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FEATURE STORY:
An Inside Look at Windows 7
Find out all you need about Windows 7's multimedia, Device Stage, Libraries, and HomeGroup. Read this story
MORE STORIES:
DVD / Blu-ray Player Software Roundup
Want to watch movies on your PC? You'll want some good player software. See which ones we awarded the Editor's Choice. Read this story
The Great Linux Mint Political Train Wreck
A distro developer discloses his politics and mayhem ensues... Read this story
Comparing Netbook and Laptop Performance
Our performance tests show you exactly how netbooks stack up to more standard laptops. Read this story
Mininova Begins Filtering Out Copyrighted Files
One of the oldest repositories for pirated files, Mininova.org, has apparently decided to go legit. Read this story
DISCUSSIONS:
EVGA E-GeForce GTS 250 Superclocked vs. 7900 GS
Is the EVGA E-GeForce GTS 250 Superclocked a big enough jump from the 7900 GS? (The EVGA E-GEFORCE GTS 250 Superclocked is on sale right now.) Second I am confused, is the 250 better than the 9800 GTX+ or are they both equal? (One would think that the 250 would have the more mordern card.)
Last does this card use Direct X 10? Read this story
Firefox Button Saved
I often use the saved passwords of my Firefox browser to see and sometimes erase passwords...however, every time I must go to Tools/Options/Safety/Saved password. I was arguing if there is a way to insert a link in the toolbar to simplify and speed up this task. Read this story
Unlocked! AMD X2 7750 Black Edition to Quad Core!!
A Korean source had pointed out an easy method to enable a fourth core on the Phenom II X3. This was made possible by the way AMD has been designing its triple-core and dual-core processors based on the K10 "Stars" architecture: by disabling one or two cores on the quad-core die. "Sloppy" BIOS coding lead to the Phenom II X3 anomaly. It looks like a somewhat similar mod enables not one, but two cores on the sub-$100 Athlon X2 7750 Black Edition. A Korean technology Web site GiggleHD.com has reported a successful unlock of two cores. The method is similar to that of the Phenom II X3 unlock: using flaws in BIOS code to enable cores, by enabling the "Advanced Clock Calibration" feature in the BIOS setup. The OS, Windows XP SP3, was able to see the processor as a "AMD Phenom(tm) FX-7750", while CPU-Z reads the name string correctly and lists the core count as 4. The motherboard in use is an ASRock A790GX/128M. Read this story
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