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February 8th, 2010
 MSI P55-GD55: A Mainboard to Forget
This small mainboard is rather simple, yet not primitive. It features a number of exciting extras but keenly lacks some necessities.
Q&A: Tom's Hardware And Kingston On SSD Technology
Now waist-deep in the SSD game, Kingston has a lot of know-how and industry insight on all things memory-related. We sat down with two of the company's insiders for a different perspective on some of today?s biggest SSD questions.
February 7th, 2010
EVGA GeForce GTX 275 CO-OP PhysX Edition: Physics Onboard
All contemporary Nvidia solutions support PhysX, but in return some of the GPU resources are assigned to physics effects acceleration. Is it possible to avoid performance losses without adding more cards? EVGA's answer is "yes".
AMD Reveals More Llano Details at ISSCC: 32nm, Power Gating, 4-cores, Turbo?
AMD shared some more details with us about Llano. The 32nm processor will feature power gating and a host of other power optimizations that lead us to believe we'll see CPU
February 6th, 2010
In Pictures: The Most Promising Tech Of 2010
The economy is on a slippery slope and there's much unrest in the world. But not to worry?2010 promises to be awesome for tech! Here are some of the products and technologies that we're anticipating over the course of the next 12 months.
The Most Promising Tech of 2010
The economy is on a slippery slope and there's much unrest in the world. But not to worry?2010 promises to be awesome for tech! Here's what's coming.
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In Pictures: Tom's Hardware's AMD/Eyefinity Event
Five Tom's Hardware readers were chosen in a recent contest to come and visit our new office in Culver City, California to go hands-on with Eyefinity. Thanks to AMD and EA, they were able to try out a handful of games on a trio of 23" displays.
February 5th, 2010
Touch-Screen HTPC: Three Premium Cases Compared
With ATI's Radeon HD 5000-series GPUs and Intel's Clarkdale-based processors coming loaded with multi-media functionality, it's a great time to build an HTPC. We compare three enclosures from Moneual, Thermaltake, and Zalman, all priced very differently.
February 4th, 2010
Thermalright Venomous X CPU Cooler Review
The heir to the famous Thermalright Ultra-120 eXtreme is not very different from its predecessor, but nevertheless, we managed to discover at least one significant distinguishing feature. Read more in our review.
Clarkdale's Second Half: Intel HD Graphics Review
New Clarkdale processors are very interesting not only because they offer Nehalem microarchitecture in mainstream price range. These are also the first desktop processors with an integrated graphics core. Our today's article is going to focus on Intel HD Graphics accelerator built into the new LGA1156 CPUs.
Intel Core 2 CULV Roundup: Who Needs Atom?
If you could get twice the performance for only a 50% increase, would you be willing to fork over the extra money? Compared to Atom, Intel's current CULV products offer exactly that, albeit with slightly less battery life. We have three representative models to look at today, and after seeing what CULV offers, you might think twice about buying that new Atom...
ATI Radeon HD 5450: Eyefinity And HTPCs For Everyone?
Spoiler alert: ATI's Radeon HD 5450 is the first DirectX 11 card we've seen with outright poor gaming performance. But with its low price tag, does this Radeon deliver solid value to the masses, or should you be setting your sights a little bit higher?
February 3rd, 2010
AMD?s Radeon HD 5450: The Next Step In HTPC Video Cards
Cedar, AMD's final Evergreen chip, launches today with the Radeon HD 4500. What does bringing Evergreen, audio bitstreaming, and DX11 do for the low-end of the market? We find out...
Electronic Book Readers: Upcoming Models of Spring-Summer Season
Over the past year e-Books turned from something extraordinary into popular gadgets: there are over a dozen models on the shelves of almost any large electronics store these days, these devices receive broad support from large publishing houses and book sellers. Today we are going to check out a few new solutions that should be coming out shortly.
High-Density DDR3: Five Dual-Module 8GB Kits Compared
A high-end capacity formerly reserved for servers and DDR2-based desktops (back when memory was dirt-cheap), 4GB modules are finally available for desktop DDR3 users. We test five 8GB dual-channel kits you might want to consider if 8GB makes sense.
February 2nd, 2010
New Westmere Details Emerge: Power Efficiency and 4/6-core plans for the Desktop
Intel let loose some new information on Westmere today about power efficiency as well as its upcoming quad-core and 6-core desktop chips....
New Westmere Details Emerge: Power Efficiency and 4/6 Core Plans
Intel let loose some new information on Westmere today about power efficiency as well as its upcoming quad-core and 6-core chips. Updated: Desktop quad-core plans not certain!...
Xigmatek Bifrost VD1065: HDT Cooler for Graphics Accelerators
Today we are going to talk about a new graphics card cooler employing Heatpipe Direct Touch technology, its cooling efficiency and acoustic performance. It will be a solution from Xigmatek.
AES-NI Performance Analyzed; Limited To 32nm Core i5 CPUs
Starting with its dual-core Clarkfield-based Core i5 processors, Intel is introducing AES New Instructions to its architecture. We've already seen great benefits from a number of synthetic benchmarks, but what are the real-life advantages of this tech?
February 1st, 2010
GF100 Cards Finally Named? GTX 480 & GTX 470
With a skeptical eye towards Twitter, a post was made on the NVIDIAGeForce account 4 hours ago announcing the names of the first two GF100 cards. As we?re largely sure this is a legitimate NVIDIA account we?re going to go ahead and post this information, but please keep in mind that we have not yet been able to confirm that this is indeed an...
GF100 Cards Finally Named: GTX 480 & GTX 470
Update: NVIDIA has confirmed that the Twitter account is indeed theirs, so this information is official.
With a skeptical eye towards Twitter, a post was made on the NVIDIAGeForce account 4 hours ago announcing the names of the first two GF100 cards. As we?re largely sure this is a legitimate NVIDIA account we?re going to go ahead and post...
Inferno Katana: Infernal LGA1156 Mainboard on Intel P55 Express Chipset from Foxconn
This elite solution from Quantum Force series has all the features and functionality a contemporary mainboard should possess. To our regret, it also accumulated quite a few drawbacks and issues, which may make your experience with this board quite difficult.
PCIe And CrossFire Scaling: Does Nvidia's NF200 Fix P55?
The P55 chipset proved woefully inadequate for adding a third graphics card to our most recent CrossFireX configuration. Does attaching Nvidia?s nForce 200 PCIe bridge to the processor?s on-die controller fix the problem? In short, yes. Yes it does.
January 31st, 2010
Choosing the Best H55/H57 Motherboard - Part 1
January 3, 2010 saw the lift of Intel's embargo on the Clarkdale family of processors and supporting H55/H57 series chipsets. Boards featuring these chipsets have been in our labs for a few weeks now, and we have been busy testing them to figure out which one makes the most sense to buy. Join us in part 1 of our coverage....
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February 8th, 2010X-bit labs - AMD: Graphics Processors to Accelerate Servers in Two Years
 Ars Technica - Wireless carriers want crackdown on cell phone boosters
Ars Technica - Survey tries quantifying iPad hype, suggests interest waning
Ars Technica - Biofuel expansion would send cattle into the rain forest
TG Daily - Superbowl ads super-lame
Ars Technica - Mozilla dropping 10.4 support with next Firefox release
Ars Technica - Microsoft: your battery is the problem, not Windows 7
Ars Technica - Dante's Inferno interview: of marketing and Gods of War
X-bit labs - Rambus' Mobile Memory Initiative Materializes: Mobile XDR Announced
TG Daily - Gmail challenges Facebook with new social feed
Ars Technica - AMD reveals Fusion CPU+GPU, to challege Intel in laptops
DailyTech - Nexus One Reportedly Isn't Selling Well, But Linux Founder Loves It
X-bit labs - Micron and Nanya to Start Making DDR3 Using 42nm Process Technology
Ars Technica - Hacker training site backup lives after takedown by China
Ars Technica - All that user-generated content? 95% is malware, spam
TG Daily - Linux Godfather endorses Nexus One smartphone
Ars Technica - Amazon puts out one e-book pricing fire as others flare up
Ars Technica - Hacker training site reappears after takedown by China
TG Daily - Intel Itanium outsells AMD Opteron
TG Daily - Consumers snub Apple iPad in new poll
TG Daily - Microsoft eliminates multitasking support in Windows Mobile 7
DailyTech - Latest Endeavour Flight Will Bring Tranquility to ISS
Ars Technica - Microsoft loses ads on Facebook, expands Bing search deal
TG Daily - It's official: Fable III expected to "piss" people off
TG Daily - IBM takes Power7 to the limit
Ars Technica - feature: Daddy's Home: Ars reviews Bioshock 2
DailyTech - Google to Bring Wave, Voice to Businesses in 2010
DailyTech - Hot New AMOLED Displays Ready to Flood Smartphone Market
Ars Technica - FBI still wants two years of ISP Web logs
Ars Technica - Google's China problem leaves opening for Bing
Ars Technica - Hubble's portrait of everybody's favorite ex-planet
DailyTech - India Says it "Cannot Rely" on Biased UN Climate Panel, Forms National Institute of Himalayan Glaciology
DailyTech - China Closes Largest Homegrown Hacker Training Website
Ars Technica - Contextualizing the copyright debate: reward vs. creativity
DailyTech - Verizon Wireless Blocks 4chan Website
DailyTech - Canon Unveils EOS T2i D-SLR, New PowerShot Cameras
X-bit labs - IBM Demonstrates 100GHz Transistor
DailyTech - Researchers Use Computing Power to Show Water Currents Shaped Fish Evolution
Ars Technica - Google's China problem leaves opening for Bing in China
TG Daily - IBM graphene chip outperforms silicon
TG Daily - Google launches Street View for fish
TG Daily - Scientists identify genetic causes of ageing
TG Daily - Google developing real-time translator phone
TG Daily - PayPal leaves Indian customers in the lurch
Ars Technica - Photosynthesis uses quantum interactions to harvest light
TG Daily - Extension planned for ISS
TG Daily - China closes school for hackers
TG Daily - Beer is good for the bones
DailyTech - RIM Making Necessary Changes as Smartphone Competition Heats Up
February 7th, 2010Ars Technica - feature: Designing a highly reliable small & medium business network
Ars Technica - EA hides Dante's Inferno ads in source code of popular sites
Ars Technica - Microsoft investigating disappearing music from Zune Pass
X-bit labs - Intel Wants to Be the Leader in Solid-State Drives Market
Ars Technica - Aliens vs. Predator demo shows promise, fails to sell game
Ars Technica - Weird Science is training bees and packing viruses
X-bit labs - Nvidia: External Graphics Accelerators for Notebooks Is a Big Opportunity
TG Daily - Obama to Moon Base: Drop Dead!
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