, the Internet must be so fast with that thing!” I mention this because Akamai Technologies, the company which pretty much powers the Internet’s biggest sites, has published a list of the fastest Internet cities in America . The winner is Berkley, Calif., which has an average Internet speed of 18.7 Mbps, followed by Chappel Hill, NC (17.5Mbps), and Stanford, Calif

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What’s the fastest Internet city in America?

Since Foursquare never officially checked-in to Germany, another company has decided to become the local Mayor. The clone company Friendticker came out its beta on Friday with a banging underground party in one of Berlin’s secret club locations. Officially, the business of ruling Germany’s location wars starts today.

As is generally widely known, Germany has a very environmentally sustainable economy. There are recycling bins everywhere. So it’s nice to see the recycling has extended to the layout and functionality of Foursquare. Friendticker’s site and iPhone app resembles Foursquare with only minor changes and the browser bar’s favicon looks very much like Facebook’s - only in purple. However, look under the hood and Friendticker has features you won’t find in Foursquare and Gowalla such as a greater emphasis on loyalty rewards and a full-blown Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system to allow local businesses to control their offers.

I was just reminded by a spring cleaning article that it’s been quite a while since I checked under the hood of my PC. Enthusiasts know and love the process of getting air-flow-reducing dust bunnies out of their cases, but a lot of people out there (and perhaps some readers) may have never even tried it. It’s actually quite easy and you should give it a shot — I put together a video this afternoon just to show the basics.

I was just reminded by a spring cleaning article that it’s been quite a while since I checked under the hood of my PC.

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Video: spring cleaning time for your PC

Now we’re cooking with a substance that appears to be similar in smell, flame size, and cost per energy unit as “gas.” Asus ’ impending Eee PC 1005PR is a 10.1-inch netbook with a 1366

When will this nonsense with online DRM stop? Ubisoft’s authentication server s were apparently attacked and therefore offline, but now they’re back

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EA servers crash as Ubisoft gets back online

MSI has added another skinny notebook to its X-Slim series with the announcement of the 13-inch X360 model. This one makes use of an Intel Core i5 ultra low voltage CPU clocked at 1.06GHz alongside Intel’s HM55 graphics chipset

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MSI X360: Intel Core i5, three pounds, less than an inch thick

Granted, the seven new LCD (non-3D) TVs Sony announced [JP] in Japan today are not as sexy as their 3D counterparts , but they are worth mentioning, too.

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Not 3D but pretty, too: Sony’s seven new LCD TVs