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One thing you have to love about Apple are their benchmarks. When they used to tout the PowerPC series of chips, they had benchmarks showing how the G4 and G5 could topple anything that AMD or Intel were producing. Then came the transition to Intel, and those benchmarks magically...
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Western Digital has announced the availability of their Scorpio 320 GB 2.5-inch SATA Hard Drive. By "available," they seem to mean they have a picture of one. The Western Digital website says the bare drive is out of stock, and not one vendor I can find in their voluminous list of "Buy Locally" outlets even lists it yet. Too bad, because...
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Mac OS X malware? It can't be! That OS always purports itself to be so safe. And they're using a favorite type of bait: porn.Intego, a Mac security software company, issued an alert Wednesday warning Mac users of the OSX.RSPlug.A malware, which it describes as a Trojan horse. Those of you familiar with mythology recognize...
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We love solid state memory. Let's face it; you're going to have to explain to your grandchildren what it was like to have a big magnetic spinning platter holding all your ones and zeros for you. And for quite some time, it seemed like it would be advances in flash memory that would finally put conventional hard drives in their graves. But...
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A recent survey indicated that as many as 25% of people would be happy left all alone, as long as it was in cyberspace.Conducted by Zogby International, a polling firm in Utica, N.Y., the survey questions were e-mailed to a scientifically selected sample of nearly 9,800 U.S. adults, who offered precise feedback to not-so-burning questions...
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ASUS Unveils New Generation EN8800GT 512MB Graphics Cards -- Enjoy amazing combat realism and superb graphics with bundled PC title: Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts -- FREMONT, CA (October 29, 2007) – ASUS, worldwide leader in component and notebook design and manufacturing, today released...
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GIGABYTE Introduces GeForce 8800 GT-Based Graphics Accelerators Experience the next generation of PCI-Express 2.0 gaming with the GIGABYTE GV-NX88T512H-B and Neverwinter Nights 2 City of Industry, CA, Oct 29, 2006 - GIGABYTE TECHNOLOGY Co., Ltd, a leading manufacturer of motherboards, graphics...
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Video: The State of 3D: Q4 2007 @ PenStarSys ATI: Linux vs. Windows Vista @ Phoronix Calibre P860 Videocard reviewed @ BurnOutPC.com Planar 24-inch PX2411W Wide-Screen @ Techgage Processors: Athlon64 X2 5000+ Black Edition Review @ InsideHW.com Motherboards & Chipsets: MSI P35 Platinum Review @ Boot Daily Memory & Storage: Mushkin...
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Despite the well-publicized issues with defective DVDs and BSODs, Apple still managed to sell 2 million copies of Leopard (OS 10.5) on the first weekend.Apple said Tuesday that it sold over two million copies of Mac OS X 10.5, known as Leopard, on Friday when the operating system went on sale...
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Some users have been having issues with a Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) after an installation. Apple has posted a support document on their site, which coincidentally also appears as the top search on the support page, indicating how prevalent the issue is.According to the support document the issue may be related to "third-party 'enhancement'...
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When a new operating system is announced, it often has a long list of features that will attract potential customers. Unfortunately, not all of those features end up making the final cut. Sometimes the missing feature(s) are as underlying as a new file system, but other times it is a missing utility that provides some non-vital...
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All is not well in Apple-Land. Several threads on the Apple discussion forums indicate a defective batch of DVDs, as well as BSODs ("blue screen of death") after installation. Now, much as we always say about Microsoft, you can't expect 100% flawless behavior; there's no such thing as bug-free software after all. But the defective DVDs, on...
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Video: ASUS 8600GTS Video Card @ GamepyreMSI GeForce NX8800GT 512MB Graphics Card @ TweaktownSapphire HD2400XT and HD2600XT Graphics Cards @ Virtual-Hideout Processors: The Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 Overclocking Report @ TechARPMotherboards & Chipsets: ASRock 4Core1333-Viiv Motherboard @ Legit ReviewsECS P33T-A motherboard @ t-breakGigabyte...
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With 300+ new features, it'd take at least one whole article to properly cover Apple's newest iteration of OS X, 10.5 a.k.a. Leopard. Some of the new 'features' are really more in the way of bringing programs like iCal up to date, but some of them are genuinely useful or just fun to tinker with. Most of the 300+ features are in...
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We've been living in a world where a spilled beverage too close to a laptop could result in disaster, but for some unknown reason those people at StarBucks continue to sell untold numbers of drinks to laptop users. It looks like Intel engineers may have been putting in some time at the...
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Video: MSI NX8600GTS OC Video Card @ OCIA.netHIS RADEON HD 2900 PRO 512MB @ Digit-LifeLeadtek Winfast PX8800 Ultra Leviathan @ Tweaktown Processors: The Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 Overclocking Report @ TechARPMotherboards & Chipsets: Asus P5E3 Deluxe WiFi @ NeoseekerASUS Maximus Formula Special Edition @ TechgageASUS Maximus Extreme R.O.G...
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Asus makes bold claims about their new Xonar sound card being the “best” PC audio card on the market currently. We took the product to task in an effort to prove out these claims. At the very least, perhaps a company with the Hardware and Software Engineering resources that Asus...
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Claiming to be the best at anything is bold. From professional athletes to product manufacturers, stating you or your product is the best out there opens things up for closer scrutiny. Being the best at what you do, or what you make, means near flawless execution. ...
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If you're on the Internet, you must be aware of identity theft. Hardly a day goes by without news of another version of a phishing scam designed to coax the unwary into offering up their precious personal information, never mind the more complex and insidious malware approaches to theft. ...
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Video: Viewsonic VA2226w 22" Widescreen LCD Monitor @ PC PerspectiveZotac Technology 256MB geForce 8600GTS Graphics Card @ OCIA.netMSI RX2600XT Diamond Radeon HD 2600XT Videocard @ PCStats Motherboards & Chipsets: ASUS Maximus Formula Special Edition motherboard @ Elite BastardsMSI P6N SLI @ Digit-Life Memory & Storage: A-DATA 16GB...
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Video: VVIKOO GeForce 8600 GT Turbo @ techPowerUp Motherboards & Chipsets: ASUS P5E3 Deluxe @ PhoronixGigabyte GA-P35-DS4 @ Bjorn3D Memory & Storage: Corsair Flash Drives @ t-breakOCZ Flex XLC PC2-6400 CL3 @ DV HardwareOCZ ATV Turbo 4Gb Flash Drive @ ClubOC.net Power: Coolmax CUQ-1200B Green Power 1200 Watt ATX Power Supply @ Tweaknews.net...
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Maybe someday, but not now. At the "Robot Athletic Meet 2007" in Japan, robots met on the soccer field. Though they showed some moves (some were remotely-controlled and some automatically), none were channeling Pele.For the contestants, most of the movements were, well, mechanical and even a little clumsy -- far from the acrobatic...
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