by Rafael Hernandez on August 5, 2004
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CNET News has the details on a possible delay to the launch of Microsoft’s Service Pack 2 for their Windows XP operating system. Just another delay which have dogged the security minded release but this one seems to be relatively…
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by Rafael Hernandez on August 4, 2004
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AnandTech has tested how well DOOM3’s performance scales on various processors. Interesting results that so far see AMD’s latest and greatest pulling a few frames per second lead over Intel’s top Socket 478 chips. Sadly no LGA 775 and DDR2…
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by Rafael Hernandez on August 4, 2004
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InfoWorld writes of a new 1.8″ 60GB storage drive from Toshiba which will no doubt become popular with many MP3 player manufacturers. The drive is smaller than 2.5″ drives usually found in notebooks meaning more space for larger batteries and…
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by Rafael Hernandez on August 4, 2004
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gamesindustry.biz found out, by way of a German financial publication, that Microsoft founder and chairman Bill Gates is still interested in purchasing Nintendo. While Microsoft does well by its acquired game studios such a merger would surely be detrimental to…
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by Rafael Hernandez on August 4, 2004
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CNET News thinks that id Software’s latest creation, DOOM3, will send computer gamers into a buying frenzy for upgrades that will make the game run smoother. The title certainly is a system abuser demanding insane hardware specs in order to…
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by Rafael Hernandez on August 3, 2004
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AnandTech loves nothing more than to get their hands on a new porduct roadmap from CPU manufacturers and dissects what it all means. This time thy’ve deciphered meaning from an Intel roadmap which apparently shows their projected timeframe for dual…
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by Rafael Hernandez on August 3, 2004
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NVIDIA has a list of companies which will be offering bundles of hardware using its PCI Express enabled system chipsets and video cores. It’s a no brainer at this point in time since both are difficult to find, but I’m…
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by Rafael Hernandez on August 3, 2004
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HP will soon start launching its nx5000 model of laptops, which comes preloaded with Microsoft operating systems, with a choice of SuSE Linux and the office suite OpenOffice. Interesting choice and it starts at a reasonable enough price point which…
Read more HP to Ship Linux Loaded Laptops
by Rafael Hernandez on August 3, 2004
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Bjorn3D set up and tested the innovative Lite-On All-Write DVD Recorder, a DVD equivalent of a VCR. The stand alone device can record video from most any source and tosses in a ton of connections and features, most importantly RW…
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by Rafael Hernandez on August 3, 2004
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The Tech Report has put the AMD Athlon 64 3500+ through its paces on a set of benchmarks, both synthetic and real world applications, to test if the CPU can pass muster. Nice results from a processor that won’t break…
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by Rafael Hernandez on August 3, 2004
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AnandTech takes a fresh look at the performance offered by the built-in video core in Intel’s 915G chipset. The company worked hard on a new chip design and was able to deliver a decent product for the majority of desktop…
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