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Review Intel Core i9-9900K Review (Coffee Lake Refresh) Review

Intel adds two cores to its mainstream flagship but is it worth the cash?

19-10-18 // 2:00p.m.

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Researchers claim 'molecular memory' breakthrough

Not quite ready for commercialisation, though.

19-10-18 // 11:11a.m.

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Valve launches SteamVR Motion Smoothing beta

Windows 10, Vive, Nvidia exclusive.

19-10-18 // 10:52a.m.

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Micron outlines IM Flash acquisition plan

Will pay Intel $1.5bn for its share.

19-10-18 // 10:41a.m.

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Google to use only renewable energy by next year

Mixture of pure-renewable and credits.

7-12-16 // 10:18a.m.

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Review Kingston LoVo: Power saving 1.25V DDR3 RAM

In an extension of our recent investigation into energy efficiency, Kingston dropped in some of its latest LoVo DDR3 memory that can run at just 1.2-1.25V. How much power does it save and is it a significant difference? We check to find out.

18-3-10 // 11:12a.m.

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Review Energy Efficient Hardware Investigated

How green are green products? We evaluate the benefits, or lack of them, in new "low power" and "energy efficient" hardware to see what makes the biggest difference to the power drawn from your wall socket.

24-2-10 // 8:46a.m.

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What else do we need?

10-2-09 // 4:18p.m.

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New screens promise 40-hour notebooks

Pixel Qi has announced a new range of low-power LCD displays that could boost laptop battery life up to ten times - meaning 40 hours between charges.

1-12-08 // 12:24p.m.

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Review J&W MINIX 780G mini-ITX HTPC mobo

This cute little 17cm square motherboard is absolutely jam-packed with features from PCI-Express to HDMI and High-Definition to 65W full AMD CPU support. Could this be the ultimate low power, ultra small form factor home theatre motherboard?

17-9-08 // 8:19a.m.

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Dell ships 80 PLUS Gold server

Dell has announced the worlds' first range of servers to come equipped with 80 PLUS Gold certified power supplies, capable of efficiency in excess of 92 percent.

30-6-08 // 8:23a.m.

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Review Gigabyte GA-EP45-DQ6

Oodles and oodles of features can't even begin to describe the latest Gigabyte GA-EP45-DQ6 motherboard. The question is though: is this board a political statement against the Asus P45 Premium or does it warrant a place high above all on its own?

18-6-08 // 8:46a.m.

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Review HIS Radeon HD 3850 IceQ 3 TurboX 512MB

HIS is a company that is renowned for its innovative take on ATI's graphics cards - the company has often taken an average card and made it into a good card. Today we have a look at its Radeon HD 3850 IceQ 3 TurboX 512MB to see if it can turn a great card into a must-buy.

8-3-08 // 8:29a.m.

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Review Gigabyte GA-EP35-DS4

Energy Efficiency seems to be the industry buzzword for 2008 and Gigabyte has completely relaunched its P35 motherboard range with that in mind. We look at its mainstream GA-EP35-DS4 model to see if it's a fuss worth making.

23-2-08 // 8:20a.m.

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Nanosolar ships 'cheap' solar cells

Solar power specialists Nanosolar have announced mass-production of cheap-ish panels, and if you're desperate you can even get one on eBay.

19-12-07 // 12:57p.m.

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Performance per what?

Many manufacturers have started to use the term "Performance per Watt" in an effort to draw attention away from increasing power requirements. Tim Smalley thinks it's time these manufacturers started focusing on lower power consumption before this obsession gets out of hand.

20-5-07 // 6:22p.m.

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Staring at the sun

Technology progression, particularly for graphics cards, is getting faster and faster - and the power supply outputs needed to run them are getting higher and higher. Brett Thomas is getting a little fed up with this computerised version of the space race - how about we make earth a little prettier?

25-1-07 // 10:43a.m.

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Intel builds 80-core prototype

Intel's research team has managed to successfully produce a prototype 80-core Tera-Scale processor that uses less than 100W of power.

18-1-07 // 10:38a.m.

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Review AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ EE (65nm)

We have a look at one of AMD's first 65 nanometre Brisbane processors. Does AMD's move to more advanced process technology change the landscape in the processor marketplace, or will Intel's Core 2 processors continue to rule the roost? Read on to find out...

17-1-07 // 3:40p.m.

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AMD to launch 65nm Athlon 64 X2's next month?

A report in a Chinese newspaper has indicated that AMD will roll out four 65-nanometre CPUs in the first week of December.

27-11-06 // 2:12p.m.

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Standby set to be banned in the UK

The UK government is set to ban the use of the 'standby' mode on electrical goods. The mighty switch is responsible for billions of tons of fuel in the UK.

13-7-06 // 4:14p.m.

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