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Type: News story Tags: CPUs

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Type: News story Tags: CPUs Servers

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Type: News story Tags: Gaming Software

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Type: News story Tags: CPUs

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Type: News story Tags: Software

I generally don't mind using most Apple software. Heck, I quite like some of it. There is one glaring exception, though: iTunes for Windows. I...

Type: News story Tags: Software

Let's face it: Internet Explorer has an image problem. For years, Microsoft's browser was synonymous with sub-par security, poor standards support, and sluggish performance. IE...

Type: News story Tags: Internet Software

Officially, AMD is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California. However, the bulk of the company's activities go down at its Austin, Texas and Markham, Ontario campuses. That...

Type: News story Tags: CPUs Graphics

No better way to start the post-Thanksgiving week than with a strange, eyebrow-raising,...

Type: News story Tags: CPUs

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Type: News story Tags: CPUs Graphics Mobile computing

Wow, what is it with high-profile tech executives leaving lately? On the heels...

Type: News story Tags: CPUs

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Type: News story Tags: CPUs Graphics Storage Gaming

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Type: News story Tags: Software

Last week, a Microsoft developer stated that DirectX 11.1 would remain a Windows 8-only feature. That remark was true—but, as it turns out, only...

Type: News story Tags: Graphics Software

Intel's upcoming Haswell processor is likely to be as big an advance over today's Sandy and Ivy Bridge CPUs as the "Bridge sisters" were over...

Type: News story Tags: CPUs

Looks like AMD might be putting itself up on the auction block. Quoting...

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Windows is under new management. In a surprise executive shakeup earlier today, Microsoft announced...

Type: News story Tags: Software Operating systems Windows

The supercomputing-related announcements are coming fast and thick today, and we have one truly novel entry in the bunch, as Intel formally unveils its first...

Type: News story Tags: CPUs Graphics Servers