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   <title>nVIDIAs' Optimus, teaching an old laptop new tricks</title>
   <description><![CDATA[It takes a little while to explain why people are so excited about nVIDIA Optimus and its graphics switching capabilities, first you have to explore the history of switchable mobile graphics.  In the past the graphics were adjusted with a manual switch and a complete reboot, not exactly the most convenient way to manage mobile graphics on the fly. ...]]></description>
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   <pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:41:27 -0500</pubDate>
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   <title>NVIDIA Optimus brings seamless switchable graphics</title>
   <description><![CDATA[If you haven't yet checked out my write up on the new NVIDIA Optimus Technology, you should definitely be hitting that up.  Here's the executive summary:


I think is fair to say that NVIDIA Optimus is one of the most impressive mobile technologies we have ever seen.  While switchable graphics promised us a future of mobility computing that was ...]]></description>
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   <pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:23:53 -0500</pubDate>
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   <title>AMD's finely divided $100 GPU segment gains a new member, the 5570</title>
   <description><![CDATA[It is getting tight around the $100 mark, the HD5670 can be had for $95 with a bit of shopping, the HD5450 for a hair under $45.  Now we can see the new HD5770 appearing at NewEgg for just under $85,  dangerously close to the price of the HD5670.  [H]ard|OCP takes a close look at this in-between card, not quite up to the challenge of gaming at high...]]></description>
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   <pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:39:23 -0500</pubDate>
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   <title>More information on Llano. Thank you; come again.</title>
   <description><![CDATA[AMD has named their hybrid CPU-GPU with on-die graphics an APU, and the first chip family is named Llano.  It is being fabbed at Global Foundries and it turns out to be a 32nm high-k + metal gate, SOI process chip.  The first model we will see will be a quad-core processor, along with the on-die graphics of course. It is based off of the Phenom II ...]]></description>
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   <pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:03:10 -0500</pubDate>
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   <title>ASRock gives you a powerful little HTPC</title>
   <description><![CDATA[The ASRock ION 330HT-BD is a small HTPC system based around an Intel Atom 330 and an Ion GPU that work to play Blu-Ray movies at full definition.  As it turns out, the system displayed absolutely no problems when Hardware Heaven tested it, the CPU peaked at roughly 25% utilization indicating that there is plenty power to play your movies.  The test...]]></description>
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   <pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:14:26 -0500</pubDate>
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   <title>A different take on the GTX275</title>
   <description><![CDATA[One might wonder why EVGA would be releasing a new GTX275 at this time, but the EVGA GTX275 CO-OP PhysX Edition gives the old card a new twist.  Instead of the two GPUs contained within handling purely graphics, this card gives the graphical duties to the GTX275 GPU
and the GTS250 only handles PhysX processing.  This made frame rates in Batman:Ark...]]></description>
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   <pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:00:57 -0500</pubDate>
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   <title>May your Athlon II X3 440 be one of the good ones</title>
   <description><![CDATA[For just under $100, a triple core CPU doing 3GHz is a veritable steal but that is exactly what the Athlon II X3 440 is.  When you consider that with a bit of luck you will end up with a model that has both a disabled L3 cache and a disabled fourth core, the bargain gets even better.  The particular CPU that InsideHW received unfortunately did not ...]]></description>
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   <pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:04:40 -0500</pubDate>
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   <title>GIGABYTE X58A-UD7 - revisiting LGA1366</title>
   <description><![CDATA[If you are still in love with the raw performance of the Core i7 series, the amount of LGA1156 based P55 motherboard reviews might have you a bit down.  Never fear, the X58 chipset is still alive and well and companies are still improving the features and performance of their boards.  The GIGABYTE X58A-UD7 is a perfect example, this $350 board spor...]]></description>
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   <pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:48:09 -0500</pubDate>
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   <title>Can HTML 5 inflict a critical on Flash?</title>
   <description><![CDATA[If you have yet to try out HTML 5, through Vimeo, YouTube or other sites you really should give it a go.  This is the new improved version of HTML that Steve Jobs has bet the farm on with the iPad and iPhone.  Streaming video is the most common way to encounter this relatively new standard and you benefit from a better caching system and reduced CP...]]></description>
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   <pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:25:58 -0500</pubDate>
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   <title>Since when do professionals that are wrong far more than they are right get their own day?</title>
   <description><![CDATA[As you get to know more about PCs and are comfortable with the various components you begin to realize that there is a lot more to learn.  If you've decided to put together an AMD based system, you might stumble upon a term you haven't before, like TDP.  Right now many of AMDs parts are 125W or 140W, but do you know what that means, or more importa...]]></description>
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   <pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 18:39:56 -0500</pubDate>
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   <title>Zalman is both flexible and extreme</title>
   <description><![CDATA[There are a pair of Zalman heatsinks up for review at Bjorn3D, the 920g Zalman CNPS10X Extreme and the 700g Zalman CNPS10X Flex.  Both are based on five u-shaped heatpipes, the Flex being slightly smaller but with support for a dual fan configuration for better cooling and the Extreme comes with a handy PWM Mate
so you can change its fans speed wi...]]></description>
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   <pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 15:33:53 -0500</pubDate>
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   <title>The birth of a Core i5 system</title>
   <description><![CDATA[Join OverclockersHQ as they take you through a detailed example of a Core i5 based system.  As opposed to pages of benchmarks they start with a step through of every component of the build, its features and the reasons they picked it.  They start with the case, as it is important to make sure all of your components will fit and be comfortable insid...]]></description>
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   <pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 14:10:14 -0500</pubDate>
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   <title>Evolution in action, watch a Barracuda become a Velciraptor</title>
   <description><![CDATA[Tech ARP stumbled upon a nice trick at Techware Labs and improved it.  The initial mod involved taking a 1.5TB Barracuda and changing the LBA table to make the drive think it is only 300GB, which made it about 30% faster that a Velocirapter in their testing.  TechARP simply repartitioned the drive into a 300GB and a 1.2TB partition.  The 300GB port...]]></description>
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   <pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 13:59:32 -0500</pubDate>
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   <title>HDMI coming to you in lifelike 3D</title>
   <description><![CDATA[HDMI 1.4 is going to be a nice upgrade from HDMI 1.3 and one that people will notice.  With support for ethernet communication, it is going to add a noticeable extra to this popular connector.  As well we have heard that it will support resolutions of 3840x2160 @ 24Hz/25Hz/30Hz and 4096x2160 @ 24Hz.  You will also see different versions coming out,...]]></description>
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   <pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 13:48:59 -0500</pubDate>
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   <title>Fetch the comfy mouse</title>
   <description><![CDATA[The latest Mionix mouse is aiming for a different target than most, instead of looking for incredibly high DPI, the Naos 5000 is designed with comfort of use as the top priority.  
The sensitivity is still top notch with a 5040 dpi laser sensor, what stands out is the wing on the mouse.  It is wide enough and specifically contoured to support your...]]></description>
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   <pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 17:57:09 -0500</pubDate>
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   <title>ASUS really knows their gaming laptops</title>
   <description><![CDATA[Jon just recently finished reviewing the ASUS G51J gaming notebook; $1500 and powered by a Core i7 720QM and the nVIDIA GTX 260M.  InsideHW received a different model, the G60J which keeps the same GPU and RAM but uses an i7 820QM.  Perhaps the biggest difference is the resolution of the 16" displays, the G51J sports a nice HD quality 1920x1080 whe...]]></description>
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   <pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 15:46:47 -0500</pubDate>
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   <title>Keep the Cooler Master GX 750 below spec, just to be safe</title>
   <description><![CDATA[When you run across a 750W power supply for $120, even if it is from Cooler Master you ought to think before you buy.  The Cooler Master GX 750W seems great, with an 80+ rating, 4 PCIe plugs for your graphics and a slew of SATA power connectors and a 120mm fan to keep it relatively cool.  Then you see the results that Hardware Secrets found in thei...]]></description>
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   <pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 14:42:59 -0500</pubDate>
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   <title>Business PCs Arrive with New Intel Core vPro Processor Family</title>
   <description><![CDATA[

  SANTA CLARA, Calif., Feb. 4, 2010 – Intel Corporation today unveiled its 2010 Intel Core vPro processor family to meet the needs of businesses of all sizes for PCs with greater, more flexible performance, theft prevention and cost savings in a rapidly changing business computing environment. These and several other capabilities are at the hea...]]></description>
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   <pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 14:27:58 -0500</pubDate>
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   <title>AMD's 5450, we cedar is a new low power, low cost graphics card</title>
   <description><![CDATA[Clocked just 50MHz higher than the HD and 4550 with 50 million more transistors the new HD5450 might not seem like much, unless you pay attention to the fact that this is a 40nm card.  That new process has dropped its TDP below 20, making passive cooling an easy choice for AMD and resellers.  Add DX11 and Eyefinity support, the usual triplet of vid...]]></description>
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   <pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 13:33:47 -0500</pubDate>
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   <title>End of support, and other finales coming to Microsoft products in the near future</title>
   <description><![CDATA[There are a number of Microsoft OSes about to undergo changes, which you should be aware of.  The one you have probably heard the most about is the upcoming semi-expiration of the Windows 7 Release Candidate on March 1st, when it will start shutting down every 2 hours.  If you haven't taken the hint and switched your OS by June 1st, then you will f...]]></description>
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   <pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 12:41:07 -0500</pubDate>
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