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Tom's Holiday Buyer's Guide 2008, Part 4Dec 2, 2008 - in Reviews
Welcome to part four of our Holiday Gift Guide coverage. This time around, the Tom's Hardware staff picks its favorite components for your wish list rounding out 2008.
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Maxtor's Shared Storage Does NAS At HomeSep 24, 2008 - in Reviews
What do you do with all the data you collect at home? Network attached storage is the solution. We test Maxtor's Shared Storage II and find that it is also suitable for use in small businesses.
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Comparative Component ChartsJun 2, 2008 - in Reviews
Our new component charts may not be perfect (we're working on that), but they're still full of useful information. Click here for our quick access guide.
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WD's New Raptor Drive <i><b>Is</i></b> a Bird of Prey!Apr 21, 2008 - in Reviews
Western Digital's VelociRaptor is here, and it comes with a bang. The new 10,000 RPM 2.5" SATA hard drive's primal scream is loud enough to intimidate the competition.
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Install A Solid State Drive In Your NotebookApr 18, 2008 - in Reviews
We explain how to install a Solid State Disk (SSD) in your notebook computer, while retaining a hard disk for data storage.
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The World's Best Hardware PricesDec 6, 2007 - in Reviews
Do you know which country has the best prices for PC gear? We looked at pricing in the United States, Canada, Germany, France, the United Kingdom and Australia to find out just how much prices vary from one market to another.
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Energy-Efficient Computing OptionsAug 21, 2007 - in Reviews
Performance still is the most-important factor, but energy efficiency is getting more attention when it comes to component decisions. We scan low-power options that are available.
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WidowPC Sting 517D: Unique FeaturesApr 17, 2007 - in Picture Story
The distinctive Widow PC badge gives the Sting some sting.
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Killer Notebooks Executioner: Unique FeaturesApr 17, 2007 - in Picture Story
Talk about pimping your ride. The Tom's Hardware badge is not an off the shelf option (but we like it).
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RAID Recovery: The Data Knight Kroll Ontrack To The Rescue!Feb 14, 2007 - in Reviews
In the event of catastrophic hard drive failure, only professional data recovery can help. During a visit to Kroll Ontrack we gained insight into how data can even be restored from a crashed RAID array.
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Build a Windows Vista Upgrade ParachuteFeb 7, 2007 - in Reviews
In this article, we provide you with what you need to know about upgrading to Windows Vista. You will get definitive information about released features and capabilities of the various versions of Windows Vista, learn when you can and cannot do a Vista in-place upgrade, and find out about tools to make your Vista installation easier and less prone to errors and crashes.
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Windows Vista GalleryJan 28, 2007 - in Picture Story
Windows Vista Home Basic will sell for $199.00 and will not have the 3D-accelerated Windows Aero desktop. Up to 8 GB of memory will be supported.
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CES goes pink with Hello KittyJan 11, 2007 - in Picture Story
Specra International markets Hello Kitty-branded products and had an impressive, eye-searing pink, display. Here we see a karaoke machine.
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Intel answers AMD with an 8-core desktop computer
Jan 7, 2007 - in Picture Story
Francois Piednoel of Intel's benchmarking team made an 8-core computer as an answer to AMD's 4X4 solution. The computer uses off the shelf components that can be ordered today. Here we see the front panel opened to the five hard drive bays and the brigh
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CES UnveiledJan 6, 2007 - in Picture Story
AMD showed off the Pepper Pad 3 UMPC powered by their Geode LX800 ultra-low voltage processor.
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CES 2007: Preview Gallery
Jan 3, 2007 - in Picture Story
LG hybrid high-def player. The battle between Blu-ray and HD DVD is in full swing and LG is expected to be first to bridge the divide with a hybrid high-def player. An official announcement of the player is expected for Sunday, January 1, 8:00 am PST. But
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The Web Is My Castle: Secure Backup Over the InternetDec 15, 2006 - in Reviews
Hamachi is a free tool for establishing secure VPN connections between two PCs by mediating p2p connections (like Skype does). Its potential for Internet backup and data replication is huge.
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PC Personality Clone: It's Ethical, It Works, But Is It Enough?
Oct 19, 2006 - in Picture Story
The SaberData smart USB cable makes two connected computers look like disk drives to each other. Without the PC Personality Clone software, you can freely copy files from one computer to another. With the software you can migrate (really copy) one compute
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Installing and Using RoboForm2Go
Oct 10, 2006 - in Picture Story
The RoboForm2Go USB Key is a 256 MB USB Flash Drive with U3 smart drive capabilities. When a USB U3 smart drive is plugged into a computer Windows is able to auto-start a program stored on the drive. A number of manufacturers make U3 smart drives includin
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VW merging cars and UMPCsSep 28, 2006 - in Picture Story
Volkswagen showed off their 2006 Passat concept car with a touchscreen headunit and UMPC docking station.
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Corsair's XMS2 Dominator: The World's Fastest DDR2?Sep 21, 2006 - in Picture Story
Isn't this nice? 1111 MHz DDR speed at CL4-4-4-12 timings. The memory looks special, though.
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Phones, Laptops and Skateboarders at CTIA 2006Sep 18, 2006 - in Picture Story
Mobile devices can now easily render full-motion game video. Futuremark showed off this Dell Axim running a mobile version of 3dMark.
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Back Up Your Business Data With Tandberg's 420LTO and 220LTO StreamersSep 4, 2006 - in Picture Story
Tandberg 220LTO external tape drive.
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Tom's Hardware's $10,000 PCAug 8, 2006 - in Picture Story
The Tom's Hardware $10,000 PC. Custom built by Falcon Northwest with a sound-dampened aluminum chassis and painted in Mach V Exotix. Click through the following pages to see what is inside.
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Glory of the Roman Empire and Saint's RowJun 28, 2006 - in Picture Story
Glory of the Roman Empire, just released in the UK and hitting US on June 3, is Sim City in Roman Times, for want of a better description.
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Computex Slideshow Update: Gadgets GaloreJun 6, 2006 - in Picture Story
Welcome to another day at Computex!
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Your DIY Gaming Rig For $720Jun 4, 2006 - in Picture Story
A water-cooled, dual-core 4-GHz DIY PC for $720
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Pac-Man World 3, Spore, FlatOut 2 and Rumble Roses XX
May 24, 2006 - in Picture Story
Not so 2D now! Run you sonofabitch, RUN!25 years later and one might wonder at why they're still making Pac-Man games, on every format possible. The simple 2D game has morphed into a multi-million dollar franchise, and as we all know This Can Only Be A Go
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TG Daily Week in Review (May 15-19)May 18, 2006 - in Picture Story
If you can't beat 'em, sue 'em. Having lost about 80% of the MP3 player market to Apple, Creative has sued Apple for patent infringement. Read more here.
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A New RAM Hard Drive from HyperOsDec 5, 2005 - in Reviews
Gigabyte will not rest on its laurels for long as the first vendor to offer a working hard drive composed of DRAM memory modules if Britain-based HyperOs Systems has its way. We scrutinize the company's 16 GB, DDR solid state hard drive and see how its performance holds up against Gigabyte's i-RAM.