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- Intel Core i7 / X58 round-up - Yet in some cases,
the Core i7
undeniably delivers clock-for-clock performance increases over Core 2,
along with dramatic gains in absolute performance. In fact, for the average
guy, the secret hero of most test results was the Core 2 Duo E8600. If your
main reason for wanting a fast computer is to surf the web and play games,
you're probably better off getting a fast dual-core like the E8600 than you
are picking up a Core i7-920 or any quad-core processor. Game developers
keep threatening to really make use of more than two cores, but it just
hasn't happened yet.
- GeForce GTX 260 with 216 Stream Processors Tested - On the whole,
overclocked GTX
260 cards with 216 stream processors catch up with the GTX280 in a
number of tests. So users will again have to painfully choose what to buy.
- Sapphire HD4850X2 Tested -
The Sapphire
HD4850x2 does just what it is supposed to do. Offer performance that is
a shade less than that delivered by the baddest card out right now (for the
time being). During the gaming tests the little X2 was consistently keeping
up with the 4870x2. Of course, some games don't seem to scale with Crossfire
but that is a whole other can of worms. When manually controlled, the two
fan cooling solution kept the 4850x2 below the 70 degrees Celsius mark.
- 22 Inch HP Debranded LCD Monitor Tested -
This
review is going to take a look at the 22 inch HP debranded DVI
widescreen LCD monitor. What we have is an LCD monitor originally
manufactured by HP that was rather highly regarded as a new product, and it
has basically been refurbished by a third party and made available for
$189.99 at Geeks.com minus the HP badging
- Windows 7's new taskbar goes under the spotlight (video) - In
essence, the new
Windows 7 taskbar merges QuickLaunch with the traditional window
management features, showing a set of icons for both open applications and
the user's favorite apps. Mousing over an open app shows thumbnails for the
windows that belong to it, and mousing over a thumbnail turns other windows
transparent to reveal the selected window. Honestly I'd much rather keep
this the way they are now. It looks slick but I think it's a bit slower....
- Alienware launches their first CrossFire gaming PC notebook - Not
to be confused with the M17x,
this 17-incher
is the outfit's very first CrossFire X-enabled notebook, and those with
the requisite coin can get one outfitted with a Core 2 Quad / Extreme CPU,
up to 4GB of DDR3 RAM, twin ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3870 GPUs, a WXGA+ /
WUXGA panel, an optional ATSC HDTV tuner, up to 1TB of HDD space.
- New MacBooks Support 6GB RAM -
The bad news?
Stuffing eight gigs in there 'throws OSX into fits, making it unstable for
actual use.
- New worm exploits critical Windows bug -
A worm that exploits the bug Microsoft patched in
an emergency
update 11 days ago is actively attacking systems, several security
companies and researchers said Monday. The worm, which Symantec Corp.
labeled Wecorl but was dubbed MS08-067.
- Core Security finds critical Adobe Reader hole -
The
vulnerability affects version 8.1.2 of Acrobat Reader, a patch is in the
works
- Crashing The iPhone -
The bug
Zambrini found is in the audio portion of Apple's video format
- Nikon's D90 Through the Eyes of a Video Pro - As a digital SLR,
the D90 meets industry benchmarks - more super-duper-mega-pixels than
last year's model
- Best Buy Lies To Sell TV Calibration Service -
To sell its
special HDTV calibration service, this Best Buy in NC set up two
identical model HDTVs, both showing ESPN. The problem is one was showing
ESPN HD and the other one was showing just regular ESPN.
- Dennou Figure ARis - A webcam doll that interacts with your (video) -
Geisha Tokyo Entertainment has released
the Dennou
Figure ARis which is an augmented reality figure which allows you to
play with a real cute cat or even with your very own cute doll. There is now
no need for you to have a desktop screen stripping screensaver
- Complete List Of Closing Circuit City Stores -
Circuit City is
closing 155 stores and withdrawing from 12 markets
- Games 'to outsell' music and video - UK sales of video games and
hardware
will surpass spending on music and video for the first time, a report
suggests.
- MDS Brings Skynet One Step Closer with Expressive Robot -
Nexi is a robot
that is able to learn and can interact with humans using speech,
expression, and body language.
- Crazy Driver Smashes Into Traffic Jam (video) -
When you crash
full speed into a bunch of stopped cars, causing mass destruction, don't
expect your insurance to cover it.
- Roxanne McKee Maxim Photos -
British model
Roxanne McKee heats up the pages of Maxim UK magazine, December 2008.
- Olivia Munn in a Bikini (video) -
What could be
better than checking out Olivia Munn? How about Olivia Munn interviewing
herself along with some wet bikini footage? Gotta love a girl with a sense
of humor.
- Jessica Biel's Naked Photos: Her Worst ;-) -
Actress Jessica
Biel has said that she regrets posing nude for a magazine photoshoot
when she was 17.
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