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Review: Intel Conroe Core 2 Duo/Extreme Processors

14 July 2006, 05:00

Intel, then, has moved the goalposts as far as consumer-level CPUs are concerned. Its low-end Core 2 Duo parts are more than a match for anything that has come before ...

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Review: MESH Elite Extreme SLI System - Core 2 Extreme X6800

14 July 2006, 04:59

It's quite appropriate then, for us to take a Core 2 based system for a spin on the day of the CPUs launch. MESH is the system builder that's kindly ...

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Review: Thecus N5200 NAS Appliance - 3.5 terabytes tested

13 July 2006, 16:54

The latest (and topmost) in Thecus' line of NAS products is the N5200. It frees itself from the shackles of the XScale processor and adopts the x86 architecture via an ...

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Uniwill approves acquisition by ECS

13 July 2006, 10:41

Notebook manufacturer Uniwill is to merge with motherboard manufacturer ECS Elitegroup.

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HEXUS.beans :: ATI RV560 and 570 Crossfire plans

13 July 2006, 09:18

After spending many a night out in Asia we heard some very filling little beans....When speaking to one of the many AIB partners, we learnt some information about ATI's upcoming ...

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Acronis's Privacy Expert Suite 9 on special at Amazon

12 July 2006, 16:13

Version 9 of Acronis's Privacy Expert Suite is set to get a big sales boost from Amazon UK where it will soon be available for a knock-down £16.99 for a ...

Netac adds 'world's smallest USB flash disk with built-in security'

12 July 2006, 14:07

Netac says that its OnlyDisk U220 is the world's smallest USB flash disk with built-in security

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A 300watt boost to your system

12 July 2006, 10:42

A new product from FSP looks set to provide a power boost to systems struggling to feed hungry SLI and CrossFire hardware.

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ATI and Microsoft set to announce ATI Avivo technology in Xbox 360

12 July 2006, 10:35

We've just got wind of news that today will see the announcement by Microsoft and ATI that portions of ATI's Avivo video processing and display technologies have made it as ...

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Review: abit KN9 SLI - nForce 570 SLI

11 July 2006, 15:47

Today it's time for us to take another nForce 570 SLI-based board for a spin. Rather than a K9N, it's a KN9 (now that's going to get confusing)... abit's KN9 ...

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HEXUS.pipelines :: NAS gets an upgrade

11 July 2006, 12:31

We love NAS here at HEXUS, but what we don't like is slow NAS. Perhaps the latest product to enter the HEXUS.pipeline will sort that out for us?

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World's first pics of Vista D3D10 hardware?

11 July 2006, 10:11

The things you find when you sort out an old-ish images directory....

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Alienware adds newest mobile Quadro FX to portable workstation

10 July 2006, 16:51

Take desktop processors, desktop hard drives, an extremely powerful mobile graphics card and cram it into a 'portable' chassis and you have yourself a portable workstation.

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Freescale launch solution to forgetful RAM

10 July 2006, 11:01

Random Access Memory has increased in speed significantly over many years, but despite its ability to transfer data at speeds orders of magnitude above hard drives, it still has one ...

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Sony adds 4GB Memory Stick PRO Duo

10 July 2006, 10:35

Sony is launching a 4GB version of its Memory Stick PRO Duo and now bundling an adaptor free with all PRO Duo and Duo models

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MESH AM2, 7950 GX2 systems get lucky upgrade

10 July 2006, 08:43

A number of orders for a super high-end system from MESH have been delayed, but for what reasons? An interesting story has unfolded and the outcome includes a free upgrade ...

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Review: BFG Tech GeForce 7900 GT, 7900 GTX and 7600 GT OC™

8 July 2006, 07:38

BFG Tech were gracious enough to provide their OC™ examples of all three products, two-up for some SLI testing. BFG are staid factory overclockers with the majority of its gamer-led ...

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Dark Power Pro gets ATI CrossFire Certification

7 July 2006, 09:08

Dark enough and powerful enough to deal with a CrossFire rig.

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Review: HIS X1300 512MiB HyperMemory with 128MiB DDR2 x1 PCIe

6 July 2006, 14:24

£50 or so will buy you a faster graphics accelerator from ATI or NVIDIA, but they can't match the versatility of HIS' X1300 x1 PCIe card. A product for a ...

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Dell XCS modular concept PC

6 July 2006, 12:23

Dell's XCS modular concept PC is intended to make upgrading ultra-easy and fool-proof. The system box accepts cartridge-mounted drives as well as processors units that would normally sit on slot-in ...

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Galaxy prepare Masterpiece

6 July 2006, 11:12

Galaxy are set to do same-board SLI, using a custom 6-layer PCB design and cooler to pair G73s and create the Galaxy Masterpiece dual-7600 GT.

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Microsoft creates Open XML translation project

6 July 2006, 09:03

Microsoft will have been none too pleased when the Open Document XML format got ISO approval and it was said to be unlikely that their own Open XML would get ...

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Apple replaces eMac for education with Intel-based iMac

5 July 2006, 15:00

Apple today announced that it's stopped production of its G4-based 17in one-piece eMac computers. These are being replaced by a more powerful, but more expensive, flatscreen iMac

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Sony intros family of tiny 'thumbnail' drives

5 July 2006, 11:22

Sony Europe is set to introduce what's possibly the world's smallest 2GB thumbstick drive. The MICRO VAULT Tiny is 14.5x30mm, weighs 1.5g is the largest-capacity model in a four-strong range

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Review: MSI K9N SLI Platinum - nForce 570 SLI

4 July 2006, 09:21

In this review, we'll take a little look at what differentiates the 570 and 590 SLI, and then see what MSI have managed to create with the 570 SLI at ...

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Buffalo introduces fast SMB NAS

3 July 2006, 16:58

The first real wave of NAS solutions aimed at the SOHO and even SMB markets proved a bit on the slow side, but that's all changing now.

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GfK highlights winners, losers and trends in IT

3 July 2006, 16:39

In its latest twice-yearly report on IT trends, market research specialist GfK highlights the winners and losers, increasing convergence, the continuing move towards notebooks and the on-going fall in prices

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RoHS - Environmental saviour or manufacturer's nightmare?

3 July 2006, 08:29

On Friday 30th June, our fearless leader made a news post announcing that, for those who didn't know already, the RoHS directives would come into effect the following day.

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Fuel cells coming soon (still)

30 June 2006, 17:33

Fuel cells have been a hot (well mild) topic for quite some time now, but we still don't seem to be using them. But they're in the process of being ...

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PURE boosts features on best-selling DAB portable - cuts price

30 June 2006, 14:03

The PURE PocketDAB 1500 is an uprated version of the big-selling PocketDAB 1000 personal DAB radio, and adds FM with RDS, a rechargeable battery and text-scroll pausing. SRP is £89.99 ...

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Review: rock Pegasus 650 Dungeons And Dragons Online Laptop

30 June 2006, 13:17

The rockdirect Pegasus 650 Dungeons and Dragons: Online model, then, is a distinctive model that's compromised by componentry that doesn't make the grade in mid-2006. Good but not great.

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Netgear unveils world's first Skype WiFi phone at London showcase event

30 June 2006, 03:36

Netgear's SPH101 - the world's first Skype WiFi phone - made its UK debut yesterday afternoon at a products showcase for over a dozen of Skype's hardware partners

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ATI hint that RV560 and RV570 are late in Q3 FY 06 CC

29 June 2006, 15:05

In today's Q3 financial results for the 2006 financial year, ATI hinted that RV560 and RV570 -- their upcoming new mid-range desktop parts -- are a little late. Talking about ...

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