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by Rafael Hernandez on November 11, 2004 · 0 comments

DVD-Recordable has the specs on the new Sharp BD-HD100 Blu-ray disc recorder which should go on sale, in Japan, next month. The device features an internal harddrive for storage and playback of HD content and a second optical drive for…

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by Rafael Hernandez on November 10, 2004 · 0 comments

GamePC has a look at the AOpen i855GMEm-LFS motherboard paired up with the Intel Pentium-M 755, better known as a Dothan 2.0GHz CPU with 2MB of cache. This mobile chip on a desktop is something of a screamer in gaming…

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by Rafael Hernandez on November 10, 2004 · 0 comments

ATI’s midrange product portfolio got a bit of a boost with their new X700 GPU which MSI has packaged into its RX700PRO-TD256E graphics card. Hexus.net has a look at this PCI-Express based product which packs in quite an extensive software…

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by Rafael Hernandez on November 10, 2004 · 0 comments

Designtechnica has taken a liking to the Gigabyte N512 laptop, for good reason. The portable PC features Intel’s well received 1.7GHz Centrino processor tied to an ATI Mobility Radeon 9600 giving it plenty of mobile work power and gaming prowess….

Read more Gigabyte N512 Notebook PC Reviewed

by Rafael Hernandez on November 10, 2004 · 0 comments

SystemCooling has a look at the Thermaltake Silent PurePower fan-less power supply. The engineers behind this product attached a ton of heatpipes and copper fins outside of the powersupply’s usual casing which pulls heat away from its innards resulting in…

Read more Thermaltake Silent PurePower PSU Reviewed

by Rafael Hernandez on November 10, 2004 · 0 comments

AnandTech has a quick test of Abit’s new Fatal1ty AA8XE motherboard, a new product created in collaboration with one of the best competitive FPS gamers out there. Highly impressive piece of gear with the usual set of Abit tweaks make…

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by Rafael Hernandez on November 9, 2004 · 0 comments

PC World has seen a trend in antivirus software subscription services prices moving in a not-so favorable direction, upwards. They note Symantec and Mcafee, the largest antivirus software vendors, have raised pricing on services for older software in a possible…

Read more Antivirus Service Pricing On The Rise

by Rafael Hernandez on November 9, 2004 · 0 comments

3DVelocity puts the VisionTek Xtasy Radeon X800 XT through the usual set of tests to find out just how powerful it is. The performance numbers are quite high, even on their mid-range PC configuration, which appears to make it a…

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by Rafael Hernandez on November 9, 2004 · 0 comments

PC World has tidbits of information on Intel’s timelines for some of its future Itanium class processors. Their dual-core chip plans look to be late to the party but given the number crunching power, of the Montecito core, most performance…

Read more Intel's Itanium Plans

by Rafael Hernandez on November 9, 2004 · 0 comments

Legit Reviews has a look at Abit’s popular AV8 motherboard for AMD’s Socket 939 Athlon 64 processors. The board is chock-full o’ BIOS options and tweaking capabilites which are second to none, which is what makes Abit’s products sought after…

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by Rafael Hernandez on November 9, 2004 · 0 comments

The Mozilla Firefox browser is out of beta status and has hit all sorts of software download sites at version 1.0. All sorts of symbolic meaning tied to its rollover to its new release status which will also lead to…

Read more Firefox 1.0 Launched