High Tech - News, Reviews and Tests
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Weird and Wonderful PCs and PC Mods, Your StoriesFeb 23, 2007 - in Reviews
We asked you to tell us about your favorite cool, strange or unusual PC or PC mod and, man, did you! The story's a click away.
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Wii Games Review, Part 2Feb 22, 2007 - in Picture Story
Link is back in The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, which has become the must-have title for the Wii.
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AMD delays R600 graphics chipFeb 22, 2007 - in News
AMD's long awaited ATI R600 graphics chip is getting delayed and is now expected to be available in May. The card was scheduled to be released in March and would have given Nvidia's 8800 line of cards a run for their money.
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AMD Pushes R600 Back To MayFeb 22, 2007 - in Reviews
If you were waiting for Direct3D 10 compliant hardware from AMD (formerly ATI) you will have to wait even longer. AMD pushed the launch of R600 yet once more.
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Kingston ships 4 GB performance memory kitsFeb 22, 2007 - in News
Kingston has announced an improved version of its 800 MHz HyperX memory.
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Google to offer subscription-based office softwareFeb 22, 2007 - in News
Expanding its competition against Microsoft's market leading Office suite, Google today announced that it is going to offer a premium package of online software apps for an annual fee.
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680i Motherboard Comparison Part 2Feb 22, 2007 - in Reviews
A broader selection of high-end NForce 680i SLI chipset platforms is finally beginning to surface, but was it worth the wait? We compare the performance, overclocking potential and other features of three newcomers to Part 1 entries.
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OCZ unveils flashy "Reaper" performance memoryFeb 21, 2007 - in News
Sunnyvale (CA) - OCZ today announced a new memory module that follows the recent trend of more visible cooling methods.
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AMD raises graphics performance with second-gen Vista driverFeb 21, 2007 - in News
AMD today released its second Catalyst graphics driver for Windows Vista, promising performance gains between 21% and 48% in certain games. Nvidia also caught up with Vista and recently released its first final driver for the new operating system.
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WD rolls out networked hard drivesFeb 21, 2007 - in News
Growing video and music collections are slowly opening a few business opportunity for hard drive manufacturers: Shared storage devices allow consumers to access their digital content via an Internet connection from anywhere in the world: WD joins the bandwagon with a 1 TB new network storage solution for consumers.
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Samsung to show USB LCD at CebitFeb 21, 2007 - in News
Samsung will unveil a new LCD that can be connected to a PC via an integrated USB port, according to an article published at heise.de.
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First DVDs with HD capability producedFeb 21, 2007 - in News
High definition home video does not necessarily translate into HD DVD or Blu-ray. As the two formats continue to battle each other, another high definition format has quietly surfaced. Sonopress announced that it has replicated the first 3x DVDs with HD capability last week.
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Korean researchers aiming for 100 GB flash memory cardsFeb 21, 2007 - in News
Flash memory has been rumored to soon hit the limitations of nature, making it impossible for the technology to scale beyond 32 nm or 22 nm structures. Korean researchers now say they have developed 10 nm semiconductors based on carbon nanotubes that could breathe new life into Flash memory cards.
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Microscopic chain-mail could link wearable gadgetsFeb 21, 2007 - in News
Microscopic chain mail made from miniscule metal links has been made by US researchers. It could ultimately be used to create textiles with sensors and other electronics built in.
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R600 graphics card delayed againFeb 21, 2007 - in News
The Inquirer reports that AMD/ATI has delayed the launch of its R600 graphics card until Q2 of this year.
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Overclocking 9 Value-Priced DDR2-800 KitsFeb 21, 2007 - in Reviews
High memory prices have traditionally plagued budget overclockers, but the release of "industry standard" PC2-6400 is bringing some relief. How do the latest modules fare?
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Say cheese, researchers want cameras in every airline seatFeb 20, 2007 - in News
Terrorists better put on their makeup because European researchers are developing small cameras to be mounted in the backs of airline seats. The cameras would profile suspicious movements and then transfer the information up to pilots and authorities. But it doesn't stop there, microphones would also record speech.
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Intel to prevent overheating laptops with lightFeb 20, 2007 - in News
Intel plans on fighting overheating laptops with a little bit of light. The chip giant has patented a new technology that uses sensors to detect heat-sensitive color-changing material inside the laptop. If certain parts of the laptop get too hot, the laptop will throttle back the power to cool down.
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AMD releases new consumer flagship processor X2 6000+Feb 20, 2007 - in News
A few months late, AMD today fired up the latest and likely last performance stage for its 90 nm Athlon 64 X2 processor with Windsor core. The new 6000+ model is clocked at 3 GHz and represents a consumer-focused socket AM2 version of the FX-74 enthusiast processor that is based on the socket 1207FX.
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Does AMD's Athlon 64 X2 6000+ Have Any Kick Left?Feb 20, 2007 - in Reviews
A new Athlon 64 X2 top model launches, squeezing 3.0 GHz out of AMD's 90 nm silicon. It cannot end Intel's Core 2 Extreme supremacy, but AMD's aggressive pricing fuels the price war, making the 6000+ somewhat affordable.
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The 50-Greatest Female Characters in the History of Video GamesFeb 19, 2007 - in Picture Story
The immortal Lara Croft, the current poster girl of gaming.
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AMD publishes DTX guidelines for small form factor PCsFeb 19, 2007 - in News
AMD has released its proposed motherboard design guidelines for DTX small form factor (SFF) PCs. The company said that the specifications should enable "smaller, quieter, desktop-friendly" computer systems.
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The $300 PCFeb 19, 2007 - in Reviews
You get what you pay for, right? But what happens if you build a PC on the cheap? We packed two boxes with low-cost AMD and Intel CPUs and other inexpensive components. Guess who dominates the low end?
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Judge throws out $30 million dollar MySpace suitFeb 16, 2007 - in News
A judge has thrown out a $30 million dollar lawsuit against MySpace that was filed by parents of a 13-year-old Austin girl that was molested by someone she met on the world's most popular social networking website. U.S. District Court Judge Sam Sparks ruled that MySpace was protected under the 1996 Communications Decency Act and couldn't reasonably be expected to verify everyone's age.
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Google doubts hard drives fail because of excessive temperature, usageFeb 16, 2007 - in News
As a company with one of the world's largest IT infrastructures, Google has an opportunity to do more than just search the Internet. From time to time, the company publishes the results of internal research. The most recent project one is sure to spark interest in exploring how and under what circumstances hard drives work - or not.
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Nvidia activates a supercomputer in your PCFeb 16, 2007 - in News
What does it take to transform your PC into a teraflop supercomputer? It may be less than you think - two graphics cards and programming know-how are enough to push your desktop PC's performance into a range that required 10,000 processors a decade ago.
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Nvidia GeForce 8600 series expected to launch in the middle of Q2Feb 16, 2007 - in News
Nvidia is preparing to launch a series of GeForce 8600 cards in the middled of the second quarter 2007 to help satisfy the increasing demand for DirectX 10 supporting graphics cards caused by Windows Vista, according to market sources.
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Shipment of Vista notebooks to start taking off in Q2Feb 16, 2007 - in News
The shipment proportion of notebooks supporting Vista operational system (OS) will soar in the second quarter since Microsoft has ruled that branded makers upgrade all of their consumer notebooks to the new OS by March or the company will suspend its marketing subsidy, according to industry sources.
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Rock, Roll 'n PrintFeb 16, 2007 - in Reviews
Rocker Graham Nash is a driving force in inkjet photo printing technology. How it happened in Nash's own words. Including fanstastic images.
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Experts doubt quantum computer's authenticityFeb 15, 2007 - in News
D-Wave's quantum computer demonstration this week has generated lots of buzz, but some experts doubt the authenticity of the demo. At the Computer History Museum in Mountain View California, company reps solved Sudoku problems and calculated seating plans, but some university researchers and corporate scientists need to see more data to be convinced. They are also concerned about D-Wave's lack of peer research and of the test's remote nature.
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