Tosummarize: Santa Claus has the lowest data rates, while thestrawberry has the highest. The severed thumb is slower than itdeserves to be, and the barbecued chicken beats the hamburger. Inother news, I lovethis test.
Having directsimilarly obsessive benchmark roundupsbefore, Testfreaks is nostranger to flash drive testing. They’re quick to show us, then,that these drives are generally pretty terrible, and that if you’relooking for performance, you’ll probably be better served by adecent mainstream drive over a plasticized shrimp. One gripe throwsa damper on this howling test: I kinda wish there were a few moreof the bulletin drive legends, like thebeer drive, thehumping dogand for good measure,Sylvester Stallone’s genitalia. [Testfreaks]
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With Firefox 3.5 being recently released, and hitting five million downloads in 24 hours, Firefox appears to be gaining more market share, and Internet Explorer's market share is slipping according to Favbrowser, and a graph by statcounter shown below. Internet Explorer fell from 62.09% to 59.49%, while Firefox rose from 28.75% to 30.33%. But Firefox isn't the only browser that's gaining market share. Opera, recently released the beta version of version 10 of its browser, rose from 3.23% to 3.36%, Safari, recently released version 4 of its browser and hitting 11 million downloads in three days, rose from 2.65% to 2.93%, and Chrome rose from 2.42% to 2.82%.
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Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W230
Sony’s $200 Cyber-shot DSC-W230 point-and-shoot delivers a high-end feature set—and unimpressive pictures—at a low-end price.
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World’s Smallest TV-B-Gone Makes It Even Easier to Do Things You’ll Later Regret [Pranks]
The size of theoriginal TV-B-Gonenever seemed like an impediment to us, but hey, I’m not goingto argue with a gadget going through the shrink ray. [Hack-a-Day]
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Nikon Coolpix S230
The $230 Nikon Coolpix S230 has a slick design and a large, 3-inch touch-screen LCD, but don’t expect this place-and-shoot’s image quality to wow you.
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$21.88After a $15.00 rebate (exp 7/6/2009) Vendor: uberbargain Shipping: Free…
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This Cox speakertable is the sort of thing you buy when you have a lot of money butno time to consider how practical your overpriced baubles are. Whothe hell wants a speaker unit that doubles as a table?
Just imagine trying to write on a table that’s vibrating withsound. Or how tense you’ll get every time someone rests a drink onit, coaster or no coaster. Or how futile it’ll be to try to illtemper this into the decor in your home. There’s a reason speakersand tables are separate pieces of furniture. Don’t rock the boat.[LuxuryIssuesviaBornRich]
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Take these rugged gadgets on your next camping, boating, or
beach excursion this summer.
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HP Announces Back-to-School Desktop PCs
Hewlett-Packard announced several new consumer desktop PCs in a back-to-school push that also includes a new TouchSmart PC software suite. Almost all are priced under $800.
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When NASA sent two rovers to Mars they were not quite sure what all they would find. What they ended up finding far exceeded expectations and has proven that the possible foundations for life do exist on other planets. The scientists were eventually able to conclude that cloud formations do form on the planet and they can, in fact, make it snow on Mars. Scientists were able to observe this phenomenon using the LIDAR instrument (Light Detection and Ranging). “But the really amazing data came from the LIDAR instrument, which was able to track the formation of the clouds at the atmosphere's boundary layer.
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