CHEAP: $70 Blu-ray Disc Player Hits Target

Remember when Blu-ray Disc players were so expensive that even the PlayStation 3 at its $600 launch price was considered a bargain? I do. And how the world has changed now that consumers can pick up a Blu-ray Disc player for the same price as a collector's edition of a game for that PS3. Engadget reports that Target is now selling a Philips BDP5010 Blu-ray Disc player for $69.98 that features...

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Opera 10.50 Web browser : The fastest browser on Earth

New features Better integration with the Windows operating system Windows 7: Aero GlassAero PeekJump Lists Opera Carakan JavaScript engine Cross-platform bytecode interpreter for a new register-based instruction setInternal object model with automatic classification and inline property cachingMachine code generation (JIT compiler)Divided garbage collection heap: automatically traverses the memory of active heapsCaching of compiled programsReduced memory usageAdditional Carakan...

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Kingston 2400MHz DDR3 'World's Fastest Memory'

Kingston today announced it has developed what it claims is the fastest Intel-certified memory in the world. How fast, you ask? 2400 MHz. Kingston's speedy HyperX dual-channel DDR3 memory kit (given the charming model name KHX2400C9D3T1K2/4GX) has Intel' XMP certification on the Core i7 platform. Those who like to tweak their memory will like to know that the 2400 MHz kit runs at 9-11-9-27-2...

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Girl killed in Wii Remote mix-up

A girl has been killed after picking up a loaded gun, apparently mistaking it for a Wii Remote gun-style controller.Three year-old Cheyenne Alexis McKeehan from Wilson County Tennessee died from a single self-inflicted shot to the abdomen from a .380 calibre semi-automatic pistol. The loaded firearm had been left on the coffee table in the living room of the girl’s house, after her stepfather...

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