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Most of the news coming in today centers around NVIDIA's new GeForce 8600 GTS and GT, but some of our compatriots have been busy evaluating other hardware. Here's a sampling of what's been going on today around the web: Graphics: XFX GeForce 8800 GTS 320MB XXX Edition @ Benchmark...
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As the release of AMD’s Barcelona (also known as K-10) approaches, more details are starting to emerge. DailyTech has a few interesting details that shed some light on how the upcoming CPUs should work in existing sockets, and how they will gain some new features by pairing them with new “+” sockets: "Yesterday, AMD held a press presentation...
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It's Monday, and you know what that means. Here's the Monday edition of your daily hardware round-up. Motherboards: Eclipse OC takes a good look at DFI's DFI Lanparty UT NF590 SLI-M2R/G motherboard. The crew at Viper's Lair have a review of the ASUS P5W DH Deluxe. Video Cards OverClockers...
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Welcome to the Sunday edition of your weekly hardware round-up. Video Cards TechARP has a review of the ASUS EXTREME EN7900GS TOP video card. If you're on a budget and thinking about integrated video, you might want to read The Tech Lounge's review...
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We hardware fanbois at HotHardware observe which processor is chosen by computer manufacturers like an old man at a racetrack watches the horses. Hewlett-Packard surprised us a bit by skipping right past Intel and AMD and using chipset maker Via Technologies of Taiwan for the processor in...
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He's a story that gives new meaning to the term "monkeying around". Zoo Atlanta has been encouraging Sumatran Orangutans to interact with touch screens incorporated into a fake tree, in an effort to study their cognitive abilities. "Four-year-old Bernas isn't the computer wizard his mom is...
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Spam: you know it, you hate it. Who the heck actually reads this stuff and thus makes it profitable for people to send? Arstechnica has an interesting story out about how this is finally the year in which spam will become the dominant form of e-mail: "New research from IDC claims that this will be the year in which spam outnumbers person-to-person...
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According to a story on The Inquirer, AMD's upcoming native quad-core processor, codenamed Barcelona, will outperform competitive offerings from Intel. AMD's European technical director, Guiseppe Amato said, "Barcelona is an architecture that must be faster." And that...
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AMD has already announced that they plan to integrate a CPU and GPU onto a single chip and Intel has hinted at a similar solution as well. And we all know that ATI and NVIDIA have GPGPU initiatives already in place. It seems that this shift in the computing model has Intel intrigued so to speak, and Doug Carmean - Chief Architect...
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Welcome to the Wednesday version of your daily hardware roundup: Memory SuperTalent has a super-fast 2GB kit of DDR2-1000 memory, and it's being reviewed @ BCCHardware. Video Cards Leadtek WinFast 256MB 7900GS TDH @ OverClock Intelligence Agency Or if you're more of an MSI type, PCStats is reviewing...
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McAfee's semi-annual overview of their on-going security research says that cyber-criminals are becoming more sophisticated, and are banding together in loose associations to swap code and deliver support for their nefarious endeavors...
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OCZ Technology Outfits the Latest Generation of Digital Cameras and Camcorders with High-Speed, Large Capacity SDHC Memory Cards Sunnyvale, CA - April 9, 2007 - As digital cameras and video recorders produce higher and higher resolution images, the need for more memory has reached a new high...
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Daily Hardware Roundup The talk of the day is still Intel's latest and greatest desktop CPU, the new QX-6800. Sites checking it out today are: ExtremeTech SharkyExtreme For those who need more RAM in their life: I4U is looking at the PNY XLR8 2GB (2 x 1GB) PC2-8500 DDR2 SLI-Ready RAM and Virtual-Hideout has reviewed the OCZ's...
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AMD Updates First Quarter Outlook SUNNYVALE, Calif. - April 9, 2007 - AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced it expects to report revenue of approximately $1.225 billion in the quarter ending March 31, 2007. Revenues declined sharply quarter-over-quarter for the Computing Solutions segment, primarily due to lower overall average selling prices and...
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Welcome to the new and improved daily hardware roundup, now with 23.5% more daily for the same low price! To start things off, you might want to have a look at the new Intel QX6800 CPU. It's fast, it's got 4 cores, and is reviewed by these fine sites: TechReport NeoSeeker Hardware Logic And of course, here at HotHardware...
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Wired.com has all the proof you'll need to convince your prospective partner that you'll be a good lover. <insert your own joystick joke here> "I've read recently that geeks make better lovers because they are so unaccustomed to romance that they will do anything for their mates. Also because geeks don't have the social skills...
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Intel Marks 30 Years In Embedded Computing With Quad-Core Processor Launch Orange County Choppers Bring Embedded Technology to Intel-Themed Motorcycle EMBEDDED SYSTEMS CONFERENCE, San Jose, Calif., April 3, 2007 - Commemorating 30 years of...
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EMI Music announced DRM-free music downloads through Apple's iTunes earlier this week. They mentioned "premium" music files, with a bitrate of 256 kbps, instead of the standard 128 kbps, for thirty cents more. Slate...
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Today we kick off the hardware roundup with a review of the ASUS EN8800GTX AquaTank over at Bjorn3D. Sticking with nVidia based video cards, but going back a generation and down into the more mainstream cards, AMDZone takes a gander at the EVGA GeForce 7600GS 512MB card. Moving over to the AMD/ATi side of things,...
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Microsoft has issued a hotfix (a patch for a patch) for the animated cursor exploit we told you about earlier this week. Beware: There's a zero day attack making the rounds of the internet promising nude Britney, and delivering a virus instead. Sounds Just like the real Britney, now that...
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Chip sales are usually slow in the first quarter of any year. But 2007 is shaping up to be a blah year in the microprocessor business all the way through. What's the problem? But what...
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Today bootdaily takes a look at three 8800GTX cards. If you find that one of those cards isn't enough, and that you really need two so you can go SLI, you'll need a motherboard up to the task. Luckily, a few of them were just reviewed and we've got the links for you: PCPer looks at the brand new EVGA nForce 680i...
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