Windows Vista Launches Today

January 30, 2007, 02:56:06 PM by Celcius in News.

"It has been a long time coming, but consumers can now have their first real taste of the Windows Vista operating system as well as Microsoft Office 2007. It's Microsoft's first new operating system in over 5 years."

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Intel's V8: 8-core Intel computing

January 09, 2007, 09:17:53 AM by Celcius in News.

"At CES 2007 today, Intel announced a proof-of-concept PC designed specifically to counter AMD's 4x4 platform for gamers. Dubbed the "V8" system, Intel demonstrated a system running on a pair of quad-core Kentsfield Xeon processors for a total of eight physical cores. "

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Asus Introduces the First External Videocard

January 08, 2007, 09:23:23 AM by Celcius in News.

"ASUS today introduced a dedicated external graphics card for laptops -- the XG Station. The XG Station is an external graphics card that allows laptop users to enjoy high end graphics performance while plugged in."

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Microsoft Updates the Xbox 360

January 05, 2007, 08:11:53 AM by Celcius in News.

Today we've learned that Microsoft will be updating it's Xbox 360 console due to decreased manufacturing costs. "The Xbox 360 v2 (codenamed Zephyr) should go a long way in making the console cooler by swapping out the 90nm IBM Xenon PowerPC processor in favor of a 65nm revision that has not been announced yet."

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Dual-GPU Radeon and Quad-Crossfire

December 21, 2006, 06:55:22 AM by Celcius in News.

"Early this morning the company (Sapphire) internally demonstrated its dual-GPU Radeon X1950 Pro board, dubbed The Godfather. The dual-slot GPU uses two 6-pin power connectors but still fits within the standard 9" riser-board dimensions."

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XFX to Sell Overclocked 8800 Series Cards

December 17, 2006, 10:12:44 AM by Celcius in News.

XFX today announced its latest GeForce 8800-series based graphics cards. The new XFX XXX 8800-series graphics cards take the existing GeForce 8800-series GPUs and overclock them — the first for an add-in board manufacturer.

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Windows XP Theme Modding

December 16, 2006, 07:55:49 PM by Celcius in Guides.

I've always wanted to change the way Windows XP looked beyond just the built-in stuff, so this guide will let you do just that. Keep in mind that we'll be modding one windows file, but this is easily undoable.

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PS3 gives free rein to install software

December 15, 2006, 08:01:20 PM by Nerm in News.

PLAYSTATION®3 allows a third-party system software to be installed on it besides its system software provided by Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. Such third-party system software is referred to as "Other OS". Not only will the PS3 boot Linux, but it reportedly will run just about any software you install on its built in hard drive.

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OCZ Re-Enters the Videocard Market

December 13, 2006, 07:07:22 PM by Nerm in News.

"OCZ Technology is expected to reenter the graphics card market. The last OCZ Technology branded graphics card was based on NVIDIAs flagship at the time—the GeForce 3." OCZ says "We are very concerned about memory

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AMD officially announces its Quad FX platform

December 13, 2006, 07:06:49 PM by Nerm in News.

"AMD today announced its long-awaited 4x4 enthusiasts platform—officially named Quad FX. The Quad FX platform features AMD’s Dual Socket Direct Connect (DSDC) architecture to deliver dual dual-core processors for the most demanding users.

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