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Intel explains future Core i7, i5, i3 branding

17th Jun 2009 Rebrands.. no sorry "modifiers" and new names all round as Intel lays down its new CPU naming guidelines. [58]

Western Digital releases range of SSDs

17th Jun 2009 Western Digital has started shipping a new range of WD-branded SSDs following its acquisition of SiliconSystems in March 2009. [10]

Dell's XPS Gaming brand to disappear this year

16th Jun 2009 Following a number of whispers at Computex, we have learned that Dell is to close its XPS Gaming brand soon. [11]

Nvidia announces five 40nm GeForce 200M GPUs

15th Jun 2009 Nvidia has released five new 40nm GeForce 200M GPUs this afternoon, which add support for DirectX 10.1 and GDDR5 to Nvidia's products for the first time. [21]

New MacBooks have SATA downgrade

15th Jun 2009 A pair of new MacBook Pro models introduced earlier this month seem to be equipped with a last-generation 1.5Gb/s SATA interface - a drop from earlier models' 3.0Gb/s. [18]

Apple: Fruit Messiah is set for return

11th Jun 2009 Phil Schiller, VP of Product Marketing at Apple, has said that Jobs' planned end-of-June return is still on. [7]

6-core Nehalem coming to LGA 1366 this year

10th Jun 2009 Sources close to Intel say it will release a 6-core Nehalem derivative in roughly the same timeframe as Lynnfield. [22]

Apple goes Pro with 13in MacBook, updates 15in MBP

9th Jun 2009 Apple updated its MacBook line with several new versions and slashed prices on many existing models at its Worldwide Developer Conference keynote last night. [36]

Freescale unveils smartbook concepts

8th Jun 2009 Freescale has unveiled a range of concept designs for "smartbook" systems - devices based on the company's ARM processors that sit between smartphones and netbooks. [6]

Intel's MID sales poor

8th Jun 2009 Sales of Mobile Internet Devices based on Intel's Menlow platform have been significantly lower than the company has predicted - but Intel claims it's nothing to worry about. [2]

Confirmed: Core i7 920, 940, 950 to go "soon"

5th Jun 2009 COMPUTEX 09: Despite Intel giving us the smiles yesterday, bit-tech has seen confirmed roadmaps of the future of Core i7. [77]

Powercolor readies Radeon HD 4730

5th Jun 2009 COMPUTEX 09: Powercolor has a brand new Radeon: the HD 4730, that is due to take on the GeForce 9600 GT. [13]

Corsair launches H50 budget water-cooler

5th Jun 2009 Corsair has a new low cost water-cooling system, the H50, and it's better than the Thermalright Ultra 120 eXtreme. [28]

Microsoft launches Bing search engine

5th Jun 2009 Microsoft has launched a new search engine to rival Yahoo! and Google, dubbed Bing. Let us know your thoughts in the forums. [28]

EVGA investing in Intel with new P55/X58 boards

5th Jun 2009 COMPUTEX 09: EVGA is keeping up with the best of them, with a lineup of hardcore overclocking and cheap+small motherboards. [12]

Microsoft bans netbooks with hybrid storage

4th Jun 2009 COMPUTEX 09: In a further bid to fix the netbook industry, Microsoft has banned Hybrid storage with Win XP. [48]

Asus 785G mobo has Absolute Pitch Sound

4th Jun 2009 COMPUTEX 2009: Asus' latest HTPC specific motherboard includes the AMD 785G chipset with absolute pitch audio. [14]

Lian Li X1000 case seems almost perfect

4th Jun 2009 COMPUTEX 09: Lian Li's X1000 is a work of beauty, and fixes many of the problems of the older X2000. [16]

First SATA 6Gbps chipset is likely bottlenecked

4th Jun 2009 COMPUTEX 09: EVGA claims it'll continue testing SATA 6Gbps and won't use it until it knows it's worthwhile. [12]

Foxconn thinks it can make P55 for under $100

4th Jun 2009 COMPUTEX 09: Foxconn has its Flaming Katana on show and reconis it can make P55s for under $100! [5]

AMD launches Phenom II X2 550 for just $102

4th Jun 2009 COMPUTEX 09: AMD launches the new Phenom II 550 Black Edition and 45nm Athlon X2 for very little money. [8]

What’s that? A single PCB GTX 295?

4th Jun 2009 COMPUTEX 09: We cunningly got a shot of the latest single PCB GeForce GTX 295 at EVGA. [13]

Gigabyte mobo lets you hide files using your phone

4th Jun 2009 COMPUTEX 09: New P55 motherboards from Gigabyte allow you to use your Bluetooth phone to hide your sensitive files. [8]

Windows 7 features improved multi-threading

4th Jun 2009 COMPUTEX 09: Microsoft has changed the way the kernel handles multi-core CPUs in Windows 7. [6]

Origen-ae makes a beautiful mini-ITX case

4th Jun 2009 COMPTUEX 09: It's not cheap, but it is beautiful: Origen-ae makes mini-ITX HTPCs to die for. [10]

AMD Shows Off DirectX 11 GPU

4th Jun 2009 COMPUTEX 09: AMD, TSMC and Microsoft gave us a glimpse of DirectX 11 and Codename Evergreen, AMD's next-gen graphics chip. [12]

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