The patch man cometh, as he does every month, bringing fixes to a pair of moderate flaws in Microsoft products. InformationWeek has the low-down on what looks like “no big deal” flaws affecting DirectX9 and a few MS business software…
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Hot on the heels of Intel’s change of heart when it comes to its processor design and their switch to more efficient designs, in the future, over 4GHz dreams comes IBM’s ideas on how to speed up their Power(tm) CPU…
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HardwareZoom takes a look at the Lucky Goldstar Super Multi DVD Writer GSA-4082B which is capable of writing to almost all DVD format discs. There’s sure to be a market for the drive since it can handle most formats considering…
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Sudhian Media has an interview with Thomas Loza, Intel’s Technology Initiative Manager concerning the new high definition audio specification Intel has come up with to replace the good old AC’97 spec. HD Audio should provide for much better standard/built-in audio…
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X-bit labs has word that VIA is releasing a mobile version of its quality audio chip. The VIA Vinyl Envy24MT has a slim package design as well as low power usage, the only question is if anyone will notice improved…
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Yet another Samsung reviewed today, this time the folks at GamePC have the details on the company’s 910T 19″ LCD monitor. The large display has a nice thin bezel, certainly pleasing to the eye. The only drawback seems to be…
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AnandTech has a look at Samsung’s latest 17″ LCD, the 172X. The display features a 12ms response rate and a sleek casing making it a monitor dreams are made of, if it can truly live up to its spec sheet….
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CNET News has a bit about the new Sempron line of low-cost CPUs AMD will be releasing. The article makes no mention of specifications or even what core the CPU is based on but if it’s inexpensive enough and uses…
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X-bit labs has a few details on a USB2 video adapter being marketed by a company named Telegnosis. It’s an innovative product that should fill a few niches here and there but USB2 is very CPU intensive and dual monitor…
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PC Unleash has a guide on how to, supposedly, modify an ATI X800Pro to and X800XT using some conductive paint, toothpick, and nail polish. The performance gains are nothing to scoff at if you manage to get it modded, although,…
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AnandTech pits the newest (relatively) Western Digital Raptor 74GB, 10kRPM hard drive against its older sibling, the 3GB version and five other popular drives available at a retailer near you. The Raptors tear things up, of course, although the 7200RPM…
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