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Microsoft: No Additional Windows 7 Public BetasFeb 2, 2009 - in News
The public release of Windows 7 beta is undoubtedly the most exciting thing to happen to PC users so far this year. But it’s only going to happen once, as Microsoft says that it’ll be the only public beta we’ll get.
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Intel Files $50M Suit Against Insurance CompanyFeb 2, 2009 - in News
Intel has filed a $50 million lawsuit against American Guarantee and Liability Insurance, alleging breach of contract. In a suit filed last week, Intel claims the insurance company’s failure to pay for legal defence in antitrust suits filed by AMD...
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Verizon Offers $200 Rebate on Sony's Vaio PFeb 2, 2009 - in News
A few weeks back, at CES, Sony debuted a the P Series Lifestyle PC. At 1.4 pounds with an 8 inch LCD, the P Series is just a little smaller than your average netbook, however the company remains adamant that this is not a netbook ...
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Phenom II X4 3.6GHz and RV740 This Year?Feb 2, 2009 - in News
Over the weekend, there was quite a lot of buzz about an AMD Phenom II X4 processor clocking at 3.6 GHz by the end of the year as well as the possibility that the ATI RV740 will be used in the upcoming Radeon HD 4730 and HD 4750 SKUs.
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Under The Kimono: Inside Intel's Hidden R&DFeb 1, 2009 - in Picture Story
It’s hard to imagine the amount of R&D that goes into a motherboard. In this very rare opportunity, Intel takes us behind the scenes at its Hawthorn Farms facility to show how its hardware gets tested, trashed, and made bulletproof.
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Hot News of the Week: Jan. 30, 2009Jan 30, 2009 - in Picture Story
Here's the hottest news for the week ending January 30: Windows 7 versions, 8-core Xeons, 45 nm Opterons, 2 TB hard drives, a "Redisent" Evil Xbox 360, White House email problems, Games for Windows, and anti-pervert camera phones!
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AOL to Layoff 10 Percent in 2009Jan 30, 2009 - in News
According to a report from Reuters, AOL is planning to lay off 10 percent of its workforce, amounting to 700 employees.
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Samsung Develops 4Gb DDR3 for 32GB RDIMMsJan 30, 2009 - in News
Samsung announced this week that it has developed the world’s highest density DRAM chip.
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Intel to Reveal Eight-Core Xeon Next MonthJan 30, 2009 - in News
Macworld is reporting that Intel plans to detail an eight-core Xeon processor at the International Solid-State Circuits Conference in San Francisco next month.
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PC Gaming Roundup - January 30, 2009Jan 30, 2009 - in News
A few tidbits released this morning include ARMA II info, new Catalyst drivers and a note about Unreal Tournament 3.
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Intel’s 24-Core, 14-Drive Modular Server ReviewedJan 30, 2009 - in Reviews
Intel's MFSYS25 modular server promises small- and medium-sized businesses high reliability, resource optimization, and multi-core computing power. How well does the server live up to this promise? Check out our review.
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PC Gaming Roundup - January 29, 2009Jan 29, 2009 - in News
Here is today's list of PC gaming news, including Mythic's announcement of its Call to Arms expansion, and the ship date for Hotel Giant 2.
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Graphics Cards Shipments Way Down in Q4 2008Jan 29, 2009 - in News
Like the rest of the economy, shipments of computer graphics chips were way down for the fourth calendar quarter of 2008.
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Disk Manufacturers Settle on Encryption StandardJan 29, 2009 - in News
The six largest disk makers on the planet have decided on a universal encryption standard that will be used on all storage drives, both disk based and solid state.
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Intel Releases Moblin 2 Alpha OS for NetbooksJan 29, 2009 - in News
When it comes to netbooks, the near-constant in hardware design is the Atom processor. But what about the operating system on top of it?
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Eager Fan Campaigns for Windows 7 Release NowJan 29, 2009 - in News
Earlier in the week we reported that general availability for the Windows 7 beta was set to end February 10. At the time you all seemed pretty cool with it. Plenty of time left to download, right? Turns out not everyone is so sensible.
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Stanford Prof. is Nvidia's New Chief ScientistJan 29, 2009 - in News
Nvidia had a couple of announcements about changes to to the company’s executives on Wednesday. The company announced that Bill Dally, the chairman of Stanford University’s computer science department, would be joining the company...
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Sony Files for Touchscreen Printer PatentJan 29, 2009 - in News
Sony 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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Super Talent's New SSD Upgrade for Asus Eee PCJan 29, 2009 - in News
Super Talent today released its SSD upgrade drives, which it is aiming squarely at users of the Asus Eee PC line.
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Nvidia's GeForce GTX 285: A Worthy Successor?Jan 28, 2009 - in Reviews
Nvidia's new GeForce GTX 285 brings a smaller die process and higher clock speeds to the table. But are the performance and efficiency gains worth the extra price? We benchmark the company's latest against all of the other high-end boards out there.
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IBM Settles, Papermaster is Apple-boundJan 28, 2009 - in News
Apple yesterday announced that Mark Papermaster would be joining the company as senior vice president of Devices Hardware Engineering. Papermaster will start work at the Cupertino company on April 24 and will be reporting directly to Steve Jobs.
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PC Gaming Roundup - January 28, 2009Jan 28, 2009 - in News
We're starting the morning early with a few tidbits, but look for more to hit this space throughout the day.
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Fujitsu Ditching Hard Drive BusinessJan 28, 2009 - in News
Fujitsu announced Tuesday that it will cease manufacturing hard disk drive (HDD) heads on March 31, 2009.
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Six New SSDs: Can Intel Be Dethroned?Jan 27, 2009 - in Reviews
We received six fresh flash-based SSDs and put them up against the 15 drives we have already reviewed. Some are fast, some are efficient, but they all fail at combining power efficiency with great overall performance.
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MSI's New Gaming Notebook RevealedJan 27, 2009 - in News
What other purposes do PCs serve other than play demanding games? They have many uses apparently, however, there's nothing better than a beefy notebook to play those taxing, beefy titles, and MSI has just the beefcake for the job.
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SSDs Get Ready for a Late 2009 BoostJan 27, 2009 - in News
As the market for NAND Flash stabilizes in the latter half of the year, consumer and enterprise demand for solid-state drives is expected to surpass hard drives.
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Western Digital Launches 2 TB Hard DriveJan 27, 2009 - in News
Is your collection of “media” growing at an exponential rate? Western Digital could have what you’re looking for, as it launches the industry’s first 2 TB hard disk drive.
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Intel Prepping 320 GB SSD for 4Q LaunchJan 27, 2009 - in News
Details are scant, but Intel has leaked the news that eight new solid-state drives are on the way come summertime.
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PC Gaming Roundup - January 27, 2009Jan 27, 2009 - in News
Today's roundup includes a chat session with the designer and developer of War Plan Pacific, and whatever else pops up throughout the day.
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Apple MacBook Review: Part 2Jan 26, 2009 - in Reviews
Yesterday, Alan Dang gave us his impressions and experiences with the hardware in Apple's MacBook. Today it's all about the software, plus performance numbers comparing a real Mac to a "Hacked Mac on a Mac."
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