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Fanless heatsink is the fan (pc news)

Cooling fans are noisy, inefficient and quickly get choked up with filth. So how about a heatsink that doesn't need a fan because the heatsink itself IS the fan.
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/hardware/fanless-heatsink-where-the-heatsink-is-the-fan/13679

Should we now expect to pay $500+ to be tablet beta-testers? Tablet makers continue to fall short of the Apple iPad and roll out buggy and incomplete tablet devices, at prices of $500 or more.
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/mobile-gadgeteer/should-we-now-expect-to-pay-500-to-be-tablet-beta-testers/4871

Is Google+ about to transform the Web? After multiple belly-flops in social, Google might have hit the target with Google+. See why and how it could impact the future of the Web.
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/is-google-about-to-transform-the-web/52004

Intel throwing money at laptop manufacturers to entice them to develop Ultrabooks. If first you don't succeed, then spend more money. That seems to be the strategy Intel is taking to finally gain some traction with ultra-portable laptops.
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/computers/intel-throwing-money-at-laptop-manufacturers-to-entice-them-to-develop-ultrabooks/6318

Stay safe online: 5 secrets every PC (and Mac) owner should know. My #1 help question of 2011? It's no contest: "How do I protect myself online?" In this post, I share the five steps I teach to friends, family members, and clients.
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/bott/stay-safe-online-5-secrets-every-pc-and-mac-owner-should-know/3542

Tablet forecast dropping, but iPad going strong. Not a single tablet competing with the iPad has garnered enough consumer sales to even prove there is a sizable market for non-iPads, much less affect it.
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/mobile-news/tablet-forecast-dropping-but-ipad-going-strong/3236

Windows 8 will run on all Windows 7 PCs (and Vista PCs too). Worried that you'll have to buy a new PC in order to be able to run Windows 8? Don't!
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/hardware/windows-8-will-run-on-all-windows-7-pcs-and-vista-pcs-too/13628

'We view a tablet as a PC': Microsoft chooses to repeat history. It is beginning to look like Microsoft is about to repeat the Tablet PC history with Windows 8, and that is not a good thing.
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/mobile-news/-8216we-view-a-tablet-as-a-pc-microsoft-chooses-to-repeat-history/3267

Ready for smart, climate adjusting windows?
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/ready-for-smart-climate-adjusting-windows/51894

Could you do Linus "Linux" Torvalds job?
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/could-you-do-linus-linux-torvalds-job/9205

Dropbox: new terms of service bring smiles
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/projectfailures/dropbox-new-terms-of-service-bring-smiles/13720

Rumor: iPad HD with Retina Display and Pro apps this Fall
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/apple/rumor-ipad-hd-with-retina-display-and-pro-apps-this-fall/10527

Why Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is so bullish on Bing
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/microsoft/why-microsoft-ceo-steve-ballmer-is-so-bullish-on-bing/9978

Are 3G tablets dead ducks?
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/hardware/are-3g-tablets-dead-ducks/13614

Could games consoles become extinct?
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/hardware/could-games-consoles-become-extinct/13602

IBM'ers poles apart on Google Plus
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/howlett/ibmers-poles-apart-on-google-plus/3283

Just how loyal are you to Microsoft Windows? [poll]
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/just-how-loyal-are-you-to-microsoft-windows-poll/52205

HP: This TouchPad owner just got very nervous. Thanks.
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/mobile-news/hp-this-touchpad-owner-just-got-very-nervous-thanks/3246

Netflix's pricing backlash: Follow the money, churn rates
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/netflixs-pricing-backlash-follow-the-money-churn-rates/52295

Technology brings back the housecall
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/health/technology-brings-back-the-housecall/271

It's lights-out for attempt to repeal lightbulb efficiency law
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/green/its-lights-out-for-attempt-to-repeal-lightbulb-efficiency-law/18049

US law enforcement agencies increasingly obtaining Facebook warrants
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/facebook/us-law-enforcement-agencies-increasingly-obtaining-facebook-warrants/2156

Why the United States might pay China before we pay our own soldiers
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/government/why-the-united-states-might-pay-china-before-we-pay-our-own-soldiers/10588

Xbox Kinect helps surgeons in the operating room
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/health/xbox-kinect-helps-surgeons-in-the-operating-room/277