Google Tests Ultra-Fast Fiber Internet Service – Fastest in the World

Google’s Fiber internet service has been turned on in a neighborhood just south of the Stanford University campus and first reports are that the internet service is nothing short of amazing. Download speeds on the network were up to 300 Mbps, with an upload speed of 150 Mbps. Kansas City is the only other place to receive Google Fiber. It’s part of a grand experiment involving as many as half a million homes to improve ways to build the network, see what apps people might invent and how it would change people’s lives. The best part of the Fiber Internet is that Google is offering the connection for free!

Google has changed the way people search on the internet, now it’s changing the way some people surf the web. Hundr

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27″ Planar PX2710MW 1080p LCD Monitor with VGA, DVI, HDMI, 2ms Response, and 3 Year Warranty for $229.99 with FREE Shipping

Our Deal of the Day today is the Dell Home – Coupon Code for 27″ Planar PX2710MW 1080p LCD Monitor with VGA, DVI, HDMI, 2ms Response, and 3 Year Warranty for $229.99 with FREE Shipping!.  Offer: $229.99 with FREE shipping after a whopping $240 off coupon code ($469.99 original price) gets you a 27″ Planar PX2710MW 1080p LCD monitor with 1200:1 contrast, 300 cd/m2 brightness, 2ms response time GtG, VGA, DVI, and HDMI inputs, plus a 3 year warranty. Use coupon code: G7LH7ZK?61GC2K for the discount. Expires 8/31/11. Read more…

HP discontinues operations for webOS devices, specifically the TouchPad and webOS phones

PALO ALTO, Calif., Aug 18, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE)

HP (NYSE:HPQ) today announced financial results for its third fiscal quarter ended July 31, 2011, as well as the commencement of a company transformation described in detail in separate press releases issued today.

HP unveiled the details of a plan to accelerate the strategy introduced in March. The plan introduced today will:

Move HP into higher value, higher margin growth categories
Sharpen HPs focus on its strategic priorities of cloud, solutions and software with an emphasis on enterprise, commercial and government markets
Increase investment in innovation to drive differentiation

As part of the transformation, HP announced that its board of directors has authorized the exploration of strategic alternatives for the companys Personal Systems Group.

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Facebook Friday – Mushkin Ventura Pro 64GB USB 3.0 Flash Drive

Legit Reviews is proud to announced that we are well into our third month of our Facebook Friday promotion! We have given away roughly $2000 in brand new PC hardware over the past two months on Facebook and this week we have another great sponsor and some killer hardware that you can win if you are lucky on Monday! This week the promotion is being sponsored by Mushkin Enhanced and the prize is a brand new Ventura Pro 64GB USB 3.0 Drive! It doesn’t get any better than this folks! You can join in on this here!

Introducing Ventura Pro, the professional’s choice for fast, reliable USB 3.0 USB data storage.

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Misery at Acer: ‘Breaking even this year is impossible’

Acer has announced its first-ever quarterly loss as a veritable vortex of inventory backlogs, internal reshuffling, sluggish PC demand and runaway iPad popularity chewed through its profits.

The Taiwanese firm’s loss after tax was NT$6.8bn ($236m), according to its preliminary results, which came from “$150m in sales allowance to clear channel inventory in EMEA, $30m for cost of EMEA reorganisation, inventory clear-up due to sluggish economic situation, and senior executive severance pay”.

The troubles started for netbook giant Acer with the arrival and subsequent soaring popularity of tablets, particularly the iPad.

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