Saturday, June 6, 2009

IT News HeadLines (Tom's Hardware) 06/06/2009



The Ladies of Computex, Part Four
The Ladies of Computex, Part FourYour fourth and final helping of Booth Babes from Computex 2009.
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The Ladies of Computex, Episode Three
The Ladies of Computex, Episode ThreeRevenge of the Bith Babes.
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QOTD: Are You Considering the Palm Pre?
QOTD: Are You Considering the Palm Pre?Palm Pre. Yay or nay?
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Attn. Adventure Gamers: Monkey Island is Back!
Attn. Adventure Gamers: Monkey Island is Back!The return of the new and old.
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The Ladies of Computex, Part Deux
The Ladies of Computex, Part DeuxBabes at booths.
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LG Wristwatch Phone Launching Next Month
LG Wristwatch Phone Launching Next MonthEveryone went completely nuts over LG’s wristwatch phone at CES and soon, everyone who was marveling at the idea back in January can get their hands on one of these 3G watches.
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SilverPac's Digital Picture Frame Kicks Butt
SilverPac's Digital Picture Frame Kicks ButtSilverPac’s latest device is the mother of all digital picture frames.
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The Ladies Of Computex, Part One
The Ladies Of Computex, Part OneSome of you guys have been asking for booth babes over the last couple of days and we figured the only decent thing to do would be honor that request.
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Thermaltake Attracts Women With Swarovski Bling
Thermaltake Attracts Women With Swarovski BlingThere’s usually not a lot of sparkly things to be found at Computex and for the folks that attend Computex that’s just fine.
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• Sylvester Stallone Launches New WiFi Standard
• Sylvester Stallone Launches New WiFi StandardRESEDA, CA – With a slew of wireless fidelity standards already making purchasing a new router a complete headache
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• Billy Mays to Pitch Microsoft Zune HD
• Billy Mays to Pitch Microsoft Zune HD“Billy Mays, here, for Microsoft’s amazing new entertainment device,â€‌ will be the new audio refrain soon blasting out of TVs far and wide.
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• 6 Awesome Robot Wars Match Ups
• 6 Awesome Robot Wars Match UpsIf you are like us, you enjoy Sci-Fi like an addiction.
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Tiger Woods Ditching Discs, Going Browser Only
Tiger Woods Ditching Discs, Going Browser OnlyThe next Tiger Woods PGA Tour game for PC and Mac will be browser only.
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Dell Earnings Fall by 63 Percent, Waiting for Win 7
Dell Earnings Fall by 63 Percent, Waiting for Win 7Dell's looking for a sign.
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Searching for Screensavers Risky, Viagra is Safe
Searching for Screensavers Risky, Viagra is SafeSome words make for a safer search than others.
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QOTD: Have You Ever Stolen Someone's WiFi?
QOTD: Have You Ever Stolen Someone's WiFi?There are two kinds of people in this world: Those who would piggyback on someone else’s Wi-Fi and those who lie about whether or not they would piggy back on someone else’s Wi-Fi.
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Microsoft Launching Bing.com on June 3
Microsoft Launching Bing.com on June 3Over the last week or so we’ve been hearing about Bing, Microsoft’s latest search effort formally known as Kumo. Today sees the Redmond company unveiling the â€کdecision engine’ which will be online for American users on June 3.
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IBM Files Non-compete Suit Against Former Worker
IBM Files Non-compete Suit Against Former WorkerIBM is filing suit against a former employee who wants to work for Dell, claiming that the new position would violate an agreement restricting his employment with rivals.
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QOTD: Which is Your Next PMP: iPod, Zune, Other?
QOTD: Which is Your Next PMP: iPod, Zune, Other?Today Microsoft finally took the wraps off of its next generation Zune hardware. The Zune HD is bigger, better and more impressive in every way than any Zune before it.
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BioShock 2 Dated for November 3 Release
BioShock 2 Dated for November 3 ReleaseWe can't wait for more BioShock.
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Circuit City is Back, Sorta
Circuit City is Back, SortaThe Circuit City site is now back online and selling electronics. Unfortunately, it’s not the same Circuit City we once knew.
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Microsoft to Invest $80M in Advertising "BING"
Microsoft to Invest $80M in Advertising Microsoft is taking on Google and Yahoo! with a new campaign advertising search.
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• AMD to Win Cyberdyne Systems CPU Contract
• AMD to Win Cyberdyne Systems CPU ContractSUNNYVALE, CA – In an interesting move, Friday, Cyberdyne Systems Corporation opened up bidding for its next generation chip production of the much-anticipated “Tâ€‌ line.
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• Teachers Twitter Lessons for Jaded Youths
• Teachers Twitter Lessons for Jaded YouthsTAMPA, FL – As the evermore popular Twitter social networking tool infiltrates society, one Tampa, FL teacher is using it to teach her students, 140 characters at a time.
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• 7 Gaming Systems that Were Epic Failures
• 7 Gaming Systems that Were Epic FailuresHere we have seven gaming consoles that we think were the all time epic failures of consoles.
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• Women Attracted to Scent of Anti-Static Bags
• Women Attracted to Scent of Anti-Static BagsForget muscles, musk and Maseratis! A new study soon to appear in the American Journal of Psychology shows that the scents commonly emitted from an all-night computer building competition are far more appealing to the average woman.
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QOTD: Which Steve: Ballmer or Jobs?
QOTD: Which Steve: Ballmer or Jobs?Two very different men, both with the same first name. The debate rages on...
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Ballmer: I Could Be a Winning Basketball Coach
Ballmer: I Could Be a Winning Basketball CoachCould you imagine Steve Ballmer as your coach?
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Blaster Transformer Disguises as Laptop, USB Hub
Blaster Transformer Disguises as Laptop, USB HubAnother one to add to the Transformers USB collection.
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Media Companies to Pirate Bay: We Want More $$
Media Companies to Pirate Bay: We Want More $$It’s no secret that the four men on trial in the Pirate Bay case want to appeal the ruling. The lesser heard news, however, is that movie and music makers in Sweden have also appealed the verdict, because the damages were too low.
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Sony Says Make Restore Discs Yourself
Sony Says Make Restore Discs YourselfSometimes the smallest things can indicate drastic things are taking place.
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Windows 7 Build 7201 Leaks Onto P2P Networks
Windows 7 Build 7201 Leaks Onto P2P NetworksIt's jumped a number!
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The Ladies of Computex, Episode Three
The Ladies of Computex, Episode ThreeRevenge of the Bith Babes.
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Panel Makers Show Off Win 7 Friendly Multitouch
Panel Makers Show Off Win 7 Friendly MultitouchPanel makers at Computex are this year displaying all kinds of tasty multi-touch screens with support for Windows 7.
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Acer's Android Netbook is a Dualboot With Windows
Acer's Android Netbook is a Dualboot With WindowsAcer’s first Android netbook is is a dualboot machine.
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Shuttle Jumps on the All-in-One Bandwagon
Shuttle Jumps on the All-in-One BandwagonAll-in-ones are fast becoming all the rage and it looks like Shuttle doesn’t want to miss the party.
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Video: Pixel Qi Demos Amazing 3qi Laptop Screen
Video: Pixel Qi Demos Amazing 3qi Laptop ScreenFinally, a way to compute outside in the blistering sunlight.
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Acer Launches Super-Slim Business Notebook
Acer Launches Super-Slim Business NotebookThis week at Computex, Taipei, Acer is showing off an ultra-thin notebook for business users.
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Netbook Sales to Decline, Say Makers
Netbook Sales to Decline, Say MakersThe IT industry is full of buzzwords, most notably in the mobile space. We've got laptops, notebooks, ultra-portables, netbooks, MIDs, and more acronyms than you can shake a stick at.
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Synaptics Making Buttonless, Clickable Trackpads
Synaptics Making Buttonless, Clickable TrackpadsIt's one big button!
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Microsoft Wants to Call Netbooks Something Else
Microsoft Wants to Call Netbooks Something ElseDoesn't seem as catchy now, does it?
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Windows 7 to go RTM by Late July
Windows 7 to go RTM by Late JulyThat's the real 'final' date.
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Ferrari Nettop Looks Fast But Isn't Really
Ferrari Nettop Looks Fast But Isn't ReallyAll show but no go?
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NEC Launches Hybrid Storage Netbook
NEC Launches Hybrid Storage NetbookHybrid storage in netbooks never really caught on. We saw one from MSI back in January, but aside from that, there was nothing else worth noting when it came to dual harddrives in an ultra portable, low cost machine.
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ECS's Android Netbook: Under $500
ECS's Android Netbook: Under $500With all the excitement about Acer’s promise of an Android netbook in Q3 of this year, ECS’s prototype has been a little overlooked.
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Flash Player Receives GPU Support
Nvidia and Adobe are combining forces as part of the Open Screen Project.
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Microsoft: Windows 7 on October 22
Microsoft: Windows 7 on October 22It's getting pretty solid.
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Acer Reveals Android Plans: Q3 '09
Acer Reveals Android Plans: Q3 '09Who needs SkyTone’s $250 debilitated Android netbook when you can have one of Acer's Android AspireOnes?
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Windows 7 Starter Three App Limit Gone for Good
Windows 7 Starter Three App Limit Gone for GoodWindows 7 Starter Edition learns to count to more than three.
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AMD Releases 6-Core Istanbul Ahead of Schedule
AMD Releases 6-Core Istanbul Ahead of ScheduleIstanbul is here.
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Nvidia Tegra Promises 1080p Video, 25-day Music
Nvidia Tegra Promises 1080p Video, 25-day MusicNvidia Tegra hits Computex.
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Report: HP, Dell to Launch Ion Machines in Q3
Report: HP, Dell to Launch Ion Machines in Q3We’ve been seeing a lot of Ion products at Computex 2009 but so far, we’ve seen nothing from American companies. Apparently, we won’t have to wait long before we see offerings from both HP and Dell.
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Intel Announces New SU2700 CPU, GS40 Chipset
Intel Announces New SU2700 CPU, GS40 ChipsetIntel announces new CULV chip with matching mobile chipset.
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Intel/Psion Strike Deal Over "Netbook"
Intel and Psion Teklogix have resolved the "netbook" naming issue, with the latter company dropping its lawsuit according to various reports.
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Alienware's "Allpowerful" Laptop is the M17x
Alienware's This thing is massive. And yes, it'll run Crysis.
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Microsoft Warns About DirectX Exploit
Microsoft Warns About DirectX ExploitYesterday, Microsoft issued a security advisory that reports on a new vulnerability in Microsoft DirectX.
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Windows 7, Vista Downgrade to XP Rights Updated
Windows 7, Vista Downgrade to XP Rights UpdatedNow when you buy a fancy version of Windows 7, you can roll back to Vista or XP!
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Pixel Qi Demos Amazing E-Ink Laptop Screen
Pixel Qi Demos Amazing E-Ink Laptop ScreenCould this be the next generation of laptop displays?
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Google Wave is a Giant Social Noticeboard
Google Wave is a Giant Social NoticeboardDespite Microsoft’s Bing announcement yesterday, an awful lot of folks are talking about Google.
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Dell Studio 14z Has GeForce, Reasonably Priced
Dell Studio 14z Has GeForce, Reasonably PricedIt has the GeForce 9400M, and that can't be bad.
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OCZ Endeavors to Bring Affordable SSDs
OCZ Endeavors to Bring Affordable SSDsSSDs are becoming more popular and the prices are definitely dropping steadily, just not as fast as most of us would like. OCZ is trying to change that.
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Silicon Power Shows Off USB/eSATA USB Stick
Silicon Power Shows Off USB/eSATA USB StickSilicon Power has come up with an interesting way to distinguish itself from the ocean of USB sticks on show at Computex Taiwan: add an eSATA port.
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Thecus Announces N5500 NAS Unit, 10 TB Total
Thecus Announces N5500 NAS Unit, 10 TB TotalThis week at Computex, Thecus is showing off its new N5500 NAS Device, designed to keep store your data and keep everything nice and secure.
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Super Talent Claims Its SSDs Can Rock Intel's
Super Talent Claims Its SSDs Can Rock Intel'sIntel SSDs still hold the market for the ultimate in performance, but that could change very soon.
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Use Your SSDs In or Outside Your Case, Anytime
Use Your SSDs In or Outside Your Case, AnytimeFlexibility is key, and Patriot Memory's ConvoyXL delivers just that.
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Intel SSDs Continue to Gain Popularity
Intel SSDs Continue to Gain PopularitySSDs are a big topic here at Computex, and Intel SSDs are no exception.
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Super Talent Shows Its Super Fast PCIe SSD
Super Talent Shows Its Super Fast PCIe SSDSuper Talent had its RAIDdrive GS card on display and on demo at the show floor here at Computex.
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Waterproof SDHC Card is Cool, But Pointless
Waterproof SDHC Card is Cool, But PointlessOur onsite reporters have seen a lot of nifty products at Computex in Taipei and Kingmax’s waterproof SD card is one of them.
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NEC Launches Hybrid Storage Netbook
NEC Launches Hybrid Storage NetbookHybrid storage in netbooks never really caught on. We saw one from MSI back in January, but aside from that, there was nothing else worth noting when it came to dual harddrives in an ultra portable, low cost machine.
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OCZ Intros New 3.5-inch "Colossus" SSD
OCZ Intros New 3.5-inch SSD’s are fast becoming a viable option, and with prices dropping pretty steadily, more folks are opting to go SSD rather than HDD.
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Sony Optiarc: Piloting Blu-ray Through the Crisis
Blu-ray adoption is still unsatisfying, price wars eliminated profit margins and the crisis hit hard. In a short interview with Sony Optiarc we learned their about their recipe to succeed.
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SATA Spec 3.0 Now Official; 6 Gb/sec. Speeds
SATA Spec 3.0 Now Official; 6 Gb/sec. SpeedsThe Serial ATA International Organization has today made official the Serial ATA Revision 3.0 specification.
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Researchers Find Way to Put 1.6 TB on a DVD
Researchers Find Way to Put 1.6 TB on a DVD1.6 Terabytes on a single disc.
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Ravage Transformer is Best USB Stick Ever
Ravage Transformer is Best USB Stick EverMakes me feel young again.
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Report: SSDs Can't Replace HDDs
Report: SSDs Can't Replace HDDsFriday TDK announced that it launched a new line of serial ATA II compatible hard drives, however storage integration specialist Origin Storage says that they're doomed to failure.
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Toshiba Ships First Laptop With a 512 GB SSD
Toshiba Ships First Laptop With a 512 GB SSDUltra portable notebook with a 512 GB SSD. Drool.
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Corsair Releases 256 GB SSD
Corsair Releases 256 GB SSDThis afternoon Corsair announced the 256 GB edition of its Storage Solutions SSDs (Solid State Drive), offering consumers its fastest and largest 2.5-inch SATA II drive thus far.
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Blu-ray Growing, but 58% Still Confused
Blu-ray Growing, but 58% Still ConfusedSome people still think standard-def DVD is "good enough" compared to Blu-ray Disc.
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PCI-E SSD Does 1000 MB/sec.
PCI-E SSD Does 1000 MB/sec.PhotoFast's new G-Monster-PROMISE PCIe SSD claims to be the first in the industry to reach 1000 MB/s
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CBHD is China's Own Blu-ray Disc
CBHD is China's Own Blu-ray DiscSelling any sort of media is tough in China due to piracy.
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Intel SSD Prices Drop by Up to $100
Intel SSD Prices Drop by Up to $100Intel SSDs now a little cheaper, but still not cheap.
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World's Most Durable SSD; Only 436lbs
World's Most Durable SSD; Only 436lbsAxxana's slogan reads, "Built to last," and with its latest Phoenix System data system, they may very well survive with the cockroaches in a nuclear holocaust.
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GE's Holographic Storage to Yield 500 GB Discs
GE's Holographic Storage to Yield 500 GB DiscsGeneral Electronics this week announced a breakthrough in holographic storage technology which could allow us to store up to 500 GB of data on one disc. In other words, ten Blu-ray Discs in one.
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Seagate Claims to be Easiest PC Backup Yet
Seagate Claims to be Easiest PC Backup YetSeagate Replica purportedly works like Apple's Time Machine
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OCZ Unveils PCIe-Based SSD Card
OCZ Unveils PCIe-Based SSD CardOCZ announced today its Z-Drive, a PCI-Express based solid state drive that offers up to 1 TB of storage.
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Seagate's Energy-friendly 5,900 RPM HDDs
Seagate's Energy-friendly 5,900 RPM HDDsWould Heart be proud of this version of Barracuda?
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Report: Intel SSD Price Cut on April 26
Report: Intel SSD Price Cut on April 26Cheaper, but will be they cheap enough?
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IBM New Memory: Faster, Better, than SSDs
IBM New Memory: Faster, Better, than SSDsIBM is developing a new memory technology called "Racetrack" that could replace all current forms of memory and storage solutions.
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QOTD: Have You Bought An SSD Yet?
QOTD: Have You Bought An SSD Yet?There's no doubt about it: one of the best ways to boost your computer's performance, is to upgrade your hard drive to a cutting edge solid state drive (SSD).
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Pioneer Offers 8x Dual-Layer Blu-ray Writer
Pioneer Offers 8x Dual-Layer Blu-ray WriterEarlier today, Pioneer introduced the BDR-2203, its internal 8x dual-layer Blu-ray writer, however general consumers may tremble at the knees by the sight of its monstrous pricetag.
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Enter Our Contest to Win One of Three SBM PCs
Enter Our Contest to Win One of Three SBM PCsWin a new PC from Tom's Hardware and Newegg!
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Go Silent With Massive Fanless CPU Heatsinks
Go Silent With Massive Fanless CPU HeatsinksThere are always an endless selection of accessories at Computex, it's sometimes difficult to weed through all the devices.
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The Heatsinks of Computex in Pictures
The Heatsinks of Computex in PicturesHey, COOL!
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The Best PC Case At Computex, from SilverStone
The Best PC Case At Computex, from SilverStoneComputex is a show about everything computing, and then some. If you manage to make it to the show, you'll find a host of companies showing off PC chassis of various sizes and configurations.
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Inside the BMW-designed Thermaltake Case
Inside the BMW-designed Thermaltake CaseWe get to see what's under the hood.
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Tom's Hardware Italy Lands 3DMark Hall of Fame
Tom's Hardware Italy Lands 3DMark Hall of FameOverclocking, since its beginnings, has always been about achieving more value for your money.
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Corsair Releases 256 GB SSD
Corsair Releases 256 GB SSDThis afternoon Corsair announced the 256 GB edition of its Storage Solutions SSDs (Solid State Drive), offering consumers its fastest and largest 2.5-inch SATA II drive thus far.
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AMD Video Shows Dragon OC'ing, Skateboarding
AMD Video Shows Dragon OC'ing, SkateboardingWant to see some overclocking? Want to see some skating? Want to grind that rail? Check out this video of AMD Phenom II extremeness.
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AMD Phenom II X4 955 Overclocked to 7.1 GHz
AMD Phenom II X4 955 Overclocked to 7.1 GHzA group called LimitTeam managed to overclock AMD's Phenom II X4 955 processor and reach a record speed od 7.1 GHz.
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Asus Supercomputer Motherboard Revealed
Asus Supercomputer Motherboard RevealedAsus finally launched the official product page for its upcoming P6T7 WS SuperComputer motherboard, built on two Nvidia nForce 200 chips and 7 PCIe slots.
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PCI-E SSD Does 1000 MB/sec.
PCI-E SSD Does 1000 MB/sec.PhotoFast's new G-Monster-PROMISE PCIe SSD claims to be the first in the industry to reach 1000 MB/s
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QOTD: Do You Take Your PC to LAN Parties?
QOTD: Do You Take Your PC to LAN Parties?We here at Tom's Hardware have been playing games for a really long time. Long before graphics was considered "graphics," we were already gaming.
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Miahallen & His Gigabyte Overclocking Win: Part 1
Miahallen & His Gigabyte Overclocking Win: Part 1Over the weekend, Gigabyte held its regional overclocking finals in the Los Angeles. During the event, 12 competitors spent almost all of Saturday overclocking in an attempt to walk away as champion and be placed in the top spot for Gigabyte's finals this
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Gigabyte Overclocking Mid-day Pictures
Gigabyte Overclocking Mid-day PicturesThe competition is kicking along now, and we have a preliminary winner for Super PI: Jeremiah L. Allen or Miahallen. Congratulations for taking the Super PI numbers.
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OCZ Unveils PCIe-Based SSD Card
OCZ Unveils PCIe-Based SSD CardOCZ announced today its Z-Drive, a PCI-Express based solid state drive that offers up to 1 TB of storage.
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QOTD: Do You Shut Off Your PC At Night?
QOTD: Do You Shut Off Your PC At Night?Because of mechanical wear and tear in traditional hard drives and fans, I've never really liked turning off my computing devices. A steady on state is better for the hard drive in the long run.
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Winners of Our AMD Overclocking Contest!
Winners of Our AMD Overclocking Contest!After two months of intense overclocking, two champions have emerged victors of the AMD Virtual Overclocking Contest.
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Wall•E PC Case Mod is Simply Awesome
Wall•E PC Case Mod is Simply AwesomeYou won’t believe your eyes when you see this what this enthusiast from Russia has done. Best. Case. Ever.
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QOTD: Are You Always Fixing PCs for Others?
QOTD: Are You Always Fixing PCs for Others?Computers break down and produce problems for people on a daily basis. Things can go wrong, and sometimes, the problems are not even fixable--like a fried CPU. Sometimes some things just have to be entirely replaced.
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Seagate Delivers "Next-Gen" HDD
Seagate Delivers Seagate is boasting that its SV35.5 Series is the next step in the HDD evolution, geared to deliver optimal performance in digital video surveillance systems.
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AMD Launches Opteron Upgrade Program
AMD Launches Opteron Upgrade ProgramAMD is trying to encourage server owners to upgrade their microprocessors, offering discounts for new processors.
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Build Your Own Multi-touch Surface Computer
Build Your Own Multi-touch Surface ComputerMaximum PC didn't feel like shelling out $12,000 for Microsoft's Surface technology, so the staff made its own multi-touch table PC for only $350
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Intel Hints at Octa-Core CPUs this Year
Intel Hints at Octa-Core CPUs this YearIn an interview with IDG News Services, Intel's Shannon Poulin gave an update on when the company will ship its first octa-core processor.
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Microsoft Watching OEM Bloatware for Windows 7
Microsoft Watching OEM Bloatware for Windows 7Microsoft’s keeping an eye on the amount of bloat that OEMs will be loading into Windows 7.
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QOTD: Did You Ever Fry Your PC by Overclocking?
QOTD: Did You Ever Fry Your PC by Overclocking?Everyone wants to get the most for their money. This is no exception to Tom's Hardware readers.
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QOTD: What Was Your First Computer?
QOTD: What Was Your First Computer?IBM PC Bus, ISA, EISA, math co-processor, floppy disk. So many forgotten terms, from years ago.
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OCZ Officially Announces DIY Neutrino Netbook
OCZ Officially Announces DIY Neutrino NetbookAs tired as we may have grown hearing about netbooks, consumers don’t yet seem to have had their fill yet.
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QOTD: How Much Did You Spend on Your PC?
QOTD: How Much Did You Spend on Your PC?We're all computer and hardware enthusiasts. We all love building, tweaking, and upgrading our systems for the most performance.
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AMD May Unveil 40nm Radeon HD 4750 Soon
AMD May Unveil 40nm Radeon HD 4750 SoonGerman website Schottenland.de is currently listing a 40nm ATI Radeon HD 4750, listing the RV740 GPU and other specifics
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AMD Plans 32nm CPUs for Q4 2009
AMD Plans 32nm CPUs for Q4 2009Globalfoundries said that it plans to take on 32nm orders by third party customers in Q4 2009.
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Synaptics Making Buttonless, Clickable Trackpads
Synaptics Making Buttonless, Clickable TrackpadsIt's one big button!
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Cheaper LCD Panels On the Way; Wallets Rejoice
Cheaper LCD Panels On the Way; Wallets RejoiceHitachi today demonstrated what it said will bring prices of LCD panels down significantly, while bringing quality up: hot cathode fluorescent lamps, or HCFL.
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Pixel Qi Demos Amazing E-Ink Laptop Screen
Pixel Qi Demos Amazing E-Ink Laptop ScreenCould this be the next generation of laptop displays?
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Dinobot Transformer Goes From T-Rex to Mouse
Dinobot Transformer Goes From T-Rex to MouseMe Grimlock... mouse.
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Microsoft Shows Laptop Mouse With Nano Dongle
Microsoft Shows Laptop Mouse With Nano DongleMicrosoft laptop mouse gets a shrunken dongle.
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LG LCD Display Only .23 Inches Thick
LG LCD Display Only .23 Inches ThickLG Display announced earlier this morning that it has successfully created the "world's thinnest" 42- and 47-inch LCD TV panels, measuring only 5.9 mm (.23 inches) thick.
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Asus Eee Keyboard Launching Late June
Asus Eee Keyboard Launching Late JuneWe first saw it in January. Hopefully it'll be out by the end of June.
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Huge 145-inch Plasma Display is 1mm Thick
Huge 145-inch Plasma Display is 1mm ThickShinoda's 145-inch plasma display boasts a thickness of 1mm, and is even capable of a 720p resolution.
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Say Goodbye to 16:10 Notebook Displays
Say Goodbye to 16:10 Notebook DisplaysApparently PC widescreen displays aren't wide enough
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Bluetooth 3.0 is Fast Like Ricky Bobby
Bluetooth 3.0 is Fast Like Ricky BobbyShake and bake!
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$500 Mouse Features LCD Screen
$500 Mouse Features LCD ScreenFor $500, consumers can buy a cool Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3 bundle. However, there's apparently a need for a mouse that can display e-mail on its LCD screen.
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Philips Axes 3D Display Division
Philips Axes 3D Display DivisionWith a recession in full swing and 3-D display adoption at a crawl, Philips has decided to axe its 3-D display division.
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New JVC 46-inch 3D Monitor Costs $7,000
New JVC 46-inch 3D Monitor Costs $7,000JVC is set to showcase its new 46-inch 3D monitor next week at the NAB show, however the device isn't necessarily geared towards the mainstream consumer... especially the wallet.
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Build Your Own Multi-touch Surface Computer
Build Your Own Multi-touch Surface ComputerMaximum PC didn't feel like shelling out $12,000 for Microsoft's Surface technology, so the staff made its own multi-touch table PC for only $350
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Dell Mini 10 Finally Gets Fancy 720p Display
Dell Mini 10 Finally Gets Fancy 720p DisplayDell finally makes good on its promise of outfitting the Mini 10 netbook with a 720p-capable screen.
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QOTD: How Big Is Your PC Display?
QOTD: How Big Is Your PC Display?I remember when my 12-inch yellow monocrhome CRT monitor was the pinnacle of desktop display technology. Alas, those memorable days are gone.
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Thin, Flexy OLED Lighting Sheets Coming 2011
We’ve been hearing about OLED technology off and on for years now, but now we have word that flexible OLED lighting could be entering into production late next year.
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Microsoft Makes a... Notebook Cooler
Microsoft’s best known for its software, but often times its hardware products are just as often found as part of users’ systems.
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Intel Working on Display Linking Technology
As a part of Intel's "Carry Small, Live Large" initiative, Intel researchers are working on a technology that will enable multiple mobile devices to work together to create a larger display. In other words, the displayed output will span all of the...
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Asus Unveils Green, Wireless Monitors
Today at CeBIT, Asus sported not only sported its new "green" series of LCD monitors, but the world's first wireless monitor as well.
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Asus Teases Eee Keyboard Again at CeBit
Asus brought its all-in-one keyboard PC that we spotted at CES to Germany this week to give the masses a closer look at this interesting piece of kit.
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Picture: MacBook Pro Glossy vs. Matte FIGHT!
Check out the new MacBook's matter display compared with the "glassy" one
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Report: Microsoft to Buy Motion Sensing Tech
Reports from last week pointed at Microsoft acquiring Israeli startup 3DV Systems for its motion-sensing camera technology.
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UPDATE: Razer Responds to Lycosa KB Issue
UPDATE: Razer Responds to Lycosa KB IssueRazer has recently acknowledged a defect in production models of its Lycosa gaming keyboards.Shortly after the launch of the Razer Lycosa gaming keyboard, buyers started to express concern over the functionality of their newly purchased units in the R
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OCZ Unleashes Backlit Keyboard
OCZ Unleashes Backlit KeyboardFor those who constantly find themselves typing in the dark, OCZ has a great solution to reduce those typos down to a minimum.
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Sony Files for Touchscreen Printer Patent
Sony Files for Touchscreen Printer PatentSony filed a patent for a touch-screen printer based on Microsoft's Surface technology, capable of viewing and printing digital pictures wirelessly.
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MSI Teases WindBox Release... Again
MSI says its WindBox will be launching soon.
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Transparent OLED Screen; Yummy
Check out the transparent OLED screen!
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Vizio HDTVs to be Super "Connected"
High-end HDTV are all gaining some sort of special net-enabled service, but leave it to the mainstream brand of Vizio to really embrace connected media.
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Samsung's Gorgeous LED Backlit HDTVs; Drool
More than anything else, CES has televisions – gorgeous televisions. Although some of the wow-factor has dropped off a bit over the years as now HDTVs can be bought in Wal-Mart, Samsung still pulled the covers off of something we now lust for...
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AGP Not Yet Dead Says Gigabyte
AGP Not Yet Dead Says GigabyteIt's always good and fun to have the latest hardware, especially when it comes to graphics. But what if you're on an aging AGP system?
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Enermax to Bring More Efficient Power Supplies
Enermax to Bring More Efficient Power SuppliesThe 80-Plus power supply standard while good, just isn't good enough, so says Enermax.
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Zotac Graphics Cards Pay for Themselves
Zotac Graphics Cards Pay for ThemselvesGreentech, power saving, saving the Earth, utilizing less resources--power saving features are an important feature to have these days, on any product.
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The Best PC Case At Computex, from SilverStone
The Best PC Case At Computex, from SilverStoneComputex is a show about everything computing, and then some. If you manage to make it to the show, you'll find a host of companies showing off PC chassis of various sizes and configurations.
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Lian-Li Launches Economic Line of Cases
Lian-Li Launches Economic Line of CasesThis year at Computex, case maker Lian-Li introduced a less pricey line of cases designed to be kinder to your wallet than the likes of Corsair’s $300 offering from earlier on in the day.
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Scenes From Computex 2009: Intel's Booth
Scenes From Computex 2009: Intel's BoothWe've got a sneak peek at what Intel's land looks like at Computex.
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Asus Mars GTX 295 8GB SLI Runs Far Cry 2 2160p
Asus Mars GTX 295 8GB SLI Runs Far Cry 2 2160p8 GB of graphics RAM enough for you?
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Intel: Ion Is Overkill, Don't You Know
Intel: Ion Is Overkill, Don't You KnowThere’s been a lot of talk about Nvidia’s Ion this week and apparently, Intel doesn’t like when the competition gets a couple of days of good press.
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Ferrari Nettop Looks Fast But Isn't Really
Ferrari Nettop Looks Fast But Isn't ReallyAll show but no go?
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Corsair Enters Case Market, Launches Obsidian
Corsair Enters Case Market, Launches ObsidianComputex isn’t just about what’s inside your machine and proof of that is Flash maker Corsair's first foray into the case market.
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AMD Demonstrates First DirectX 11 GPU
AMD Demonstrates First DirectX 11 GPUIt goes to 11.
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Flash Player Receives GPU Support
Nvidia and Adobe are combining forces as part of the Open Screen Project.
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Inside the BMW-designed Thermaltake Case
Inside the BMW-designed Thermaltake CaseWe get to see what's under the hood.
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Zalman's Big CPU Cooler with Integrated Remote
Zalman's Big CPU Cooler with Integrated RemoteOne of the few interesting end-user cooling devices we've come across on the show floor so far is Zalman's CNPS10X CPU cooler.
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Nvidia Tech Demonstration Reveals CPU Focus
Nvidia Tech Demonstration Reveals CPU FocusThis week Nvidia held a press event here at Computex in order to show off its technology and talk about its direction for future technology.
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AMD Releases 6-Core Istanbul Ahead of Schedule
AMD Releases 6-Core Istanbul Ahead of ScheduleIstanbul is here.
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Intel's 'Larrabee' on Par With GeForce GTX 285
Intel's 'Larrabee' on Par With GeForce GTX 285Traveling to Taiwan for Computex usually yields a lot of components, future launches, and lots of random hardware.
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Nvidia Tegra Promises 1080p Video, 25-day Music
Nvidia Tegra Promises 1080p Video, 25-day MusicNvidia Tegra hits Computex.
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Report: HP, Dell to Launch Ion Machines in Q3
Report: HP, Dell to Launch Ion Machines in Q3We’ve been seeing a lot of Ion products at Computex 2009 but so far, we’ve seen nothing from American companies. Apparently, we won’t have to wait long before we see offerings from both HP and Dell.
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Nvidia's Ion Makes a Splash at Computex 2009
Nvidia's Ion Makes a Splash at Computex 2009Computex 2009 is upon us and even before day one there have been a few companies making announcements, wanting to stand out.
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Intel Announces New SU2700 CPU, GS40 Chipset
Intel Announces New SU2700 CPU, GS40 ChipsetIntel announces new CULV chip with matching mobile chipset.
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Asus Fuses Together 2 GeForce GTX 285's
Asus Fuses Together 2 GeForce GTX 285'sAsus is heading to Mars, but not in a planetary sense. The company has gotten frisky and has designed the Asus Mars 295 Limited Edition, a revamp of the GeForce GTX 295.
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An Update on AMD's Changing the Game
An Update on AMD's Changing the GameBecause it's not always about CPU prices and anticompetition lawsuits.
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Intel: Atom is Eating into Celeron, and That's OK
Intel: Atom is Eating into Celeron, and That's OKThat's not the same as eating celery, right?
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Core i7 Laptop Maker Talks to Us About Merits
Core i7 Laptop Maker Talks to Us About MeritsIntel's Core i7 is one of the most innovative CPU releases to date. It's fast, efficient, and cutting edge. The thing about cutting edge though, is that you'll often pay a premium to gain access.
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Intel Shows Off 8-Core, 128 Thread Nehalem-EX
Intel Shows Off 8-Core, 128 Thread Nehalem-EXThis is big daddy Nehalem.
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Intel: Core i5 'Lynnfield' Still on Track for 2H'09
Intel: Core i5 'Lynnfield' Still on Track for 2H'09Intel still giving itself a six-month window for release of Lynnfield.
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Asus Unveils Standalone Overclocking Device
Asus Unveils Standalone Overclocking DeviceRecently Asus revealed its ROG (Republic of Gamers) OC Station, a hardware-based, bay mounted device made especially for its ROC motherboards.
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Intel Inflates CPU Prices says AMD. We Investigate
Intel Inflates CPU Prices says AMD. We InvestigateWe have all heard in recent news that Intel was slapped with a hefty fine by the European Union ringing to the tune of $1.4 billion. This fine, is even larger than the one Microsoft was fined, which was already a record $1.3 billion.
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Tom's Hardware Italy Lands 3DMark Hall of Fame
Tom's Hardware Italy Lands 3DMark Hall of FameOverclocking, since its beginnings, has always been about achieving more value for your money.
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