AMD video shows Llano, Sandy Bridge side by side
An interesting video has appeared in AMD's YouTube account. The three-minute clip shows the screens of two laptops as they run a graphics-heavy benchmark. One laptop is running a Core i7-2630QM processor (a.k.a. Sandy Bridge in its quad-core incarnation), while the other sports Llano, AMD's upcoming mainstream accelerated processing unit....
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Dr. Seuss Day Shortbread
Eight is Enough Engadget: Microsoft's Rahul Sood says every PC industry exec should use a MacBook AMD Fusion APU Llano in a multi-tasking technology demonstration Business Insider: Microsoft preparing Windows 8 tablet design demos for June Intel delivers new dual-core Atom N570 processor for netbooks Intel on
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Asus starts shipping new Sandy Bridge boards, too
Lagging just a tad behind Gigabyte and Micro Center, Asus has announced that it, too, has kicked off shipments of bug-free Sandy Bridge motherboards. The company says it "expedited the manufacturing and delivery of new products" while implementing "extensive product return and replacement options" in an effort to minimize downtime—and,...
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Micro Center gives customers Sandy mobo shipment news
Just yesterday, Gigabyte announced that it had begun shipping Sandy Bridge motherboards featuring a bug-free, B3-stepping 6-series chipsets. Now, we're told by a TR reader who calls himself yuriylsh that Micro Center has sent out e-mails to its customers with an update on the situation. The contents of that...
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Bulletstorm: Bringing the fun back to single-player FPSes
If I've seemed a tad out of it lately, it's because I've been spending much of my free time over the past few days viciously slaughtering hordes of mutants, bandits, and other assorted creatures in Bullestorm. And I've been loving it. After beating the single-player campaign over the weekend, I...
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Intel's Core i7-990X Extreme processor
Intel's new flagship processor, uh, reviews itself. Don't ask.
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Brazos injected into Zotac barebones nettop
With barebones nettops systems built around Ion and CULV underpinnings, it was only a matter of time before Zotac put Brazos inside a Zbox. In fact, AMD's first Fusion platform has arrived in two models: the Zbox AD02 and AD02 Plus. The latter comes equipped...
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Seagate ships 3TB Barracuda XT desktop drive
After months of shipping 3TB hard drives inside USB enclosures and network-attached storage boxes, Seagate is finally ready to let one stand on its own. The company has announced that a 3TB flavor of its flagship Barracuda XT desktop drive is now shipping. Unlike the 3TB...
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The Crysis 2 demo is now available
Right on schedule, the multiplayer demo of Crysis 2 has become available. You can grab the 1.6GB installer right now from EA's website, GeForce.com, and Shacknews. As we reported earlier this month, the demo features two maps, Skyline and Pier 17, as well as two multiplayer modes:...
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AMD doesn't sound enthused about Thunderbolt
Much ink has been spilled about those Intel Thunderbolt ports on Apple's new MacBook Pros, but according to a story by X-bit labs, AMD doesn't share the enthusiasm. In fact, an anonymous spokesperson quoted by the site suggests AMD doesn't see much of a point to Thunderbolt at all. "Existing...
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Peace Corps Day Shortbread
Eight is Enough Apple: Not 'just for the rich,' says Tim Cook - WSJ JPR announces 2011 international PC gaming hardware estimates X-bit labs: AMD does not believe in Intel's Thunderbolt and AMD to showcase Bulldozer microprocessors at CeBIT Ars Technica reports AMD to break new ground
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Valve teases Steam 'big picture' mode
Conventional PC gaming may well be Valve's bread and butter, but the company isn't afraid to venture out into uncharted waters. After releasing a version of Steam for the Mac last year, the company is now teasing a "big picture" mode that will apparently take Steam into the...
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GeForce GTX 550 Ti listings pop up in Europe
Ah, those crafty European e-tailers; rumors about unannounced hardware would be so much less fun without them. The retailers' latest feat of premature product listing has shed some light on Nvidia's upcoming GeForce GTX 550 Ti, as you can see by checking price search engine Geizhals. Right now, that search...
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Serious Sam 3: BFE due out this summer
In one of the most entertaining press releases I've read in a while, Croteam has announced that Serious Sam 3: BFE is due to arrive for consoles and the PC this summer. The release promises a return to the action-packed gameplay of the original, calling BFE a "a glorious...
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6Gbps SATA connectivity appears in Intel 510 Series SSDs
Some 18 months after lifting the lid on its second-generation X25-M solid-state drive, Intel is back with a fresh model. According to the official press release, the third-gen SSD is the first of a "series of Intel SSD introductions for 2011." Dubbed the 510 Series, this initial...
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