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Oops. First MSI announced its upcoming Socket AM3 motherboard, and now an online shop in the UK is selling Phenom II AM3 processors. This can mean only one thing – AMD’s first step into using DDR3 is fast approaching. The first three processors to use the new socket are: Phenom II X3 710 – 2.6GHz […] Add comment
Fans of the indiscriminate information super highway on both sides of the pond will be disappointed to learn that US ISP Cox Communications has announced bandwidth management plans while the UK government recently spoke out against the principles of net neutrality. Cox Communications, the United States’ third largest ISP, has broached an unhappy topic with […] Add comment
Viper-Lair reminds us why the OCZ Vendetta 2 heatsink is a good one. Add comment
A bold new scam uses IRS livery to dupe unwitting users into supplying personal information for the purposes of identity theft. While Firefox’s vast anti-phishing blacklist alerted us to the scam, users of other browsers may not be so fortunate. It goes without saying that you should be careful when accessing any link that may […] Add comment
Controversial NVIDIA CEO Jen-Hsun Huang has aimed a bevy of criticisms squarely at Intel in a recent interview conducted by LAPTOP Magazine. It is no secret that the increasingly ubiquitous netbook has become a bright spot in the otherwise depressed PC industry. With so many manufacturers looking to grab a slice of the pie, NVIDIA […] Add comment
As federal oversight of Microsoft’s 2002 anti-trust ruling winds towards its November 2009 conclusion, technical experts have indicated that Windows 7 will be tested “more thoroughly” than prior Redmond offerings. A three-member panel operating for federal antitrust officials is believed to have been investigating Windows 7’s underpinnings as early as March of last year. However, […] Add comment
Another month, another driver set. AMD/ATI have posted version 9.1 of their Catalyst driver series to their support page. Though the release date is marked as December 10, this date coincides with their Catalyst 8.12 release; the actual download is indeed the 9.1 Catalyst driver ready for your guinea pigging. The only major change is […] Add comment
The International Solid State Circuits Conference running February 8-12 in San Francisco will host a cadre of venerable tech firms, including Intel, which plans to discuss an octo-core Nehalem-based Xeon. Evidence for the beastly CPU is revealed in item 3.1 on page 22 of the full conference itinerary (PDF): Add comment
The new enthusiast line of Apex SSDs from OCZ use internal RAID 0 for added speed. The 120GB model is no slouch. Add comment
The Lian Li TYR PC-X500 case offers zonal cooling, sweet cable management, and a sleek look but it’ll only work well for some people due to funky drive placement. Add comment
The mid-range G.Skill DDR3-1600 6GB triple channel kit is a good value according to Hardware Canucks. Add comment
Tweak Town compares the fastest VGA setups: Dual HD 4870 X2s, dual GTX 295s, and triple GTX 285s. Add comment
The Cooler Master Silent Pro M 600W comes with all sorts of goodies to keep things quiet. Add comment
Hardware Canucks breaks into the video real with a nice review of the nMedia HTPC-1000B media case. Add comment
The 4GB kit of CSX’s value-line of DDR2-800 is no slouch. Check it out. Add comment
Metku checks out the Sapphire Ultimate HD 4670 passively cooled video card. Add comment
Watch out in Austin. Zombies ahead! Add comment
Core i7 and Phenom II are the hot topics in the world of processors right now, but Intel hasn’t given up yet on the venerable Core 2 Duo line. The new chip boasts a 3.5GHz clock speed, 1333mhz fsb, and 6MB of L2 cache with a 65W TDP at 1.25V. The 45nm dual core processors […] Add comment
We find it sort of ironic that the boys in Redmond are rallying around today as Data Privacy Day. We’re pretty sure they’d pay for ET’s cellphone contract, but that’s neither here nor there. The truth of the matter is that privacy is good for everybody, and talking about it is a good thing. For […] Add comment
The Google gurus have finally found a way to give Gmail offline access. Users have always had to be online to use the mail service, but thanks to a new update now being rolled out, you’ll be able to compose emails and check old messages while offline. Also included in the update is the ability […] Add comment
XFX’s Radeon HD 4850 XXX Edition is a completely non-reference card, overclocked and with improved cooling. Add comment
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