A couple of months with SanDisk's Sansa Clip+ MP3 player

SanDisk's Sansa Clip has been the best mini MP3 player for a couple of years. Now there's a new model: the Clip+. We spend a couple of months with one to see whether it's just as good as—or even better than—the original. Read more...

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  • Apple's aluminum keyboard
    October 14, 2009

    Can low-profile chiclet keys, sleek industrial design, and an Apple logo make a good desktop keyboard? And can such a device pry a fan of clicky keyboards away from the IBM Model M and its ilk? Read more...

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  • Swimming laps with Finis' SwiMP3 player
    August 30, 2009

    Few things bore me more than staring at the bottom of a pool while swimming laps. Finis' SwiMP3 player promises to inject music into those otherwise monotonous workouts, and I've taken one for a swim to see how well it works. Read more...

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  • Windows 7: A desktop user's take
    August 26, 2009

    Does Windows 7 really live up to the hype? Is it a worthwhile upgrade over Vista and XP for desktop users and enthusiasts? We took the final release of Microsoft's next operating system for a prolonged spin in order to find out. Read more...

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  • Khronos' President talks OpenCL, DX Compute Shader, and more
    August 4, 2009

    We recently got to speak with Neil Trevett, who is both the Khronos Group's President and Nvidia's VP of Embedded Content, about OpenCL, DirectX Compute Shader, and the future of general-purpose computing on the GPU. Read more...

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  • GlobalFoundries gears up
    May 7, 2009

    Last week, we traveled to the offices of GlobalFoundries to meet with the firm's executives and to understand their plans for the newly minted chip foundry created by the spin-off of AMD's manufacturing division. Read more...

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  • Gigabyte's Open Overclocking Championship 2009
    May 1, 2009

    What happens when more than a dozen competitive overclockers converge on a mass of high-end hardware and free-flowing liquid nitrogen? We attended the North American finals for Gigabyte's Open Overclocking Championship to find out. Read more...

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    Last by d0g_p00p at 9:44 AM on 05/03/09

  • ABS's M1 mechanical keyboard
    March 25, 2009

    Here's an unusual concept: a mechanical gaming keyboard with non-clicky key switches. Can such a device create a smooth typing experience, and is it still better than vulgar rubber-membrane keyboards? Read more...

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  • Enermax's Aurora Premium keyboard
    March 8, 2009

    What's this? A laptop-style keyboard on the desk of a TR editor, a heavy-duty typist and ostensible keyboard purist? Surely there must be some mistake. Read more...

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  • Nvidia goes stereoscopic with GeForce 3D Vision
    February 5, 2009

    Would you put on funny glasses in order to play games if they added depth to the display? This question may be the litmus test of a true geek. Read more...

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  • Metadot's Das Keyboard Professional
    January 12, 2009

    Is Metadot's Das Keyboard Professional really worth the $130 price tag, and can it compete with the classic IBM Model M? Clicky keyboard purists want to know. Read on to find out. Read more...

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  • Exploring the impact of memory speed on Core i7 performance
    December 1, 2008

    The Core i7's triple-channel DDR3 memory controller offers mind-boggling peak theoretical bandwidth, but does the CPU need fancy DIMMs to excel? Join us as we explore the performance impact of memory bus speed, latencies, and even the number of channels on a couple of Core i7 processors. Read more...

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  • A tour of a Gigabyte factory
    October 30, 2008

    What better way to understand how a motherboard is created than seeing it for yourself? Read on as we tour Gigabyte's Nan-Ping production facility and watch a motherboard being made. Read more...

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  • Gigabyte's Open Overclocking Championship 2008
    October 13, 2008

    23 teams representing 20 countries duked it out for glory at Gigabyte's Open Overclocking Championship. Liquid nitrogen flowed freely and world records were broken during an exciting day of extreme benchmarking. Read on for our coverage of the event. Read more...

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