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PC Magazine To Stop Print Edition
"After 27 years as a print publication, PC Magazine is ditching its print edition and going online-only in February. The move, announced Wednesday, highlights the pressure on newspapers and magazines to protect their profit margins as more advertising dollars flow to the Web. Publications are increasingly betting on Internet-only business models. Last month, The Christian Science Monitor, a Pulitzer Prize-winning international newspaper, announced its plans to give up its daily print editions in April and focus on posting news online instead to cut costs."
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Posted by jim on Thursday, November 20 @ 05:29:38 PST (0 reads)
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Tweaktown Two For One
Xbox 360 Problems
"While Microsoft won't give exact numbers, up to 30% of the first 16 million Xbox 360's sold are (or soon will) experience technical difficulties. Literally millions of 360 gamers have had their gaming enjoyment cut short by the various errors that plague the Xbox 360. The Red Ring of Death, the "black screen of death", the 1 red light error and many others can have a dramatic effect on your enjoyment of the system. Errors and problems seem to surround the Xbox 360 like a cloud."
ForceWare 180.47 Analysis
"Major NVIDIA driver updates really are few and far between. Unlike ATI who have a regular monthly driver that constantly offers fixes and sometimes performance increases, NVIDIA tend to sit back for a bit before offering a new driver that brings not only a bucket load of fixes and performance enhancements, but a whole lot of new features as well."
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Posted by jim on Wednesday, November 19 @ 20:23:42 PST (1 reads)
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Bjorn3D Two For One
Asus P6T Deluxe Motherboard
"Asus has always been one of the computer industry's leading innovators, being the first to field many new ideas and support new platforms. The introduction of Core i7 is no exception. Asus had initial offerings of X58 Core i7 motherboards in production before Core i7 even made market. Their early jump on the socket 1366 Core i7 platform shows heavily in the Asus P6T Deluxe. No features were overlooked, nothing was skimped on, and they fielded a fully functional, feature rich board capable of driving SLI and Crossfire on demand so that you don't have to be afraid that better motherboards will come out later. They might come out with other motherboards, but we seriously doubt any will come out better or stronger than the Asus P6T Deluxe."
Corsair HX1000W Power Supply
"In this age of computers, a power supply unit is often times an overlooked part of the computer, but if you decide to cheap out and your whole system gets fried you will be hating yourself because of that decision. Often times it is hard to decide on a PSU. You don't want to waste money on getting too much wattage if you don't need to use it. But then again, you also don't want to come up short and not have enough juice to run everything in your PC. Today, Corsair brings us a 1000 watt PSU that offers spectacular reliability and plenty of power to run whatever you please. Corsair backs this PSU with an almost unheard of 5 year warranty, so you can be pretty sure that this will most likely not be the component in your system to give out during an intense gaming session."
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Posted by jim on Wednesday, November 19 @ 20:16:07 PST (1 reads)
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Think Computers Two For One
Seagate FreeAgent Desk 1TB
"Storage, you can never have enough of it. With everything going HD file sizes are getting larger, which means you need a larger storage capacity to hold all your movies, music, and photos. I remember when I thought 100GB was a lot of space, now it seems like 500GB is the standard now. Seagate has recently revamped their FreeAgent line of external hard drives. They were nice enough to send us the new FreeAgent Desk 1TB external drive."
AeroCool S9 Pro Case
“We have the opportunity today to look at the AeroCool S9 Pro Mid Tower Case. This case offers a HUGE 40CM side panel fan, the largest in the world, which kicks out a whopping 250CFM of airflow. For those of you who aren't familiar with airflow a standard 12CM fan only outputs around 65CFM of airflow. That's nearly 4x the airflow! This case also offers 9 useable 5.25" drive bays, 4 of which can be used for 3.5" devices. Read on more for further information and even for a video of the 40CM fan in action."
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Posted by jim on Wednesday, November 19 @ 15:33:32 PST (0 reads)
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Pro-Clockers Two For One
Coolermaster UCP Ultimate 700W
"Well that something is power supplies. Its not like the Coolermaster is new to power supplies but the new Ultimate line from them is poised to be a big hit with the consumers due to the stability and the efficiency of the unit. But with a name like Ultimate Coolermaster has better offer more than efficiency and stability but power and looks to make the potential buyer to even consider it for their new rig. Today we will be taking a look at the smaller of the line in form of a 700 watt power house."
Scythe Musashi GPU Cooler
"Scythe is one of those companies like Thermalright that is known for making some awesome coolers. One of my all time favorites is the Ninja. A cooler that gave the other companies something to worry about. But like the other companies Scythe has decided to try and conquer the GPU cooling market. Their attempt comes in the form of the Musashi. The Musashi is a two heat pipe cooler that is aimed at cooling many of today's mainstream video adapters like the ATI HD4870 and the Nvidia 9800GTX."
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Posted by jim on Wednesday, November 19 @ 15:29:10 PST (0 reads)
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Phoronix Two For One
MSI GeForce 9800GT 512MB
"For Linux desktop users interested in a mid-range discrete graphics card there are more choices than ever before with NVIDIA continuing to release new stable Linux drivers as they have done for many years while AMD this year has been making evolutionary leaps compared to their earlier state. AMD is now providing same-day support with all new products, CrossFire on Linux, OverDrive, and many other recently introduced features. NVIDIA and AMD are nearly at a feature parity and even in the past two months they both released new video APIs for Linux (PureVideo / VDPAU and X-Video Bitstream Acceleration, respectively) and they are now battling it out on Linux over performance."
Thermaltake Spedo Advance Case
"It has been a while since last looking at a Thermaltake chassis at Phoronix, but today we have our hands on the Spedo Advance Chassis. This full tower chassis is made of SECC steel and has seven 5.25" drive bays, but perhaps what is more unique is its dual 230mm fans, 140mm fan, and three 120mm fans (with room for another two). In addition, the Spedo Advance Chassis has an Advance Thermal Chamber 3, Cable Routing Management 3, an HDD relocation canister, and other features designed to satisfy the needs of the most stringent gamers and computer enthusiasts."
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Posted by jim on Tuesday, November 18 @ 07:03:00 PST (1 reads)
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Yang Leaving As CEO
"Yahoo, under fierce financial pressure, has begun a search to replace company co-founder Jerry Yang as chief executive, the company said Monday. "Jerry and the board have had an ongoing dialogue about succession timing, and we all agree that now is the right time to make the transition to a new CEO who can take the company to the next level," Chairman Roy Bostock said in a statement. "We are deeply grateful to Jerry for his many contributions as CEO over the past 18 months, and we are pleased that he plans to stay actively involved at Yahoo as a key executive and member of the Board." Yang will resume his position as chief Yahoo, the company said, the role he had before taking over in 2007 after former CEO Terry Semel departed."
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Posted by jim on Monday, November 17 @ 22:25:43 PST (2 reads)
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USB 3.0 Info
"The ubiquitous Universal Serial Bus, better known as USB, is on track to make its first major upgrade in eight years -- a 10-fold speed increase over current USB 2.0 standard. That means we'll be able to rip music, video, photos from the vast array of peripherals we connect to our computers much more quickly, and it makes such up-and-coming devices as HD video cameras that much more practical. USB 3.0 will also deliver greater power efficiency and the ability to recharge a wider variety of gadgets -- and it will most likely mean the death of the competing standard known as FireWire."
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Posted by jim on Monday, November 17 @ 17:50:25 PST (1 reads)
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Test Freaks Triple Play
Black & Decker Power Monitor
"The product is the Black and Decker Power Monitor, B&D isn't quite known for it's electronics, more tools and appliances, but the Power Monitor is a very useful device overall. The Power Monitor is basically a two piece unit, one part that attaches to your electric meter, and the second part that resides inside of your house. The idea behind the Power Monitor is to help you monitor your power consumption and adjust things accordingly."
Crash Bandicoot Mind Over Mutant
"In the latest Bandicoot adventure we see him up against his arch nemesis Neo Cortex, who's devised yet another fiendish, and dastardly devilish, evil scientist plan to take over the world. This time he's using basically a brain control device to turn the denizens of Wampu island into his unwitting pawns, and of course they fall for it through Neo's clever use of infomercials."
Razer Lachesis Mouse
"Today for review I've got the Razer Lachesis gaming mouse, it features a 4000dpi laser sensor, 32kb onboard memory to save profiles, nine buttons, one the fly sensitivity adjustments and many other features that make this an excellent choice for a gaming mouse."
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Posted by jim on Monday, November 17 @ 07:17:50 PST (3 reads)
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Bjorn3D Two For One
Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3P Motherboard
"Gigabyte has recently launched a line of motherboards featuring “Ultra Durable 3”. What is Ultra Durable, you ask? Well, it features the Ultra Durable that Gigabyte has been talking for a few years now that includes their Dynamic Energy Saver, where the motherboard will throttle down to save some power. We have previously looked at this feature with our X38 reviews (EX38-DS4 or EP35-DS4). The Ultra Durable 3 steps even further in terms of cooling of the motherboard."
Kingston HyperX Triple Channel DDR3 2000
"To that end, we got the first kit of Triple Channel DDR3 to achieve the 2000 MHz mark. Kingston technologies fielded the first kit of Triple Channel DDR3 capable of hitting 2000MHz within the allowed 1.65v RAM memory voltage limit on Core i7. Nay sayers said it couldn't be done. We're here to tell you it has been done. Kingston knocked one out of the park with their HyperX KHX16000D3K3/3GX 3GB kit capable of running 2000MHz with the rated timings of 9-9-9-27 at 1.65v."
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Posted by jim on Sunday, November 16 @ 20:00:49 PST (2 reads)
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Tweaktown Two For One
ABS Tagan BZ1300 Modular PS
"Today’s offering is the BZ1300, and as the name implies it offers a massive 1300 watts of power. It carries logos from both Tagan and ABS, their sister company, and features a modular design that is always nice to see. We have seen the BZ900 recently and it performed well, but this is the monster of the product line. While past accomplishments show a tendency toward excellence, it won’t have any real bearing on our tests. Does this new big boy have enough power to handle the load?"
Altec Lansing VS3251 5.1 Speakers
"These days AL are focusing on more affordable systems that are very functional without entering into a higher pricing bracket. Now, I'm not sure about AL’s exact reasons for concentrating on the lower end of the spectrum, but let’s hope they can combine value with performance, which is admittedly not an easy nut to crack for any company."
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Posted by jim on Saturday, November 15 @ 21:44:47 PST (1 reads)
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IT Reviewed Two For One
Lian-Li TR-5 Multi-Fan Controller
“Lian-Li’s TR-5 is reasonable. It is fairly well built, the front display is big and clear, and it performs as advertised. But it doesn’t look that great compared to other fan controllers and the brief manual is no help whatsoever - at least it comes in about 300 languages! If you’re looking for a powerful controller for providing real-time power consumption and other various control displays, check out Zalman’s ZM-MFC2.”
Brothers In Arms Hell's Highway
"Fans of the first two games in the series or tactical shooters in general will enjoy Hell’s Highway greatly, but the average gamer who loves nothing more than reckless destruction will find it boring (death toll not high enough) and repetitive (commanding squads can be a chore). If you’re not tired of fighting Germans and fancy another round of realism, Brothers In Arms: Hell’s Highway is definitely worth playing."
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Posted by jim on Saturday, November 15 @ 21:38:46 PST (1 reads)
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Weekend Reading
"A British couple who married in a lavish Second Life wedding ceremony are to divorce after one of them had an alleged "affair" in the online world. Amy Taylor, 28, said she had caught husband David Pollard, 40, having sex with an animated woman. The couple, who met in an Internet chatroom in 2003, are now separated. "I went mad -- I was so hurt. I just couldn't believe what he'd done," Taylor told the Western Morning News. "It may have started online, but it existed entirely in the real world and it hurts just as much now it is over."
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Posted by jim on Saturday, November 15 @ 05:30:36 PST (1 reads)
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X-bit labs Two For One
750GB Hard Disk Drives Roundup
"This roundup includes solutions from all companies making 750GB hard disk drives these days: Hitachi, Samsung, Seagate and Western Digital. We will discuss features and performance of 10 hard drives with 750GB storage capacity."
Thermaltake BigTyp 14Pro Cooler
"Everyone waited for this cooler to arrive, refused to settle for less and believed that IT will be the best. Let’s find out today if these hopes came true from one new review of THE new cooler from Thermaltake."
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Posted by jim on Thursday, November 13 @ 19:49:31 PST (4 reads)
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Bit-tech Two For One
Lian Li Silent Force 850W PS
"We're still waiting for Lian Li to bring the unit to the UK, but with the poor USD to GBP exchange rate giving UK Sterling less strength, this will cause higher prices anyway - if the Silent Force is already expensive in the States we can't see the end result being positive in an already overly competitive UK market. Lian Li will have a hard time convincing people it's better value when the efficiency is marginally lower than the cheaper and more established BFG and OCZ units, even if it is marginally quieter than them both. In terms of noise, we actually only think it's only second to the awesome and genuinely silent Be Quiet! Dark Power Pro 650W that uses a fluid bearing fan."
Mirror's Edge PS3
"The storyline is involving, and the more you progress through the game, the more you get sucked into the underworld of the city; the more you want to find out how it all ends. The pacing of the game is very well done, and although the basic premise of running and jumping remains the same throughout, there’s enough variation in the locations and puzzles to keep you hooked until the finale."
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Posted by jim on Thursday, November 13 @ 19:45:31 PST (3 reads)
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XSReviews Two For One
Be Quiet Dark Power Pro 850W PS
"There are many PSU companies out there, from well known ones like Coolermaster, Corsair, Hiper and Enermax, to some more obscure ones like Ikonik, Silver Power and InWin; here at XSR we've reviewed units from all of them. Today I'm checking out one from another relatively unknown company, Be Quiet. Being closely knit with gaming peripheral makers Revoltec gave these guys a good head start in our books here, but how will the unit stand up compared to the myriad of PSUs we've reviewed recently?"
Antec Fusion Micro Case
"Today, at XSReviews, I have Antec’s latest addition to the Veris line of media components designed in response to customer requests for a lower profile case offering the same HTPC features as the older editions such as the Fusion Black 430. However, will this newest release from Antec to able to compete with its highly successful predecessors?"
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Posted by jim on Thursday, November 13 @ 19:40:47 PST (1 reads)
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More On Moore's Law
"For more than 40 years the silicon industry has delivered ever faster, cheaper chips. The advances have underpinned everything from the rise of mobile phones to digital photography and portable music players. Chip-makers have been able to deliver many of these advances by shrinking the components on a chip. By making these building blocks, such as transistors, smaller they have become faster and firms have been able to pack more of them into the same area. But according to many industry insiders this miniaturisation cannot continue forever."
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Posted by jim on Wednesday, November 12 @ 20:18:42 PST (4 reads)
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Driver Heaven Two For One
Antec Signature 850W Power Supply
"Recently they have released a new PSU series dubbed Signature which don't come cheap, however Antec claims that they are implementing cutting-edge technology and quality currently available for consumer PSUs. We will examine if these claims are true in this review as we will be pushing the Signature 850W unit to its limits."
Call Of Duty World At War
"Call Of Duty 4 was arguably one of the greatest first person shooter games of all time. It is with slight reservation that we look at World At War today because not only is it a different developer (Treyarch and not Infinity Ward), but it returns to the somewhat overused World War 2 setting."
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Posted by jim on Wednesday, November 12 @ 18:21:50 PST (1 reads)
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