Marco Chiappetta
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The U.S. is currently ranked 11th in the world in broadband penetration, and some critics of the country's progress in this area claim the "duopoly" of cable and DSL is the problem. The folks at C|Net don't seem to agree, and frankly neither do I. Some more rural parts of the country may not have many options for broadband,...
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The news has been a little slow this weekend because of the July 4th holiday, but some of our colleagues have fresh content on-line if you need a hardware fix. Driverheaven checked in with a pair of articles, one a review of Toshiba's M70-159 and the other a showcase of some GeIL and Corsair PC2-8500 RAM with Abit's AN9...
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Fuad from The Inquirer is reporting that NVIDIA's upcoming G80 GPU will be DX10 compliant, but that it won't feature a unified shader architecture. Rumor has is ATI's R600 GPU will be a unified architecture, however, leveraging technology introduced from the chip used in the...
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There is an interesting article posted tonight at NeoSeeker. They bill the article as a review of Powercolor's X1800GTO card, but they test a number of different CrossFire configurations in an attempt to see if there is a difference in performance when using a dongle or not, and when...
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DigiTimes reports that NVIDIA is currently enjoying a price war between TSMC and UMC as each foundry fights for the company's 80u business. Although historically an ATI-focused foundry, UMC is now aggressively pricing their 80u capacity in an attempt to secure NVIDIA's orders for that process and steal business away from TSMC. Here, it will...
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HKEPC has analyzed Intel's upcoming mobile strategy and identified some key transition points and concerns that should pique your interest. Here, they confirm that Intel's upcoming Core 2 Duo (Merom) processor in Socket M form will work with existing Centrino (Napa) platforms through the simple updating of the BIOS. Owners of Napa-based notebooks...
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Hello Everyone. What do you get when you cross a 2.16GHz Core Duo T2600 processor, with 2GB of RAM, a GeForce Go 7900 GTX, and a 17" WUXGA display? Well, you end up with Dell's new XPS M1710 notebook! We took Dell's latest flagship gaming notebook for a spin and have posted our thoughts on this mobile powerhouse right here....
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Kyle from [H] just sent over a link to a new editorial with his thoughts regarding Windows Vista. He uses feedback from readers and one of his editors to convey some different viewpoints, some positive and some not so positive. I think the delays and features ripped from Vista over its extended development cycle, coupled with the fact that...
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Ars Technica has a good article on-line detailing some of the new features being introduced with Microsoft's upcoming DirectX10. And of course, with a new version of DirectX on the way, expect all of the major graphics companies to have new GPUs to take advantage of the technology as well. Knowing you all though, ATI's R600 and NVIDIA's...
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Engineers at Rice University made a breakthrough discovery, and have devised a way to sort nanotubes by their composition and diameter. This may not sound exciting initially, but accurately sorting nanotubes was a major hurdle, and now that there is a way to do it we're one step closer to having devices made from nanotubes....
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This isn't exactly hardware related, but I'd be willing to bet 90% of you have played the original Quake and Doom games. To commemorate the 10 year anniversary of Quake, the team at Games.Net have conducted an interview with one of the original designers, the legendary John Romero. John was a very influential man in the early...
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KANGURU MICRO DRIVE AES RECEIVES U.S. GOVERNMENT APPROVAL ACHIEVES FIPS 140-2 CERTIFICATION FOR SECURING SENSITIVE DATA Millis, Mass. - June 2006 - Kanguru Solutions today announced their KanguruMicro Drive AES has completed Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS 140-2) Certification...
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When AMD launched their AM2 series of processors, the company seeded analysts with test platforms that were built around Asus' M2N32-SLI Deluxe motherboard. That says something about the quality of this motherboard. [H]ard|OCP goes in depth with the M2N32-SLI Deluxe and gives their opinion on what will likely be a popular AM2...
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Our friends at PC Per have just posted a double-review of Asus' 7900 GT Top and 7600 GT Silent video cards. If you're in the market for a good mid-to-high end video card, you'll want to check these cards out. "Looking at the front of the card, you can see that the passive cooling...
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Ultra Products Releases New Line of Uninterrupted Power Supply (UPS) Units New models feature with easy-to-use monitoring software, LCD screens, and a $125,000 warranty against damaged equipment FLETCHER, OHIO - June...
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Corsair Expands Popular XMS PRO and XMS XPERT Product Families with New DDR2-800 Low Latency Offerings -- Shipping immediately, the new TWIN2X2048-6400C4PRO and TWIN2XP2048-6400C4 aim at enthusiasts who demand uncompromised performance...
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Hello All! We've taken Asus' GeForce 7950 GX2 for a spin around the benchmark park here at HH and even dropped it into a Quad SLI setup for a thorough beating in that mode as well. Here's a sneak peek! "One area to consider seriously though is warranty and Asus is strong in that regard, offering a full 3 years to the end user....
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AGEIA Inks Publisher-Wide Agreement with Major Russian Publisher 1C Company Largest Publisher in Eastern and Central Europe to Drive Support for AGEIA PhysX Processor in Region MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - June 27, 2006 - AGEIA Technologies, Inc., the pioneer in hardware-accelerated physics for games, today announced that Russian publisher 1C Company...
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The crew from Tweak3D sat down with Corsair's John Beekley recently and conducted an interview regarding everything from USB flash drives to high-speed DDR2 RAM. There's some good info in the interview in you want insight into the inner-workings at Corsair. "OK, first the good news... density of flash drives will definitely increase....
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Despite rumors suggesting the contrary, NVIDIA is prepared to launch the highly acclaimed nForce 590 SLI chipset to support Intel's Conroe platform. The folks at Anandtech have taken a look at NVIDIA's latest and greatest chipset and verified that Conroe is fully supported and offers excellent performance. Due to NDA constraints however,...
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There are no benchmarks and almost no commentary other than a description of a few pictures, but the crew at TBreak is claiming they've got QuadSLI up and running on Intel's upcoming P965 chipset. Just in case you're wondering, this feat was the result of some driver "tweaks". Don't expect NVIDIA to support...
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When AMD launched their socket AM2 platform, most analysts tested the new CPUs on an Asus M2N32-SLI Deluxe motherboard because it was part of AMD's NPRP system. It seems that the folks at VH were so impressed by the board they were compelled to write a standalone review. The quote below says it all....
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