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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.
News Tom's Hardware US

Provided courtesy of:
http://www.tomshardware.com
Tom's Hardware US
- PS3 3.42 Firmware Update Stops Jailbreaking
- Wed, 08 Sep 2010 04:40:00 CEST -
That didn't take long.
PlayStation 3 - Sony - Game - Firmware - Video Games
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- AMD Working on Stickers That Peel More Easily
- Wed, 08 Sep 2010 00:40:00 CEST -
Hate all those gaudy stickers that come stuck on your PC? AMD wants to be friendlier to sticker peelers starting next year.
Advanced Micro Devices - Stickers - Shopping - David Pogue - Intel Corporation
- Gearbox Software Owns Duke Nukem... Forever.
- Wed, 08 Sep 2010 00:40:00 CEST -
When do we get our Duke Nukem and Claptrap crossover?
Duke Nukem - Gearbox - Duke Nukem Forever - 3D Realms - Randy Pitchford
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- Ousted HP Chief Hurd Joins Oracle as Co-President
- Wed, 08 Sep 2010 00:40:00 CEST -
Mark Hurd, the former CEO of HP who recently resigned over sexual harassment allegations, has secured a job at software giant Oracle.
Mark Hurd - HewlettPackard - Sexual harassment - Oracle - Larry Ellison
- Gas Powered Games: PC Gaming Is Not Dead
- Tue, 07 Sep 2010 19:40:00 CEST -
Gas Powered Games CEO Chris Taylor says the PC space is "where the opportunity is."
Gas Powered Games - Chris Taylor - Video game - Games - Strategy
- Google Will Simplify Privacy Policy in New Update
- Mon, 06 Sep 2010 21:40:00 CEST -
Google has said it will update its privacy policy to make it easier to understand.
Google - Privacy - privacy policy - Security - Search
- Four Retro Consoles Torn Apart and Photographed
- Sat, 04 Sep 2010 06:10:00 CEST -
iFixit is turning its gadget-dismantling tools on some of our favorite retro consoles.
IFixit - Video Games - Games - Nintendo - Console Platforms
- Toshiba Recalls 41,000 Laptops Over Overheating
- Sat, 04 Sep 2010 05:40:00 CEST -
Toshiba has recalled 41,000 laptops sold between August 2009 and August 2010 because the units in question represent a burn hazard to users.
Toshiba - Laptop - Hardware - AC adapter - Recall
- Nvidia Releases Entire Lineup of DX11 Mobile GPU
- Sat, 04 Sep 2010 03:10:00 CEST -
Nvidia Optimus now in all new mobile GPU parts.
Graphics processing unit - Nvidia - GPU - GeForce - CUDA
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- Die-Shot: Next-Gen 8-Core AMD Orochi Bulldozer
- Sat, 04 Sep 2010 03:00:00 CEST -
This is the eight-core version of Bulldozer.
Bulldozer - Advanced Micro Devices - Central processing unit - Bobcat - Intel Corporation
- Q&A Session With AMD and Troublemakers Behind Opteron and FirePro 'Machete' Hardware
- Sat, 04 Sep 2010 03:00:00 CEST -
AMD technology behind Grindhouse style movies.
Advanced Micro Devices - Opteron - Hardware - Processors - X86
- Windows 7 Family Pack Deal Making a Comeback
- Sat, 04 Sep 2010 03:00:00 CEST -
Upgrade your family of computers.
Windows 7 - Recreation - Windows XP - Operating system - Windows Vista
- Whoa... It's a Double Rainbow... for Windows Live
- Sat, 04 Sep 2010 03:00:00 CEST -
What does it mean?
Microsoft - Microsoft Windows - Operating Systems - Windows Live - DoubleRainbow
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- Duke Nukem Forever May Show Up at PAX today
- Fri, 03 Sep 2010 20:00:00 CEST -
2K Games may reveal the long, long, long, long-awaited shooter at PAX 2010.
Duke Nukem Forever - 2K Games - Gearbox - Duke Nukem - 3D Realms
- Microsoft Patents Automatic OS Shutdown
- Fri, 03 Sep 2010 03:50:00 CEST -
Microsoft has successfully patented a procedure for shutting down Windows.
Microsoft - Operating system - Microsoft Windows - Microsoft Corporation - Companies
- OilRush Coming to PC, Linux, Looks Stunning
- Thu, 02 Sep 2010 23:10:00 CEST -
Unigine Corp's upcoming OilRush game combines strategy and tower defense.
Tower defense - Personal computer - Linux - OilRush - Games
- Why Apple Is Wrestling With Relevance
- Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:20:00 CEST -
According to Jobs, Apple's learned a lot in 4 years. Let's analyze what's been shown.
Apple - Steve Jobs - IPod - iTunes - Macintosh
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- Report: Asus Has 'Off the Charts' Reliability Score
- Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:00:00 CEST -
Apple scores well too, probably because everyone sticks to Apple for support.
Apple - Macintosh - Companies - Apple II - Product Support
- HP's Envy 17 With Blu-ray 3D, Envy 14 With Beats
- Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:00:00 CEST -
Now you can experience 3D movies while you're on the go.
Blu-ray Disc - Hewlett-Packard - HP - Laptop - Arts
- Toshiba Making 24nm Flash -- 8GB on Single Chip
- Thu, 02 Sep 2010 15:00:00 CEST -
Small memory for big capacity.
Toshiba - FlashMemory - Memory - Hardware - Components
- HP Labs Teams With Hynix to Make Memristors
- Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:00:00 CEST -
Is this the first step towards more advanced forms of AI?
Hewlett-Packard - Artificial intelligence - FlashMemory - HP - Hynix
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- Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:00:00 CEST -
- AMD CPUs and GPUs Used to Make 'Machete'
- Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:00:00 CEST -
Opteron and FirePro were the tools behind the film.
Central processing unit - Graphics processing unit - Business - Construction and Maintenance - Hardware
- Commodore Launching Amiga-brand Desktops
- Thu, 02 Sep 2010 03:50:01 CEST -
Retro is hot again, and Commodore knows it. The company this week revealed that it would be reviving the Amiga brand that was so popular in the '80s and '90s.
Amiga - Commodore - Personal computer - CommodoreUsa - Retailers
- An Android Tablet? Archos Just Announced FIVE
- Thu, 02 Sep 2010 03:50:00 CEST -
It's either a famine or a feast, right? Well, feast your eyes on this spread from Archos.
Archos - Android - Tablet - Portable media player - Touchscreen
- Buffalo To Sell Portable 3D Blu-ray Optical Drive
- Thu, 02 Sep 2010 02:10:00 CEST -
Buffalo's new 3D Blu-ray external drive is sleek and compact.
Blu-ray Disc - Arts - Movies - Disk enclosure - Theaters
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- Final Fantasy XIV Open Beta Begins Thursday
- Thu, 02 Sep 2010 01:00:01 CEST -
Square Enix ironed out the Open Beta bugs.
Final Fantasy XIV - Square Enix - BETA - Software release life cycle - Final Fantasy
- Report: Windows XP Still Dominates U.S. PCs
- Thu, 02 Sep 2010 01:00:00 CEST -
Recent stats indicate that Windows 7 is catching up to Vista on the market, however XP still rules the world.
Windows XP - Windows 7 - Operating system - Microsoft Windows - Windows Vista
- Blizzard Unveils Dev Update for Diablo III
- Wed, 01 Sep 2010 20:20:01 CEST -
Blizzard's Jay Wilson said that the Diablo 3 team is no longer in "discovery" mode.
Diablo III - Blizzard Entertainment - Diablo 3 - Jay Wilson - Blizzard
- Three Big Announcements Coming from Valve
- Wed, 01 Sep 2010 20:20:00 CEST -
Not only is Valve experimenting with biometrics, but the company plans to reveal three big surprises over the next twelve months.
Valve - Business - Valves Hoses and Fittings - Industrial Goods and Services - Fluid Handling
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- Wed, 01 Sep 2010 20:20:00 CEST -
- Guess Who Are the Most Loved/Hated Tech CEOs
- Wed, 01 Sep 2010 17:00:00 CEST -
Two thirds of HP must be a little happier now.
Weight loss - Actor - Björk - Lindsay Lohan - Vanity Fair

