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Reviews | Patriot Viper II Sector 5 PC3-12800 2x2GB (Page 1 of 10)

Whew, time sure flies by. When I pulled up my last Patriot RAM review in preparation for this article today, a quick glance at the date labeled 'November 8, 2008' revealed it has been a good two years already (Mind you -- the Patriot Extreme Performance series memory we tested back in November 2008 was some very good stuff). For as long as I have been a computer enthusiast, this company has been a prominent player in the industry...

Cooler Master Storm SF-19 Strike Force Review (Page 1 of 3)

Looking back in history, before I was born, and when dinosaurs still roamed the Earth in the prehistoric age of April 1981 (Well, dinosaurs were long extinct, but you get the point haha), the first successful portable computer was released -- namely, the Osborne 1 from, well, a company called Osborne Computer Corporation. It is hard to believe how fast technology has been progressing in the last thirty or so years. Laptop sizes...

Firefox 4 regains speed mojo

From InfoWorld: With the release of Firefox 4 Beta 7, Mozilla returned to near the top spot in browser performance rankings.

According to tests run by Computerworld, the new browser is about three times faster than the current production version of Firefox in rendering JavaScript...

AT&T prepares for the end to iPhone exclusivity

From CNET News.com: The end of 2010 is close and it looks like AT&T is beefing up its device portfolio and app offerings for a day when it isn't the only U.S. operator offering the Apple iPhone.

Earlier this week, the nation's second largest wireless operator launched the first...

Nintendo Tries to Trademark On like Donkey Kong"

From DailyTech: Nintendo has some of the most epic gaming characters in the history of gaming. The company has been celebrating the 25th birthday of Mario this year and that's not the only popular character the gaming company has in its stable.

One of the old school arcade game...

Fox Joins NBC, ABC, and CBS in Google TV Denial

From DailyTech: The big four of the broadcast television world -- ABC, NBC, CBS, and Fox -- have now united in their opposition of Google TV. Google TV, currently available on select new Sony televisions, allows users to navigate the internet. But the big TV networks have banned...

AMD to Use Half-Node Process Technologies for Low-Power APUs

From X-bit Labs: Advanced Micro Devices has disclosed its process technology roadmap and revealed that it would use so-called half-node process technologies for its low-power accelerated processing units (APUs). While the company admitted that going forward it is obliged to move a...

AMD: Problems with 32nm SOI Process Technology Are Behind

From X-bit Labs: Advanced Micro Devices has had major issues with the 32nm silicon-on-insulator process technology. As a result of those problems, the yields of the company's code-named Llano accelerated processing units (APUs) were so low that the company had to delay them by many...

Microsoft forgets to patch Mac Office 2004, 2008

From InfoWorld: Microsoft on Tuesday revealed four vulnerabilities in the Mac version of its Office suite, but then failed to produce patches for the 2004 and 2008 editions.

Office for Mac 2011, which launched Oct. 26, was the only version updated as part of Microsoft's monthly...

Android Smartphone Sales Top 20 Million in Q3

From PC World: Smartphone sales for the third quarter almost doubled compared to last year, driven by explosive growth in sales of Android phones, although Symbian remained the best-selling operating system. Sales of Apple's iPhone also grew strongly, according to figures from...