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    Smartwatch without a smartphone?

    I made two babies and haven't kept up with tech as much since. My wife wants a smartwatch *without* a smartphone, is this possible on a major carrier? How about on a mvno? I haven't told her it can't be done yet, because I hope it can be. If this can't be done, is it at least in the works? I'm...
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    Add a VR forum

    After testing an HTC Vive I think it's clear that VR will be huge. Time for a dedicated VR forum.
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    Andrei Frumusanu, I love you.

    Finding a piece of excellent tech reporting puts me in an amorous mood. I've been drifting away from the AT homepage for awhile but this Exynos 7420 review reminds me of the Anand/Klug days. http://www.anandtech.com/show/9330/exynos-7420-deep-dive Real original info, generated by the...
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    Tim Berners-Lee made a social network or something

    Gives you control of your data, Much better than Ello but same problem of not so many users. ... I'm almost to the point of caring about privacy/data mining/whatever... Surprised this didn't get more press...
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    Calendar syncing between Live Mail Calendar and Android

    My father in-law insists on using windows Live Mail Calendar, he just bought a Galaxy Note 3 and is unable to get the GN3's native calendar app to sync bidirectionally with his Windows Live Mail desktop client. His desktop also has outlook so I am tentatively thinking about using Microsoft's...
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    Speaker system controlled from smartphone

    Been searching amazon and pretty disappointed, is there a wireless speaker system (at least 4 speakers) that can be controlled by an android phone via wi-fi or Bluetooth? Or do I need a Bluetooth audio receiver that connects to the speaker system like this one...
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    Has Beats Audio dragged down HTC?

    HTC has done quite poorly this last year despite having a well-reviewed world-class product. While I think most will agree that there are multiple factors, I'm wondering if anyone else here sees the Beats Audio push as having a huge opportunity cost. If HTC had instead made the One X waterproof...
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    "Storage Anxiety" and nexus devices

    Matias Duarte recently stated that nexus devices do not include sd card support because sd cards negatively impact the user experience. My own experience however is that user experience is worse without an sd card, I experience a sort of "storage anxiety" knowing that I can't increase storage...
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    "new iPad" relative bat life only 41% bettter than a Zenbook?

    engadget says it is 42.5Wh, (http://www.engadget.com/2012/03/07/new-ipad-vs-ipad-2/) more then some netbooks and equal battery life to some netbooks at a claimed 9-10 hours. Capacity is up by 70% but bat life is unchanged, what is sucking the juice? LTE? no that only makes a claimed 1hr...
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    Bulldozer: 213million transistors in 31mm^2?????

    At ieee ISSCC today AMD revealed that a one module (two "core") Bulldozer will have 213 million transistors and measure just 30.9 square mm including cache. This means AMD's 32nm transistors are packed much more tightly than on Intel's 32nm procs. for reference, here's Intel's 32nm procs...
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    How to change Xoom's user agent

    Mobile sites are annoying, I have my android phone's user agent set to desktop for most sites but on a tablet there's really no reason to go for the mobile version. JR Raphael has the solution: http://blogs.computerworld.com/17882/android_honeycomb_browser_user_agent
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    Internal 3.5" SD-XC reader (that doesn't suck)

    I've looked all over the egg, TD and Superbiz. All I can find is a rather junky looking Sabrent model for $9.99 (http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...&sku=M501-1186). Anyone know of a higher quality model?
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    Help with smallish power supply for uATX case

    It's going in the Cooler Master Elite uATX case, just checking to be sure the PSUs I'm looking at will fit in the case: strongly leaning toward this Antec right now... http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817371034
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    HELP!! "System Restore" vs. "Restore Files"

    Normally I'd just figure this out myself but there's alot on the line for a friend of mine and I don't want to take any chances. His stocks etc. trading program crashed and the file that contains his trading algorithms become corrupted. Personally I never use this Windows feature so before I do...
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    Holiday Smartphone round-up misleads readers

    OK the title is a little inflammatory but this article continues the trend of reviewers calling one SOC "faster" than another SOC because of the GPU. For iOS and WP7 that have GPU accelerated GUIs I think this wording would be fine but for Android (and webOS) it is just misleading. Assuming...
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    All youtube videos now have a soccer icon on them that activates a vuvuzela noise

    Anyone noticed that all youtube videos now have a soccer icon on them that when clicked adds the sound of a thousand vuvuzelas to the audio of the video? Which is worse? The vuvuzelas or the threads about them? Repost X at least 2. Admin allisolm
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    Does the US have "official" positions and strategies re: climate change?

    I've been looking for the Whitehouses "official" positions and strategies regarding "climate change" but all I can find is a bunch of whitehouse.gov blogs. Does the US government have real positions and strategies? does real legislation exist?
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    Vertically aligning <div> with multiple browsers

    First off I've googled this alot (though I am a noob) I'm trying to make a division center on a sceen of any resolution but all my attempts so far only work on certain browsers. These work in chrome style type="text/css"> #container1 { position:relative; height:auto; width:auto...
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    Android and ChromeOS

    With Android going on all the tablets and netbooks where will ChromeOS fit? I think ChromeOS will be used for TV's (yes I know about dragonpoint) Super quick boot + web-browsing seems very future-TV-ish to me. Anyone think of another place for ChromeOS to fit?
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    Anandtech hosting "googleanalyticsz"?

    First off I'm not accusing anandtech of intentionally hosting malware or anything but Chrome is giving me a warning 50&#37; of the time I visit that Anand is hosting elements from "googleanalyticsz" that will "damage my computer" It could just be a bug on my system but this OS is only 2 weeks...
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    Best web host? must allow me to edit raw html

    I hope this is the right forum. I'm building a friend a website and all the new hosts won't let me edit the html myself. Anyone have experience with all the hosting services available?
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    Will Tesla Motors survive?

    I have the greatest respect for Elon Musk but Tesla has chosen the wrong powertrain architecture and battery chemistry in my opinion. http://www.teslamotors.com/
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    Exporting Outlook express contacts in W7 64bit

    OK this is more difficult than i thought, the export tool runs into an error, updating returns an error, and creating a new folder or anything new returns an error. Anyone know of any tools to export contacts from a ghetto version of Outlook?
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    7-zip error unpacking Win 7 .iso --> help!:

    I'm trying to unpack the iso using 7 zip but it always returns this error in a readme file where the files should have been extracted to. "This disc contains a "UDF" file system and requires an operating system that supports the ISO-13346 "UDF" file system specification." I've heard of...
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    No love for Arrandale?

    I posted something similar in the notebook section where it got about 1.5views/year. Anyway, it seems that none of the usual tools work on arrandale, CPUz won't show voltage, RMClock and CPUgenie won't undervolt or recognize it, I don't believe nBitor works. Benchmarks work of course though.
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    Is it possible to Undervolt Arrandale?

    I know RMClock won't work I'm quite sure CPUGenie will not work So I'm left with either flashing a new bios or some option I'm unaware of. Has anyone tried this or does anyone have an arrandale laptop?
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    Intel CPU rating: SU7300 gets 4 stars, i3 gets 3 stars, Class Action anyone?

    I was reading a Future Shop flyer and was surprised to see an i3 system given only 3 stars, continuing to read I was quite surprised to see an SU7300 get four stars. Non tech savvy people like ~70% of people over 40 would be deceived into thinking that SU7300 is faster than i3-330 when of...
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    Airborne Laser successfully shoots down Ballistic Missile

    But the press doesn't clap. And for those who don't know, Yes. That is a 747 with a frickin laser beam on it's head. http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/the-dewline/
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    New Facebook Home Page (good or bad?)

    What do ya think??
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    Apple A4 based on Cortex A9

    According to Slashgear anyway, this is the first I've heard anything about A4 and while this certainly wouldn't be surprising, it would also be unsurprising if Slashgear is just speculating. Check it out. http://www.slashgear.com/nvidia-tegra-2-to-go-big-time-2972037/
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    iPad thoughts

    Personally once the OLED version comes out I may actually buy an apple product, I gotta admit I'm surprised they're not running a dual core ARM offering like tegra 2 or qualcomm's dual 1.5ghz, cortex a8, 1080p capable, 45nm product. Would like to know how "Apple A4" compares to Cortex A8 and A9...
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    How many words/characters are in the Code of Federal Regulations

    I've been trying to find this but nobody knows, not even Google! maybe I'll try Bing ...
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    Droid has FM transmitter hardware, may get enabled.

    On Alldroid: http://alldroid.org/viewtopic.php?f=210&t=1412 On droidforums: http://www.droidforums.net/forum/droid-hacks/8870-droid-includes-fm-receiver-transmitter-10.html Let the wagers be placed...
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    Multi-Touch working on the Nexus One.

    But you must be rooted ;) http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=621441
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    No Anand love for Android?

    I was really hoping for an Anandtech review of either Droid or Nexus One but Droid probably won't be happening and I've heard nothing on the Nexus One either. Anyone hear rumors of a planned review or seen a quality Nexus One review that involves actual testing instead of just comparing specs...
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    Hate to be pathetic but... GV invite pleeaaase

    I just got the Droid and I can't port my number so now is the time to switch to GV and give all my contacts the GV number. Please save me from eBay ^_^
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    Offhand anyone know all the CDMA Android phones?

    Yes, I googled it quickly but sorting out whose network is CDMA and which phones are exclusive etc. looked like it was going to be more of a hassle than just asking someone who knows offhand.
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    Verizon Network Superiority, Why would the other carriers allow this???

    I know building Cell networks is expensive but Verizon's network is so clearly superior (talking normal voice connection not 3g or anything) that it constitutes a ridiculous competitive advantage. I am often out in the middle of no-where and myself and my other verizon friends consistently have...
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    Chrome now the #3 Browser worldwide.

    Just checking out the browser stats here In the US Chrome has 4% in India ~10% in China .5%. Interestingly Opera has 29% of Russian users, far ahead of any other country. Any Chrome users? what do you think of it?
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    Facebook on the Fritz

    Can't log in, when I do it forgets who my friends are etc. I'm only posting this because I'm surprised it hasn't made the news, I'm not a "hardcore facebooker".