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  1. Rob Williams

    ASUS Hosting RoG Convention Next Month

    From our front-page news: This summer is gearing up to be a good one for LAN parties and cool conferences (IDF, NVISION, E3), and ASUS is helping to do their part by holding the first Republic of Gamers Convention, taking place from July 18 - 20. The bulk of the convention is a LAN party, where...
  2. Rob Williams

    NVIDIA Prepares to Launch 9800 GTX+ Next Month

    From our front-page news: If there is one thing NVIDIA's great at, it's making the competition feel the heat. Even though they are offering the best top-end cards right now, and have been since... hmm, the 6-series, the last thing they want to do is allow AMD to take the lead, in anything. We...
  3. Rob Williams

    Computex 2008 - The Roundup

    In our last Computex article, I am taking a look at a slew of products from a few different companies that had a lot to offer, such as OCZ, Thermaltake, ECS, Gigabyte, Foxconn and others. Included is a look at numerous motherboards, video cards and even some power supplies. You can check out...
  4. Rob Williams

    Gabriella Cilmi - 'Sweet About Me'

    <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ElY5Gr845Fw&hl=en"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ElY5Gr845Fw&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="344"></embed></object> Cool song, I dig it. Can't believe she's only...
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    NVIDIA Announces GTX 260 and GTX 280 Graphic Cards

    From our front-page news: If there is one thing NVIDIA does well, it's the art of taking one GPU core and prolonging it's lifespan as much as possible. When G80 was first launched, in the form of the 8800 GTX, it offered mind-blowing performance that obliterated the competition. Amazingly...
  6. Rob Williams

    ASUS at Computex 2008

    One of the dominating companies at Computex was ASUS, and because of the sheer amount of products on display, we've decided to dedicate an article to the most interesting ones. Included inside is a look at their new motherboards, audio cards, Eee PC accessories and much more. You can take a...
  7. Rob Williams

    Intel's G45 Holds Lots of Promise

    From our front-page news: Intel had a big press conference yesterday to help launch their 4-series chipsets, all of which Rory talked about the other day. Nothing too exciting occurred here, mainly because we've already been well-informed on P45, as evidenced by the fact that we've already...
  8. Rob Williams

    Asetek Believes Quiet PCs Can Still Be Powerful

    From our front-page news: Asetek is no stranger to many enthusiasts, and it's blatantly obvious that they take cooling very seriously. They became incredibly well-known with their VapoChill phase-change CPU cooler, which is the ultimate in high-end for those overclocking masters who want nothing...
  9. Rob Williams

    OCZ's First DIY Notebook Out Soon, Other Models En Route

    From our front-page news: Last month, OCZ announced a brand-new product out of nowhere... a do-it-yourself notebook. As expected, they had just that product on display in their suite at Computex and from what I've seen, it's definitely on the right path. The initial model, which will launch...
  10. Rob Williams

    VIA Releases Mini-ITX 2.0, NVIDIA Pleased with PCI-E Support

    From our front-page news:In case you haven't noticed, VIA has been in the news a lot over the past few months, and for good reason. While they are still best known for their chipsets, they've been branching out into the CPU market, while juggling other ventures as well. Announced during a...
  11. Rob Williams

    Adobe Releases Initial CS4 Betas: Dreamweaver, Fireworks and Soundbooth

    From the front-page news: It's hard to believe that Adobe's CS3 suite has been out for well over a year, but it has. What's that mean? CS4 has to be right around the corner. As is usual these days, Adobe has released three brand-new betas for upcoming CS4 software, including Dreamweaver...
  12. Rob Williams

    Bigger is Not Better, Says AMD

    From our front-page news: In the tech world, bigger is better, right? Wrong, according to AMD. When asked by a C|Net blog as to why they are not building huge chips like NVIDIA, they responded, "We believe this is [building smaller chips] is a much stronger strategy than going for a huge...
  13. Rob Williams

    ASUS P5Q Deluxe - P45 Is Off to a Great Start

    Intel's P45 is due out next month, but the boards are already rolling in. Our first look is at ASUS' P5Q Deluxe, a DDR2 offering that's feature-packed and comes in at a great price. Features include a layman's RAID tool, updated Splashtop, lots of connectivity, a great layout and more. You can...
  14. Rob Williams

    Samsung Announces Blazing Fast 256GB SSD

    From our front-page news: Sick of hearing about SSDs? Don't feel bad, so do I. But this latest announcement is too good to pass over. Late March, Super Talent wowed us with their 256GB SSD, and how couldn't we be impressed? That's massive in the SSD realm. So was the price though, at $6,000...
  15. Rob Williams

    ASUS Takes Gigabyte's Energy Saving Dispute to the Taiwan FTC

    From our front-page news: It's not too often we get to see two motherboard manufacturers duke it out, so things should soon get interesting here. In case you are unaware, Gigabyte held a private media event in Taiwan a few weeks ago where they were unveiling their P45 offerings and others to...
  16. Rob Williams

    Hypersonic's Avenger AG2 Now Available

    From our front-page news: We posted a review of Hypersonic's brand-new 12-inch notebook two weeks ago, and were impressed overall. It's not the best-looking machine on the planet, but the pricing was right, and so was the performance (understatement). Well, the machine has now launched, and is...
  17. Rob Williams

    NVIDIA's GDDR5 Stance Differs from AMD's

    From our front-page news: I posted yesterday about AMD's decision to use GDDR5 chips with their upcoming Radeon 4000-series, and from what it seems, NVIDIA doesn't share the same ambition that they do. At the Nanotech: The Circuits Blog... blog, a quote from NVIDIA doesn't discredit GDDR5 at...
  18. Rob Williams

    Top 10 Firefox 3 Features

    From our front-page news: With Firefox 3 right around the corner, have you thought about upgrading now? I personally have, but for some reason, the latest version looks incredibly ugly under my Gentoo Linux, on top of having ugly fonts... so I've stayed away. On my laptop, though, the latest...
  19. Rob Williams

    Will Microsoft Become 'Directionless' After Bill Gates Steps Outside?

    From our front-page news: With Microsoft's chairman set to "retire" next month, people are wondering what's going to happen within the company, and what direction, if any, they will go. There's little debate that Bill Gates has been the lead driving force for the company, and one of the reasons...
  20. Rob Williams

    Palit GeForce 9600GSO Sonic 768MB

    On a budget and need the best bang for the buck? NVIDIA's new 9600 GSO might be the answer, despite not being that different from a 9600 GT. We are taking a look at Palit's Sonic version of the card, which comes pre-overclocked, doubles the memory and includes adapters for both HDMI and VGA...
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