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  1. Rob Williams

    Intel's Craig Barrett to Retire in May

    From our front-page news: Intel on Friday announced that Craig Barrett will retire in May from both his role as Chairman of the Board and also from the Board of Directors. Craig became the Chairman in May 2005 after leaving his CEO position, which is now in Paul Otellini's hands. His CEO...
  2. Rob Williams

    Apple's DRM-Free, But Where's Downloadable Music for Audiophiles?

    From our front-page news: It may be difficult to believe, but despite the fact that iTunes is up to version 8, and has been out since 2001, I purchased my first track from the service just this past weekend. What took me so long? DRM too me so long. As soon as I heard the wretched tech was...
  3. Rob Williams

    Anyone using Windows 7?

    Heh, I knew I didn't much care for RAID for some reason... now I might know. It's such a hassle... Most people run it for redundancy. In that case, each drive would be an exact duplicate of the other, so if one dies, the machine can be back up fast. From the performance standpoint, running a...
  4. Rob Williams

    Windows 7 to Bundle Popular Video Codecs

    Not sure where they are located, but the built-in Vista wallpapers are 1920x1200. I remember checking when I first got my hands on the OS.
  5. Rob Williams

    NVIDIA's ION Platform: Hands-On Impressions

    It was running Vista Home Premium.
  6. Rob Williams

    Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 X2 2GB

    All system specs are listed in the review: http://techgage.com/article/sapphire_radeon_hd_4850_x2_2gb/2
  7. Rob Williams

    Can ACard's DDR2 RAM Disk Beat an SSD?

    From our front-page news: Fast storage, can we ever get enough? With the introduction of the solid-state disk, it's become so clear to us all just how much of a bottleneck traditional mechanic storage has become. Our CPUs are getting faster, but with even faster storage, we could see substantial...
  8. Rob Williams

    Could Netbooks Curb PC Innovation?

    From our front-page news: That's the big question, and it's a good one brought up by VoodooPC founder Rahul Sood over at his blog. His thoughts are that with the advent and development of netbooks, PC innovation could be curbed, and for the most part, I can agree with him on most points. An...
  9. Rob Williams

    NVIDIA's ION Platform: Hands-On Impressions

    There's been a fair amount of attention hovering around NVIDIA's ION this month, and for good reason. It's small, offers decent performance, and can deliver huge peripheral connectivity. We were able to spend some time with the ION earlier this month, putting it through various tests, such as...
  10. Rob Williams

    Anyone using Windows 7?

    The more you talk about the folder stuff, the more it annoys me. It used to annoy me a lot more, when I actually used Vista for more than just benchmarking, but since I don't have room for that PC anymore, it kind of left my mind. That would drive me nuts though, seriously. Something like that...
  11. Rob Williams

    Windows 7 to Bundle Popular Video Codecs

    Come on now... Vista's are also 1920x1200. Stop making stuff up ;-)
  12. Rob Williams

    FPS PC Games That Shouldn't Be Missed

    From our front-page news: Hardcore PC gamer? Then chances are good you enjoy a good first-person shooter from time to time. Well, being a PC gamer, it's probably hard to not enjoy this genre, because let's face it, it seems to be the de facto genre that people think of most when picturing PC...
  13. Rob Williams

    Intel Closes Down Some Facilities, Affects Up to 6,000 Employees

    From our front-page news: There haven't been too many companies unaffected by the state of the economy, and we can now add Intel to that list. In a release issued yesterday, the company announced plans to consolidate manufacturing operations, which includes closing down of some factories, all...
  14. Rob Williams

    CoolIT Domino A.L.C. CPU Cooler

    This is something we're working on for future cooling content. It's been hard to go back and find time to re-test things, but it's in the works.
  15. Rob Williams

    Judge: 10,000 Illegal Downloads != 10,000 Lost Sales

    From our front-page news: When it comes to technology, I don't often agree with many judges, but this one I do. Judge James P. Jones gave his opinion in a recent P2P-related lawsuit, and came to the simple conclusion that a downloaded file doesn't necessarily equate to a lost sale, which is a...
  16. Rob Williams

    Anyone using Windows 7?

    Haha. Give a man a few words, get back a thousand :-D To be fair, I was one of the worst ranters in Vista's earliest days, so I can understand the frustration. People used to claim that I straight-out hated Microsoft and that my complaints about the OS weren't valid (I know this because of the...
  17. Rob Williams

    Windows 7 to Bundle Popular Video Codecs

    Nice! I wasn't sure if the codecs were built into the beta already, but good to know. Speaking of Top Gear though, did you see this story? That does look good, I like it. I actually quite like the general design of the taskbar overall, I think I could get used to it. I know what you mean about...
  18. Rob Williams

    Mirror's Edge Offers Unique Gaming Experience

    It's funny you mention Portal, because for whatever reason, I tend to think of that game when I'm playing Mirror's Edge. I'm not sure why, but it might have to do with the general design of the game and the focus on getting through a level rather than killing anything that moves.
  19. Rob Williams

    CoolIT Domino A.L.C. CPU Cooler

    If you want to get rid of that air CPU cooler, but find water-cooling too complicated and expensive, CoolIT might have just what you're looking for. Their Domino A.L.C. is designed to offer greater cooling-abilities over air, while retaining reasonable noise-levels. Best of all, it's...
  20. Rob Williams

    Mirror's Edge Offers Unique Gaming Experience

    Hah, at that resolution, any game will run well. You might want to run the game without PhysX, but you'll have to play around to see if that GPU can handle both PhysX and regular gameplay no problem.
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