Archive for October, 2008

HP Expands Mini PC Portfolio Designed for Mobility, Social Media and Fashion

October 29, 2008
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PALO ALTO, Calif., Oct. 29, 2008 – Following the success of its education-focused mini PC introduced in April, HP today expanded the HP Mini family with three models of a new HP Mini 1000 line.   This array of minis – one of the widest offerings in the industry – addresses the needs of...
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Asus MK241H 24″ HD Monitor Eval

October 27, 2008
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Asus, as we have previously mentioned, makes just about everything and they tend to make these things well. We have had a multitude of Asus products through our labs and just about all have been top notch quality. One area we have yet to venture into has been displays, but all of that is...
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BioShock 2 teaser released

October 24, 2008
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To quote 2KGames: "Some of you may have heard of a teaser trailer for BioShock 2 at the end of BioShock PS3. Perhaps you checked it out on your PS3, or saw one of the many fan-uploaded videos. Today I’m proud to release the teaser trailer in high definition — feel free to download...
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murderbox Announces the Opening of murderMod.com

October 15, 2008
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When people think of PC cases you often get an image of a plain beige (or more often black) box with little or no style, the opposite may also hit you, a box with an over abundance of blue and red lit fans windows and more glowing tubes than a weekend rave. Is there...
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Sapphire Radeon HD4550 Evaluation

October 13, 2008
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Sapphire Radeon HD4550 Evaluation

Sapphire Technology (from this point forward called Sapphire) is a company with a reputation for making high quality ATi (AMD) based products, from their Toxic line of enthusiast cards to their mainboards and multimedia devices. While we have not had much to do with them, we have reviewed one of their products in the...
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Steve Wozniak, Apple Co-Founder, Joins Fusion-io Advisory Board

October 13, 2008
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Steve Wozniak, Apple Co-Founder, Joins Fusion-io Advisory Board “The Woz” Brings Tremendous Experience and Valuable Industry Relationships to the High-Performance Storage Company Salt Lake City, Utah, October 13, 2008 – Fusion-io, a leading provider of enterprise solid-state architecture and high-performance I/O solutions, today announced that Steve Wozniak has joined the company’s advisory board. Wozniak...
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Seagate FreeAgent GO 500GB and Dock Evaluation

October 10, 2008
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Seagate FreeAgent GO 500GB and Dock Evaluation

So there you are, you have a new EEEPC (or Wind) and you find, after a few weeks of use, that your nice little netbook is rapidly running out of space. Or perhaps you find yourself working out of multiple systems; desktop for home, notebook or netbook for travel, Desktop for the office, and...
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Kingston Releases Limited Edition HyperX with Black Heatspreaders…Available Only at Newegg.com

October 6, 2008
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For Release 11:08 a.m. PDT, October 6, 2008: Kingston Technology Releases Limited Edition HyperX Modules with Black Heatspreaders…Available Only at Newegg.com Fountain Valley, CA – October 6, 2008 – Kingston Technology Co., Inc., the independent world leader in memory products, today announced its popular 1066MHz HyperX DDR2 memory modules are available with limited edition...
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NZXT Rouge SFF Case Evaluation

October 6, 2008
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NZXT Rouge SFF Case Evaluation

NZXT has been in our headlines recently with two cases, a superb fan controller and two power supplies. Well they are back again, this time we have the Rouge, a Small Form Factor case with a unique stab at portability. We are going to take a long hard look at the Rouge and see...
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Kingston Technology Launches 2GHz HyperX DDR3 Memory

October 1, 2008
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Kingston Technology Launches 2GHz HyperX DDR3 Memory EPP Frequency, Timing Tested Peak-Performing 2000MHz Modules Ready to Enhance Enthusiast PCs, Gaming Rigs Kingston Technology Company, Inc., the independent world leader in memory products, today announced the release of 2GHz HyperX® DDR3 memory modules, the fastest-performing DDR3 available to date.
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