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• Intel removes modest 'free' overclocking from standard Haswell CPUs [167]
• AMD reveals base clock, power rating for 5GHz CPU [139]
• Upcoming Intel desktop CPU specs possibly detailed in leak [90]
• HP sees Windows XP as PC market's potential savior [86]
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Windows 8 frightens me, and here's why by Cyril Kowaliski — 9:43 PM on May 17, 2012 Some people just hate change. It can't be helped. Those people cling to old versions of their favorite software as long as they can. When... Type: Blog post Tags: Operating systems Windows	266
Windows 8-Ball Consumer Preview by David Morgan — 11:31 AM on March 2, 2012 There aren't many experiences in life more disconcerting than waking up and not knowing where you are or how you got there. I was... Type: Blog post Tags: Operating systems	223
A roadmap for next-generation mobo firmware by Geoff Gasior — 10:43 AM on October 13, 2011 Later this week, I embark on a super-secret mission to Silicon Valley to get a sneak peek at Asus' upcoming X79 motherboards. At a... Type: Blog post Tags: Motherboards	37
Windows 8 and the marginalization of geeks by Cyril Kowaliski — 10:23 AM on September 16, 2011 On Tuesday, Microsoft made the Windows 8 Developer Preview available publicly without demanding so much as a Windows Live login name and password in return.... Type: Blog post Tags: Operating systems Windows	108
Ubuntu ushers me out of the Windows XP era by David Morgan — 11:02 PM on July 7, 2011 Well, it finally happened. Windows XP is no longer the primary OS on any of my day-to-day machines. The last holdout was my laptop,... Type: Blog post Tags: Operating systems	67
The more things change... by Fred Silver — 9:26 AM on June 13, 2011 Type: Blog post Tags: Motherboards	37
Motherboards and their owners by Fred Silver — 10:21 AM on June 6, 2011 Some motherboards are easier to work with than others. Type: Blog post Tags: Motherboards	46
Musing on the state of motherboards by Geoff Gasior — 11:11 PM on March 3, 2011 Manufacturers routinely ask us what we think of their current products and what we'd like to see from future ones. Sometimes, I get the... Type: Blog post Tags: Motherboards	86
A cautionary tale by Scott Wasson — 10:04 AM on October 7, 2010 Boy, Tuesday was a rough day. Walked into my office in the morning expecting to get some testing done, only to discover that my... Type: Blog post Tags: Motherboards	88
The great upgrade: Tales from the ancient past by Scott Wasson — 10:51 AM on July 14, 2010 Our current contest challenges readers to relate their first PC upgrade experiences for a chance to win a copy... Type: Blog post Tags: CPUs Graphics Motherboards Storage	19
Diggin' out by Jason Fox — 12:39 PM on September 5, 2009 So, yeah. I've been living with Mac OS X 10.6—aka Snow Leopard—for a week now. The short review is this: If you're not reviewing (or... Type: Blog post Tags: Operating systems Mac	63
So that's why it only costs $29 by Cyril Kowaliski — 6:01 PM on August 31, 2009 Last Saturday, I decided to head down to my local Apple reseller and grab a copy of Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard. The new... Type: Blog post Tags: Operating systems Mac	94
Just fix the AHCI already, AMD by Dustin Sklavos — 12:21 PM on August 17, 2009 I've been partial to AMD for a long time. The first PC I built for myself had an Athlon Thunderbird running at a blistering 1.4GHz,... Type: Blog post Tags: Motherboards Chipsets	108
A compact, fast, and quiet PC for the kitchen by Scott Wasson — 12:54 PM on June 25, 2009 If you've read our summer system guide, you might enjoy hearing the story of how our very cool Pocket Swiss Army Knife config came... Type: Blog post Tags: Motherboards Cases Systems	57
MSI and OCZ overclock by Adam Eiberger — 12:00 PM on June 12, 2009 Since we're an enthusiast site, little explanation of overclocking is needed here. We tend to focus on the intricacies of hardware and how it performs,... Type: Blog post Tags: Motherboards Miscellaneous The Tech Report	5
Trying out Windows 7's XP Mode by Cyril Kowaliski — 3:04 PM on May 11, 2009 Late last month, Microsoft revealed plans to offer a free Windows XP virtualization solution to users of Windows 7 Professional and Ultimate. In a... Type: Blog post Tags: Operating systems Windows	90
The sorry state of BIOS-level fan speed control by Geoff Gasior — 11:51 PM on April 2, 2009 I'm constantly amazed by the pace at which technology improves. Take what's happened in, oh, the last six years, for example. We've gone... Type: Blog post Tags: Motherboards	59
The case for a secondary motherboard OS by Geoff Gasior — 10:08 PM on March 26, 2009 It seems like every year, someone thinks that Linux is on the verge of making real inroads on the desktop. And every year, the... Type: Blog post Tags: Motherboards Operating systems	47

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NeelyCam

Continuing a long history of innovation, AMD announced today that they were the first to reach a critical CPU power envelope threshold. AMD CEO, Rory...

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moose17145

Yea i would say sony has likely already won for this round of consoles. More pow... +40

mcnabney

I'm getting less and less thrilled by Haswell every day now. And AMD would likel... +38

willmore

You're right, dell paid the SEC $100 Million in fines (but admitted no wrong doi... +36

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