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Death of an iMac—Part Two

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:06 EST - Jim Lynch ends his mourning period and starts over with a new 27-inch iMac.

Hard Drives' 2011 Sector Shift May Slow Windows XP Use

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:58:31 EST - If you're still using Windows XP, you may be in for trouble in 2011, when all hard drives must move from 512-byte to 4KB sectors.

Is Opera 10.5 the World's Fastest Web Browser?

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00:17 EST - Opera 10.5 trounces the competition when it comes to JavaScript rendering. But is that enough?

Corsair's Cooling Air A70 and A50 Help Your CPU Chill Out

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 11:51:22 EST - Corsair's new A70 and A50 coolers are designed for enthusiast and more casual users.

Nvidia's Latest Driver Could Hurt Video Cards and PCs

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 11:41:47 EST - A problem with fan control in Nvidia's latest video driver may be putting video cards—and full systems—at risk.

Kids and Computers: Do Extreme Tykes Still Exist?

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:00:04 EST - Is it necessarily a good thing that kids today are growing up in a world where computers are as common as cars?

Brown Goes Down: Ubuntu Gets a Makeover

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 11:25:32 EST - The popular populist Linux distribution Ubuntu will a new look with the upcoming 10.04 edition.

Video: Nvidia Pulls GPU From Live Motherboard to Demo Optimus

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 12:34:53 EST - Nvidia's laptop-oriented video-switching technology makes some amazing things possible—as the company recently demonstrated.

Asus Board Unlocks CPU Cores You Didn't Buy

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 00:50:38 EST - On Tuesday, Asus launched the M4A89GTD PRO motherboard, with a novel feature: the ability to "unlock," or enable processor cores that a user hasn't paid for.

Death of an iMac—Part One

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 00:00:09 EST - Jim Lynch's 24-inch iMac recently bit the dust—and it didn't go quietly.