Tech Update

Core 2 Quad price cuts coming next Monday? - Price cuts are indeed coming - they'll hit on Monday, January 19, and they'll affect Intel's line of Core 2 Quad processors. The cuts will also hit equivalent Xeon X3300-series processors, our source claims

55nm GT200: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285 1GB Tested - Even at real-world resolutions like 1600x1200 and 2048x1536 the GTX 285 was able to run noticeably faster than the GTX 280 OC. Of course the AMD Radeon HD 4870 X2 was the best card in our graphs but in reality it is priced higher than the GTX 285 and utilizes a pair of GPUs to get the job done (much like NVIDIA's own GTX 295 did to beat out the 4870 X2 for the performance crown).

Nvidia Even Greener with 9600GT Green Edition - This card is known as GeForce 9600 GT Green Edition based on the new 55nm G94-350-B1 core. The reason why Nvidia called it Green Edition is because its core voltage is 0.1V lower than the current 55nm G94 cores thus reducing power consumption further

Seagate offers fix, free data recovery for bricked Barracudas - The free data recovery for already-bricked hard drives seems like a nice touch, especially considering the cost of third-party services

Electronic Cigarette at CES 2009 (video) - Working as some sort of intermediary is the E-Cig, an electronic cigarette that really mimics a real cig but without the harmful tar and other chemicals. You can still get your nicotine fix by sucking on this electronic death stick, but all you breathe back out is hot vapors. It's steam, not smoke, so it's virtually odorless!

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Woman blames Dell for missing online classes - Abbie Schubert paid more than $1,100 for a Dell laptop hoping to enroll in online classes at Madison Area Technical College, or MATC. But something stopped her: she bought an operating system for her computer she never heard of, Ubuntu.

Slow PC Market Slams NVIDIA - Arstechnica has an article online, Slow PC market slams NVIDIA, will see 40-50% Q4 revenue drop, talking about how the video card and motherboard manufacturer was hurt by a slow PC marketplace

T3 reviews the Sony Reader and the LG Watch Phone (video) - T3 delivers its verdict on the Sony Reader and LG Watch Phone.

Paris Hilton website infects visitors with malware - Visitors to the 27-year-old socialite's website, ParisHilton.com, risk having sensitive personal information stolen from their computers

YouTube strips out audio and mutes copyrighted videos - YouTube is now muting users videos that use a copyrighted audio track. WTF :(

iTunes DRM-Free Upgrade: Full Price, All or Nothing - If you want to upgrade some of your music on iTunes to the new DRM-free version, you are out of luck unless you pay full price for your entire music collection. That's right, there is no picking and choosing, it is all or nothing. That's right, there is no picking and choosing, it is all or nothing.

Steve Jobs to take medical leave until late June - Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs is to take medical leave until the end of June, saying his health issues were more complex than he first thought. Mr Jobs revealed last week he was being treated for a "hormone imbalance" but was staying on as the firm's head. Chief Operating Officer Tim Cook will stand in while Mr Jobs is away

NoPoPo is a pee powered battery - The NoPoPo batteries are designed to recharge with a few drops of water or even urine, by injecting it into the battery chamber with a pipette. A mixture of magnesium and carbon reacts with the liquid and produces power up to 500 mAh in the case of an AA-size battery. The NoPoPo batteries cost $15 a pair and come in AA and AAA packing and retain their charge for up to 10 years. They can be recharged only 2-5 times, which hints that it may be marketed as a disposable battery

Nazi Zombie Movie: Dead Snow (poster + info) - Here's a little more info about new nazi zombie flick called Dead Snow.

Paul Blart Mall Cop - In Theaters Friday! - It looks pretty good actually :P

My Bloody Valentine 3D - In Theaters Friday! - My Bloody Valentine 3D, in 2D and 3D theaters everywhere this Friday, 1/16.

Fast and Furious Trailer - This trailer looks like the new film will promise some kickass action and some hot cars. Perfect. That is all I can hope for. This franchise started great, petered, then made a detour in a chapter I was surprised to like, and now its time to return to the origins with the original cast.