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• Fall Extreme Gamer System Shootout Part 5: Falcon Northwest Mach V*
  Tuesday 20 September 2005 – 07:00
  High-quality components, superior customer service and all the trimmings: Falcon Northwest's Mach V does it all, but still, does this system live up to this gaming machine builder's venerable reputation?
• Fall Extreme Gamer System Shootout Part 4: CyberPower' XLC*
  Thursday 15 September 2005 – 07:00
  CyberPower's XLC SLI gaming machine had plenty of power, but a water-cooling problem dampened our enthusiasm somewhat. Otherwise, the system's first-rate components, the vendor's meat-and-potatoes approach to design and inexpensive price made the XLC difficult to ignore.
• Fall Extreme Gamer System Shootout Part 3: Alienware's ALX*
  Tuesday 13 September 2005 – 07:00
  We got our hands on an Alienware water-cooled ALX for our third SLI system review. Overclocked and packed with goodies, the $5,600 gaming machine offered up some surprises - not all of which were pleasant.
• IDF Fall 2004 Is All About Dual-Core Processing*
  Friday 10 September 2004 – 06:00
  "This is not a race," said Intel President Paul Otellini, after AMD got the drop on them one week before IDF with its dual-core Opteron debut. Regardless, the issue now is about parallel processing, backed by Intel's plans to debut 65 nm cores next year and its upcoming WiMAX and new P4 devices.
• Comdex Fall 2002 Day 4: It Is Over, But Is It Over?*
  Saturday 23 November 2002 – 06:00
  Well, is this it for Comdex? Not yet, but this is all from us this year. We file our wrap-up report from Fall 2002 Comdex and announce the first ever THG Best of Comdex Awards. We check out products from Gyration, Iomega, Lian Li, Cooler Master, Turtle Beach and Canon in our final report from Vegas.
• IDF Fall 2005 Kicks Off the Multi-Core Era*
  Thursday 25 August 2005 – 06:00
  It took a few IDFs to get going, but the technology for enhancing our digitally assisted life through new application models finally seems ready to go. Non-linear performance benefits and mobility/ubiquity are the buzzwords at this year's Fall IDF.
• Fall Extreme Gamer System Shootout Part 2: ABS M6*
  Thursday 8 September 2005 – 07:00
  As part of our continuing coverage of SLI systems, the M6 from California-based OEM and reseller ABS represents a no-holds bar effort. Extreme-end components include an AMD FX-57 CPU and two sticks of 1GB Corsair DDR PC3200XL on an Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe motherboard.
• LCD TV Set Fall Preview*
  Wednesday 28 September 2005 – 07:00
  You may considering buying into LCD TV technology - but where do you start? We put the screws to eight 26" and 27" LCD TV sets to show what works, what doesn't and - more importantly - what you might want to buy.
• Fall VON 2005 Report*
  Friday 23 September 2005 – 09:36
  Jeff Pulver's VON show continues to reinforce its reputation as the show for VoIP-related companies. Although it is primarily a show for VoIP carriers and service providers, Tim Higgins found some tasty VoIP product tidbits guaranteed to please your VoIPbuds.
• Fall VON 2004 Report*
  Friday 22 October 2004 – 10:00
  VoIP is all the rage these days. But since we at Tom's tend to be data-driven, we braved die-hard Red Sox fans and traveled to Boston to check things out at Jeff Pulver's Fall VON 2004 show. Our show report has all the details.
• Comdex Fall 2002 Report*
  Saturday 23 November 2002 – 12:00
  By now, I'm sure you've read enough about the low show attendance, impending bankruptcy of Key3Media - Comdex's owner, and Tablet PCs to become nauseous at the prospect of my going over them one more time. Never fear, because all I'm going to write about them is what you just read...
• VoIP is Dead... Again*
  Wednesday 13 September 2006 – 04:58
  The view from the Autumn VON show this week in Boston is that VoIP's time as a profitable market has passed...again.
• Fall Extreme Gamer System Shootout begins with Liquid XS from All American Computers*
  Tuesday 6 September 2005 – 07:00
  Our latest SLI gaming system review takes us to All American Computers, which offered up a custom-built, acrylic brushed case packed with a water-cooled AMD Athlon 64 4000+, XFX 7800 GTX graphics cards and other trimmings. For $4321.49, ACC's Liquid XS more than does the job.
• COMDEX/Fall '99 - Motherboard Manufacturers Report Part 2*
  Monday 6 December 1999 – 06:00
  Come get the latest news on AOpen, Asus, EPoX and Gigabyte.
• Computex Fall 2003: Day Four*
  Friday 26 September 2003 – 06:00
  During the last day of Computex, we visited more companies including chipset makers SiS and VIA and got some news about Serial ATA II.