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What to pay for your desktop RAM in late May 2008

26 May 2008, 00:15

DDR3 pricing has dropped by around 20 per cent in two months, but is that enough to make it competitive? We tell you and give recommendations on what to buy.

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Alienware pushes its Area-51 ALX to the limit

23 May 2008, 16:08

Alienware's Area-51 ALX is now available with an Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9770 processor cranked up to 4GHz.

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Microsoft prepares Windows Home Server Power Pack 1

23 May 2008, 13:22

Windows Home Server's Power Pack 1 is scheduled for a beta release in early June and Microsoft encourages you to sign up now.

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Intel to push SSDs with Montevina

23 May 2008, 11:46

Intel's forthcoming Centrino 2 platform, code-named Montevina, could come bundled with an Intel SSD.

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AMD Catalyst 8.5 drivers now available

23 May 2008, 10:48

Catalyst 8.5 brings WHQL-certified support for Microsoft’s Windows XP Service Pack 3.

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Researchers out Apple over unpatched iCal bugs

23 May 2008, 10:03

Researchers at Core Security have released details of three vulnerabilities in Apple iCal scheduling application, after four months of talks with the company.

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Review: Three-way budget graphics card shootout: what do you get for £30?

23 May 2008, 09:02

We tell you what's worth buying in the super-budget discrete graphics-card market. Got £30 or less to spend? Read this.

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AMD's next-gen GPUs to feature GDDR5

21 May 2008, 16:21

AMD has today confirmed that its forthcoming Radeon HD 4800 series of GPUs will feature GDDR5 memory.

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OLPC unveils ambitious XO-2

21 May 2008, 15:47

The One Laptop Per Child program has today revealed an ambitious concept of its next low-cost portable, the XO-2.

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Compro Technology accused of GPL violation

21 May 2008, 14:52

Taiwanese TV card manufacturer, Compro Technology, has been accused of violating several GPL clauses.

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Traxdata's MultiMediaDrive takes your media to your TV

21 May 2008, 12:49

Traxdata's MultiMediaDrive could be the easiest way to bring home entertainment from your computer to your television.

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Acer's Predator targets the hardcore gamer

21 May 2008, 11:51

Taiwanese PC manufacturer, Acer, is to enter the enthusiast gaming market with its scary-looking Predator system.

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NZXT's Tempest gaming chassis now shipping

21 May 2008, 10:15

NZXT's self-proclaimed "Airflow King" chassis is now shipping, and the UK price isn't bad!

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Corsair sets world record for DDR3 frequency

20 May 2008, 16:26

Corsair Labs has used a DOMINATOR memory module to set a new world record for the highest achieved DDR3 frequency.

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Intel to refresh its CPU line-up in Q3 2008

20 May 2008, 12:51

Reports suggest that in Q3 2008, Intel will introduce a selection of new 45nm desktop CPUs, phase out certain 65nm parts, and cut prices of existing chips.

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Dell offers world's first laptop with 7,200rpm 320GiB disk

20 May 2008, 12:11

Dell's XPS M1730 is the first laptop to offer a 7,200rpm 320GiB hard disk, gone are the days of sacrificing laptop speed for capacity.

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Quickly diagnose your music collection with MP3 Check

20 May 2008, 11:14

Ever wanted to scan your over-sized MP3 collection for missing metadata or insufficient bit rates? Well, now you can.

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Atom-powered MIDs slowly cropping up, but at exorbitant prices

19 May 2008, 16:15

Intel's all-singing, all-dancing Atom processor is predicted to take the mobile world by storm, but are early MID prices suggesting otherwise?

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YoYoTech and Foxconn unite for BLACKOPS event

19 May 2008, 14:53

This Saturday, Foxconn's Quantum Force motherboards will be on show for the first time at YoYoTech's London store - and there's an exclusive discount for HEXUS readers!

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ASUS and Splashtop bring Linux to the masses

19 May 2008, 13:19

DeviceVM's Linux distribution, Splashtop, is to be bundled with all of ASUS' future motherboards.

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China quake could impact Intel chipset prices

19 May 2008, 09:55

According to motherboard manufacturers, Intel's G31, G33 and 945GC chipsets are to increase in price following China's devastating earthquake.

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Review: Sapphire's non-conventional Radeon HD 3800 cards go head-to-head

19 May 2008, 05:15

We pit two non-reference Sapphire Radeon HD 3800-series cards against one another and tell you if either offer good value.

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Adobe launches Flash Player 10 beta

16 May 2008, 16:32

A pre-release version of Adobe Flash Player 10 is now available from Adobe Labs.

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Samsung reveals stunning AMOLED laptop concept

16 May 2008, 14:50

Samsung has been parading a concept AMOLED-based laptop at SID 2008, and it doesn't half look sexy.

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Windows XP now available on the XO laptop

16 May 2008, 12:30

Microsoft's ambition to have every low-cost laptop running its XP operating system takes another step forward.

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NVIDIA, AMD to launch next-gen GPUs next month

16 May 2008, 11:52

NVIDIA is already telling us to expect something big early in June, and online reports claim AMD will announce its offering round about the same time.

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Microsoft explains a misunderstood Vista

16 May 2008, 10:11

Microsoft is standing by its flagship operating system and has offered a nine-page document outlining "Five Misunderstood Features in Windows Vista".

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Review: G.SKILL vs. Crucial: high-speed DDR3 showdown

16 May 2008, 06:15

We take high-speed DDR3 packs from Crucial and G.SKILL and tell you if they're worth the money.

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Atom-powered Eee PC revealed

15 May 2008, 14:25

MSI might be touting the world's first Atom-powered ULCPC in the form of its Wind notebook, but the ASUS Eee PC 901 is right behind.

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DisplayPort to do DVI to death, analyst claims

15 May 2008, 13:41

Market watcher In-Stat reckons DisplayPort, the new PC-centric monitor connection system will trounce DVI to feature in 600m shipped products in 2012.

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