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Paul Lilly - Sat, Nov 19, 2011
Wondering what to get your little ones for Christmas (or Hanukkah or Kwanzaa, or just because)? Well then, pay no attention to market research firm Nielsen if you're currently torn between a skateboard or a bicycle. Either of those will...
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Marco Chiappetta - Mon, Nov 29, 2010
As the holiday season rapidly approaches, there’s one question that gets asked rather frequently: Have you been naughty or nice? Of course, we all know that a lot hinges on this seemingly simple question. If you’ve been nice, then perhaps Santa will bring you an awesome gift; that one piece of hardware you've been jonesing for....
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Ray Willington - Mon, Nov 29, 2010
As the holiday season rapidly approaches, there’s one question that gets asked rather frequently: Have you been naughty or nice? Of course, we all know that a lot hinges on this seemingly simple question. If you’ve been nice, then perhaps Santa will bring you an awesome gift; that one piece of hardware you've been jonesing for....
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Dave Altavilla and Marco Chiappetta - Thu, Nov 25, 2010
It's Thanksgiving here in the US, a time of year when we all pause to reflect on how fortunate we all are. Thanksgiving is a great tradition when you stop and think about it. This holiday isn't about rushing shopping, etc. The day after Thanksgiving certainly has become over-commercialized, but not today--11/25/2010--Thanksgiving Day. Today...
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Marco Chiappetta - Tue, Nov 24, 2009
As the holiday season rapidly approaches, there’s one question that you’ll hear very frequently: Have you been naughty or nice? Of course, we all know that a lot hinges on this seemingly simple question. If you’ve been nice, then perhaps Santa will bring you an awesome gift, that one piece of hardware you've been jonesing for, like a Core...
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Shawn Oliver - Tue, Nov 24, 2009
As the holiday season rapidly approaches, there’s one question that you’ll hear very frequently: Have you been naughty or nice? Of course, we all know that a lot hinges on this seemingly simple question. If you’ve been nice, then perhaps Santa will bring you an awesome gift, that one piece of hardware you've been jonesing for, like a Core...
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Marco Chiappetta - Wed, Dec 31, 2008
It’s that time again folks! Time for another giveaway here at HotHardware! We’ve teamed up with our friends at AMD and will be giving away prizes--including a complete small form factor PC--to three lucky winners. Instead of a straightforward sweepstakes, however, we wanted to have a little fun and get all of your creative juices...
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Marco Chiappetta - Thu, Dec 11, 2008
Each year we undergo a time-honored tradition of bringing you a few our picks for the hottest in computing gear for the holidays. This year, whether you're interested in a new graphics card for rendering 3D bump-mapped sugar plums in your head, a new CPU to crunch under the mistletoe or if you've been a really good geek, an entire new system,...
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Marco Chiappetta - Thu, Nov 27, 2008
It's Thanksgiving here in the US, a time of year when we all pause to reflect on how fortunate we all are. Thanksgiving is a great tradition when you stop and think about it. This holiday isn't about rushing around and buying gifts. The day after Thanksgiving certainly has become over-commercialized, but not today--11/27/2008--Thanksgiving...
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Dave Altavilla - Tue, Dec 25, 2007
We got some of the HH crew together this morning for a holiday team photo. Who knew we could move so well... Jeff in particular really knows how to get "jiggy" with it. Head on over to the Elf Yourself site for some yultide yucks of your own or check out our funkmasta-ho-ho moves. (Greg, Mike, Mike,...
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Marco Chiappetta - Thu, Dec 13, 2007
Just in case you’re not keeping count, we wanted to let you all know that there are only 10 more shopping days left until Christmas! If you, or anyone you know, are in the market for a laptop, do yourself a favor and check out the Asus Holiday Gift Guide available right here on...
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Dave Altavilla - Thu, Nov 29, 2007
Each year we undergo a time-honored tradition of bringing you a few our picks for the hottest in Computing gear for the holidays. This year, whether you're interested in a new graphics card for rendering 3D bump-mapped sugar plums in your head, a new CPU to crunch under the...
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Chad Weirick - Thu, Nov 29, 2007
As the year draws to an end and the holiday shopping season begins, we here at HotHardware have a time-honored tradition of bringing our faithful readers our annual Holiday Buyer's Guide. We hope that our Holiday Guide will help you make informed buying decisions, whether you're looking for a couple of parts to put into your own...
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Dave Altavilla - Sat, Nov 24, 2007
If you haven't stopped by our Asus HOT Holiday Gift Guide yet, you're missing out. The deals we have on a few very solid Asus notebooks are well, HOT! And who wouldn't like a nice, sleek jet-black or screamin-yellow Lamborghini for the holidays?...
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Marco Chiappetta - Tue, Jan 02, 2007
We brought 2006 to a close with a couple of exciting give-aways here at HotHardware. First, we'd like to congratulate forum members SilverVenom57 (Peter H.) and SuperDave (David H.). They both won brand new Microsoft Zunes courtesy of Microsoft and Webcast Magic. Congrats!...
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Gregory Sullivan - Fri, Dec 22, 2006
Expect "not much" to happen after noontime in the cubicle farms. In office parks and skyscrapers all over the map, this afternoon is an opportunity for companies to disappoint and anger their employees with crummy gifts and alcohol-free office parties. Slate magazine asked for entries for their Corporate Scrooge contest, and boy,...
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Marco Chiappetta - Tue, Dec 12, 2006
Hello everyone! We've just posted a Holiday Buyer's Guide here at HotHardware.com, outlining what we think are some of the best components for a no-holds-barred, high-performance Flagship system, an Overclocker's Dream Machine, and a Low-Budget Screamer. Click the link below and check it out... Read The Article Right...
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Sean Pelletier - Tue, Dec 12, 2006
As the holiday season approaches its peak and minds rush to conjure up the ideal gifts, we here at HotHardware have taken the liberty of creating three ideal system configurations to illustrate the best way to spend your holiday budget. Although we are confident in the performance offered by each system listed in this guide, we are in no way...
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Marco Chiappetta - Tue, Jan 03, 2006
Good evening folks! BW here, stopping by to let you all know that we've selected the winners for our ECS & Intel Holiday Giveaway! The winners are Bob White (Bob_on_the_Cob), Grady Howell (Entermymatrix03), and Jonathan Peng (Ne0rC)! All three of the lucky winners will be receiving a Pentium D 830 Dual-Core Processor with an...
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Matt Beauvais - Mon, Dec 26, 2005
Well folks, we hope you all had a great Christmas. Can you believe it? Christmas is already over... but that means the news is back in full force, and today we're going to start off with a Q4 2005 Heatsink Roundup, brought to you bad Madshrimps."We are proud to present you with our last heatsink roundup of 2005. Featuring the latest offerings...
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Sean Pelletier - Wed, Dec 21, 2005
With the holidays looming around the corner, and a bit of money burning a hole in your pocket, we here at HotHardware.com thought we'd do what we could to ensure that you spent your hard-earned cash in the most appropriate manner. Before we begin, it makes sense to outline our approach and...
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Sean Pelletier - Thu, Dec 08, 2005
The Firing Squad have posted what they believe to be the Top 10 gadgets to have this holiday season. From PC upgrades to MP3 players, there is something to satisfy just about any tech-junky in this list. If you're running out of ideas for your holiday shopping, this article might be a good place to get some ideas and find a new home for your...
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