Computers-Plus

Early this week, a lost prototype iPhone that was purchased by technology blog Gizmodo dominated the tech news as told by Twitter.

Although many tweets focused on the “wow” factor of the discovery, Brian Kirchoff, a DC-based technologist, summed up the feelings of some critics of Gizmodo, tweeting that if he ever lost a child at the mall, he hopes “that it’s not Gizmodo that stumbles across them first.”

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Facebook’s developer conference, f8, soon eclipsed the iPhone news in the eyes of Silicon Valley, as the social-networking site’s founder Mark Zuckerberg announced new features that had users concerned about privacy issues once again.

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Barnes & Noble has added a range of new features in its Nook 1.3 software, now beaming its way to wifi-connected e-readers.

Read In Store, currently in beta, allows customers in the company’s bookstores to read many complete eBooks, even if the physical book is not in stock – although they’ll need to be fast readers, as access is limited to an hour a day.

Soon, it promises in-store visitors will also be able to virtually flip through leading daily newspapers and magazines covering news, finance and technology.

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The latest hardware reviews from around the web.

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If you’re wanting to jump on the 6-core bandwagon without spending upwards of $1,000, the wait is almost over, folks. Next Tuesday, April 27, AMD is scheduled to release its Phenom II X6 1090T Black Edition clocked at 3.2GHz, as well as a handful of other six-core processors.

AMD might have wanted to wait a little longer, but a few retailers outside of the U.S. have already listed the chips for sale, so there wouldn’t be much point in holding out much longer. And the time is ripe to go up against Intel anyway, whose only six-core chip is the ultra-pricey Core i7 980X.

Look for AMD to come out swinging with at least four different six-core CPUs next Tuesday, some of which are expected to debut with a 95W TDP.

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