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Vista Following the Footsteps of Windows MEOct 7, 2008 - in News
Do you remember Windows ME? If not, maybe it is because you skipped it all together or that the experience was bad enough that you choose not to remember.
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AMD Ditches the Costly Chip Manufacturing to Focus on DesignOct 7, 2008 - in News
The media this morning is busy working itself into a frenzy about an announcement from AMD scheduled for early Tuesday.
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Start Saving: Core i7 PCs Will Be ExpensiveOct 7, 2008 - in News
Pre-order prices for upcoming X58 motherboards and Intel Core i7 processors have appeared online
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Sanyo Develops 100GB, 12X Blu-ray LaserOct 6, 2008 - in News
Sanyo this week announced that it has developed a new laser diode that emits a 450 mw (milliwatts) blue laser beam that can read information off of Blu-ray discs at 12X speeds. Best of all, it can also burn to Blu-ray writable discs at the same data rate
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Apple Rumored to Use Aluminum "Bricks" as Next Big ThingOct 6, 2008 - in News
New MacBooks are on the way, that much is certain, but the word on the street is that one crucial new feature comes from a metal brick.
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Core i7 Incompatible With Performance DDR3 MemoryOct 6, 2008 - in News
Performance DDR3 memory that requires a voltage higher than 1.65V may permanently damage Core i7 CPUs
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Is Ad-Sponsoring the Future of PC Gaming?Oct 6, 2008 - in News
To prevent piracy, are ad-sponsored PC games the way of the future?
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Alienware Wants to Stuff Your StockingOct 5, 2008 - in News
Alienware wants to stuff two gaming beasts under your tree this holiday season: the Area-51 m15x and Area-51 desktops.
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Two Europeans Charged in U.S. for DDoS AttacksOct 3, 2008 - in News
In the first successful U.S. investigation into distributed denial-of-service attacks (DDoS), two European individuals have been indicted for allegedly cyber attacking two Web sites.
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EVGA's New 790i Motherboard Should Delight OverclockersOct 2, 2008 - in News
EVGA has announced a new motherboard based on Nvidia’s popular nForce 790i SLI chipset. The EVGA 790i SLI FTW Digital PWM delivers a bevy of electronic, mechanical, and BIOS features to facilitate aggressive overclocking.
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Apple Throws Ball Back to Psystar, Asks Judge to Throw Out Anti-Trust SuitOct 2, 2008 - in News
The legal volleyball between Mac clone maker, Psystar and Apple continues as it emerges that the latter has asked a court to throw away the antitrust lawsuit Psystar filed towards the end of the summer.
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Western Digital Caviar Goes Green – Faster, More EfficientOct 2, 2008 - in News
HTPC and Quiet PC users are always fighting the battle towards the Ultimate Quiet and the Lower Power consumption system.
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Fujitsu Selling out to Western Digital?Oct 2, 2008 - in News
Is the I.T industry following suit along with the economy? The Wall-Street blues, Corporate entities closing up shop and the big banks buying out other big and small banks – could this be happening in the I.T world too?
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The First sub-$1,000 Water-cooled PCOct 2, 2008 - in News
Considered a water-cooled gaming rig, but haven’t had the nerve to mix electronics and liquids? Visionman Computers has just announced a new gaming PC that features a water-cooled dual-core CPU that sells for $999.99.
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Surprise! Internet Users Dislike Broadband CapOct 2, 2008 - in News
It's no secret that internet service providers are considering broadband caps to cut down costs. However many U.S. consumers dislike the idea and will gladly change carriers if their current BSP implements the restrictions.
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Toshiba SpursEngine Add-In Video Cards Coming SoonOct 1, 2008 - in News
Toshiba SpursEngine, released earlier this year is based on the same Cell processor technology as used in the Sony PlayStation 3 console.
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RealNetworks Hit With Legal Action for DVD Copying SoftwareOct 1, 2008 - in News
In a recent, very left-field action – six major studios have filed a suit against RealNetworks for their ‘brand-new’ DVD copying software. RealDVD.
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Computer Makers, Cell Carriers Band Together for Mobile BroadbandOct 1, 2008 - in News
Just as how the innovation of Wi-Fi has freed laptop users from being tethered to an Ethernet cable to roam freely within the proximity of a wireless router, a new initiative by 16 companies hopes to make laptop users connected online nearly everywhere
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AMD's 'Shanghai' CPU Enters ProductionOct 1, 2008 - in News
The last year has not been kind to AMD. Its 65nm Barcelona processors arrived several months late, and were already obsolete in many ways when compared to the Intel offerings at the time. To make matters worse, the Barcelona chips were also buggy, making
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Report: Cell/B.E. to be Used in PlayStation 4Sep 30, 2008 - in News
Could Sony be planning on using an upgraded Cell/B.E. in the PlayStation 4?
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Gamer Grub: Performance Snack Food?Sep 30, 2008 - in News
If Keith Mullin has his way, we might soon see a sixth food group in the USDA’s Food Pyramid: Cognitive Performance Snacks. Mullin calls his invention "Gamer Grub" and maintains that it is “formulated to boost your brain and speed reaction times."
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Gears of War 2 Designer: Savvy Gamers Know How to PirateSep 30, 2008 - in News
Gears of War was a monster hit on the Xbox 360, which eventually made it to the PC after a considerable wait. The game’s sequel, however, will be a console-only title.
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Toshiba Prototype Batteries: Stronger, Better Than Li-ionSep 30, 2008 - in News
One of the biggest deal breakers when purchasing notebooks, or any portable device, is how long the battery will last you.
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AMD Releases HTPC-Friendly Budget Graphics CardsSep 30, 2008 - in News
Two new budget graphics cards by AMD have been announced Tuesday; the ATI Radeon HD 4550 and the ATI Radeon HD 4350
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Windows Campaign Violating Trademark?Sep 30, 2008 - in News
Microsoft is being targeted by a startup company going by the name ‘G.ho.st’ in an apparent claim that Microsoft is violating a company trademark.
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Samsung makes industries smallest DDR chipsSep 30, 2008 - in News
Anyone for 16GB DDR3 modules? Samsung has developed what it claims to be the industries smallest 2GB (256MB) DDR memory chips utilizing a 50nm process technology.
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MSI's X58 Motherboard To Have Quad-SLISep 29, 2008 - in News
Details emerge regarding MSI's upcoming X58 motherboards
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SpaceX Falcon 1: Fourth Time's a CharmSep 29, 2008 - in News
After three separate failures, Space Exploration Technologies (or SpaceX) got the Falcon 1 into space
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Microsoft Shipping Vista Add-onsSep 29, 2008 - in News
For the first time in five months, Microsoft has release three new add-ons for Windows Vista Ultimate edition.
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Nvidia Settles Price Fixing LawsuitSep 29, 2008 - in News
A recent major class action lawsuit that was brought against both Nvidia and ATI for conspiring to fix, raise, maintain and stabilize prices of graphics processing chips and cards may soon be coming to a resolution