Archive for August, 2008
Here's the epic fail that just won't die. The Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday that see article for full details (http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120742749977492469.html?mod=googlenews_wsj)). Best Buy is also willing to buy-back HD DVD movies - but for only $2.70 a piece, reports the Wall Street Journal. At that price point,… Continue to read more…
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When pushed to extreme limits, overclocking can become a sport in its own right, and the team that set the world overclocking record last February is particularly adept at it. We went along with them to the MSI European Overclocking Challenge. Continue to read more…
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Ethernet patent skirmish
Intel has filed a lawsuit against Negotiated Data Solutions, LLC (N-Data) in a royalties dispute about the industry standard for Ethernet computer networking.…
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A while ago, Thermalright announced the new HR-03 GTX graphics card cooler. The HR-03 GTX can be mounted on nVidia's GeForce GTX 260 and 280 cards. Though the cooler does not come with one, Thermalright reports that a 92mm fan can be installed to actively cool the card, brackets for this are included. […]
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The Ultimate PC: only the best and the fastest components, with a price tag to match. Better than this you can't buy. Though mind you, like all other PC Advice systems we do keep it sane: the terabytes of solid state storage or the airconditioned cooling bunker we leave to your imagination. … […]
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Yesterday we chose our components, today we’ll test them. Does our $500 gamer make the grade? Continue to read more…
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Two formerly high-end features—PCI Express 2.0 transfers and native Crossfire support—separate Intel’s new mainstream P45 Express chipset from its earlier P35 Express. Eleven motherboards challenge the market with features, performance and value. Continue to read more…
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Who won the Office and Sharepoint 2007 User’s Guide competition and more imortantly, what music do they listen to? Read the full article at We Got Served. Read the full article at We Got Served. […]
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After months in the final development stage, NEC has released the first monitor on the market featuring LED backlighting: the NEC MultiSync LCD2180WG-LED-BK. The price won’t be to everybody’s taste, but Lumileds technology is an important development in the evolution of LCD displays. Continue to read more…
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In Part 3 we focus on the hardware for the solar arrays used to generate power for our PC. We fretted over every half-watt to obtain the longest possible up time even on cloudy or rainy days. Continue to read more…
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