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Early last month, with 2020 behind us (thankfully!) and CES 2021 kicking off, we thought it was a great time to give away yet another batch of fresh, new gear. So, hot on the heals of a couple of amazing giveaways that had recently concluded, we kept the party going and offered up yet more HOT new tech, courtesy of Lenovo! Up for grabs in this year's CES 2021 New Year, New Gear Giveaway were a trio of prizes – 1 (one) ThinkPad X1 Carbon (Gen 8), 1 (one) ThinkVision M14t USB-C Mobile Monitor with Touch, and 1 (one) ThinkPad TrackPoint Keyboard II! 1st Prize: ThinkPad X1 Carbon (Gen 8) Specs: Intel Core i7-10610U, 16GB RAM, 512GB NVMe SSD, 14" UHD (3840x2160)...
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As the holidays rolled in, we kicked off a HOT giveaway, courtesy of our friends at EVGA! Up for grabs this time around were six (6) of EVGA's new XR1 USB 3.0 Capture Devices, which are the first to be certified for OBS (Open Broadcaster). Whether you want to capture a feed from your PC, console, or camera, the EVGA XR1 has you covered, with an easy to use control dial, dedicated audio inputs, 1080p60fps capture, 4K60 pass-through, and an advanced 1440p@120Hz pass through mode. All you had to do to earn entry points and win one of these cool devices was like and subscribe to a handful of social media sites, and you would have automatically been entered. We were giving away two (2) EVGA XR1...
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Just in time for the holidays, we’re back with another HOT giveaway, courtesy of our friends at EVGA! Up for grabs this time around are six (6) of EVGA's new XR1 USB 3.0 Capture Devices, which are the first to be certified for OBS (Open Broadcaster). Whether you want to capture a feed from your PC, console, or camera, the EVGA XR1 has you covered, with and easy to use control dial, dedicated audio inputs, 1080p60fps capture, 4K60 pass-through, and an advanced 1440p@120Hz pass through mode. All you have to do to earn entry points and win one of these cool devices is like and subscribe to a handful of social media sites, and you’ll automatically be entered. We will be giving away...
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A couple of weeks back we announced another HOT summer giveaway, courtesy of our friends at Asetek and AMD! Up for grabs this time around were a pair of Ryzen 3000X / XT series processors and a killer Radeon RX 5700 XT GPU. Specifically, we had an 8-core / 16-thread Ryzen 7 3800XT, a 6-core / 12-thread Ryzen 5 3600 X, and a custom Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5700 XT on the table... First Prize: AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT Second Prize: Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5700 XT Third Prize: AMD Ryzen 5 3600X Well, we finally had a chance to let Gleam do its thing, sort though the thousands of entries, and pick the winners. So, without further delay... HotHardware's Ryzen And Radeon Giveaway With Asetek And AMD...
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In this episode of HotHardware's Two And A Geeks Podcast, Marco, Chris and Dave will be announcing our TCL 10 Pro Giveaway winners! We'll also be discussing AMD's new Ryzen Threadripper Pro beast chips, Lenovo's ThinkStation P620 workstation that's powered by those chips, our review of the cool new Death Stranding PC game, a big, fast new line of NVMe SSDs from Kingston and new giveaways going on now and to be announced! Show Notes: 03:51 - AMD Unveils Ryzen Threadripper Pro Processors To Battle Intel Xeon W 11:01 - Lenovo ThinkStation P620 Launches With AMD's New Threadripper Pro 64-Core Workstation CPUs 15:59 - Kingston DC1000M SSD Review: Big, Fast NVMe Storage 22:46 - Death...
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What better way to usher in the steamy, summer season than to give away a bunch of hot, new smartphones to upgrade your mobile gear? For this giveaway, we teamed up with our friends at TCL, who graciously offered up 5 (five units) of their top-end TCL 10 Pro Android smartphones (our full review), packing multiple cameras – including a 64MP main shooter -- 6GB of RAM and 128GB of internal storage, all wrapped up in a slim, sleek attractive design. The TCL 10 Pro’s main features and specifications are broken down in the table below... TCL 10 Pro Specifications & Features Processing Platform Qualcomm Snapdragon 675 Display 6.47" FHD+ AMOLED, 2340x1080 resolution, 60Hz,...
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As the holiday season approached and 2019 drew to a close, we wanted to do our part to get you all worked up and into the holiday spirit. So, hot on the heals of a couple of amazing giveaways, we thought what better way to keep the party going than to give away some more HOT new tech gear brought you by Lenovo! Up for grabs in this year's CES 2020 HOT Holiday Giveaway were a Lenovo Smart Display with Google Assistant, a Lenovo Smart Clock, and a Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Yoga (Gen 4) 2-in-1 Convertible Ultrabook! 1st Prize: Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Yoga Specs: Core i7-8565U, 8GB RAM, 256GB Intel SSD, 13.9" FHD 1080p Display 2nd Prize: Lenovo Smart Display 3rd Prize: Lenovo Smart Clock We have finally...
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The holiday season may be behind us now, but we wanted to keep you all in the holiday spirit just a little longer. So we hooked up with our friends at Lenovo for another HOT Holiday Giveaway that ended just a few days ago. This last time around we had not one, but three awesome prizes up for grabs -- a gorgeous, yet powerful ultrabook, a small form factor gaming PC, and a super-fun Augmented Reality (AR) gaming kit. This latest HOT Holiday giveaway featured a Lenovo Yoga 920, powered by an 8th Generation Intel processor, a Lenovo Legion Y720 Cube gaming PC, and a Lenovo Star Wars Jedi Challenges AR kit. Take a look... 1st Prize: Yoga 920 14" - Platinum Silver Processor: Intel Core i7-8550U...
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In this episode of HotHardware's Two And A Half Geeks, special guest Bob Grim of Killer Networking joins us to chat about the new Killer Wireless-AC 1550 module co-developed with Intel for over 1.74GB of WiFi throughput, we'll also be chatting about new Intel and Samsung Solid State Drives, NVIDIA's moves to quell cryptominer sales, Spectre and Meltdown fallout strategies, and we announce the winners of our Lenovo Hot Holiday Giveaway... Show Notes: 01:14 - Special Guest Bob Grim of Rivet Networks – AKA Killer Networking 02:27 - Rivet Networks Unveils Killer 1550 Wireless-AC Module With Intel That Delivers WiFi Connectivity Up To 1.73Gbps 24:16 - Samsung SSD 860 Pro Review: Fast, Reliable...
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We are going to be live in a few hours shooting the next episode of our 2.5 Geeks podcast. In this episode, we are going to have a special guest -- Bob Grim of Killer Networking will joins us to chat about the new Killer Wireless-AC 1550 module co-developed with Intel. We will also discuss the new Intel and Samsung Solid State Drives, NVIDIA says no to cryptominer sales, Spectre and Meltdown fallout strategies, and we're ANNOUNCING WINNERS of our Lenovo Hot Holiday Giveaway prizes. You can watch the madness right here at 4PM EST......
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When we launched our most recent giveaway, we asked, "What better way to usher in the summer season than to give away a trio of awesome mobile devices, that let you get outside and soak up the sun, while enjoying some HOT new technology?" To that end, our friends at Lenovo offered up three different devices for you lucky HotHardware readers, the Yoga Tab 3 Pro tablet, the slick Yoga 710 (14") laptop, and the powerful Ideapad Y700 Touch (15") notebook! 1st Prize: Lenovo Ideapad Y700 Touch (15") Gaming Notebook 2nd Prize: Lenovo Yoga 710 (14") Premium 2-in-1 Laptop 3rd Prize: Lenovo Yoga Tab 3 Pro Entertainment Tablet w/ Projector We've finally scoured through all of the entries and have picked...
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It’s time to announce the winners for yet another giveaway here at HotHardware! This time around we teamed up with our friends at Killer Networking and MSI and put together a fantastic motherboard giveaway, featuring two of MSI’s latest Z170-based boards equipped with Killer Networking Technology! Over the course of the contest, you all had a chance to win one of four MSI motherboards – two MSI Z170A Gaming M3 boards and two MSI Z170A Gaming M5 boards were up for grabs! Supports 6th Gen Intel Core / Pentium / Celeron processors for LGA 1151 socket Supports DDR4-3600+(OC) Memory DDR4 Boost: Give your DDR4 memory a performance boost USB 3.1 Gen2 2X FASTER: USB 3.1 Gen2 offers...
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As all of you probably know, we had two contests overlap for a little while yesterday, while our “MSI and NVIDIA Gear Up With HotHardware” and “Tablets of the Season” giveaways both going on. Well, we’ve picked the winners for the MSI and NVIDIA Giveaway and have our first of five winners in the Tablet Giveaway as well. So without further ado, here goes... MSI and NVIDIA Gear Up With HotHardware Giveaway Winners: Grand Prize: MSI GeForce GTX 580 Lightning Winner = CDeeter! Runner Up: MSI X79 or Z68 Motherboard (Your Choice!) = Omegadraco! HotHardware's Tablets Of The Season Sweepstakes Winner No. 1: December 13 Winner: Asus Eee Pad Slider = TaylorKarras! All of you,...
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To pay tribute to the hot (and final!), lazy days of summer, in conjunction with MSI, we ran a sweepstakes in wihich we planned to give away some HOT new hardware! This time around, readers had a chance to win a pair of MSI N460GTX Cyclone 1GB GeForce GTX 460 cards and an awesome MSI Big Bang-XPower motherboard. In addition, we planned to give away 10 copies of the DX11 and PhysX-enabled game Metro 2033! As we've done with previous sweepstakes, we planned to give these prize packages away to randomly selected contributor to our on-line forum and discussion systems. And we have just chosen the winners! Grand Prize: (2) MSI N460GTX Cyclone 1GB cards, (1) MSI Big Bang-XPower...
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Over the weekend, we held the official Unreal Tournament 3 deathmatch for our AMD-sponsored Economic Stimulus Sweepstakes to determine which prize packages were distributed to the five lucky winners. We left a practice server up and running for the days leading up to the official match, so the winners could hone their skills. And when all was said and done, only a couple of kills separated the grand prize winner from the runners up.Here's what the final scoreboard looked like at the end of the match: Grand Prize Winner: Amdcrankitup (MethaneMS) First Runner Up: Der Meister45 Second Runner Up: Nelsoncp21 Third Runner Up: Acarzt Fourth Runner Up: Could Not Attend We also recorded a FRAPS video...
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We've had a chance to sift through all of the awesome entries into our Holiday Sweepstakes and have chosen the three lucky winners! Before we announce the lucky folks who'll be walking away with a host of AMD-based goodness, we want to take minute to thank everyone who participated. This was a fun contest that seemed to really get your creative juices flowing and we appreciate all of the effort you put forth to participate. Thank You.And now, without further delay, the winners of our Holiday Sweepstakes are: First Prize - Peti1212 - California, US Second Prize - Tanka12345, New Zealand Third Prize - X.clay, Texas, US First Prize Second Prize Third Prize...
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The community has spoken, the judges have weighed in, and we have three deserving winners who will soon be made over with $5000 each in fabulous new technology courtesy of Intel and HotHardware.com! We have to say that our three finalists are some of the most deserving, amazing and colorful people and small businesses that you'd ever want to meet. Please join us in congratulating: “Steps off Broadway” ”MVFiberFarm” and ”Getnthruit” Marco and I will be will connecting with our winners, videotaping the process of setting up their new gadgets and gizmos and getting them dialed in with the new technology-enabled and connected era. We should be posting their videos here in November, so...
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A few weeks ago, we announced an exciting sweepstakes in which we planned to give away a full AMD Phenom X4 9750-based system, complete with dual Diamond Multimedia Radeon HD 3850 512MB graphics cards running in a CrossFire configuration, and an awesome, custom painted Smooth Creations case emblazoned with the good ol' Stars and Bars! Two runners up would also win AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ processors. The response we received after the announcement was awesome, with hundreds of new members joining our community, posting thousands of comments throughout the forums and news.Well the dust has settled and we’ve picked the winners. Are you ready for it? Drumroll please...And the...
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Are you feelin' lucky? Have you won? You'll never know until you look. You'll never win until you try. Official rules and details here! HH Tees!! HH Case Badges! HH USB Flash Drive! Congrats to our most recent winners!...
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We've just received word from Intel, that on September 5, they will announce the winners of the 2nd annual Intel Game Demo Contest. Nearly $100,000 in cash and prizes will be awarded in two categories: Best Threaded Game and Best Game on the Go. The winners of this worldwide contest, with submissions from 29 countries, will be announced right here . Additionally, on September 6, the winning games will be showcased at the Intel booth at the Austin Game Developers Conference and simultaneously during a Second Life event at 9:00 a.m. CDT (7:00 a.m. PDT). To view the demos in Second Life, after you are in-world, message user "Dreamy Intel" to get a Game Geek T-shirt for your avatar...
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Intel Science Talent Search Winners Announced Mary Masterman of Oklahoma City Awarded $100,000 Intel Scholarship SANTA CLARA, Calif., March 13, 2007 - Innovation was the word of the day as Intel announced the winners of the Intel Science Talent Search (Intel STS). The top award, a $100,000 scholarship from the Intel Foundation, went to Mary Masterman, 17, who built an accurate spectrograph that identifies the specific characteristics - or "fingerprints" - of different kinds of molecules. Spectrographs have wide applications in research and industry and can cost as much as $100,000. Mary's invention cost hundreds of dollars. READ MORE......
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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! Secondly, we want to draw some attention to HotHardware forum members Jerkwheat (Matt P.), Ice_73 (Daniel L.), and XtremeSkier97 (John M.). They were the top three finishers in an XFX sponsored F.E.A.R. Combat Tournament. Matt walked away with a brand new GeForce 7950 GT, Daniel a GeForce 7900 GT, and John a 7800 GT. Congrats guys!...
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