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  Intel’s new Core i7-980X Gulftown processor kicked some serious ass in our first round of benchmarking, but for the most part, it’s over clocking potential is still unknown. Its 32nm process should help it run cooler, but the 2 extra cores generate a great deal of extra heat that cannot be ignored. Well if you’re worried about buying an over clocking dud, or simply don’t have the patience to mess around in the bios, custom builder Origin PC has you covered . Each and every Core i7 offered has an over clocking option available directly out of the box, and that includes Intel’s newest 6 core monster processor. For a mere $1,044 (only $45 over list), customers can get a 1GHz over clock on day one that comes with a manufacturer’s warranty

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  Blackberry loves to tout the virtues of a virtual keyboard, but regardless of how fast you think you might be able to thumb type on a Curve, I’m willing to bet you’ve got nothing on this guy .  The unnamed hero featured in the video after the jump proves it’s possible to reach an eye-popping 83 WPM on an iPhone, and his accuracy is remarkably high. If you think you have what it takes to show this guy up, cruse on over to the App Store on your iPod Touch or iPhone and search for iTextSpeed. Anyone else out there ready to trade in their Palm Pre’s and Blackberry’s after this display?

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The App store is jam packed with iPhone apps – we’ve previously covered our Top 10 best free iPhone apps , our pick of the 10 best free iPhone games on the planet and many more. Our complete guide to the best iPhone apps links to all the best apps you can get your hands on. But what if you just want to know the 10 apps that every iPhone user absolutely must own? Then read on… 01.

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Lenovo CEO Yang Yuanqing said on Friday that he sees mobile internet devices making up the vast majority of the company’s profits, possibly as much as 70-80% , in as little as 5 years. Currently, most sales come from the Thinkpad and Ideapad line of notebooks.  Lenovo plans to accomplish this changeover by expanding into emerging markets. Devices likely to make up these sales are tablets, smartphones, and smartbooks.

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In January 2009 Vodafone made what seemed like a good investment buying mapping software maker Wayfinder for about $30 million. A year later it’s looking like a pretty awful deal in the wake of free navigation solutions from both Google and Nokia. Facing the inevitable, Vodafone is closing Wayfinder saying, “We could not charge for something that others gave away for free.” Vodafone has also invested several million additional dollars in Wayfinder, so it can’t be easy to walk away. It’s unlikely they’d do so without being sure they could not compete with Nokia’s Ovi Maps. This really isn’t much of a surprise, especially considering Nokia’s huge presence in Europe.

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It hasn’t been a good week for Microsoft’s updates to Office . Today, Microsoft came clean on some problems with a recently released seven-patch update for Excel. Apparently, users are seeing Chinese where they’d normally expect to see English. This comes on top of an early faux pas in an update for Office 2007 that caused it to crash under certain circumstances

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You might remember this news from a while back. In order to improved the predictive ability of its movie recommendation system, Netflix cranked up a $1 million contest for research and business –build us a better mousetrap and the money is yours. Besides the money Netflix offered up its subscriber data, which included their viewing recommendations and choices, but didn’t include names. Netflix believed it had protected the identities of its subscribers this way.

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FujiFilm’s Z700EXR digital camera was first announced about a month ago , but one feature that has been overlooked is its animal face recognition. Looking to give the feature its due, FujiFilm has been demonstrating the camera’s canine (and feline) facial recognition at this week’s Camera and Photo Image Show in Yokohama, Japan. FujiFilm used stuffed toy dogs and cats to show off the camera’s capabilities, which works just like face detection for humans.

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MTV and Harmonix on Thursday finally committed to a release date for the upcoming “Green Day: Rock Band” standalone music videogame. It will launch worldwide on June 8, 2010 for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and Wii game consoles. “Green Day’s music and explosive live performances transcend age barriers,” said Tom Whalley , Chairman, Warner Bros. Records. “By partnering the band with Harmonix, Warner Bros./Reprise is thrilled to help create a Rock Band experience devoted exclusively to their impressive catalog.” Harmonix promises players will have access to a setlist of 47 tracks, including “Brain Stew,” “Jaded,” “Hitchin’ a Ride,” “American Idio,” “Wake Me Up When September Ends,” and “Boulevard of Broken Dreams.” All the tracks will be exportable and playable in previous versions of Rock Band

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MSI is pretty stoked about the latest entry to its gaming notebook line, the 17-inch GE700 . The new notebook couples an Intel Core i5 processor with ATI Radeon HD 5730 graphics (with 1GB GDDR3 memory), along with a few other noteworthy goodies. Among them are two “cinema-class” speakers and a subwoofer, an HD webcam capable of 720p video up to 30fps, two hard drive bays for up to 1TB of storage, MSI’s exclusive GPU Boost technology (switch between the integrated and discrete graphics solutions), HDMI output, eSATA, 4-in-1 memory card reader, 802.11a/b/g/n Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and Windows 7 Home Premium. MSI put a bit of attention into the GE700’s styling, including a “super-cool exterior” with a glossy black finish.

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