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Rule of Rose and Archlord
Jul 3, 2006 - in Picture Story
My word, I've discovered an... wait for it, wait for it... interesting game on the Playstation 2. Ohh yeah, sure it has plenty of fun games, but not many interesting ones - like Rule of Rose, for example, a psychological thriller from Sony Entertainment.
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Wide Format LCD Monitors: Part 2Jul 3, 2006 - in Reviews
We previously looked at 20" displays in a 16:10 format which have become the de facto standard in retail channels. Regardless, LCDs with diagonal measurements of 19", 21" and 23" also merit consideration.
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Brando Hooks Up (S)ATA Drives To USB 2.0Jun 30, 2006 - in Reviews
Do you need to access data on a regular hard drive, but the only interface you have available is a USB port? If so, Brando may bridge your interface gap.
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No net neutrality in Internet franchise bill passing Stevens' committeeJun 29, 2006 - in Reviews
To the surprise of very few, language from a net neutrality bill offered as an amendment to a House bill on national Internet franchise licensing, was defeated in a Senate Commerce Committee vote. But it was not a sound defeat - 11 yea, 11 nay - indicating that a debate may ensue on the floor of the full Senate.
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Seagate 750 GB Barracuda Enters The Big LeagueJun 29, 2006 - in Reviews
We pit the Seagate 7200.10, a perpendicular recording marvel, against the latest 500 GB monsters from Maxtor and Western Digital. What benefits does the new technology offer, both now and for the future?
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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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Signing up for Google CheckoutJun 28, 2006 - in Picture Story
Entering a credit card in Google Checkout is as simple as your average account signup on any online store.
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Danni's Hard Drive (Danni.com) GalleryJun 27, 2006 - in Picture Story
Danni Ashe, the former model and stripper who started Danni.com
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20" LCD Monitors: XXL DisplaysJun 27, 2006 - in Reviews
The new catalogs of many manufacturers are giving a starring role to 20" wide monitors. After 19" models became somewhat of a standard, the trend seems to be toward another increase in size. But are the new 16:10 aspect ratio panels really all that good? Here's our look at six LCD monitors, fresh from the factory.
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Clearspeed Advance Accelerator BoardJun 26, 2006 - in Picture Story
This is the first generation Advance board, based on two CSX600 processors that promise a combined performance capability of 50 GFlops.
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Xeon Woodcrest Preys On OpteronJun 26, 2006 - in Reviews
Intel must have craved this day: The Xeon 5100 at 3.0 GHz and 4 MB L2 cache launches today to decapitate the AMD Opteron. Our look under the hood explains what the Core 2 microarchitecture is capable of.
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DarkStar One, Ninety-Nine Nights and Taxi Driver
Jun 25, 2006 - in Picture Story
Unoriginal storyline? Check. Protagonist with backwards zaney name? Check. Noble crusade? Check. Just enough of Elite to ensure that it's compared to Elite in every preview under the sun (whoops...)? Check. It's a space adventure game!
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Xeon WoodcrestJun 25, 2006 - in Picture Story
Pat Gelsinger showed off the Bensley platform at the Spring IDF 2006.
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Lego Star Wars II and Made Man
Jun 23, 2006 - in Picture Story
One of the games for what I suppose we can now call the "Alzheimer's Generation" of consoles is Lego Star Wars II. The original was the best Star Wars title released around the time of Episode III, and the tongue in cheek humour matched well with the capt
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Need for Speed CarbonJun 22, 2006 - in Picture Story
Need for Speed Carbon: Inside drift, screenshot from Xbox 360 version
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Color Laser Printers: Fast and Affordable!Jun 22, 2006 - in Reviews
For two years now, manufacturers have been offering some particularly economical models, and HP has even broken new ground by launching a color laser - the Color LaserJet 1600 - selling for less than $300 in mass-retail chain stores.
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World Of Warcraft Goes Midsummer And Archlord Provides Original MMORPG Races
Jun 20, 2006 - in Picture Story
If you couldn't be bothered going out to see the sun rise on midsummer's night then World of Warcraft has the answer, apparently. From June 21st until July 5th the game will be featuring midsummer celebrations in good old wannabe pagan fashion.
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Run Windows On Linux: Win4Lin RevisitedJun 20, 2006 - in Reviews
Win4Lin allows you to run Windows on a guest Linux environment. It works well, but does it really achieve near-native Windows performance as stated by Win4Lin?
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Updates to PowerPoint, SharePoint, and Outlook for Office 2007
Jun 19, 2006 - in Picture Story
In this final of three galleries from Microsoft senior product manager Mark Alexieff's demonstration of the Office 2007 suite last Friday, we take a look at how PowerPoint and SharePoint work together across multiple clients. Here in PowerPoint 2007, you
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Blu-Ray Players For 2006
Jun 19, 2006 - in Picture Story
Matushita will ship the DMP-BD10 under the Panasonic brand in September 2006. The player provides 1080p up-conversion for all media, including DVD and plays 25 GB as well as 50 GB Blu-ray discs. Features also include virtual battery operation. Interesting
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Can Ageia's PhysX Card Bring Real-World Physics to Games?Jun 19, 2006 - in Reviews
Ageia says its new physics processing device and engine will do nothing less than revolutionize PC gaming. We gauge just how well Ageia's PPU (physics processing unit) can handle flying debris and shrapnel in Ghost Recon Advanced War Fighter - which you can also see for yourself by downloading our video.
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More inside Office 2007 Professional
Jun 18, 2006 - in Picture Story
In Mark Alexieff's demonstration of the new features of Microsoft Office 2007 last Friday at TechEd 2006 in Boston, we were delighted to see that attention was finally paid to PowerPoint, usually the forgotten child among the others in the suite. We saw t
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OpenGL Workstation Graphics: Now We're Talking High End!Jun 16, 2006 - in Reviews
Manufacturers have never shied away from using superlatives. ATi pits its "Ultra High End" cards FireGL V7350 and V7300 against the honorable Quadro FX 4500 by Nvidia. With these models, both card companies enter the era of graphics cards with a full 1 gigabyte of video memory.
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Images From The Office 2007 Presentation at TechEd 2006
Jun 15, 2006 - in Picture Story
Beside the huge, round "Office Button" (which assumes control of the old "File" menu functionality), sharing space with the title bar, is what Microsoft is calling the "Quick Access Toolbar." At the top, the presenter starts to add the New Comment command
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Cinevision 2006: HDTV in 5000 x 2000 pixelJun 14, 2006 - in Picture Story
Cinevision 2006 offers considerable more resolution than your average HDTV. (Image copyright and full resolution at: Golem.de)
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Microsoft demonstrates SuperFetch technology
Jun 14, 2006 - in Picture Story
Microsoft Program Manager for Windows Client Performance Matt Ayers preparing to demonstrate SuperFetch, the company's new technology for requisitioning any Flash memory that's available, and putting it to work in speeding up the system.
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Falcon Northwest Upgrades the Mach V With AM2Jun 14, 2006 - in Reviews
With the new socket AM2 platform from AMD, consumers can expect faster systems from the guys who really know how to build them.