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Remember the VHS-Beta wars? The possibility of history repeating itself has loomed over the video market with the imminent release of both Blu-ray and HD-DVD discs. Today, however, Japanese business daily Nihon Keizai Shimbun reported that Toshiba and Sony were… Go To Full Article

Though the technology seems fairly new to many of us end users, command queuing has been around for years. The idea of reordering the list of requests given to the hard disk drive was first introduced in the SCSI-2 standard… Go To Full Article

It's not always best to be first to release something, and AMD shows Intel exactly why Go To Full Article

Earlier this month Intel debuted their dual-core Pentium Extreme Edition 840 to the public, launching the first systems based on the technology at the beginning of this week. Today it's AMD's turn, and unlike Intel, AMD is not constrained by… Go To Full Article

The folks over at half-life2.de have made a post that reveals some upcoming information on Half-Life 2: Aftermath and The Lost Coast, from PC Action, a German magazine. While the news post is in German, Jan, from half-life2.de has given… Go To Full Article

Advanced Micro Devices on Thursday officially announced its lineup of microprocessors that feature two processing cores allowing to simultaneously execute up to two threads. The company has the world’s only lineup of dual-core x86 chips, but systems based on them… Go To Full Article

Intel Corp.’s Paul Otellini disclosed some of the details concerning the company’s forthcoming dual-core desktop processors. Apparently, the chips’ clock-speed will increase in future even despite “more aggressive” thermal envelopes, but in the long-term desktop chips may become less power… Go To Full Article

We would like to introduce to you a product that boasts small dimensions, a high-wattage power supply, a well-designed cooling system, excellent functionality and cute looks. Don’t also forget the opportunity of transforming this barebone into a powerful gaming station,… Go To Full Article

With the RADEON X850 XT-PE, ATI has expanded its product lineup offering up their fastest video card for the AGP platform. In this evaluation we put it up against the fastest GeForce 6800 Ultra-based video card in DOOM 3, FarCry,… Go To Full Article

SO, JUST WHAT IS AMD launching today? Several things, dual core Opterons, dual core Athlon 64s, and Turions for real. Over the past few months, we have told you all about the Opterons, their pricing and the availability,… Go To Full Article