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I Built My Computer is a site dedicated to the computer as a hobby, and particularly building computers.
There are articles on various aspects of building and using computers.
I am including some news feeds that may contain articles of interests to my visitors. I present the Tom's Hardware feed here and several more in the News and Reviews section of the site.
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Tom's Hardware US
- Video: Are Intel Core CPUs Better than this Robot?
- Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:00:00 CET -
...but can you overclock it?
- FAST! IBM Develops 100GHz Transistor Device
- Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:30:00 CET -
This could one day replace silicon to give us... LUDICROUS SPEED!
IBM - Hardware - Transistor - Graphene - Components
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- Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:30:00 CET -
- Nvidia: External Laptop GPUs Are "Big Opportunity"
- Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:00:00 CET -
"Nvidia Outside"
Graphics processing unit - Hardware - Notebooks and Laptops - Nvidia - Dell
- Google Runs 3-month Old Video as Super Bowl Ad
- Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:00:00 CET -
How would YOU impress a French girl?
Google - Super Bowl - Search - Search Engines - Companies
- PICTURED: Gigabyte's M1405 with External GPU
- 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.
Taiwan - Asia - Government - Embassies and Consulates - Foreign
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- IBM Launches New Octa-core Chips and Servers
- 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
- Harddrives to Hit 3TB Capacities By November
- 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
- RWS: Postal III is "Looking Good"
- 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
- China Closes Hacker Training Site w/ 180K Users
- 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
- ATI Issues Fix for Grey Screening 5800 Series
- 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
- Microsoft Patching 17-year-old Windows/DOS Bug
- 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
- Unboxing the BioShock 2 Special Edition
- 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
- Microsoft Disagrees With 'Clumsy' Criticisms
- 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
- Buy Office 2007, Get Office 2010 for Free?
- 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
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- Sat, 06 Feb 2010 04:10:00 CET -
- Diablo III's Female Monk Spotted on Camera
- 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
- Nvidia On Optimus: No Comment
- 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
- Dell Precision Laptop Gets Core i5, USB 3.0
- 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
- Former VP Calls Microsoft Clumsy, Uncompetitive
- 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
- Samsung's Transparent OLED Laptop Coming Soon
- 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
- Adobe Responds to Steve Jobs' 'Lazy' Comments
- 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
- Presented By: BlackBerry Developer Zone
- Fri, 05 Feb 2010 02:00:00 CET -

Welcome to BlackBerry Developer Resource Fridays, a reoccurring event here on the BlackBerry Developer's Blog. We'll keep you up to date on helpful articles that have been added to the Developer Knowledge Base and other new additions to the BlackBerry Developer Zone. Learn more about this edition's pearl of wisdom: Defining offline queues for HTML form submission. BlackBerry Developer's Blog >> Read more - Intel Announces Core i5, Core i7 With vPro
- Fri, 05 Feb 2010 01:50:00 CET -
Businesses now have special Westmere parts made just for them.
Intel Core i7 - Intel Core i5 - Intel Core - Intel Corporation - Hardware
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- Fri, 05 Feb 2010 01:50:00 CET -
- How to Make Internet Explorer 6 Crash Instantly
- Thu, 04 Feb 2010 23:50:00 CET -
It's definitely no Konami code.
Internet Explorer 6 - Internet Explorer - Microsoft - Browsers - Clients
- Intel Gives More Details Six-Core Gulftown CPUs
- Thu, 04 Feb 2010 23:40:00 CET -
In a press conference yesterday Intel offered a few more tidbits of information on the six-core Gulftown chips it plans to launch later this year.
Intel Corporation - Gulftown - Central processing unit - Intel Core - Intel Core i7
- F.E.A.R. 3 Details Leaked
- Thu, 04 Feb 2010 21:40:00 CET -
A recent casting call in Los Angeles reveals that Monolith is currently working on F.E.A.R. 3.
Los Angeles - F.E.A.R. - Monolith Productions - United States - California
- You're Getting Old: The Sims Turn 10
- Thu, 04 Feb 2010 20:40:00 CET -
Where were you ten years ago?
Sim - Sims 2 - Electronic Arts - Sims 3 - Facebook
- Gateway Refreshes FX, DX and SX Desktops
- Thu, 04 Feb 2010 20:10:00 CET -
Gateway has given its FX, SX and DX desktop lines a refresh, adding Intel's new Core i5 and Core i3 chips under the hood and a sleek new finish on the outside.
Intel Core i5 - Intel Core - Intel Corporation - CoreI3 - CoreI5
- Radeon HD 5450 Delivers DX11, Eyefinity at $50
- Thu, 04 Feb 2010 19:30:00 CET -
OEMs can build systems with fancier bullet points now with the ATI Radeon HD 5450.
Radeon - ATI Technologies - DirectX - Recreation - Radio
- SilverStone Device Gives 70% HDD Boost
- Thu, 04 Feb 2010 19:20:00 CET -
SilverStone's HDDBOOST combines the best of both worlds: HDD and SSD.
Hard disk drive - Solid-state drive - SSD - hdd - Hardware
- Shuttle Bundles Red Faction with New J Series
- Thu, 04 Feb 2010 07:50:00 CET -
Shuttle's upcoming J Series of small form factor PCs will come packed with a free copy of Red Faction: Guerrilla.
Red Faction - Personal computer - THQ - Homefront - Saints Row
- IE8 is Now World's Most Popular Web Browser
- Thu, 04 Feb 2010 03:50:00 CET -
New world browser king, new shirt.
browser - Microsoft - Internet Explorer - Google Chrome - Web browser

