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MSI Wind12 U230 unboxed and benchmarked, trounces netbooks of yesteryear

It's no Pine Trail when it comes to power consumption, but AMD's Congo platform is no slouch, either. TestFreaks recently received the Congo-powered MSI Wind12-U230 for review, and discovered that its dual-core Athlon X2 L335 CPU and speedy Seagate drive made neat work of last year's Atom netbooks, including the formerly formidable HP Mini 311. After shooting the requisite unboxing video and posing the slender machine for a few close-ups, TestFreak s praised the large, comfortable keyboard and touchpad, while scoffing at only four hours of net browsing as the entirety of its battery life. You'll find pics, a host of benchmarks and even CPU-Z screens at the source link; now, we just want to see how the netbook handles a contemporary competitor. MSI Wind12 U230 unboxed and benchmarked, trounces netbooks of yesteryear originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 20 Mar 2010 15:13:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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NYPD’s Computers Are Certain That This 82-Year-Old Woman Is a Dangerous Criminal [Crimewatch]

Rose Martin has been visited by police some 50 times in eight years, stemming from her involvement in crimes ranging from robbery to murder. Of course, she's not actually involved, but the NYPD's computers continue to think otherwise. More
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Build a Vortex Cannon [Science]

If you've been sitting around all week wondering how you could combine smoke, speakers, and a love of novel physics experiments into an excuse to tinker in your workshop this weekend, building a smoke-shooting vortex cannon should cover everything nicely. More
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3 Point Hoops Basketball for iPhone downloads for free (I4U)

The iTunes App Store offers downloads of Skyworks Interactive's 3 Point Hoops Basketball for iPhone / iPod touch for free. That's a $2 drop and the lowest price we've seen for this basketball arcade game....
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Learn How To Fold Thousands of Origami Figures at Origami Club [Paper Craft]

If you've wanted to learn origami but never got around to checking out any library books on the topic, the massive collection of origami tutorials at Origami Club can help get you started. More
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Review: ‘Hubble 3D’ Takes You on Beautiful, Brief Space Journey

Immerse yourself in vivid interstellar visuals as Imax brings extraterrestrial wonders down to Earth.
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The Department of Defense Covertly Dismantled a Terrorist Message Board…Created By the CIA [Cybersecurity]

An incident from 2008, brought to light recently by the Washington Post, reveals just how discombobulated our nation's cybersecurity efforts actually are. A terrorist-tracking forum, created by the CIA and Saudi government, was shut down by the National Security Agency. More
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Halley’s Comet, Or Why We Need Photographs [Memory Forever]

We say pictures can't replace memories , but when Halley's Comet last swooped across the sky, many of us were too young to care. Our next chance to see it—about 50 years from now—will be probably be our last. More
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GameBone Accessory Will Turn iPhones Into PSP Look-Alikes [IPhone]

When we last saw renders of the GameBone iPhone gaming accessory it looked ridiculous. But the latest design actually looks like something we might slip our iPhones into to give them four buttons and a d-pad. More
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