Dave Altavilla
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Good Morning HH fans! Our sincere apologies for our site instability over the last day or so and for the current rendering issues with our ads system (or should I say you're welcome for that?) :) The hard drive gods were not with us yesterday as a drive in a RAID5 array on our ads management server went down harder...
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To coin a phrase from a very well respected colleague, Ars Technica has a bit of "put your ass in the know tonight" (that's PYAITK) with a look-ahead at the DOCSIS 3 Cable Modem standard. Oh baby, glorious bandwidth! "Any geek will tell you that there's no such thing...
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Rally around the coffee table for some gaming with your friends on a big touch screen? Sounds cool eh? It is for sure, have a look... "The Entertaible concept is a tabletop gaming platform that marries traditional multi-player board and computer games in a uniquely simple and...
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It is fairly safe to say that Intel has far and away been the dominant player in the mobile processor market for what seems like forever. Though AMD's Turion 64 is a solid alternative to Intel solutions, clearly AMD's market share of 13% or so is an obvious sign that the company just hasn't been able to penetrate...
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The classic sound of Windows start up is by far one of the most recognizable sounds in modern culture. But of course that will all change with Vista... "It has long been a matter of record among those who care about such nonsense that the force behind this OS overture is being composed by Robert Fripp, a guitarist best known for...
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Apple's OS X 10.5, aka Leopard, is supposedly being readied with features that could take on Windows Vista. Since Apple has seen the light with respect to X86 class processors with its move to Intel, might die-hard PC enthusiasts now see more compelling reasons to actually...
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Six to nine months prior to the launch of Intel's Core 2 Duo product line, if you polled the average HotHardware.com reader, regarding their thoughts on an Intel 975X based motherboard, you might well have gotten a luke-warm reception. Back then AMD's dual core Athlon 64 X2 and...
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Fudo over at The Inquirer reports that their sources have indicated that ATI's upcoming RV570 GPU will be released with a surprisingly low $199 price point. Originally, it was believed that this GPU would compete at the $299 price point. Here, ATI's RV570 would be facing some stiff competition from NVIDIA's (rumored) GeForce 7950GT....
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AMD ISSUES STATEMENT ON DELL DECISION TO BROADEN AMD PROCESSOR-BASED SERVER OFFERINGS AND EXTEND INTO AMD PROCESSOR-BASED DIMENSION DESKTOP PCs SUNNYVALE, Calif. - Aug. 17, 2006 - AMD (NYSE: AMD) released the following statement today regarding the Dell Inc. announcement that it intends to...
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Serial Attached SCSI or "SAS" as it is commonly known, has been around for a while but it certainly hasn't taken off, especially in the Desktop space, like Serial ATA (SATA). GamePC, one of our favorite places for serious technical analysis and a highly underrated site...
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Fudo over at The Inquirer reports that NVIDIA is preparing to launch a new GeForce 7950 GT to combat ATI's upcoming RV570 GPU. The latest addition to the GeForce family of GPU's boasts a 550MHz core frequency and is equipped with 512MB of RAM operating at a healthy 700MHz. Furthermore, the $299 card is rumored to have 24 pipelines,...
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We've started up a Core 2 Duo Overclocking thread in the forum so that all of your can benefit from our experiences both in the HH labs and in the personal labs of others in the HH community. Check out our initial findings on what the Core 2 Duo E6700 can do on standard air cooling... Easy money, you just gotta love it......
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Intel Teams With Top Universities for Software-Related Research, Curriculum for Future Multi-Core Processors 45 Universities Worldwide Will Offer Multi-Threading Courses to Equip Students to Take Advantage of Multi-Core Platforms...
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In today's HotHardware Analysis we've taken a look at Asus' new 19" Widescreen LCD and though a bit on the pricey side, it also definitely lives up to typical Asus high quality standards, so you get what you pay for. "Asus recognized the need for such a display and released the slightly larger widescreen we'll be looking at...
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Your best friend Guttersnipe made some alarming predictions over at the Inquirer yesterday. While we think there's certainly a bit of truth spun in between this vicious thread, we'd suggest you read through this post with more of an entertainment value mind-set. Sure, logically...
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Ever notice that many things in science-fiction, especially from a technology standpoint, eventually become reality? Buck Rogers showed us the first Laser Gun and there have been plenty of examples, (the Jetsons and Video Phones?) since then. Well, you Mech Warrior fans ought to get a boot out of this one. "Called The Land...
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Energy efficiency and power consumption are major concerns for modern computing architectures, whether you're an Enthusiast, an IT Manager in a Data Center, or simply an ecologically minded individual. Let's face it, the modern high end computer is like a small space heater for all intents and purposes, and where there's...
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Microsoft was demo'ing Speech Recognition technology that is currently built into Vista. As the old saying goes, "the best demo is no demo"... ouch. Dear Aunt, let's set so the double the killer delete select all....
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An interesting tid-bit just came in over the wire and I thought I would share this with you all. Someone was kind enough to point me in the direction of Voodoo PC CEO, Rahul Sood's blog that has an interesting post about Intel's launch event tomorrow and the inevitable...
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Get 'em while they're HOT, new price cuts on Athlon 64 processors, Dual-Core and others, announced today! Scroll down the page for that Energy Efficient 4600 at $276 - tasty. Athlon 64 X2 5000+ (socket AM2 only) $301 Athlon 64 X2 4600+ (Energy Efficient*) $276 Athlon 64 X2 4600+ (socket AM2 and 939) $240 Athlon 64 X2 4200+ (Energy...
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By now you've probably heard all the buzz going on around the rumored AMD buy-out of ATI. CNN Money has a quick-take on the deal, which supposedly clocks in at a neat round number of about $5.5 Billion. Advanced Micro Devices, the No. 2 supplier of computer processors, is close to a deal to buy graphics chip maker ATI for $5.5 billion,...
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We've been hard at work in the labs again here at HotHardware, putting AMD's latest installment of CPUs for the AM2 platform, through the wringer. This time the focus is on "Energy Efficient" processors, as AMD likes to call them. Here we have a look at the...
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