1. Internet Explorer
2. Microsoft Word
3. Windows 95
4. iPOD
5. Microsoft Excel

Although many of us are familair with "Barcelona" and "Phenom", other code names that AMD is using for their upcoming processors include "Bobcat", "Bulldozer", "Sandtiger" and "Spider".

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• Asus EN8800GTS at APHnetworks
  
• Gigabyte Silent Pipe 3 at Techreport
  
• ECS AMD690GM-M2 Motherboard at OCC
  
• Western Digital 750GB Hard Drive at 3DGameman

TIBURON, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jon Peddie Research (JPR), the industry's leading research and consulting firm for graphics and multimedia, today announced estimated graphics shipments and supplier market share for the second calendar quarter of 2007. The results for the quarter results are available in the Q2 2007 edition of Jon Peddie's First Look, the firm's quarterly graphics survey. JPR's companion report, Market Watch, provides an in-depth look at the PC graphics market and includes unit shipment and segment market share data, trend analysis, shipment forecasts, and profiles of major suppliers.
Traditionally, the second quarter is slow for the computer industry. Nevertheless Q2'07 saw Nvidia make significant grains, while AMD and Intel saw more typical results for the time period. VIA saw a slight rise, SiS slipped more, and Matrox dropped too.

Total shipments for the quarter were 81.3 million units, up 3% in over last quarter. Compared to the same quarter last year shipments were up 8.2%.

On the desktop Nvidia was the clear winner, claiming 43% against Intel's 38.5%, while AMD had a modest gain to 23%

In the mobile market Intel held its dominant position and grew slightly to 51.5%, with Nvidia number two at 27% and AMD at 21%.

Mobile chips continued their growth to claim 31.2% of the market with 24.5 million units.

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• Microsoft Releases Some updates to Windows Vista
  
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• Xilence Gaming 800w PSU at Viper Lair
  
• Kingwin Gladiator Hybrid Cooler at OCC
  
• Diamond's Radeon HD 2900 XT 1GB graphics card at Techreport

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• AMD reveals Barcelona at Techreport
  
• AMD: Still in the Game at Anandtech
  
• Uniblue Registry Booster 2 at OCC
  
• Jetway Radeon HD 200 XT 512MB Graphics Card at MVKTech
  
• Victorinox WebPak Plus Laptop Carrying Case at Madshrimps
  
• Speed-Link Illuminated Dark Metal Keyboard at Techpowerup

The second product, which I have already installed and been testing, is the Sapphire HD 2900 XT graphics card.

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• New 162.22 Vista and 162.18 XP WHQL Drivers
  
• Aurora m9700 17-inch Notebook at TheTechLounge
  
• Shuttle's XPC SG33G5 barebones system at Techreport
  
• HP LP3065 30in LCD Monitor at Trustedreviews
  
• Cirago CST2010 Smart Mobile Storage at OCModshop

1. Leaving your Wireless Network Unprotected
2. Failing to Update Firmware
3. Failing to Update Drivers
4. Installing Memory Modules in the Wrong Slots
5. Failing to Provide Enough Airflow in your Computer Case

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• Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Processor for $279 at MWave

• MSI NX8800 GTS 320 MB OC Edition at HardOCP
  
• Overclocking Intel's Core 2 Quad Q6600 at Bit-tech
  
• Xilence Gaming 800w PSU at Viper Lair
  
• Cooler Master Aquagate S1 Review at OCIA

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• XFX GeForce 7600 GT Video Card for $99 at NewEgg, TigerDirect after rebate
• Logitech G15 Backlit Gaming Keyboard w/ LCD

• Foxconn GeForce 8600 GTS at OverclockersClub
  
• Powercolor Radeon HD 2400 XT at Madshrimps
  
• Intel E6420 vs AMD 5600+ at Techware Labs
  
• Zotac Passive GeForce 8600 GT at TechPowerUp!

This is what PC gaming has been waiting for. Running on a high-powered Toshiba Satellite notebook packing a brand new DirectX 10-capable nVidia GeForce 8700M GT card, it can only be said that Crysis looked no less than stunning. The top shelf graphics accelerator had no issue churning out the visuals and handling the game's physics; amazingly enough, all from a notebook. That alone makes Crysis, as well as nVidia's new cards, worthy of anticipation.

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• Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Processor from $273
• XFX GeForce 7900GS 256MB for $129.99 at ZZF after rebate

• PowerColor Radeon HD 2600 XT 256MB Card at MVKTech
• XFX Fatal1ty GeForce 7600 GT Videocard at Tweaknews.net
• OCZ 4GB PC2-6400 Platinum Edition at Techgage
• Cooler Master Real Power Pro 750W Power Supply at BigBruin
• NZXT Lexa Blackline Mid-Tower ATX Case at Benchmark Reviews
• Skullcandy G.I Rasta Stereo Headphones at Overclock3D
• Writing For The LCD: FPS Games at Hexus

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• PNY GeForce 8800 GTX Video Card for $479 at NewEgg after rebate
• Philips 50" Plasma TV for $1299 at NewEgg
  
• WD Raptor 150GB Hard Drive for $164 at NewEgg after rebate
  

• MSI NX8800 Ultra T2D768E HD OC at 3DChip
  
• EVGA nForce 650i ULTRA at Techwarelabs
  
• BFG's 8600 GTS OC2 Graphics Card at Techreport

• ViewSonic V 28" LCD Monitor for $619 at NewEgg after rebate
  
• eVGA GeForce 8800 Ultra Video Card for $574 at TigerDirect after rebate
  
• Intel Core 2 Duo E4400 Dual Core Processor from $139
  
• Intel Core 2 Duo E4300 Dual Core Processor from $121

• Eight Video Card Coolers Tested and Compared at Madshrimps
  
• Gigabyte 3D Mercury Water-Cooled Chassis at Guru3D
  
• PC and Xbox 360 versions of Bioshock at Bit-Tech

Ken Levine, who is a founding member and lead designer at Irrational Games, has gone on record by stating the BioShock will offer unprecedented interactivity.

The system specifications for BioShock were published during E3 with a recommended system consisting of a Core 2 Duo processor, 2GB of RAM, and a DirectX 9.0c compliant card with 512MB RAM (GeForce 7900GT or better) or DirectX 10 compliant card (GeForce 8600 or better).

For more information and discussions about BioShock, please visit the following forum thread.

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• Corsair 2GB PC2-8500 DDR2 Memory for $138 at ZZF after rebate
• Logitech G15 Backlit Gaming Keyboard w/ LCD for $59 at NewEgg after rebate
• Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Processor for $399 at ZZF
• Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 from $218
  

• Importing SLI Profiles
  
• Gainward Bliss 8800 Ultra at Overclocked3D
  
• Corsair Survivor at 3DProfessor
  
• Gigabyte Blue Eye Video Card Water Cooler Review at Tweaknews
  
• Dell UltraSharp 3007WFP-HC - 30in Monitor at Trustedreviews
  
• Tacens Supero 600 PSU at Hardh20

From time to time I get questions from students, or see postings on the Internet from newbie developers, demanding to know why they should write design documents. They want to dive straight in and get modeling or coding, and they see the paperwork as a waste of time. The player will never see it, so why take the trouble to write it?

Over 10,000 people will make the trek to Anaheim this August to join NVIDIA, XFX and Blizzard at Blizzard's largest fanfest to date. Visit the NVIDIA booth to play the latest Warcraft and Starcraft games on NVIDIA SLI PCs powered by XFX. While you're there, upgrade your PC with special BlizzCon-only deals from XFX on SLI-Ready graphics cards and motherboards - ONLY at BlizzCon!

What could be better than a sci-fi game that involves a bunch of bloodthirsty aliens, arctic environments and big-ass guns? Capcom gives us a console port of Lost Planet: Extreme Condition, which delivers all this and more.

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• OCZ Technology Gold Gamer eXtreme XTC 2GB PC2-6400 DDR2 Memory from $99
• Asus Striker Extreme Motherboard from $299

• ZOTAC GeForce 8400GS 256MB at Tweaktown
  
• QX6850 Quad-Core CPU at Bootdaily
  
• Iomega StorCenter Pro 150d at TrustedReviews
  
• Asus P5K vs Asus P5K3 Benchmarks at Overclocked3D
  
• OCZ 2GB SD Card at Hardwaresecrets
  
• RoboForm2Go Review at Techwarelabs
  
• Logitech FreePulse Wireless headphones at OCC
  
• Sony DSC S650 at Tekbunker
  
• Gigabyte Laptop Sleeve at Thetechzone

• Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 for $319 at Buy.com
  
• Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Processor for $399 at ZZF
• Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 from $226

• AnandTech
  
• Hexus
  
• HotHardware
  
• Hardware Secrets
  
• Legit Reviews
  
• Motherboards.org
  
• Techgage

The contest ends on 8/15/2007.

Good Luck!

For more information on the i-Chill Series, check out our reviews of the iChill 8600 GTS XStriker3 and iChill GeForce 7900 GS.

• XFX GeForce 8800 Ultra Video Card for $579 at Tigerdirect after rebate
  
• Pentax Optio T30 Digital Camera for $185 at NewEgg after rebate
• Corsair XMS2 2GB PC2-6400 DDR2 Memory for $83 at NewEgg after rebate

• GeForce 8600 & Radeon HD 2600 HQV-HD testing at Guru3D
  
• Nexus NX-8050 500W PSU at PCApex
  
• PC Power Management Guide at Techarp
  
• Zalman ZM600-HP 600W PSU at XYZComputing
  
• Winchip DDR3 1600 MHz 1 GB at Techpowerup
• Zotac's GeForce 8800 GTX AMP at Bit-Tech
  
• DFI Infinity NF650i "Dark" Motherboard at Ninjalane
  
• Crucial Ballistix Tracer DDR2-1066/PC2-8500 2GB at OCInside

While MSI's GeForce 8500 GT (NX8500GT-TD256E) is capable of handling the workload of the typical user and the odd game, the more powerful MSI GeForce 8600 GT OC provides twice the gaming performance in almost every gaming scenario tested. For only a twenty to forty dollar premium, anyone in the market for a low-priced mainstream video card and interested in gaming should definitely opt for the 8600 GT OC.

Analysis: E3 Conferences and the Status Quo

Nothing really happened at this year's E3. Probably because, as we've been saying ad nauseum, this isn't really E3 at all. We weren't really sure what it was going to be, but as it turns out it's a bunch of "Gamer's Day" events that run for three days in a city full of hotels, all simultaneously.

Yes, there were press conferences. But when Nintendo, Microsoft, and Sony all decide to only show their 2007 games (for the most part) and hold back on announcing huge news (entirely), you know something's up with the venue. At any rate, gamers hoping for some kind of shift in momentum, no matter which direction, didn't get their wish. This year's E3 is all about maintaining the status quo.

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• Logitech Z-5300e 5.1 Speaker System from $129
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• ASUS EN8600GTS and Foxconn 8600GT at Hexus
  
• Maxtor 750GB OneTouch III at OCC
  
• BFG GeForce 8600 GTS OC2 at Guru3d
  
• Mountain Mods U2-UFO Duality at OCIA
  
• Team Xtreem 2GB PC6400 CL3 at PCModdingmy
• Microsoft Wireless Entertainment Desktop 7000 at Techgage
  
• Razer Krait 1600dpi Gaming Mouse at Techwarelabs
  
• Belkin's Flip-DVI-D at Techreport

• Samsung 245BW 24" Widescreen LCD Monitor for $499 at NewEgg after rebate
  
• Corsair XMS2 2GB PC2-6400 DDR2 DIMM Memory for $91 at ZZF after rebate
• eVGA GeForce 8800 GTS Video Card for $259 at NewEgg after rebate

• Geforce Beta Drivers released at NZone
  
• ASUS EN8800GTX Graphics Card Review at Techarp
  
• XFX 8600 GTS XXX Edition at OCC
  
• EVGA 8800 GTS 320 overclocking at Hardwareoverclock
  
• XFX 680i LT and 650i Ultra Motherboard at LegitReviews
• AMD's Radeon HD 2400 and 2600 GPUs reviewed at Techreport
  
• E3 2007: Gears of War PC Video at IGN PC
  
• What DX10 Has Done for World In Conflict at NVIDIA Developer Blog

It is no secret that Nvidia is currently the leading supplier of discrete graphics solutions with DirectX 10 support. The company’s products cover virtually the entire price range from below $100 to over $600. This firm standing comes largely as the result of a very aggressive marketing strategy.

With games starting to appear using DirectX 10 graphics we are happy to report that benchmarking, video capture, and screenshots are now all fully supported for these titles.

Vista also includes a rewritten audio subsystem. Fraps can take advantage of this and directly record a sound stream from the machine without requiring any support from the soundcard driver. This allows you to capture ingame audio even if you are using a USB headset or other audio device which does not normally support a "Stereo Mix" or "What U Hear" recording input.

Since the Vista Desktop Window Manager (DWM) runs through DirectX we have also added a new option to monitor the desktop under Vista. You can now take screenshots and record video from the desktop just like any other game or 3D application.

SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- July 10, 2007 --AMD (NYSE:AMD) announced today that Dave Orton, former president and chief executive officer of ATI Technologies, has resigned as executive vice president of AMD, effective the end of July, 2007.

"Dave's passion and relentless drive catapulted ATI into a solid leadership position in each of the company’s graphics, chipset and consumer electronics businesses," said Dirk Meyer, AMD president and chief operating officer. "More recently, Dave was one of the key drivers in the successful integration of AMD and ATI. With his integration work complete and the successful launch of key graphics and chipset products earlier this year, the time was right for Dave to take his personal and professional life in a different direction."

"It is with mixed feelings that I am leaving AMD," said Orton. "I am very optimistic about AMD’s future. I believe strongly in the strategies that brought AMD and ATI together and the talented employees of the 'new AMD' who are committed to winning in the market by delivering the best possible solutions for customers."

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• XFX GeForce 8600 GT Video Card from $129

• XFX GeForce 8600GT w/ Heatpipe at BootDaily
• Shuttle XPC Barebone SD39P2 at BIOS
• Microsoft Wireless Entertainement Desktop 7000 at Techwarelabs
• Mushkin XP2-6400 2 GB CL4 Kit at Techpowerup
• Arctic Cooling MX-2 Performance Compound at MVKTech
• Halo 2 PC Game at Gamepyre
• Sapphire Radeon HD 2900 XT CrossFire at HardOCP

• Apple iPod Video Enhanced 5th Generation 30GB Media Player from $237
• Dell 2707WFP 27" LCD Monitor from $1019
• Corsair 2GB PC2-8500 DDR2 DIMM Memory Kit at ZZF for $138 after rebate

• NVIDIA Low Budget 7300 GT vs 8500 GT Comparison at Madshrimps
• Thermaltake Mozart VC4000 HTPC Case at Techgage
• Belkin N1 Wireless Router, Desktop, Notebook, and USB Cards at OCC
• Lexmark X4550 at TrustedReviews
• Apple iPhone at TheTechLounge

• OCZ Gold Gamer 2GB PC2-6400 DDR2 Memory for $101.99 at Buy.com
• eVGA GeForce 8800 GTS 320MB for $269 at ZipZoomfly after rebate
• Cooler Master eXtreme Power 550W PSU for $34.99 at ZipZoomfly

• Gainward BLISS 8600 GTS 256MB GS Edition at MVKTech
• Crossfire Radeon HD 2900 XT vs. GeForce 8800 Ultra at Tweaktown
• Radeon HD 2900 XT 512MB vs GeForce 8800 GTS 320MB at Madshrimps
• Radeon HD 2600 XT at Hardware Secrets
• Thermaltake Toughpower 1200W Modular PSU at Benchmark Reviews
• Ultra X3 1000W Modular PSU at 3dgameman.com
• GIGABYTE 3D Galaxy II Water Cooler at techPowerUp!
• Razer Tarantula Gaming Keyboard at Hard-h2o.com
• Confessions of a Console Convert at The TechReport

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• Corsair 2GB PC2-8500 DDR2 Memory for $138 at ZZF after rebate
  

• SPNY XLR8 8800 GTX OC at Hothardware
  
• Eagle Tech Consus D-Series 2xSATA External Raid Storage at Madshrimps
  
• Synology Cube Station CS-407e at Trustedreviews
  
• Thermaltake V1 CPU Cooler at Viper Lair

• eVGA GeForce 7900 GS Video Card at New Egg for $104 after rebate
• Samsung SyncMaster 245BW 24" LCD Monitor at New Egg for $599 after rebate
  
• Corsair XMS2 2GB PC2-6400 DDR2 Memory at ZZF for $90 after rebate
  

• Sparkle GeForce 8600 GTS Graphics Card at Techarp
  
• Cross Console Interaction at BonafideReviews
  
• Ultra X-Finity & X-Pro 800W Power Supplies at Techgage
  
• BenQ FP241VW 24in Widescreen LCD Monitor at OCC

"For over 10 years gamers have debated who the best overall Quake player is, and this year we’re giving our competitors the chance to stake that claim in our world exclusive Quad Damage tournament," said Todd Hollenshead, CEO, id Software. "We’re also giving teams the chance to be crowned the first ever Enemy Territory: Quake Wars champions, and thanks to NVIDIA’s $100,000 total prize purse, the competition will be more intense than ever."

The leading exporter of this service is China, where an estimated 500,000 to 1,000,000 people are working for "gold-farming" factories. The Chinese government is hesitant to endorse this type of service and even imposed an "indulgence prevention" program to limit those under 18 years of age to five hours of farming.

China, with its cheap labour and low operational costs, has become a hub of such gold farms that export the online credits to South Korea, the United States and other developed nations. IGE, the largest online seller of virtual goods in the United States, has set up an office in Shanghai to collect virtual currency and assets from more than 1,000 Chinese suppliers and sell them to American players at fat prices.

Amazon.com grabbed the top spot, while lesser known organizations América Móvil, Telefonica, Hon Hai Precision and Telenor held spots 2 through 5. América Móvil is a wireless operator in Latin America owned by one of the world's richest men while Hon Hai Precision is the world's top electronics manufacturer with $40 billion in annual sales.

ASUSTeK was ranked 29th and NVIDIA 36th.

Dell, Motorola, and SAP, which is being sued by Oracle, were some of the big names that were missing.

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• XFX GeForce 8500 GT Video Card at Buy.Com for $64 after rebate
  

• XFX GeForce 8600 GT Fatal1ty at Guru3D
  
• Thermaltake Toughpower 1200 W at Hardh2o
  
• Apple iPod nano 4GB at TrustedReviews
  
• Coolink Silentator Heatpipe Cooler at OCC

Support for the ATI R600 GPU was added to work with all of RivaTuner's low-level features including overclocking, color correction, fan control and hardware monitoring. Improved hardware monitoring, diagnostic reporting, and low-level overclocking are also featured in this release.

Added open source Everest.dll plugin. The plugin is able to import any monitoring data sources from Everest software and display them in RivaTuner Statistics Server's On-Screen Display.

The companies consist of Samsung, TSMC, Intel, Toshiba, and UMC. The top ten chip makers controlled nearly 48% percent of the world's capacity.

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• ASUS EN8800GTX AquaTank at Hartware
  
• Galaxy GeForce 8600 GTS at Techarp
  
• Zotac GeForce 8800GTX AMP at Tweaktown
  
• PC Power & Cooling Turbo-Cool 1KW-SR at Hardocp
  
• Saitek Eclipse II Gaming Keyboard at OCC
  
• Hitachi 7K1000 1Terabyte Hard Drive at Boot Daily at BootDaily
  
• Speed Up Searches in Vista at OCModshop

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• WD Raptor X 150GB Hard Drive for $174 at New Egg after rebate
  

• 2900XT: A Quick Look
  
• Rivatuner v2.02 at Guru3d
  
• Apple's iPhone at TheTechLounge
  
• Antec P182 ATX Case at Viper Lair
  
• XFX Fatal1ty 8600 GT at Overclocked3d
  
• Silent Hunter: Wolves of the Pacific at OCC
  
• Akasa AllInOne Control Panelat Techpowerup

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• Westinghouse LVM-47W1 47" LCD TV for $1399 at New Egg
  

• ECS PN2 SLI2+ nForce 680i SLI Motherboard at Futurelooks
  
• Kingston KHX11000D3LLK2/2G DDR3 at Gideontech
  
• Graphics Card Repair Guide at Techarp
  
• Super Talent DH series 4GB Pen Drive
  
• Core 2 Duo E6750 Overclocking at Hardwaresecrets
  
• Surf's Up at OCModshop
  
• Wolf King Timberwolf Gaming Keyboard at Bit-Tech