Remove Press Releases from Google News for More Useful News [News]

Source: http://lifehacker.com/5804203/remove-press-releases-from-google-news-for-more-useful-news

Google News is great, but a side effect of indexing thousands of sources for news means sometimes you'll stumble on promotional press releases and not actual news. Thankfully, Google has given us a new way to turn off press releases or blogs from your Google News feed. Here's how.

Head into your Google News preferences and you'll see some new options to help you customize which news sources are included in your feed and which ones are always excluded. You've always been able to add sites that you want to see more, less, or no news from in Google News, but you now have the same control for blogs and press releases.

At the bottom of your preferences, there are radio buttons for more, fewer, and no news at all for each option. Just toggle the Press Releases button to none to eliminate them from your news feed, and enjoy more articles from actual news sources in your Google News stream.

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Google's CR-48 apparently shipping again, doing the prototype death rattle

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2011/05/21/googles-cr-48-apparently-shipping-again-doing-the-prototype-de/

Reports are trickling in that Google has begun shipping the CR-48 to eager testers who've thus far been empty-handed after signing up for the units back in December. Could it be? Is the plucky prototype Chrome OS laptop getting a stay of execution after being declared all dried up back in March? That's pretty unlikely, given the impending release of the Samsung and Acer netbooks that we saw announced during Google I/O. It seems a lot more plausible that the company is just exhausting the supply, so if you signed up late last year and haven't received one yet, we wouldn't recommend holding your breath.

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

Google's CR-48 apparently shipping again, doing the prototype death rattle originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 21 May 2011 09:01:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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HTC Evo 3D, View 4G available for pre-order at Sprint

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2011/05/21/htc-evo-3d-view-4g-available-for-pre-order-at-sprint/

Sprint customers holding out for the HTC Evo 3D can now inch slightly closer to that glasses-free display -- without dropping by RadioShack. The carrier has confirmed that you can reserve the WiMAX handset by visiting a Sprint-owned retail store and plunking down $50 for a gift card. There's still no word on when you'll be able to get the device in-hand (and the 3D's exclusive carrier is mum on pricing), but, if you don't mind reserving a phone without any hint as to how much you'll eventually need to pay, then Sprint seems happy enough to swap your Grant for a spot on the list. It's also taking names for the Evo View 4G tablet and, like the 3D, that $50 deposit can be used to take a bite out of a 2D handset. You know, in case you decide that a third dimension is too hot to handle.

[Thanks, Brett]

HTC Evo 3D, View 4G available for pre-order at Sprint originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 21 May 2011 10:38:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Dutchman integrates a 4.5GHz water-cooled rig into his d3sk

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2011/05/20/dutchman-integrates-a-4-5ghz-water-cooled-rig-into-his-d3sk/

Cooler Master's 2011 Case Mod Competition looks to be the gift that keeps on giving. After serving up a Tron lightcycle and an architectural marvel, it's now playing host to a mod that redefines the idea of an all-in-one PC. Peter from the Netherlands has managed to fit a pretty bombastic set of components -- 4.5GHz Core i7-980X, two ASUS GeForce GTX 580 graphics cards in SLI, over 12TB of storage with an SSD boot disk, and two PSUs providing 1,500W of power in total -- together with a water-cooling setup and the inevitable glowing lights inside one enclosure, which just so happens to also serve as his desk. The three-piece monitor setup is also a custom arrangement, with a 27-inch U2711 IPS panel being flanked by two 17-inchers. Admittedly, this isn't the first water-cooled and over-powered desk we've laid eyes on, but that shouldn't prevent you from giving the links below a bash and checking out the amazingly neat design of Peter's l3p d3sk.

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Dutchman integrates a 4.5GHz water-cooled rig into his d3sk originally appe! ared on Engadget on Fri, 20 May 2011 08:14:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Intel goes ULV for laptops to combat the oncoming tablet horde

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2011/05/20/intel-goes-ulv-for-laptops-to-combat-the-oncoming-tablet-horde/

Intel has been talking up its x86-powered smartphones and battery-sipping Atoms for tablets quite a bit recently, but the company hasn't forgotten its roots in traditional PC form-factors. At an investor event in San Francisco, CEO Paul Otellini announced a significant change to its line of notebook CPUs -- ultra low voltage will be the new norm, not just a niche chip for high-end ultra-portables. The baseline TDP for future CPUs will be in the 10 to 15 watt range, a huge drop from the 35w design of the mainstream Core line and lower than even current-gen ULV chips (which bottom out at 17w). The company also plans to make NVIDIA eat its words by putting the pedal to the metal on die shrinks -- releasing a 22nm Atom next year followed by a 14nm version in 2013. That could mean our fantasy of true all-day battery life in a sleek and sexy laptop will finally come true. Don't crush our dreams Intel!

Intel goes ULV for laptops to combat the oncoming tablet horde originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 20 May 2011 10:59:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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