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Centrino based notebooks are the mobile computing industry's current bread and butter. There is really no denying the huge market share that Intel has claimed in the notebook arena. Centrino is synonymous with mobility and power efficiency, and it is generally regarded as the present gold standard when it comes to mainstream mobile computing....
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Hey folks, how's everyone doing? A foot of snow has fallen, adding to the 4 inches we had yesterday, so hurrah for March and the fact that's it's not even half over. Well, I'll end with the sarcasm and get you the news, enjoy :) Razotech Blizzard Case @ PimpRig "Before I go any further, let me talk a little bit...
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Good Morning Peeps, how goes the battle? Things are clicking along nicely here in the HH Labs this weekend. Yet another white-out with snow going on in the area, adding another 8-10" of the stuff before the day is through. It's all good though because there are many of us here on the HH Team in the Northeast and it only forces...
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Good morning everyone. We're starting off the weekend with some news out of ATI and SiS. ATI is unveiling the Radeon XPRESS 200 with DX9 and DDR2 support. SiS follows that up with the release of their latest AMD64 PCI Express chipset, the SiS761GX. We close things out with a NEC DVD 16X...
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Hey folks, it's been a day of trojan and spyware fighting, and all that's left is the news and a good 8 hours of sleep. For your reading pleasure tonight, we have reviews for the asetek VapoChill LightSpeed, ASUS Extreme N600GT PCI-E, Hiper Type R Black & Silver Label 480W PSU, and a look at NVIDIA's SLI. Good night :) asetek VapoChill...
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Good Evening Folks! BW here, stopping by to let you know that Matt has just posted a new review of Leadtek's WinFast USB II Deluxe. This little white box gives users the ability to watch and record TV, as well as tune-in to FM radio stations. It ships with some decent software too. Click here and take a look......
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Years ago, when computers with a 200MHz Pentium processor and 32MB of RAM were all the rage, we came upon a nifty device that came pre-installed in a wimpy Packard Bell PC. This device was a PCI TV Tuner Card. Back then, the ability to watch TV on a computer was somewhat of a rarity. And now, while there are many more options available,...
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Good morning folks! We're starting off this morning with the latest major release from AMD. Next, we follow that up with a breakdown of SLI and a review of a couple of 6600GTs in SLI. Rounding out the bunch is a 480w PSU from Hiper. Let's get going! AMD Ushers In A New Era In 64-Bit Mobile Computing With AMD Turion™...
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Good evening ladies and gents. For you ATI card owners, Catalyst version 5.3 is out now, with OpenGL 2.0 support. They'll probably be performance benchmarks out in a few days or so, and we'll be sure to post them when we see them. Well, I'm out for now, good night all. Thermaltake Soprano Mid-Tower Case @ SystemCooling "Thermaltake is...
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Hey folks, my internet is back and so is the news :) Today we have a few articles that shy away from the actual hardware review, such as the "Basics of RAID", and "Are you addicted to the internet". Am I? Are you? Maybe, maybe not, but I'll bet many of the people who answer "no", probably...
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Good evening folks! Andrew just finished a new review of a value-priced notebook from Hewlett Packard, the ZE2000. The HP ZE2000, which is based on the Intel 855GME/ICH4-M Chipset for Pentium/Celeron-M processors, sports a 15" LCD and a great set of built-in Hardmon Kardon speakers. If you're in the market for an inexpensive notebook, you'll...
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When it comes to mainstream notebooks, the big three: Dell, HP/Compaq, and IBM still lead the pack in regard to overall notebook price, design, quality, and service. Of course, the enthusiast notebook vendors still get to set some interesting aesthetic and performance trends, but Dell and HP (Dell more so) have been picking up on the...
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Hello again HotHardware fans. We have some more news for you today, by way of Asetek. They are announcing a new product today dubbed the VapoChill Micro. Here's a snip from the official press release... The powerful VapoChill CPU cooler goes mainstream Powering the fastest PC's on the planet for almost a decade the compressor-based...
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Good afternoon folks! At midnight tonight, a new player in PC gaming unveiled its plans to introduce a new physics accelerator, that promises to vastly improve the realism of games. AGEIA's PhysX chip, as it's called, won't debut for a few more months, and its success depends on the adoption of the technology by the game development community,...
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Good afternoon folks, ready for more news? Today we have reviews for the DFI NF5 Ultra-D Motherboard, Gigabyte K8NXP-SLI and 3D1, a Business Printers Buyer's Guide, and a few other items. Enjoy your read :) HIS X800XL IceQ II Turbo 256MB PCI-E Video Card Video Review @ 3dGameMan "This product is based on the ATI...
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Good afternoon HotHardware fans! BW here, stopping by with a quick update to let you all know that we've just posted a new review of Silverstone's sleek LC11 HTPC case. The LC11 is designed to mesh well with the various components of a home theater, while accommodating a standard Micro-ATX motherboard and other standard PC components. Click...
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As the old saying goes, "Times are a changing". When the personal computer first caught on, word processing and text based gaming was all the rage, and then there was this thing called the "Internet" on the rise. Today, the Internet is at the center of the technological universe and the PC has become a powerful...
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Good afternoon folks, welcome back from the weekend. To start you off today, we have an announcement... there's going to be a beast of a machine unveiled at CeBIT 2005, the description is below you so check it out and feel free to drool all over your keyboard, you won't be alone. Enjoy the rest of the news :) PC enthusiasts' dream machine...
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Good evening folks! The news has been moving slow this weekend, but we've got enough items now for a decent sized sunday night update. If this is your first visit of the day, scroll down a bit to see Dave's recent post about HotHardware's upcoming appearance at the Nor'Easter LAN. Well ladies and gents, I'm out until tomorrow :) Goodnight....
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Good afternoon all and Happy Sunday... Davo just dropin' in here to tell you about an massive upcoming LAN Event that HotHardware.com will be attending and sponsoring in the month of April. The Nor'Easter LAN is a 500 seat capacity LAN Event coming to Massachusetts on April 16th and 17th. BigWop and I will both be there. We'll...
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Hey folks, just thought I'd stop in and give you something to read for Friday night. If this is your first visit of the day, Andrew has reviewed the ATI TV Wonder Elite, so check it out. As for other news, we have an article on Linux Gaming, a look at the AMD Sempron 2600+, and some pondering of the age old question... computers: to build...
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Good afternoon HotHardware fans! Just in case you haven't seen the fresh link at the top of the page, I'm here to let you know that we've just posted a review of ATI's new TV Wonder Elite. This is ATI's latest add-in PCI TV Tuner card based on their Theater 550 chip, which includes the new Remote Wonder Plus. Click here and check it...
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