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AMD’s 40th birthday celebration starts tomorrow, May 1st. They are marking the occasion with contests and giveaways. There is a great video on their celebration site that details the origins of the “Sledgehammer” code name for the Opteron chip; take a watch, it’s a good story. The first contest is a photo contest. They’re inviting […] Add comment
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We’re getting closer to having invisibility cloaks! Add comment
Google Trends in Mexico picked up unusual search patterns right before the media caught wind of the Swine Flu epidemic self-perpetuating media frenzy. Add comment
Delphi Corporation is best known as an auto parts supplier, but their products span the gamut from high-end electronics to ball bearings. Unfortunately, Delphi has been under Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection since 2005 and is in the middle of corporate restructuring, with the courts demanding a full plan by May 4. Likely due to mounting […] Add comment
Tweak Town tests the oft-overlooked Scythe Mugen 2 heatsink. Add comment
Tech Report reviews the HP DV2 ultraportable notebook. Add comment
I guess when you need more storage it’s easiest to add more drives. You can have seven HDDs with the Thecus N7700 NAS. Add comment
MadShrimps compares DFI and MSI 790FX boards and decides it’d be better to build an AM3 system using an AM2+ board. Add comment
Futurelooks lauds the ZOTAC GeForce GTX 275 as a great value for elite gamers. Add comment
The ASUS Rampage II Gene mATX X58 board aims to establish the Core i7 in value and SFF markets. Add comment
The OCZ Z-Drive PCI-e mounted solid state drive concept we saw at CeBIT will be a retail product soon. Add comment
Here’s a great story on how Anonymous beat TIME’s poll. (Thanks jared!) Add comment
Welcome to Low End Part Tuesday, the day where AMD/ATI release low end parts. I’m your host, BuddyJ, and we’re proud to be coming to you from sunny Detroit. It’s lovely, especially this time of year … Our contestants today include a processor and video card. First we have the Athlon X2 7850 Black Edition. […] Add comment
A wild HD 4770 has appeared on Newegg! $109 will get you the new 40nm card we discussed just a few days ago. Just in time for everyone to get their tax rebate! Hooray! Surprising to see this out in the open without reviews. Guess Newegg jumped the gun a little? Add comment
The days are getting warm, you’ve ponied up to pay The Man, and now you’re waiting for your check. While saving it would be the responsible thing to do, your failure of an economy is crying for stimulus! Why not do the patriotic thing and dump 600 bones on a new box. Your pals will […] Add comment
In early March we reported that it was possible to enable the fourth core of a Phenom II X3 by enabling the “advanced clock calibration” feature present in the BIOS of select motherboards. Word is now coming forward that the two dormant cores on the upcoming Athlon X2 6500/7000-series can also be activated in the […] Add comment
If you were living under a rock or last week or spent the weekend cowering in fear from the Swine Flu, you might have missed Icrontic’s review of the new AMD Phenom II X4 955 processor. If you haven’t read it yet, now would be a great time to do so. For the rest of […] Add comment
The Orange Box is $10 on Steam. If you still don’t have it after today we probably can’t be friends anymore. Add comment
Microsoft has repeatedly cited a “major announcement” that would coincide with the introduction of the Windows 7 release candidate, and it appears that we now know what that big announcement is. Microsoft plans to kill any and all concerns over Windows XP application compatability by offering a free Windows XP VM for owners of Windows […] Add comment
There’s not much to say on this one. Word of the release candidate’s May 5 debut was leaked by Microsoft on April 18, and has now been confirmed by Microsoft in a blog post: There certainly has been a lot of discussion about Windows 7 in the last few weeks. A lot of folks want […] Add comment
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