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Solid State Hard Drives

We all know that flash based drives get bigger and faster every time you look at them. Will flash based (solid state) hard disk drives be the future? Add comment

Command & Conquer 3: Kane’s Wrath announced

EA Games announced that they are continuing the story from Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars with an expansion pack. Development is already underway on the expansion titled Command & Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath and is expected to be released in in the Spring of 2008 for PC and Xbox 360. Add comment

Universal’s DRM experiment to be ‘watermarked’

Universal has released some new information about their DRM experiment. The short version? Practiced nincompoopery. Add comment

EVE Online hires an economist

A developing economy needs an attentive analyst. Someone to watch the numbers, and ensure that the economy does not outpase the culture. This is perhaps more true when that economy exists within a game. Add comment

Vista snubbed for Beijing Olympics

"Sorry, lads, XP for us!" Add comment

Novell promises not to SCOwn other firms

Read my lips! No new lawsuits! Add comment

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Memory: Kingston low-latency 1375MHz CL5 DDR3. "While others aim for higher clocks, Kingston tightens timings; they are the only ones with CL5 memory at PC3-10666 or PC3-11000 speeds" Add comment

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Mobo: ASUS P5K3 Premium Black Pearl Edition (Intel P35). "Packing its own low latency DDR3-1333 memory onboard". Add comment

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Cooling roundup: Thermaltake's MaxOrb and V1 (CPU), Arctic Cooling and Zalman (GPU), After market Ageia PhysX, and CoolerMaster Vortex 752 (small formfactor CPU). Add comment

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PCPer's tenth podcast, covering the site's recent releases and general tech talk. Add comment

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Monitor: ViewSonic VX2435wm. "Looks and feels more like a regular TV than a computer monitor". Add comment

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Budget Mobo: Jetway 966PDAG-PB Budget S775. "Priced well below $100". Add comment

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Case: Thermaltake WingRS 101 Mid Tower. Simple, sleek case for $50. Add comment

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Cooler: Swiftech H20-120 Compact Water. Two compartments instead of 4, but less effective too. Add comment

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Mouse: Saitek Obsidian Wireless. They "replaced the scroll wheel with a touch sensitive strip". Add comment

Ionic wind increases cooling performance

A new cooling technique uses an ionic wind to increase air cooling efficiency by 250%. In other news, VapoChill executives are seen standing on the edge of the roof, looking despondent. Add comment

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Retro: Covert vinyl to digital with the Stanton T.90 turntable. Add comment

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CPU review: Pentium Dual-Core E2160. HZone: "OCing it is nothing short of amazing". Add comment

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Open Source: ATI driver gets TV-out support. Add comment

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Graphics review: 2600XT at Beyond3D and Guru3D, plus bit-tech pits it against the 8600. Add comment

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Case review: In Win Mountain Jade HTPC. ThinkComputers.org sez it's cramped with no 6-pin PCI-Express connector, rated 7/10. (get a second opinion at Hardware Logic). Add comment