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Everybody loves a survey (especially me) as it is a great way not only to identify the underlying social changes within the growing world, but also a good chance to laugh at the astonishing number of people who can’t identify where Australia is on a map.  This is no exception, as a survey released by YouGov in conjunction with their sponsors AMD showed that 77% of Europeans asked are addicted to the Internet.  Continued after the break.

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You don’t even have to be illegally sharing your files to have the gaming firms after you apparently.  Just ask Gill and Ken Murdoch. 

They’re senior citizens who don’t even play computer games and had never even heard the term “peer-to-peer” until they got a letter in the mail telling them they were being accused of sharing the game Race07 by makers Atari.  Their case was eventually dropped, but there are still hundreds of people this is happening to according to a Which? Computing magazine investigation.  More details after the break.

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Intel and Asus have just launched a site yesterday that allows everybody and anybody to help them to design a PC.  WebPC is looking for collaborators to work together to help the two companies bring about a “community designed” PC.  Their ultimate goal is to be able to actually market this community designed PC, as it would be the first like it in the world.  With the motto of “You Dream it.  ASUS Builds it.  Intel inside it.“ on the front page, it’s easy to see how you can get lured in to being a part of the vision. Continued after the break.

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“The time to experience the most shocking realism in gaming is NOW!“  Yes, that’s how MSI wants us to experience with their new gaming notebook dubbed the GX730. 

Its display alone via a 17-inch LCD monitor coupled with an ATi Mobility Radeon HD 3650 graphic card already sends a signal that the GX730 is out to conquer the gaming notebook market.  The GX730 also features multimedia functionality with a Dolby Theater Class 5 speaker system.  More after the break.

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This is where we call out by names the actions and companies that seem odd, out of touch or just plain straight up smokin’ crack.  Technology is an odd realm where PR speak doesn’t hold a lot of water if the 1s and 0s don’t line up.  This week sees posturing, positioning and flat out insanity.  Here is what caught my eye this week:

Check out my mockery of:

• Cell phone carriers
• Dell
• Asus
• Motorola (yet again)
• the gaming industry

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The Hong Kong Trade Development Council is hosting their 28th Autumn Edition Hong Kong Electronics Fair this week, Sunday through Thursday.  With over 2,600 exhibitors, there is guaranteed to be some of the best new electronics and ideas on the planet at the event.  How can it not draw the best products?  It is the second largest electronics show in the world.

Keep reading for more on what the week has in store!

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Asus has scored an industry first with its recently announced G71V notebook.  The 17-inch notebook will be the first true mobile quad-core gaming notebook to be released in the market.  While others may have quad-core processors in their machines, the fact that the Asus G71V got it in a mobile computing machine gives the company some bragging rights. 

For those who are fond of overclocking their notebook to achieve maximum performance, they will be glad to know that despite the G71V’s stock Core 2 Extreme chip running at 2.53GHz, Asus didn’t put any hardware restriction on the G71V notebook.  Hence, users can pretty much push the notebook’s performance to rival desktop PCs.  More details after the break.

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With the number of home-based entertainment and productivity applications that are running over home networks growing by leaps and bounds, some Wireless-G routers just can’t handle users’ demands.

Netgear saw this problem, and as a result, developed a new Wireless-N technology, which they feel is leaps and bounds above anything out there now.  The “Green” crowd will also appreciate Netgear’s new products since they are eco-friendly. 

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We’re always being told to “Think outside the box.“  Well, Antec is putting their money where there mouth is with their upcoming “Skeleton” case.  And they aren’t offering the bare bones minimum with it either. 

There is plenty of room for expansion with 7 expansion slots and 4 drive bays.  2 of the drive bays are internal and 2 are external.  If you take advantage of expanding the capabilities of your computer, you are going to need some more cooling than just an open case.  Antec throws in a front-mount hard drive cooling fan and a 250mm fan on top (that’s the bowl looking thing with the Antec logo).  If you are feeling extra-funky, you can even enjoy the fact that the fan is multi-colored.

Ok, so admittedly, it sort of looks like a science experiment with K’NEX gone bad. More after the break.

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Many GPSs can do things outside of displaying maps such as playing videos or music. However, many usually don’t come with the ability to play games, which is what makes this new GPS from Kinwei Technologies interesting and unique.

The new KW-GM4306TG comes with a common 4.3 inch TFT LCD touch screen, 480 x 272 resolution, Microsoft Windows CE NET 4.2 OS, and a controller for the gaming portion of the device. Unfortunately, Kinwei Technologies doesn’t shed a whole lot of light on its gaming component.  I imagine the games it can play/come with are probably good enough to keep a child occupied in the back seat.  After all, who wants a screaming child when you are driving and trying to use a GPS?

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