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<![CDATA[News Tom's Hardware US]]> http://www.tomshardware.com en 10 Wed, 10 Feb 2010 05:50:25 +0100 <![CDATA[News Tom's Hardware US]]> http://m.bestofmedia.com/i/bestofmicro/design/groupe/logo_toms_us.jpg http://www.tomshardware.com <![CDATA[EA: Star Wars Old Republic MMO Beyond Q2'11]]> http://www.pheedcontent.com/click.phdo?i=2a3b0807942e5247867e0f60a7c1e2a5 http://www.tomshardware.com/news/star-wars-mmo-mmorpg,9627.html#xtor=RSS-181 http://www.tomshardware.com/news/star-wars-mmo-mmorpg,9627.html#xtor=RSS-181 Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:30:00 CET EA confirms that Star Wars: The Old Republic won't hit the market until after March 31, 2011.

Star Wars - Galactic Republic - Electronic Arts - Science fiction - Star Wars: The Old Republic]]> http://media.bestofmicro.com/Y/0/164520/2/164520.jpg <![CDATA[City of Heroes Gets Visual Upgrade]]> http://www.pheedcontent.com/click.phdo?i=8a2618d38485fa9b104cb4061c328330 http://www.tomshardware.com/news/MMORPG-PC-City-Heroes-Game,9629.html#xtor=RSS-181 http://www.tomshardware.com/news/MMORPG-PC-City-Heroes-Game,9629.html#xtor=RSS-181 Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:00:00 CET The super-hero MMORPG is getting a face-lift in the next update.

City of Heroes - Superhero - Games - Roleplaying - Video Games]]> http://media.bestofmicro.com/W/V/238351/2/238351.jpg <![CDATA[ATI Radeon HD 5570 is for Bang-for-Buck Gamers]]> http://www.pheedcontent.com/click.phdo?i=6dbf1e5ff52f0645163a0bfbf061a658 http://www.tomshardware.com/news/ati-radeon-hd-5570-amd,9621.html#xtor=RSS-181 http://www.tomshardware.com/news/ati-radeon-hd-5570-amd,9621.html#xtor=RSS-181 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:50:00 CET Want to make the best of your $80? This is it.

Radeon - ATI Technologies - Video card - DirectX - ATI Radeon HD 5570]]> http://media.bestofmicro.com/P/A/238078/2/238078.jpg <![CDATA[EA Ditching Plans for PC Version of Dead Space 2]]> http://www.pheedcontent.com/click.phdo?i=1816da3094c47d4fadafbe03df57d7fa http://www.tomshardware.com/news/dead-space-2-pc-console,9622.html#xtor=RSS-181 http://www.tomshardware.com/news/dead-space-2-pc-console,9622.html#xtor=RSS-181 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:31:00 CET In dead space, no one can hear PC gamers scream.

Dead Space - Personal computer - Electronic Arts - Space - Technology]]> http://media.bestofmicro.com/7/4/225760/2/225760.jpg <![CDATA[Tom's Launches Two iPhone Apps]]> http://www.pheedcontent.com/click.phdo?i=9d498574bf3c2fbf1bcd4dc7fb32b98d http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Tom-s-Hardware-Guide-iPhone-App,9618.html#xtor=RSS-181 http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Tom-s-Hardware-Guide-iPhone-App,9618.html#xtor=RSS-181 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:10:00 CET Tom's has hit the App Store!

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]]> Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:10:00 CET <![CDATA[Diablo III Female Monk Now Official]]> http://www.pheedcontent.com/click.phdo?i=e0e7af2127ed99a25f4bb832f2cdc17e http://www.tomshardware.com/news/blizzard-diablo-warcraft-starcraft,9626.html#xtor=RSS-181 http://www.tomshardware.com/news/blizzard-diablo-warcraft-starcraft,9626.html#xtor=RSS-181 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:50:00 CET Blizzard uploaded a piece of concept artwork and an in-game animated render of the new female Monk.

Diablo III - Thelonious Monk - Game - Blizzard Entertainment - Video Games]]> http://media.bestofmicro.com/U/S/230500/2/230500.jpg <![CDATA[Convert Your CF Cards into an SSD]]> http://www.pheedcontent.com/click.phdo?i=3141d66f65d7459ab5e57628ed359dea http://www.tomshardware.com/news/SSD-converter-CompactFlash-Memory-Storage,9620.html#xtor=RSS-181 http://www.tomshardware.com/news/SSD-converter-CompactFlash-Memory-Storage,9620.html#xtor=RSS-181 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:20:00 CET This adapter turns CF cards into a pretend SSD.

Solid-state drive - Shopping - Stationery - Business - Gifts]]> http://media.bestofmicro.com/U/F/238263/2/238263.jpg <![CDATA[Microsoft: Windows 7 Isn't Killing Batteries]]> http://www.pheedcontent.com/click.phdo?i=440ef957602dec22c725794e4a8f41d6 http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Microsoft-Windows-7-Battery-Problems,9619.html#xtor=RSS-181 http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Microsoft-Windows-7-Battery-Problems,9619.html#xtor=RSS-181 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:01:00 CET Microsoft has said that the battery problems currently plaguing a number of Windows 7 users are not caused by the operating system.

Microsoft - Operating system - Battery - Windows 7 - Microsoft Windows]]> http://media.bestofmicro.com/T/7/238219/2/238219.jpg <![CDATA[Nvidia Primes Optimus Mobile Graphics Tech]]> http://www.pheedcontent.com/click.phdo?i=2bfe29fc20976a2808d65b2442c65ad2 http://www.tomshardware.com/news/nvidia-optimus-mobile-geforce,9617.html#xtor=RSS-181 http://www.tomshardware.com/news/nvidia-optimus-mobile-geforce,9617.html#xtor=RSS-181 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:00:01 CET An alternative to the switchable graphics technology found on some Intel-based notebooks, Nvidia's Optimus technology promises smoother switching for trouble-free operation.

Nvidia - Intel Corporation - Technology - Graphics processing unit - Hardware]]> http://media.bestofmicro.com/Y/L/209901/2/209901.jpg <![CDATA[Video: Are Intel Core CPUs Better than this Robot?]]> http://www.pheedcontent.com/click.phdo?i=43c249221b56790360ee48bb82d5c721 http://www.tomshardware.com/news/intel-core-robot-i3-i5,9616.html#xtor=RSS-181 http://www.tomshardware.com/news/intel-core-robot-i3-i5,9616.html#xtor=RSS-181 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:00:00 CET ...but can you overclock it?

]]> http://media.bestofmicro.com/H/3/44679/2/44679.jpg <![CDATA[FAST! IBM Develops 100GHz Transistor Device]]> http://www.pheedcontent.com/click.phdo?i=e4297d1abef88799baf3c37b9a859025 http://www.tomshardware.com/news/ibm-transistor-graphene-100ghz-material,9611.html#xtor=RSS-181 http://www.tomshardware.com/news/ibm-transistor-graphene-100ghz-material,9611.html#xtor=RSS-181 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:30:00 CET This could one day replace silicon to give us... LUDICROUS SPEED!

IBM - Hardware - Transistor - Graphene - Components]]> http://media.bestofmicro.com/S/D/174685/2/174685.png <![CDATA[Presented By:]]> http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=e4297d1abef88799baf3c37b9a859025&p=4 e4297d1abef88799baf3c37b9a859025

]]> Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:30:00 CET <![CDATA[Nvidia: External Laptop GPUs Are "Big Opportunity"]]> http://www.pheedcontent.com/click.phdo?i=5fc3b3f015869e690eff4d86fe5e303e http://www.tomshardware.com/news/nvidia-external-laptop-gpu-notebook,9612.html#xtor=RSS-181 http://www.tomshardware.com/news/nvidia-external-laptop-gpu-notebook,9612.html#xtor=RSS-181 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:00:00 CET "Nvidia Outside"

Graphics processing unit - Hardware - Notebooks and Laptops - Nvidia - Dell]]> http://media.bestofmicro.com/1/O/60/2/60.jpg <![CDATA[Google Runs 3-month Old Video as Super Bowl Ad]]> http://www.pheedcontent.com/click.phdo?i=ab01c25ee172618fa11bce49dbad4866 http://www.tomshardware.com/news/google-youtube-video-super-bowl,9613.html#xtor=RSS-181 http://www.tomshardware.com/news/google-youtube-video-super-bowl,9613.html#xtor=RSS-181 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:00:00 CET How would YOU impress a French girl?

Google - Super Bowl - Search - Search Engines - Companies]]> http://media.bestofmicro.com/G/E/44654/2/44654.jpg <![CDATA[PICTURED: Gigabyte's M1405 with External GPU]]> http://www.pheedcontent.com/click.phdo?i=93a124ad11069fc585938fb50d621c73 http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Gigabyte-Notebook-External-GPU,9609.html#xtor=RSS-181 http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Gigabyte-Notebook-External-GPU,9609.html#xtor=RSS-181 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:40:00 CET The Taipei Game Show is well underway way in Taiwan and something on the show floor has caught our eye: Gigabyte's latest invention, the notebook with external GPU docking station.

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]]> Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:40:00 CET <![CDATA[IBM Launches New Octa-core Chips and Servers]]> http://www.pheedcontent.com/click.phdo?i=6bf719635788d2550c47ab7e39e2d0c8 http://www.tomshardware.com/news/IBM-Power7-Systems-Servers-CPU,9610.html#xtor=RSS-181 http://www.tomshardware.com/news/IBM-Power7-Systems-Servers-CPU,9610.html#xtor=RSS-181 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:10:00 CET IBM will today launch its new Power7 processor along with systems based on the chip.

IBM - POWER7 - Hardware - Processors - Components]]> http://media.bestofmicro.com/B/5/401/2/401.jpg <![CDATA[Harddrives to Hit 3TB Capacities By November]]> http://www.pheedcontent.com/click.phdo?i=237e38ee7403e2614e72b69140c747f0 http://www.tomshardware.com/news/harddrive-hdd-ssd,9615.html#xtor=RSS-181 http://www.tomshardware.com/news/harddrive-hdd-ssd,9615.html#xtor=RSS-181 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:50:00 CET A TDK chart paves the road to 3 TB hard drives by November.

Hard disk drive - Hardware - Storage - hard drive - Retailers]]> http://media.bestofmicro.com/S/B/217451/2/217451.jpg <![CDATA[RWS: Postal III is "Looking Good"]]> http://www.pheedcontent.com/click.phdo?i=03c6cc726a9df8e269fc863841d7b8ed http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Postal-Running-Scissors-PC-Game,9614.html#xtor=RSS-181 http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Postal-Running-Scissors-PC-Game,9614.html#xtor=RSS-181 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:50:00 CET Postal III seems to be on track for the PC for a 2010 release.

Personal computer - Video game - Postal III - Stamps - Recreation]]> http://media.bestofmicro.com/Q/R/238131/2/238131.jpg <![CDATA[China Closes Hacker Training Site w/ 180K Users]]> http://www.pheedcontent.com/click.phdo?i=e82904bb97e4d1443b9a17f4a28fad58 http://www.tomshardware.com/news/China-Hacker-Training-Website-Closed,9608.html#xtor=RSS-181 http://www.tomshardware.com/news/China-Hacker-Training-Website-Closed,9608.html#xtor=RSS-181 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:40:00 CET China has shut down a training site for computer hackers and arrested three people in connection with the site.

Hacker - hack - China - Asia - FAQs Help and Tutorials]]> http://media.bestofmicro.com/9/J/193447/2/193447.jpg <![CDATA[ATI Issues Fix for Grey Screening 5800 Series]]> http://www.pheedcontent.com/click.phdo?i=b330fa1a1bc53752ec6dc83f2130fca0 http://www.tomshardware.com/news/ATI-Grey-Screen-Lines-Fix,9604.html#xtor=RSS-181 http://www.tomshardware.com/news/ATI-Grey-Screen-Lines-Fix,9604.html#xtor=RSS-181 Sat, 06 Feb 2010 15:00:00 CET As promised, ATI and AMD have issued a fix for a previously reported problem that causes grey or colored lines appearing on screens and in some cases crashing.

Advanced Micro Devices - ATI Technologies - AMD - Radeon - DirectX]]> http://media.bestofmicro.com/9/Z/223271/2/223271.jpg <![CDATA[Microsoft Patching 17-year-old Windows/DOS Bug]]> http://www.pheedcontent.com/click.phdo?i=1a712caffecf83ae50d2b537c8d5d73b http://www.tomshardware.com/news/microsoft-windows-dos-bug-patch,9598.html#xtor=RSS-181 http://www.tomshardware.com/news/microsoft-windows-dos-bug-patch,9598.html#xtor=RSS-181 Sat, 06 Feb 2010 05:50:00 CET A patch is on the way to fix up that ancient Virtual DOS Machine flaw.

DOS - Patch - Microsoft - Operating system - Virtual DOS Machine]]> http://media.bestofmicro.com/W/T/116525/2/116525.jpg <![CDATA[Unboxing the BioShock 2 Special Edition]]> http://www.pheedcontent.com/click.phdo?i=10d4f3b4feb2f6225b608d70d0ca2e0d http://www.tomshardware.com/news/bioshock-2-special-uber-edition,9605.html#xtor=RSS-181 http://www.tomshardware.com/news/bioshock-2-special-uber-edition,9605.html#xtor=RSS-181 Sat, 06 Feb 2010 05:20:00 CET I was a planning on getting that uber edition, but it simply doesn't agree with my decor.

BioShock 2 - BioShock - Shopping - Big Daddy - 2K Marin]]> http://media.bestofmicro.com/H/O/237804/2/237804.jpg <![CDATA[Microsoft Disagrees With 'Clumsy' Criticisms]]> http://www.pheedcontent.com/click.phdo?i=9cdc0a9d69d15fe11530445e15767601 http://www.tomshardware.com/news/microsoft-xbox-windows-dick-brass,9601.html#xtor=RSS-181 http://www.tomshardware.com/news/microsoft-xbox-windows-dick-brass,9601.html#xtor=RSS-181 Sat, 06 Feb 2010 04:30:00 CET Microsoft refutes Dick Brass's comments; says everything is huge and awesome.

Microsoft - Dick Brass - New York Times - tablet - Apple]]> http://media.bestofmicro.com/W/1/52993/2/52993.jpg <![CDATA[Buy Office 2007, Get Office 2010 for Free?]]> http://www.pheedcontent.com/click.phdo?i=1f3cb370687d360279fc22187d85f4a0 http://www.tomshardware.com/news/office-2010-2007-free-upgrade,9600.html#xtor=RSS-181 http://www.tomshardware.com/news/office-2010-2007-free-upgrade,9600.html#xtor=RSS-181 Sat, 06 Feb 2010 04:10:00 CET Hold off for a bit before buying Office 2007 -- Microsoft should announce a free upgrade offer starting in March.

Microsoft - Microsoft Office 2007 - Microsoft Office 2010 - Office 2007 - Microsoft Office]]> http://media.bestofmicro.com/N/Z/238031/2/238031.jpg <![CDATA[Presented By:]]> http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=1f3cb370687d360279fc22187d85f4a0&p=4 1f3cb370687d360279fc22187d85f4a0

]]> Sat, 06 Feb 2010 04:10:00 CET <![CDATA[Diablo III's Female Monk Spotted on Camera]]> http://www.pheedcontent.com/click.phdo?i=37d49a845d46114798eb186e3f800f17 http://www.tomshardware.com/news/PC-Game-diablo-Blizzard-Monk,9607.html#xtor=RSS-181 http://www.tomshardware.com/news/PC-Game-diablo-Blizzard-Monk,9607.html#xtor=RSS-181 Sat, 06 Feb 2010 04:10:00 CET Blizzard revealed a new character in a recent episode of Jace Hall.

Diablo III - Arts - Television - Programs - Dramas]]> http://media.bestofmicro.com/U/S/230500/2/230500.jpg <![CDATA[Nvidia On Optimus: No Comment]]> http://www.pheedcontent.com/click.phdo?i=722688d623c2bfab17647ce8c9f9802b http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Nvidia-Optimus-GPU-SLI-Hybrid,9599.html#xtor=RSS-181 http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Nvidia-Optimus-GPU-SLI-Hybrid,9599.html#xtor=RSS-181 Sat, 06 Feb 2010 03:20:00 CET Nvidia said "no comment" about the news that Optimus is a new name for a new and improved Hybrid SLI.

Nvidia - Scalable Link Interface - Graphics processing unit - GeForce - Oceania]]> http://media.bestofmicro.com/5/5/109049/2/109049.jpg <![CDATA[Dell Precision Laptop Gets Core i5, USB 3.0]]> http://www.pheedcontent.com/click.phdo?i=accfc70312fad723cade10e62608a89a http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Dell-Precision-Laptop-i5-USB,9603.html#xtor=RSS-181 http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Dell-Precision-Laptop-i5-USB,9603.html#xtor=RSS-181 Sat, 06 Feb 2010 00:30:00 CET Dell is updating its Precision M6500 laptop systems with Intel's Core i5, USB 3.0, and a few other new options.

Intel Core i5 - Intel Corporation - Universal Serial Bus - CoreI5 - Hardware]]> http://media.bestofmicro.com/O/D/238045/2/238045.jpg <![CDATA[Former VP Calls Microsoft Clumsy, Uncompetitive]]> http://www.pheedcontent.com/click.phdo?i=9ef8611fff3c397ddae7df3ba015a4aa http://www.tomshardware.com/news/microsoft-creative-dick-brass-innovation,9595.html#xtor=RSS-181 http://www.tomshardware.com/news/microsoft-creative-dick-brass-innovation,9595.html#xtor=RSS-181 Fri, 05 Feb 2010 23:00:00 CET A previous Microsoft VP blasts Microsoft for its uncreative environment.

Microsoft - New York Times - Tablet PC - Companies - Microsoft Corporation]]> http://media.bestofmicro.com/8/5/164885/2/164885.png <![CDATA[Samsung's Transparent OLED Laptop Coming Soon]]> http://www.pheedcontent.com/click.phdo?i=3f0ac0b4031f33ee65f88b7881153e79 http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Samsung-Transparent-active-matrix-OMLED,9602.html#xtor=RSS-181 http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Samsung-Transparent-active-matrix-OMLED,9602.html#xtor=RSS-181 Fri, 05 Feb 2010 21:20:01 CET Samsung's transparent AMOLED technology is hitting the market within the next 12 months.

Organic light-emitting diode - Samsung Group - Laptop - Hardware - Notebooks and Laptops]]> http://media.bestofmicro.com/Q/B/235523/2/235523.jpg <![CDATA[Adobe Responds to Steve Jobs' 'Lazy' Comments]]> http://www.pheedcontent.com/click.phdo?i=0a181445bbb1d7823584f51cafd2fed6 http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Adobe-Steve-Jobs-HTML5-Flash,9588.html#xtor=RSS-181 http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Adobe-Steve-Jobs-HTML5-Flash,9588.html#xtor=RSS-181 Fri, 05 Feb 2010 02:00:00 CET Flash won't be replaced by HTML5 anytime soon, according to this CTO.

Steve Jobs - HTML5 - Adobe Systems - Apple - Adobe Flash]]> http://media.bestofmicro.com/P/J/2215/2/2215.jpg <![CDATA[Presented By: BlackBerry Developer Zone]]> http://ads.pheedo.com/feeds/ht.php?t=c&i=0a181445bbb1d7823584f51cafd2fed6&p=4 0a181445bbb1d7823584f51cafd2fed6

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]]> Fri, 05 Feb 2010 02:00:00 CET <![CDATA[Intel Announces Core i5, Core i7 With vPro]]> http://www.pheedcontent.com/click.phdo?i=bff1276c8f90cd6239a6dafad93656b4 http://www.tomshardware.com/news/intel-westmere-clarkdale-vpro-cpu,9597.html#xtor=RSS-181 http://www.tomshardware.com/news/intel-westmere-clarkdale-vpro-cpu,9597.html#xtor=RSS-181 Fri, 05 Feb 2010 01:50:00 CET Businesses now have special Westmere parts made just for them.

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