The Microsoft team responsible for Vista’s user interface has set up a blog with all manner of useful information and programming tips for the new OS GUI. The new shell has tons of fancy new features which makes things look…
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Bona Fide Reviews has a look at the Samsung SyncMaster 242MP 24″ LCD TV/monitor. The display has a native resolution of 1920 x 1200, detachable speakers, and plenty of display inputs. It’s a killer screen but there are several less…
SilentPCReview has a look at the Shuttle XPC X100 small form factor PC. The system is much smaller than the company’s usual SFFs using mostly laptop components in a small enclosure with a decent mobile graphics chipset which offers acceptable…
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AnandTech has a collection of Nvidia GeForce 7900 GS based graphics card on their testbench today. The chip is stuck in the midrange but still offers good performance in most of today’s games with a low power consumption rate compared…
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The Tech Report looks at two motherboards based on the Intel P965 chipset. They, of course, support the Core 2 Duo with Gigabyte’s premium board coming in with many nice features compared to its Foxconn rival. They both perform well…
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HardOCP has a few more details on AMD’s future K8L core and other topics of interest. The core has many changes and tweaks under the hood that’ll make it one mean quad core CPU once it is released and it…
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AnandTech put the Dell XPS 410 PC throught its paces. The system features Intel’s Core 2 Duo CPU and while it carries the XPS line name it doesn’t carry the high-powered graphics solutions or snazzy case so prices are a…
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GamePC tests the Intel Xeon 5160 against the Core 2 Extreme X6800 CPU. The Xeon chip has slightly better specs at a lower pricetag than the Core 2 Extreme but lacks the unlocked multipliers enthusiasts love and which the Extreme…
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HardOCP had a chat with Scott Vouri, Nvidia’s general manager of multimedia, about PureVideo HD. Their PureVideo technology attempts to improve videoimage quality and playback performance so it’s not as reliant on the system CPU. The number of hoops you…
Microsoft has officially launched its portable digital media player called the Zune. The player has a built-in FM tuner and wireless connectivity that will let you share songs with other Zunes for a short period of time. They’re also planning…
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AnandTech has a look at Nvidia’s latest graphics card, the GeForce 7950GT in single and SLI setups. It’s your run of the mill 7900 GTX with lower clock rates so you know you get a solid foundation for graphics performance…
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