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Analyst Says nVidia's Looking to Enter x86 Market
nVidia issues the usual denials, but times are changing.
Thursday , November 05, 2009 05:23:00 PM

Hardware Central's CPU Price Watch for November 3, 2009
The handful of significant price drops we saw in last week's guide, we're sorry to say, have not proven to be the beginning of a trend; and prices have once again settled back into place, with only a few of the prices we track dropping at all and only one dropping by more than a few dollars.
Tuesday , November 03, 2009 07:05:00 PM

Is Apple Locking Out Atom Netbooks?
Early testers say Apple's OS 10.6.2 is blocking the use of Atom-based processors for users seeking to build a "hackintosh" out of inexpensive netbooks.
Monday , November 02, 2009 07:07:00 PM

Details Out on Droid
Verizon and Motorola kick off the pre-launch hype.
Wednesday, October 28, 2009 06:40:00 PM

Android Serves up Éclair as Version 2.0
Google's latest version of its open source mobile operating system offers some tasty treats for developers and users.
Tuesday , October 27, 2009 07:11:00 PM

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Storage Review: Iomega StorCenter ix4-200d
Storage and data backup for small businesses just keeps getting easier and more affordable. Iomega's StorCenter offers big capacity, features and peace of mind at great price.
Thursday , October 29, 2009 10:08:00 AM

The Scanner Lives Epson Perfection V500 Office Color Scanner Review
Think multifunction devices have killed off the color scanner market? Think again. Epson's latest offering proves there's still room on the desktop for a standalone scanner.
Tuesday , October 20, 2009 01:19:00 PM

It Takes a Touch HP Photosmart Plus Review
HP's new $150 inkjet puts the emphasis on convenience with an extra-friendly touch-screen interface and separate letter and photo paper trays, plus output quality good enough to satisfy business users.
Thursday , October 15, 2009 02:14:00 PM

New Twists? SimpleTough USB 2.0 Portable Drive Review
Portable USB hard drives are not a new concept, but this SimpleTech storage device offers some new twists.
Tuesday , October 13, 2009 12:56:00 PM

Heart of Glass Logitech Performance Mouse MX (and More) Review
The glass-topped desk -- which has stymied optical and laser mice for years -- has been conquered at last by Logitech's ultimate tracking technology. The annoyance of needing separate USB receivers for your cordless mouse and keyboard is history, too.
Tuesday , September 29, 2009 01:09:00 PM

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Netbook Shoppers Need to Know Their Wi-Fi
All netbooks come with Wi-Fi, but 802.11g or 802.11n? is not created equal. We give you the lay of the wireless land on the most popular brands of netbooks.
Thursday , July 09, 2009 06:37:00 PM

Platform Trends: AMD's Six-Core Comeback?
As AMD shows off a six-core Opteron processor, IT managers dream of cost-effective server upgrades and desktop performance freaks dream of six-core supremacy. Add a full slate of new Phenom II CPUs, and the underdog chipmaker might have a terrific 2009. So what's the deal with propping up the aging Athlon?
Sunday , March 01, 2009 07:00:00 PM

Platform Trends: AM3 At Last
Remember those Phenom II processors AMD introduced a month ago? They're history, as the chipmaker introduces triple- and quad-cores that plug into either existing Socket AM2 or new AM3 motherboards loaded with DDR2 or -- welcome to the present tense -- DDR3 memory, respectively. Intel Core i7 killers? Nope. Core 2 Duo and Quad challengers? Abso-plug-in-lutely.
Monday , February 16, 2009 04:00:00 PM

Platform Trends: Hard Drives Get Bigger, Faster, and Greener
A couple of years ago, the advent of perpendicular magnetic recording kicked the storage industry's race for ever-higher capacity into overdrive, but Western Digital's cramming two terabytes into one desktop drive is still an eyebrow-raiser. So is the growing sophistication of the hard disk market, with lower noise and power consumption starting to count as much as size and speed.
Sunday , February 01, 2009 05:45:00 PM

Platform Trends: The GeForce GTX Gets a Facelift
It took longer than hardcore fans expected, but Nvidia has rallied to reclaim the gaming graphics card crown from archrival AMD and the ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2. The secret? Revitalizing the GeForce GTX 200 series with a die shrink and some careful shuffling of clock speeds -- and, Vince Freeman adds, some very clever positioning of the company's dual-GPU card versus its dual-card SLI platform.
Monday , January 19, 2009 06:15:00 PM

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Tech Products We Should Have Had By Now
Yeah, Windows 7 is here -- but a lot of technologies and products promised earlier this year are not. From desktop 3D to the Bigfoot of Cupertino (the famed Apple tablet), Eric Grevstad looks at some of IT's most notable absentees.
Thursday , November 05, 2009 01:03:00 PM

Must Everything Be Web-Connected?
Do you want the Web in every room of your house? HP thinks you do, or at least it thinks you'll pay a premium for Web-enabled versions of everyday items like printers and picture frames.
Tuesday , September 22, 2009 03:08:00 PM

Why the iPod Is Boring
The iPod, when it comes to consumer attention, has finally run its course. There are more exciting products, especially the iPhone, that people care about. Is a comeback ahead?
Thursday , September 10, 2009 02:14:00 PM

Why Desktops Kick Notebooks Butt
For power users like our columnist, a notebook or a netbook don't quite cut it.
Thursday , August 13, 2009 01:58:00 PM

Why Are Next-Gen Smartphones Flawed?
New Palm Pre, iPhone and Blackberry Device tend to give early adopters headaches.
Thursday , July 09, 2009 11:01:00 AM

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