One final run of the HP TouchPad is on its way
By Tom LESKIN - [31/8/2011 - 03:55] - 
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Any of my U.S. and Canada friends out there, if you jumped at the chance and were able to get an order in for an HP TouchpPad without it being cancelled (like me), it seems we still have hope of actually receiving it. For those of you [...]
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Via TechCrunch
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Google and AP offering $20,000 scholarships to aspiring tech journalists
By Tom LESKIN - [29/8/2011 - 06:15] - 0 - Misc
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I know that here at Akihabara News people often complain of numerous spelling and grammar errors since not all of us are native English speakers or have a journalism background, although those of us that are try to fix the mistakes whe[...]
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Via AP-Google Journalism and Technology Scholarship
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Sony finally fully restoring its PSN and Qriocity services
By Tom LESKIN - [2/6/2011 - 09:35] - 14 - Gaming
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Sony has gotten a lot of heat lately for all the hackery to the Playstation Network that kept it from being online since April. Today Sony announced it will fully restore all PSN and Qriocity services today (June 2) in the Americas, Eu[...]
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Via Sony
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Sony ‘Welcomes Back’ PSN customers with free games
By Tom LESKIN - [17/5/2011 - 08:51] - 1 - Gaming
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After all that’s happened recently with the Playstation Network outage, Sony had restored some services, and now they’re doing something else for customers. Today Sony announced details about its “Welcome Back” [...]
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Via Playstation Blog
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Deal: Acer 27-inch LED monitor for $279
By Tom LESKIN - [28/4/2011 - 06:00] - 0 - Displays Misc
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I know we don’t usually post these types of things here on Akihabara News, but I think that while everyone would love to own the latest and greatest tech toys, it’s not always possible due to the prices. Deals are also some[...]
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Via Newegg
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ORIGIN EON17-S matches bulky weight with pure power
By Tom LESKIN - [26/4/2011 - 10:32] - 0 - Gaming Laptops
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This may not be a computer from an Asian company, but this laptop from Miami-based ORIGIN PC does have the fastest mobile processor clock speed in the world. Today ORIGIN announced the availability of the EON17-S with second gen Sandy [...]
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Via ORIGIN
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Acer’s Iconia Tab W500 hits US retailers today with Windows 7
By Tom LESKIN - [21/4/2011 - 10:38] - 2 - Tablet-PDA
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If you’ve been waiting for a device with a full desktop OS, but offers the mobility of a tablet combined with the productivity and familiarity of Windows 7, the new Acer Iconia Tab W500 has finally arrived. This tablet is the id[...]
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Sony CE America Files Patents, Maybe for PSP2?
By Akihabara News Team - [29/11/2010 - 03:47] - 0 - Gaming
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Sony Computer Entertainment of America has filed seven patents with the US Patent and Trademark Office, with such goodies as “two-fingered touch”, “unfortunately… the user’s fingers often obscure the part [...]
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Chinese Supercomputer One-Ups US Processing Speed Record
By Akihabara News Team - [1/11/2010 - 01:30] - 0 - Science
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Chinese National Supercomputing Center supercomputer Tianhe 1A broke the world supercomputer processing speed record for the first time, it was announced last week. At over 2.5 petaflops (2.5 thousand trillian calculations per second),[...]
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Via Asahi.com
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