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<![CDATA[News Tom's Hardware US]]> http://www.tomshardware.com en 10 Sat, 11 Oct 2008 06:25:29 +0200 <![CDATA[News Tom's Hardware US]]> http://img.bestofmicro.com/design/groupe/logo_toms_us.jpg http://www.tomshardware.com <![CDATA[Bad Nvidia GPU Show Up in MacBook Pros]]> http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?i=fe7d388e37cf9a427c2b9862ae7b4cbd http://www.tomshardware.com/news/apple-nvidia-gpu-defective-macbook,6477.html http://www.tomshardware.com/news/apple-nvidia-gpu-defective-macbook,6477.html Sat, 11 Oct 2008 00:40:00 CEST Nvidia originally assured Apple that its Nvidia GeForce 8600M GT based MacBook Pros had narrowly averted the defect – Apple now counters back saying it was actually not so lucky.

]]> http://media.bestofmicro.com/nvidia-8600M-mobile-graphics,M-V-162823-2.jpg <![CDATA[Foxconn Introduces 'Green' Motherboard]]> http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?i=407166ea120e8f9e9bf63ff7214bdac7 http://www.tomshardware.com/news/foxconn-green-power-saving,6473.html http://www.tomshardware.com/news/foxconn-green-power-saving,6473.html Fri, 10 Oct 2008 20:30:00 CEST Foxconn has announced its second board in its ‘Green Series’ line up. Based on Intel’s G45 chipset, the G45MG is said to offer many new power management capabilities to reduce overall power consumption without impacting system performance.

]]> http://media.bestofmicro.com/foxconn-3g-power-saving,M-B-162803-2.jpg <![CDATA[Toshiba Announces New Portégé and Tecra Notebooks]]> http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?i=42c9fff60ce81f04510beeee0db1689c http://www.tomshardware.com/news/toshiba-protege-transreflective-notebooks,6470.html http://www.tomshardware.com/news/toshiba-protege-transreflective-notebooks,6470.html Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:20:00 CEST Toshiba has announced three new ultra-portable Portégé notebooks and a new powerful Tecra notebook

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]]> Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:20:00 CEST <![CDATA[Windows 7 to Have Toned-Down User Account Control]]> http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?i=a906f1735bba61ca10a07bc13c831d4b http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Windows7-Microsoft-Vista-Windows-UAC,6472.html http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Windows7-Microsoft-Vista-Windows-UAC,6472.html Fri, 10 Oct 2008 11:40:00 CEST According to the Microsoft blog "Engineering Windows 7," the next version of Windows will tone down and streamline the User Account Control that so many Vista users are frustrated with.

]]> http://media.bestofmicro.com/Windows-7-Logo,0-P-156841-2.jpg <![CDATA[Seagate Moving to Solid-State Enterprise Drives in 2009]]> http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?i=a5ecb8e260f6b03d209f5cd413b3ae7b http://www.tomshardware.com/news/seagate-solid-state-ssd,6471.html http://www.tomshardware.com/news/seagate-solid-state-ssd,6471.html Fri, 10 Oct 2008 09:40:00 CEST Have you made the jump to solid-state yet? Probably not, due to pricing – but they are out there, and not cheap.

]]> http://media.bestofmicro.com/seagate-ssd-demo-image,J-T-162713-2.jpg <![CDATA[Symantec Considering Virtualization Pay-Per-Use Software]]> http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?i=3d173efcb2bf51ddc27b743200a6b29f http://www.tomshardware.com/news/symantec-virus-removal-virtualization,6474.html http://www.tomshardware.com/news/symantec-virus-removal-virtualization,6474.html Thu, 09 Oct 2008 23:50:00 CEST Pretty much everyone is familiar with ‘On-line’ virus scanning services provided by some of the big players in the removal industry.

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]]> Thu, 09 Oct 2008 23:50:00 CEST <![CDATA[Intel Purchases Netbook.com for Atom-based Netbooks ]]> http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?i=6adad9f753d1b51118249fe83c3d0a2c http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Intel-Atom-Netbooks,6469.html http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Intel-Atom-Netbooks,6469.html Thu, 09 Oct 2008 18:40:00 CEST

]]> <![CDATA[Super Talent Launches SSDs for Asus Eee PCs]]> http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?i=106818482000462e59bc281177b719c6 http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Super-Talent-SSD-EeePC,6468.html http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Super-Talent-SSD-EeePC,6468.html Thu, 09 Oct 2008 18:30:00 CEST

]]> <![CDATA[Windows Cloud to Compete With Google]]> http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?i=a479a8fe5f257b47c7ca778241576c3e http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Microsoft-Windows-Cloud-Office,6450.html http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Microsoft-Windows-Cloud-Office,6450.html Thu, 09 Oct 2008 12:00:00 CEST Microsoft will be launching a new cloud computing service later this month to compete with the Google App Engine

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]]> Thu, 09 Oct 2008 12:00:00 CEST <![CDATA[Ubisoft Director: Piracy is Killing PC Gaming]]> http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?i=a75089589d7b455f93e27a0a82408633 http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Pc-Games-piracy-ubisoft-endwar,6467.html http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Pc-Games-piracy-ubisoft-endwar,6467.html Thu, 09 Oct 2008 11:50:00 CEST Gamers will never hear the end of developers and publishers crying that pirates are killing PC gaming sales

]]> http://media.bestofmicro.com/software-piracy-cartoon,5-D-159601-2.gif <![CDATA[Acer Unveils First Notebooks With WiMax]]> http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?i=afe17279fe8628b1e28abb9096641df5 http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Acer-Aspire-Wimax-4g,6465.html http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Acer-Aspire-Wimax-4g,6465.html Thu, 09 Oct 2008 00:10:00 CEST Acer unveiled on Wednesday its first WiMax-enabled notebooks in support of the first WiMax wireless network in the United States - Baltimore's XOHM network

]]> http://media.bestofmicro.com/acer-aspire-wimax,E-Q-162530-2.jpg <![CDATA[Overvolted RAM May Kill Your Core i7 CPU]]> http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?i=02c97452c1f86b198de693be3dc88b1d http://www.tomshardware.com/news/intel-i7nehalem-memory-voltage,6464.html http://www.tomshardware.com/news/intel-i7nehalem-memory-voltage,6464.html Wed, 08 Oct 2008 22:20:00 CEST Memory controllers built into the upcoming Core i7 processors could change the way some enthusiasts push their systems beyond spec

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]]> Wed, 08 Oct 2008 22:20:00 CEST <![CDATA[IEEE Fails to Ratify Powerline-Networking Standard—Again ]]> http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?i=55836908bdaa457b06df5adfda4700b3 http://www.tomshardware.com/news/IEEE-HomePlug-power-line-networking,6431.html http://www.tomshardware.com/news/IEEE-HomePlug-power-line-networking,6431.html Wed, 08 Oct 2008 20:20:00 CEST The IEEE P1901 Working Group once again failed to reach a consensus on a draft standard for broadband-over-power-line networking at its most recent meeting in Madrid, Spain.

]]> http://media.bestofmicro.com/HomePlug,C-X-162465-2.jpg <![CDATA[ATI: Expect DirectX 11 and 40 nm GPUs in 2009]]> http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?i=c8f2b15609ea0d434c6e153e27d5f586 http://www.tomshardware.com/news/ati-dx11-40nm-gpu,6462.html http://www.tomshardware.com/news/ati-dx11-40nm-gpu,6462.html Wed, 08 Oct 2008 09:00:00 CEST During Ceatec in Japan this past week, ATI said that it expects to see DirectX 11 GPUs based on a 40 nm manufacturing tech sometime next year.

]]> http://media.bestofmicro.com/ati-logo,Y-A-159346-2.png <![CDATA[Crucial DDR3 Memory — Now With More Bling! ]]> http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?i=c45fc93b5ed1598b023e694d869183b8 http://www.tomshardware.com/news/ddr3-crucial-ram,6463.html http://www.tomshardware.com/news/ddr3-crucial-ram,6463.html Wed, 08 Oct 2008 08:40:00 CEST Just in case the whir of fans and the occasional tick-tick of a hard drive doesn’t provide enough clues that that yes, your PC really is powered on, Lexar Media is now offering its LED-laden Crucial Ballistix Tracer SDRAM in DDR3 trim.

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]]> Wed, 08 Oct 2008 08:40:00 CEST <![CDATA[Apple Sues Canadian School for Similar Logo]]> http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?i=5b51b7d74ac625924ca2a1b87cc2b40d http://www.tomshardware.com/news/apple-logo-legal-college,6459.html http://www.tomshardware.com/news/apple-logo-legal-college,6459.html Tue, 07 Oct 2008 23:20:00 CEST In the school system the apple fruit has always been a symbol of education. Symbolizing education in Canada is apparently a no-no because iPods are more important than learning.

]]> http://media.bestofmicro.com/vsbt-apple-logo-battle,A-S-162388-2.jpg <![CDATA[Vista Following the Footsteps of Windows ME]]> http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?i=6c86b0ae287e91b42ce4f344cb80e31a http://www.tomshardware.com/news/microsoft-vista-scrapped-junk,6457.html http://www.tomshardware.com/news/microsoft-vista-scrapped-junk,6457.html Tue, 07 Oct 2008 20:00:00 CEST 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.

]]> http://media.bestofmicro.com/windows-me-7-logo,A-P-162385-2.jpg <![CDATA[AMD Ditches the Costly Chip Manufacturing to Focus on Design]]> http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?i=955e01b58d9a9629e5be636c8a4cb576 http://www.tomshardware.com/news/AMD-Split-ATIC-Abu-Dhabi,6458.html http://www.tomshardware.com/news/AMD-Split-ATIC-Abu-Dhabi,6458.html Tue, 07 Oct 2008 19:00:00 CEST The media this morning is busy working itself into a frenzy about an announcement from AMD scheduled for early Tuesday.

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]]> Tue, 07 Oct 2008 19:00:00 CEST <![CDATA[Start Saving: Core i7 PCs Will Be Expensive]]> http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?i=7b730d0f6e7b58ad0657273829df6291 http://www.tomshardware.com/news/X58-Prices-Msi-Asus,6453.html http://www.tomshardware.com/news/X58-Prices-Msi-Asus,6453.html Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:40:00 CEST Pre-order prices for upcoming X58 motherboards and Intel Core i7 processors have appeared online

]]> http://media.bestofmicro.com/MSI-Eclipse-X58-Motherboard,4-6-162150-2.jpg <![CDATA[Sanyo Develops 100GB, 12X Blu-ray Laser]]> http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?i=e5ff82ecc62d970ca30e5cb055867e03 http://www.tomshardware.com/news/sanyo-blu-ray-laser,6456.html http://www.tomshardware.com/news/sanyo-blu-ray-laser,6456.html Mon, 06 Oct 2008 21:50:00 CEST 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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]]> Mon, 06 Oct 2008 21:50:00 CEST <![CDATA[Apple Rumored to Use Aluminum "Bricks" as Next Big Thing]]> http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?i=fa3cac658e6b7ad03dfe87aec57f420b http://www.tomshardware.com/news/apple-macbook-aluminum-brick,6452.html http://www.tomshardware.com/news/apple-macbook-aluminum-brick,6452.html Mon, 06 Oct 2008 12:30:00 CEST 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.

]]> http://media.bestofmicro.com/macbook-pro-apple,P-R-76095-2.jpg <![CDATA[Core i7 Incompatible With Performance DDR3 Memory]]> http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?i=0a61bfc20839c85c5fe609f41b101697 http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Nehalem-Performance-Memory-DDR3,6446.html http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Nehalem-Performance-Memory-DDR3,6446.html Mon, 06 Oct 2008 11:40:00 CEST Performance DDR3 memory that requires a voltage higher than 1.65V may permanently damage Core i7 CPUs

]]> http://media.bestofmicro.com/asus-p6t-nehalem-ddr-x58,T-W-161780-2.jpg <![CDATA[Is Ad-Sponsoring the Future of PC Gaming?]]> http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?i=d6c1dbe8e1ac86ac88992d8f9556ce5c http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Pc-Games-Ad-Sponsoring,6451.html http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Pc-Games-Ad-Sponsoring,6451.html Mon, 06 Oct 2008 07:00:00 CEST To prevent piracy, are ad-sponsored PC games the way of the future?

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]]> Mon, 06 Oct 2008 07:00:00 CEST <![CDATA[Alienware Wants to Stuff Your Stocking]]> http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?i=b5e829be21193fbefdef045a5989c23d http://www.tomshardware.com/news/desktop-notebook-alienware-area-51-gaming,6449.html http://www.tomshardware.com/news/desktop-notebook-alienware-area-51-gaming,6449.html Sun, 05 Oct 2008 10:00:00 CEST Alienware wants to stuff two gaming beasts under your tree this holiday season: the Area-51 m15x and Area-51 desktops.

]]> http://media.bestofmicro.com/Alienware-logo,S-1-95617-2.jpg <![CDATA[Two Europeans Charged in U.S. for DDoS Attacks]]> http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?i=db97cdebec1739744e01d4492a570de3 http://www.tomshardware.com/news/security-threat-denial-service,6447.html http://www.tomshardware.com/news/security-threat-denial-service,6447.html Fri, 03 Oct 2008 23:10:00 CEST 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.

]]> http://media.bestofmicro.com/hacker-ddos-image-clip,V-P-161845-2.png <![CDATA[EVGA's New 790i Motherboard Should Delight Overclockers]]> http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?i=c1932e13fcfbfe03ba50bb262b679779 http://www.tomshardware.com/news/motherboard-nvidia-790i-evga,6443.html http://www.tomshardware.com/news/motherboard-nvidia-790i-evga,6443.html Fri, 03 Oct 2008 01:50:00 CEST 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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]]> Fri, 03 Oct 2008 01:50:00 CEST <![CDATA[Apple Throws Ball Back to Psystar, Asks Judge to Throw Out Anti-Trust Suit]]> http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?i=77e7d728b0b7e36d5995fe343bbe40d7 http://www.tomshardware.com/news/psystar-apple-lawsuit-antitrust,6445.html http://www.tomshardware.com/news/psystar-apple-lawsuit-antitrust,6445.html Thu, 02 Oct 2008 23:10:00 CEST 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.

]]> http://media.bestofmicro.com/Psystar-Open-Computer,L-5-105737-2.jpg <![CDATA[Western Digital Caviar Goes Green – Faster, More Efficient]]> http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?i=22fa5426816fe6e0a5c4231255a9874e http://www.tomshardware.com/news/green-power-saving-storage,6441.html http://www.tomshardware.com/news/green-power-saving-storage,6441.html Thu, 02 Oct 2008 22:30:00 CEST HTPC and Quiet PC users are always fighting the battle towards the Ultimate Quiet and the Lower Power consumption system.

]]> http://media.bestofmicro.com/western-digital-green-power,P-S-161632-2.jpg <![CDATA[Fujitsu Selling out to Western Digital?]]> http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?i=31761bcbdb222335e240e41569730cbb http://www.tomshardware.com/news/western-digital-fujitsu-storage,6444.html http://www.tomshardware.com/news/western-digital-fujitsu-storage,6444.html Thu, 02 Oct 2008 20:20:00 CEST 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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]]> Thu, 02 Oct 2008 20:20:00 CEST <![CDATA[The First sub-$1,000 Water-cooled PC]]> http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?i=0575e1106a4f9b5b7c4543e6b0bce313 http://www.tomshardware.com/news/water-cooled-pc-cooling,6437.html http://www.tomshardware.com/news/water-cooled-pc-cooling,6437.html Thu, 02 Oct 2008 18:20:00 CEST 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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