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Whether you are into the recent popularity of the ultra-portable notebooks that have been swamping the market lately, or just sitting back and waiting for it to finish, its hard to deny that some of the pre-loaded operating systems are less than desirable. While the pre-installed OS on the Eee PC from Asus is limited and seems slightly child-like, its very functional, especially when compared the the gOS that comes loaded on the Everex Cloudbook that is slightly painful to use. Given the options available lots of people have been choosing to install an older, albeit still very functional OS, Windows XP. (Read the full post about ‘Ubuntu prepping to launch the ultra-portable specific Netbook Remix OS’…)

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by Joshua Fruhlinger, posted May 24th 2008 at 9:27PM Heads up, spec hounds. PC Microworks’ Edge with Centrino 2 (aka Montevina) is a powerhouse that cannot be denied. This speedster sports a 15.4-inch WUXGA screen, packs a Montevina Quad Core Centrino 2 CPU, 2gb of DDR3 at 1333MHz, nVIDIA Gefore 9800M GTX, HSPDA, and up to 4TB of 7200RPM drives. Don’t go running to the credit card gods just yet, though, as the Core 2 Extreme Quad Core QX9300 (2.53GHz/1066MHz/12MB) version won’t be available until the end of July. (Read the full post about ‘PC Microworks intros Montevina-powered Edge uber-laptop’…)

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by Darren Murph, posted May 24th 2008 at 11:35PM When Rock fell under administration earlier this month, we honestly had no idea if we’d ever see that swank Pegasus 210 hit the market. Today, we still have no clue about the latter, but we do know that the failed company has been caught by the most impeccably named suitor Planet Earth has to offer: Stone. Reportedly, Stone Group will dish out “an undisclosed sum” for Rock, after which the two will meld together and form an all-powerful, completely unstoppable boulder. (Read the full post about ‘Stone buys Rock — could this be any more perfect?’…)

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Yet another well known artist taking full advantage of the Internet—and what better way to attract wide spread online attention, just use YouTube, along with the mentions of numerous Internet celebrities. The new single Pork and Beans from Weezer offers up cameos from those such as the Numa Numa Guy, to Peanut Butter Jelly Time to Chocolate Rain, mentos and coke along with many, many more. Whether you love Weezer or hate them, personally its a great song with just an alright video, but as an online geek you have to admit its fun to watch. Keep reading to check out the video and judge for yourself. Watch [YouTube] Via [Digg] Keep up with the latest gadget goodness! (Read the full post about ‘Weezer finds online popularity with the geeks’…)

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If you were looking to purchase a Zune at Gamestop, your luck has run out. The gaming retailer has decided to stop selling the Zune because “it just did not have the appeal we had anticipated.” Gamestop, apparently has changed their attitude because they originally started offering the Zune as a pre-order from the time of its release back in November of 2006. Microsoft seems not all that worried from the lack of support at Gamestop, Adam Sohn, director of marketing for Zune recently stated; “We have a set of great partnerships that give Zune a strong presence at retail including Best Buy, Target, Wal-Mart and others. (Read the full post about ‘Want a Zune? Don’t go to Gamestop’…)

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by Joshua Fruhlinger, posted May 24th 2008 at 7:03PM Now that we’ve been enticed with what Guitar Hero World Tour will look like, GameStop has revealed the upcoming rock simulator’s price and release date. $189.99 will get you the Guitar Hero World Tour “Band Kit” with drum kit, guitar, and microphone. Meanwhile, the “Guitar Kit” at $99.99 will come with just the guitar controller. For those of you who want to use your current controller (assuming current controllers will work), the game-only version will run $59.99 (or $49.99 for the PS2 and Wii). (Read the full post about ‘Guitar Hero World Tour priced, given release date’…)

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