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Desktop PC power supplies are tough to get excited about, no matter how many features they cram in. But Cooler Master’s Silent Pro Hybrid Fanless series is actually pretty alluring. The supply isn’t actually “fanless” but it does have a fanless mode that can be used to minimize machine noise, at least until the load crosses the 200W threshold. Add to that a 90-percent efficiency, fully modular cables and a control panel that lets you manually adjust the speed of your system fans and you’re looking at quite the compelling product for the DIY desktop enthusiast. As you could have guessed though, all these fancy features don’t come cheap. Cooler Master is offering three different models: 850W, 1050W and 1300W, which range in price from $200 to $300 — a sizable chunk of change to drop on any component. They’ll be shipping this month to the US and Asia, with Europe to follow in November. Check out the complete PR after the break.

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Cooler Master launches Silent Pro Hybrid Fanless Series of power supplies originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 08 Oct 2011 06:55:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Tim Cook kicked off today’s ‘Let’s talk iPhone‘ event by the numbers, mentioning that “the MacBook Pro and iMac are the number one best selling notebook and desktop in the United States.” Apparently the Mac platform grew by 23 percent over the last year, versus a four percent growth from the PC sector. Brandishing a chart tracing the trend back five years, Cook says that Apple is now pushing 60 million Mac users worldwide, leaving Cupertino just shy of owning a fourth of the personal computer market. “There are still 77 percent of people who are buying something else,” Cook said, “We have an incredibly high ceiling here. We have a long way to go.”

Tim Cook: Macbook Pro and iMac are the best selling notebook and desktop in the US originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 04 Oct 2011 13:16:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Thrustmaster’s Ferrari F1 Wheel Add-On takes you from zero to hero in $200 originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 30 Sep 2011 05:02:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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You don’t need a PhD in economics to realize that times are pretty tough right now — especially for those at the lower end of the income ladder. Fortunately, though, Microsoft has announced a new initiative aimed at providing one million students from low-income families with discounted hardware, software and broadband service. This three-year digital inclusion program is an extension of Redmond’s Shape the Future campaign, which, over the course of five years, has already put computers in the hands of more than 10 million underprivileged children around the globe. Under this public-private partnership, Microsoft will work with a variety of nonprofit, corporate and governmental organizations to provide low-cost PCs, educational software, job skills training and high-speed internet to those who need it most. The ultimate goal, of course, is to bridge the achievement gap dividing students with at-home internet from their less digitally-equipped peers. According to the Federal Reserve, children who don’t have online access at home graduate high school at a rate that’s six to eight percentage points lower than those who do. Inflating national poverty rates and widening income gaps probably won’t do much to remedy that discrepancy, but we’re certainly hoping that Microsoft can make a difference. Find out more in the full PR after the break, or at the source link below.

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Microsoft to offer discounted hardware, software to students from low-income families originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 20 Sep 2011 15:19:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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What better way to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Halo than the release of a new way to first-person shoot people on the Xbox 360? Splitfish today announced that its FragFX Shark mouse / analog stick hybrid controller device thingie is finally hitting the Microsoft console. The peripheral offers in-controller setup, customizable precision and should give you around 50 hours of play time on two AA batteries. The $80 device uses 2.4GHz wireless, but, as outlined before, requires a wired controller to get in on the action. More info in the press release after the break.

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Splitfish FragFX Shark 360 starts shipping for your first-person shooting pleasure originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 16 Sep 2011 22:39:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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