Facebook Yanks Presidential Assassination Poll

What is a surefire way to end up being interrogated by the Secret Service? Post an idiotic poll like this on your Facebook page. The second best way? Respond to the aforementioned poll. Idiots.

"The USSS [Secret Service] sent us an e-mail late this morning PDT asking us to take it down. At that point, it had already been removed, and we let them know." Schnitt said the application "was immediately suspended while the inappropriate content could be removed by the developer and until such time as the developer institutes better procedures to monitor their user-generated content."

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Skateboarders Play Human Tetris

This is the coolest human Tetris video you will see all day. Thank Jared V. for the link.

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The [H]ot Deal of the Day is definitely this SAPPHIRE Vapor-X Radeon HD 4890 1GB for only $164.99 after a savings of $45. Hit the link for the exclusive [H] promo code and get free shipping as well. You’d better hurry on this one, I’m not sure how long supplies will last. As always, we are still offering free shipping and $5 off on our RatPadz GS or RatPadz XT (free shipping in North America).

CNN Charging For Its iPhone App

Raise your hand if you think this is going to work.

There's been a lot of talk this year about finally charging readers for news, especially on mobile devices, where media executives see a chance to condition consumers to handing over a few dollars for a constant stream of updates to their pocket. CNN is among the first big news outlets to give it a shot. Its app costs $1.99 to download.

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Google, Bank Resolve Issue Over Misfired E-mail

That insane story we told you about last week where a bank's e-mail screw up resulted in a lawsuit against Google has been resolved. Well, not for the innocent bystander in this story...yet.

"While we regret that the user has been locked out of their account through no fault of their own, we're not legally able to reactivate the account until the court approves our motion to dismiss the case and vacate the TRO," Pederson added. "We're hopeful that the court will act quickly, and as soon as the motion is approved, we'll reactivate the account."

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VIA Supports Windows 7-Based Windows Embedded Standard 2011

VIA Technologies, Inc, a leading innovator of power efficient x86 processor platforms, today announced its support for Windows Embedded Standard 2011 across its range of processor platforms. Windows Embedded Standard 2011 delivers the power, familiarity and reliability of the Windows 7 operating system in a highly customizable and componentized form, enabling original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to focus on their core competencies and create product differentiation.

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AMD Appoints Technology Industry Veteran to Company's Board

AMD announced today that Craig Conway, 54, has been appointed to the company's board of directors. Conway has more than 30 years of technology industry experience and leadership. "Craig will be an asset to our board as he brings great strategic vision and a solid track record in positioning companies for success," said Bruce Claflin, chairman, AMD Board of Directors.

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AMD's ATI Eyefinity Technology Review

Let me apologize up front for some of our production issues with this video. The audio could be a lot better, but there were some issues beyond our control. Also there are several spots that I misspoke. The card being shown off is the Radeon HD 5870. The 5850 and 5770/50 cards will also natively support Eyefinity, but obviously exhibit different performance.

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US 'To Loosen' Grip on Internet

According to the BBC, the U.S. government is supposedly going to relax its control over the internet but the details of the agreement have not yet been released.

"The US government is the only body to have had formal oversight of Icann's policies and activities since its inception in 1998," it said. "The Commission believes that Icann should become universally accountable, not just to one government but to the global internet community.

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Newegg Announces IPO

According to this filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the folks at Newegg are going public.

We believe our success is driven by consistently executing on three core competencies, which we call our "Three Pillars": delivering a compelling online shopping experience, fulfilling customer orders in a reliable and timely manner and providing superior customer service. We have built a strong brand and a loyal customer base consisting primarily of IT professionals, gamers, do-it-yourself technology enthusiasts, early technology adopters and CE enthusiasts. In 2008, we attracted 70.7% of the unique daily visitors to our U.S. website without incurring a referral, click-through or advertising fee, and generated 74.1% of our U.S. orders from customers who have previously purchased from us.

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Alcatel Boosts Fiber Speed to 100 Petabits in Lab

Alcatel has announced that it has set an optical transmission record by delivering roughly 400 DVDs worth of data over 7000km in a second. That stupid "I downloaded the internet" shirt may finally be in fashion (probably not).

Alcatel-Lucent today said that scientists at Bell Labs have set an optical transmission record that could deliver data about 10 times faster than current undersea cables, resulting in speeds of more than 100 Petabits per second.kilometer. A petawhat? This translates to the equivalent of about 100 million Gigabits per second.kilometer or sending about 400 DVDs per second over 7,000 kilometers, roughly the distance between Paris and Chicago.

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[H]ardware Round-Up II

Cooling

Cooler Master Hyper N520 CPU Cooler @ Verdis Reviews

ETC.

Lenovo ThinkStation S20 Workstation @ HotHardware

Samsung LN55A950D1F 55" LCD HDTV @ PCStats

Power Supply

Gigabyte Odin Plus 700W PSU (German) @ Technic3D

Sapphire Pure 1250W Power Supply @ Driver Heaven