High Tech - News, Reviews and Tests
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Multi-Button Jog & Shuttle Control: Contour Design Shuttle Pro 2Apr 27, 2004 - in Reviews
The Shuttle Pro 2, with its 15 programmable buttons and twin jog shuttles, is designed to help you avoid having to move your hands from the mouse to keyboard. But does this controller meet the needs of the video professional?
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SATA For Servers: Testing BackplanesApr 26, 2004 - in Reviews
ATA is out and SATA is in, or at least manufacturers have begun to offer the solution for professional storage applications in a big way. We tried out three SATA models from Adaptec, Addonics and Promise.
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Clutter Rescue: 2 Port KVM SwitchesApr 23, 2004 - in Reviews
You want to access two PCs, but don't want to duplicate the mess and clutter of another monitor, mouse and keyboard. KVM switch vendors claim to offer a remedy.
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MSI KT880Apr 22, 2004 - in Reviews
MSI has launched the first AthlonXP mobo with a VIA KT880 chipset. Does the in production version live up to the prototype's promise?
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New and Improved: NVIDIA nForce3 250 Gb ChipsetApr 20, 2004 - in Reviews
It took awhile, but NVIDIA's nForce3 250 Gb has eliminated the weak points of its predecessor, the nForce3 150, and offers a host of new features to boot. Serial ATA support with RAID, gigabit Ethernet ports with an integrated hardware firewall and other features should serve to shake up the competition as our tests showed.
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SATA Working Group doubles signaling speed with new specApr 20, 2004 - in News
The Serial ATA Working Group has announced the the specification for the second generation of SATA signaling speed which increases bandwidth to 3 Gbit/s. The release candidate has been submitted to the ratification process.
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Performance lead in desktop graphics may shift towards NvidiaApr 19, 2004 - in News
Nvidia deeply impressed industry and media with the launch of its 6-series graphic chips. Experts argue that Nvidia's new GPU's might be the beginning of a trend which puts the company slightly ahead of ATI.
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Overclocking En Extremus: Athlon 64 FX 2.9 GHz, P4 EE 4.0 GHzApr 19, 2004 - in Reviews
We overclocked AMD's and Intel's flagship CPUs en extremus, with a little help from our advanced compressor cooling system. The result? Overclocking the Pentium 4 Extreme Edition to 4.0 GHz and the Athlon64 FX to 2.9 GHz offered a glimpse of this year's performance future.
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Magneto-Optical Storage: Fujitsu DynaMO 1300 PocketApr 16, 2004 - in Reviews
Fujitsu claims that hard drives, writeable DVDs and tape drives fall far short for viable and safe backups. So what is the alternative? The DynaMO 1300 U2 Pocket magneto-optical storage system, Fujitsu says.
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Gigabyte 3D Cooler UltraApr 15, 2004 - in Reviews
Gigabyte has taken another stab at making a viable CPU cooler and this time it's made of copper. Does Gigabyte's second cooling attempt deliver?
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Performance Leap: NVIDIA GeForce 6800 UltraApr 14, 2004 - in Reviews
NVIDIA has seemingly pulled out all stops in an attempt to deliver cutting edge graphics with its GeForce 6800 Ultra. After gamers for too long have had to be content with mere incremental improvements to graphics performance, NVIDIA new card delivers a performance jump not seen for a long time. The device is also solidly engineered as well as insanely fast.
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Nvidia releases GeForce 6 series, claims performance crownApr 14, 2004 - in News
Nvidia today announced its next generation graphic chip. The GeForce 6800 and 6800 Ultra take desktop graphics to a whole new level, as a review by Tom's Hardware Guide reveals.
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High-End LCD: Samsung and BenQApr 13, 2004 - in Reviews
We tested them so believe it - LCD screens with a refresh rate faster than 16 ms and 20 ms, response times of 12 ms. But these superlatives do not necessarily mean everything. We scrutinize the BenQ FP767-12 and the Samsung 172X to see which LCD makes the best use of such impressive specs.
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Migrating From Windows To Linux, Part 2: InstallationApr 12, 2004 - in Reviews
Now that you made the necessary preparation to migrate from Windows to Linux in Part I, you are ready to complete the move. THG offers a step-by-step Linux installation how-to, complete with screenshots and videos, to guide you on your path to Windows independence.
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Intel launches new XScale processorsApr 11, 2004 - in News
Intel today introduced a new family of PDA and cell phone processors. Formerly code-named Bulverde, the new chips integrate SpeedStep, MMX extensions and are available with a multimedia accelerator chip promising game console graphic performance.
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Safer Stick: Biometric Flash DiskApr 9, 2004 - in Reviews
USB flash drives are convenient, but their small size makes them prone to theft or getting lost. While Plexuscom's device is just as easily lost or stolen as the next flash drive, a built-in fingerprint sensor ensures that no one other than yourself can access the data.
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The Last Resort: Streamer Technolgy OverviewApr 8, 2004 - in Reviews
Some vendors may claim that multiple hard drives, RAID systems or DVD burners can do the job, but tape drives still remain the only cost-effective option for large-scale data backup. We look at different tape drive options and put a mid-level device from Tandberg to the test.
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Seagate demonstrates combination of SAS and SATA harddrivesApr 7, 2004 - in News
Seagate demonstrated for the first time the interoperability between multiple Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) and Serial ATA (SATA) disc drives running within the same storage array.
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Intel plans to reduce lead in microchips by 95 percentApr 7, 2004 - in News
Intel today announced it will begin eliminating approximately 95 percent of the lead used in its processors and chipsets starting later this year. The company is taking these in order to make it more environmentally friendly.
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Intel adds new low-voltage mobile processors to its lineupApr 7, 2004 - in News
Intel today introduced four new mobile processors for the entry-level and mainstream segment.
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AMD: Low-power Mobile Athlon 64 in the worksApr 6, 2004 - in News
A document published on AMD's website suggests that the chip company will soon extend its Mobile Athlon 64 series. The new low-power model will allow AMD to integrate its highest performing processor to jump into much smaller notebooks.
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Saving Space: 4 Port KVM SwitchesApr 6, 2004 - in Reviews
Tapping the resources of several PCs at once is a novel concept, but cluttering a workspace with additional monitors, keyboards and mice is a less-than-viable alternative for most. KVM switches allow for instant access of two or more PCs with a single keyboard, mouse and monitor.
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Sandisk launches 90nm Flash memory chipApr 6, 2004 - in News
Sandisk today introduced a new generation of its NAND Flash memory technology. The new 4 Gb chip will lead the way to flash memory with twice the capacity of today's products.
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GDDR-3 Memory: GeForce FX 5700 UltraApr 5, 2004 - in Reviews
The new graphics memory GDDR-3 is ready to roll. Though this new technology was developed by ATI in collaboration with memory manufacturers, its rival NVIDIA is the first to deliver it in the form of the updated GeForce FX5700 Ultra.
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Intel sets new sequence numbers for Dothan, Prescott and Celeron processorsApr 5, 2004 - in News
Chipmaker Intel has released its model numbers to Taiwanese motherboard manufacturers, according to an article at DigiTimes. The new numbers initially reflect the performance of processors only within an individual chip family.
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Intel trims mobile, server chip pricesApr 5, 2004 - in News
Intel tweaked a few mobile and server processor prices yesterday, cutting what it asks for certain CPUs by up to 27 per cent.
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Intel to ship 1.8 GHz Centrino as Pentium M 745Apr 5, 2004 - in News
Intel hasn't been backward in coming forward about its upcoming 32-bit microprocessor naming scheme, but it's kept mum about the finer details.
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Go External: FireWire 800Apr 2, 2004 - in Reviews
USB 2.0 is far from good enough for high-speed data transfer applications. Vendors are now pushing FireWire 800 to the plate for applications such as high-speed hard disk backup. We look at FireWire's robustness, its performance as a LAN network protocol and its data-transfer future.
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Western Digital to end HDD part code confusionApr 1, 2004 - in News
Hard disk manufacturer Western Digital today pledged that the confusion surrounding the supply of its ultra-quiet hard drives based on its new Fluid Dynamic Bearing (FDB) technology should come to an end this month.
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Intel's Itanium rockets to 64-bit shipment leadApr 1, 2004 - in News
Intel's can-do spirit paid off today as the company's Itanium processor officially beat out all rival processors in total shipments, according to the latest figures from IHoD (International House of Data).
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