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• SiS Kicks Off: 10 Motherboards With The 645 Chipset and DDR333*
  Wednesday 3 April 2002 – 07:00
  SiS puts the pedal to the metal: the current Pentium 4 chipset SiS645 not only stands up to the competition, but also manages to overtake most of its rivals, thanks to DDR333 support. We compared 10 motherboards and evaluated their performance in practical tests.
• Cooling Off: THG visits AMD*
  Monday 29 October 2001 – 06:00
  One small step for electrical engineers, one big step for Palomino owners. The THG video revealed glaring weaknesses in the AMD Palomino when used with modern motherboards. AMD responed by providing a solution for such problems in the future. Here's our take on this solution.
• HD Encoding Face-Off: WMV-HD vs. DivX-HD*
  Wednesday 5 July 2006 – 08:40
  High-Def files are biiig! Mike Baggaley compares two popular HD encoding methods and finds that beauty is in the eye of the encoder.
• 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.
• Setting Off The "Smartbomb"*
  Wednesday 1 February 2006 – 01:31
  A Review of the New Book on the Video Game Revolution. For whatever reason, books on the video game phenomenon have been few and far between. Despite the rise of this exciting new form of electronic entertainment over the last decade, few authors apparently have chosen to detail and break down the entire industry, from the economics to the culture, over its 30-plus year history.
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• Three Home Theater Projectors to Show Off*
  Friday 10 June 2005 – 07:00
  Video projectors are rapidly becoming a must-have for many seeking the home theater experience as prices have dropped from the outrageous to below $6,000. While dozens are available, we short listed three projectors from Mitsubishi, Optoma and Sony as among the best offered in this price category.
• AMD shows off upcoming boards and chipsets*
  Friday 11 May 2007 – 12:15
  AMD AMD showed off their upcoming enterprise and consumer-level motherboards and chipsets at a press event in Monterey California. ...
• ATI's Crossfire Xpress 3200 Chipset Takes Off*
  Thursday 2 March 2006 – 10:52
  The new dual PCIe x16 chipset from ATI is the most advanced core logic product around, but can it beat Nvidia's nForce4 SLI X16 champ? We checked into its features, performance and graphics scalability.
• Potatoes! Get Off Your Couches with Zurotech's TV Card*
  Tuesday 29 November 2005 – 06:00
  Zurotech's PCMCIA TV card for laptop and notebook computers can free you from the fetters of desktop machines and their internal TV card adapters. However, portability may be limited as author Humphrey Cheung found during his review of the card.
• Intel's Big Kick Off: 925XE Chipset and P4EE 3.46 GHz*
  Monday 1 November 2004 – 06:00
  While the latest Extreme Edition P4 Processor is fairly well-known, the big news today is Intel's accelerated 925XE chipset at FSB1066, which many people consider to be the next BX. We put some final motherboards to the test.
• ATi's X800 Pulls Off Another Coup in the Graphics Performance War*
  Tuesday 4 May 2004 – 07:00
  ATi drops its bombshell after NVIDIA's more-than-impressive launch last month of its GeForce 6800 Ultra. With its debut today of the Radeon X800XT Platinum Edition and the X800 Pro, has ATi managed to win back the graphics performance fiefdom?
• High-Flying: AMD Athlon XP 3200+ Squares Off Against Intel P4 3 GHz*
  Tuesday 13 May 2003 – 07:00
  The Athlon XP 3200+ lays claim to the title of "Fastest Desktop CPU." But can it really beat the Intel P4 3 GHz? Should AMD change its model-numbering system? We take the beast for a spin and try to answer these, and other questions.
• Goodbye, Ti? Abit's Siluro GF3 Vio Faces Off Against The Establishment*
  Monday 19 November 2001 – 06:00
  While Nvidia pushes its Ti models in a faceoff with ATI's Radeon 8500, the GeForce3 is getting neglected. That translates into falling prices for the GF3. However, there are no technical differences between the GF3 Ti and the "ordinary" GF3, making these cards an equally good choice. How does the Abit board compare to the seven rivals we already reviewed?
• Stereo Bluetooth Headset Face-Off: Plantronics Pulsar 590A vs. IOGear GBMHKIT*
  Tuesday 11 July 2006 – 07:13
  Until now, Bluetooth headsets have been good for phone calls but not much more. That's all changing, however-the Plantronics Pulsar 590A and IOGear GBMHKIT are part of a new breed of stereo Bluetooth headsets designed for listening and talking on the go.