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Tuniq TR-1 Thermal Material Remover

March 30, 2009
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Tuniq TR-1 Thermal Material Remover

For those that are still using the good old bottle of isopropyl alcohol for getting thermal grease off your CPUs and coolers, Tuniq has released a new product for you to use instead.  There are several companies that have similar products available and I have used a few of those.  We are not going...
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HP Unveils Z Workstation Line

March 30, 2009
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HP Unveils Z Workstation Line

HP today unveiled its Z Workstation line based on the Intel 55xx Xeon processor and 54xx chipset. With prices starting under $1000 USD and top end specs including 192GB of RAM, these devices are poised to meet the needs of workstation users for years to come. I was one of the lucky few who...
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Apple Previews Developer Beta of iPhone OS 3.0

March 17, 2009
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CUPERTINO, Calif., March 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Apple® today previewed its iPhone™ OS 3.0 software and announced the immediate availability of a beta software release to registered developers. The iPhone OS 3.0 beta release includes an updated Software Development Kit (SDK) with over 1,000 new Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) including In-App Purchases; Peer-to-Peer connections; an...
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Apple Updates Entire Desktop Line

March 3, 2009
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Apple Inc, today announced that it has updated it’s entire line of desktop Macs from the tiny Mac Mini to the Mac Pro tower. Both press releases after the jump. 
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Apple Announces Safari 4

February 24, 2009
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CUPERTINO, Calif., Feb. 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Apple(R) today announced the public beta of Safari(R) 4, the world’s fastest and most innovative web browser for Mac(R) and Windows PCs. The Nitro engine in Safari 4 runs JavaScript 4.2 times faster than Safari 3.* Innovative new features that make browsing more intuitive and enjoyable include Top...
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GIGABYTE Highlighted Ultra Durable™ 3 Technology and Impressed the Crowd

January 15, 2009
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GIGABYTE Highlighted Ultra Durable™ 3 Technology and Impressed the Crowd with World Record Speeds on its INTEL and AMD Platforms at CES 2009
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NOW SAPPHIRE HD 4870 TOXIC has 1GB !

January 6, 2009
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NOW SAPPHIRE HD 4870 TOXIC has 1GB ! Vapor-X cooler again featured on latest high performance graphic card SAPPHIRE Technology has just announced global availability of a new 1GB version of its highly acclaimed HD 4870 TOXIC Edition graphics card featuring Vapor-X – the Vapor Chamber cooling technology pioneered by SAPPHIRE.
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Swiftech Apogee GTZ waterblock for Intel Core i7

December 30, 2008
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Swiftech Apogee GTZ waterblock for Intel Core i7

The word Apogee means the farthest or highest point according to Merriam-Webster. With this definition in mind Swiftech gave this name to their top of the line water block. The Swiftech Apogee under various sub-names (GT, GTZ etc.) is one of the best water blocks out.  But can the Apogee keep Intel’s newest i7...
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Hiper Anubis Aluminum ATX Case Evaluation

December 24, 2008
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Hiper Anubis Aluminum ATX Case Evaluation

Hiper is a name that used to be synonymous with high end modular PSUs. However they were not content to leave it there and have branched out to many other facets of performance gear. One of their recent products is the Anubis high-performance PC Enclosure. This is a Mid-Tower design with an interesting twist...
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Cryostasis Technical Preview Demo

December 19, 2008
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Cryostasis Technical Preview Demo

When Ageia was running the PhysX game the biggest complain (other than needing another card in an increasingly crowded system) was the lack of game support. The second complaint right on the heels of the first was that even in games that supported PhysX there was nothing big to motivate anyone to want to...
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