Of course, there will be many users trying to hold on until the very last second. That's ok—the software police won't drag you away in handcuffs. Instead, Microsoft will make the Windows 7 experience even more unpleasant (as if shutting down every two hours wasn't bad enough).

According to Ars Technica, June 1 will trigger a "non-genuine experience," thus revoking your Windows 7 license to drive, and removing your favorite wallpaper by replacing the backdrop with the message "This copy of Windows is not genuine" plastered at the lower right corner of the desktop.

So make sure you are not running Windows 7 RC or you might be in trouble.

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Sources: TomsHardware

Throughout the years, tech heads like us often treat ourselves with latest gadgets or electronics. But, during this Valentine's Day, we thought it might be a good idea for you to treat your special someone to something unique. Whether it's your parent, spouse or even tech hungry teenager, they will love a brand new computer. The best part is the system will be brought to you free by Thermaltake and our awesome industry partners at ZOTAC, Western Digital and Patriot Memory.

We are giving away not one, but three complete systems based on Thermaltake's popular small form factor chassis, Element Q with 200W power supply. And, to celebrate this great occasion, each Element Q chassis has been uniquely painted to reflect your love and affection.

This is not just your average do-less nettop PC. With the collaboration from our industry partner, this system comes complete with ZOTAC ION platform motherboard. The motherboard combines high-performance NVIDIA ION graphics processor with a power-efficient Intel ATOM processor for the ultimate eco-friendly computer that has no problem handling HD video playback and other productivity tasks.

From the maker of best memory, flash cards and solid state drives, Patriot Memory has generously provided Extreme Performance Low Latency line of memory in 2GB (2 x 1GB) configuration that features operating speeds of up to PC2-6400 (800Mhz) at timings of 4-4-4-12.

So what do you have to do to win one of the three Thermaltake BE OUR VALENTINE computer systems? Simple: Start by checking out this page.

http://www.thermaltakeusa.com/valentine2010.html

Good luck all!

91.2 million total customers, 2.2 million of whom joined in Q4, $27.1 billion operating revenue in the quarter, and you still make a loss? Well, in fact Verizon made a tidy profit, which may be considered comparable to Google and Intel's latest results, but its culling of jobs at the end of last year cost it a whopping $3 billion (presumably in redundancy settlements). Still, the company looks buoyant with that quarterly revenue number growing by 9.9 percent year-on-year, and CEO Ivan Seidenberg noting that significant costs were incurred in setting up for a 4G network deployment in 2010. Our favorite nugget of info? The "cash expense per customer" per month number: $27.62, which presumably includes Droid subsidies and the like. How does that compare to what you're giving VZW each month?

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Sources: Engadget

Its thought to pick a right thermal paste if you are a computer enthusiast.  At the end of the day you will end up with A Thermal Paste that you know works.  We at UMLabs has been developing a new type of Thermal Paste, Diamond.  No Official name has been released for this project but it will come shortly.

You can check out our work at labs.umlan.com as there is a set of videos on the procedure and testing.  This is our first test of our compound and soon we will post a video of second test which will include testing on much more hard core machine.

UMLan Team.

Free (legal) TV, minimal advertising and a slick, usable interface... too good to be true? Yes, of course. Boxee's solving for the future with its newly announced Boxee Payment Platform, which will arrive this summer. Users will be able to buy shows, movies and channels with "one click on the remote," with content owners having control over package types (pay-per-view, subscription) and prices. Boxee will naturally be taking a cut, but says it's lower than the now de facto 30% cut of app stores.

Boxee sees this co-existing with free, ad-supported content, authenticated stuff like TV Everywhere, and of course regular Cable, Satellite and IPTV providers. We suppose the real testament to Boxee's success in pulling this off will be the variety, quality and price of the content it obtains -- we can already get a smattering of shows and movies on iTunes, Zune and PSN, but if Boxee can get us more, make it easier, or charge us less, it's going to be hard to complain about that funky little Boxee Box taking up valuable shelf space in our living room.

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