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    <title>ASRock X58 Extreme - $169.99 is not too Extreme</title>
	<description><![CDATA[  We take an early look at ASRock's new X58 budget offering and find a board full of features and performance to boot....]]></description>
    <link>http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=3593</link>
 	<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Optimizing for Virtualization, Part 2</title>
	<description><![CDATA[  This is the second part of our ESX optimization tips and tricks, diving into storage optimization and configuration options....]]></description>
    <link>http://it.anandtech.com/IT/showdoc.aspx?i=3592</link>
 	<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Triple Buffering: Why We Love It</title>
	<description><![CDATA[  Going in depth on an often misunderstood and disregarded setting to show gamers why they should enable triple buffering....]]></description>
    <link>http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=3591</link>
 	<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:34:56 EDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Retail Windows 7 Prices Announced, Upgrades Half Off For The Next 2 Weeks</title>
	<description><![CDATA[  Microsoft has released the retail prices for Windows 7, so let's dive right in.
&nbsp;
For full retail versions:


     Home Premium Full: $199
     Professional Full: $299
     Ultimate Full: $319

For retail upgrades:


     Home Premium Upgrade: $119
     Professional Upgrade: $199
     Ultimate Upgrade: $219

This doesn't include OEM pricing....]]></description>
    <link>http://www.anandtech.com/weblog/showpost.aspx?i=612</link>
 	<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Lab Update: The Pre, Nokia and Intel, SSDs and More</title>
	<description><![CDATA[  I provide some brief looks into what's going on in my lab this week and next....]]></description>
    <link>http://www.anandtech.com/gadgets/showdoc.aspx?i=3590</link>
 	<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Memory Scaling on Core i7 - Is DDR3-1066 Really the Best Choice?</title>
	<description><![CDATA[  We take an in-depth look at memory scaling on the Core i7 platform to determine if there is any value in using memory faster than DDR3-1066....]]></description>
    <link>http://www.anandtech.com/memory/showdoc.aspx?i=3589</link>
 	<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 09:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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    <title>June GPU Market Update: Price Compression Benefits</title>
	<description><![CDATA[  It's a great time to buy a GPU, especially if you're in the market for an AMD part. Prices are low and performance is high....]]></description>
    <link>http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=3588</link>
 	<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 15:01:01 EDT</pubDate>
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    <title>The Palm Pre Review</title>
	<description><![CDATA[  When I first met Apple's iPhone, I was very impressed.  Meet the first smartphone to impress me since....]]></description>
    <link>http://www.anandtech.com/gadgets/showdoc.aspx?i=3586</link>
 	<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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    <title>iPhone 3GS Performance: A Significant Performance Bump</title>
	<description><![CDATA[  What's the first thing I did with my new iPhone 3GS?  Benchmarked it....]]></description>
    <link>http://www.anandtech.com/gadgets/showdoc.aspx?i=3587</link>
 	<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Desperately Seeking Quality LCDs</title>
	<description><![CDATA[  A while back, BenQ sent us their FP241VW LCD, an expensive high-end offering with some interesting features. Can this A-MVA panel best the competition, and does it even matter?...]]></description>
    <link>http://www.anandtech.com/displays/showdoc.aspx?i=3584</link>
 	<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Intel Quietly Announces Core i5 and Core i3 Branding</title>
	<description><![CDATA[  Intel quietly announced the Core i5 and i3 branding for future Nehalem CPUs.  I hope to add some additional light to the announcement.  ...]]></description>
    <link>http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=3585</link>
 	<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Optimizing for Virtualization</title>
	<description><![CDATA[  Want to gain the upper hand on your colleagues by getting the very best performance out of ESX? AnandTech IT shares its best practices uncovered in the development of their vApus Mark I benchmark....]]></description>
    <link>http://it.anandtech.com/IT/showdoc.aspx?i=3583</link>
 	<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 02:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Gigabyte GM-M8000 Mouse - A GHOST Story</title>
	<description><![CDATA[  We take a look at the top gaming mouse from Gigabyte and realize it might indeed be a real GHOST when it comes to gameplay. ...]]></description>
    <link>http://www.anandtech.com/gadgets/showdoc.aspx?i=3581</link>
 	<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 15:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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    <title>The New MacBook Pro Part II: Lower Battery Life Under Vista &amp; SATA Issues</title>
	<description><![CDATA[  We've got the first battery life results under Windows Vista and it still doesn't look good.  The new MacBook Pro lasts 33% longer under OS X than under Vista.  We also talk about the SATA issues on the new MacBook Pro....]]></description>
    <link>http://www.anandtech.com/mac/showdoc.aspx?i=3582</link>
 	<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Apple's 2009 MacBook Pro: Battery Life to Die For</title>
	<description><![CDATA[  Apple's latest MacBook Pro breaks 8 hours in one of our battery life tests.  The new MacBook Pro is the best Apple notebook I've ever tested....]]></description>
    <link>http://www.anandtech.com/mac/showdoc.aspx?i=3580</link>
 	<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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    <title>AVIVO Video Converter Redux and ATI Stream Quick Look</title>
	<description><![CDATA[  AMD released a new version of the AVIVO Video Converter and has support for GPU acceleration of Cyberlink's transcoder. Let's take a look at what we get....]]></description>
    <link>http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=3578</link>
 	<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 00:01:01 EDT</pubDate>
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    <title>The iPhone 3GS Hardware Exposed &amp; Analyzed</title>
	<description><![CDATA[  Two days ago Apple announced the iPhone 3GS.  Today we talk about the hardware that makes it the fastest iPhone (and possibly smartphone) ever....]]></description>
    <link>http://www.anandtech.com/gadgets/showdoc.aspx?i=3579</link>
 	<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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    <title>OCZ Blade DDR3-2133 - Is it Fast Enough?</title>
	<description><![CDATA[  We take our first look at OCZ's new 3B2133LV6GK DDR3-2133 kit and realize we need to call in the big guns for benchmarking at 2133MHz and beyond....]]></description>
    <link>http://www.anandtech.com/memory/showdoc.aspx?i=3577</link>
 	<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 17:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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    <title>The Palm Pre vs. Apple's iPhone 3G: Preliminary Results and 3GS Discussion</title>
	<description><![CDATA[   I got up early, went down to very sketchy Sprint store and bought a Palm Pre on Saturday. I've been playing with it and testing it ever since and before I finish the full review I thought I'd share some data with you all.First, battery life:  Phone Web Browsing (Cell Network) Web Browsing (WiFi) Talk Time   Apple iPhone 3G 218 minutes 400 minutes 289 minutes   Palm...]]></description>
    <link>http://www.anandtech.com/weblog/showpost.aspx?i=611</link>
 	<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Lab Update: Old P4s in Bench &amp; OCZ's 30GB/60GB Vertex SSDs</title>
	<description><![CDATA[   
A few weeks back I introduced you all to a tool I&#8217;d been working on for a while called Bench.Bench, in its current form, is a database of CPU performance data allowing you to compare virtually any modern day desktop CPUs. With the recent launch of the Core i7 975 and the Athlon II X2 processors there are now 78 individual CPUs represented in Bench.In my...]]></description>
    <link>http://www.anandtech.com/weblog/showpost.aspx?i=610</link>
 	<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Ruggedized Notebooks</title>
	<description><![CDATA[  To review or not to review: that is the question. As you might imagine, we get a lot of press releases sent our way, along with review opportunities. As the notebook reviewer, one product category I hear about on a regular basis -- from the vendors at least -- is ruggedized notebooks. For example, Getac and GammaTech both sent me press releases during the past...]]></description>
    <link>http://www.anandtech.com/weblog/showpost.aspx?i=609</link>
 	<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 06:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Stereoscopic 3D Monitor From iZ3D: Passive Glasses and Polarized Screens</title>
	<description><![CDATA[  As a company who has been making stereo drivers for a while, iZ3D offers a hardware solution that in many ways gives NVIDIA's GeForce 3D Vision some competition. But does it really have what it takes?...]]></description>
    <link>http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=3576</link>
 	<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 00:01:01 EDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Computex 2009 - Gigabyte</title>
	<description><![CDATA[  Computex 2009



Gigabyte had a slew of new product introductions at Computex this year. In fact, the sheer number of new or revised products on display was a bit dizzying at times. While we love seeing new product introductions, the most important aspect of Gigabyte's impressive wall of boards is the number of current products being revised or...]]></description>
    <link>http://www.anandtech.com/weblog/showpost.aspx?i=608</link>
 	<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Overclocking Extravaganza: GTX 275's Complex Characteristics</title>
	<description><![CDATA[  Today we round out our overclocking coverage by testing the GTX 275 and turning up it's core memory and shader clocks. Find out how competitive it is with Radeon 4890....]]></description>
    <link>http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=3575</link>
 	<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 05:35:01 EDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Computex 2009 - ASRock</title>
	<description><![CDATA[  Computex 2009
 ASRock is formally introducing both new products and product lines at Computex this year. ASRock has always been one of our favorite motherboard companies over the past few years. The reason, they tend to innovate and take chances in what has become a commoditized market while still being a value leader. Now, at times these risks have paid...]]></description>
    <link>http://www.anandtech.com/weblog/showpost.aspx?i=606</link>
 	<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 12:30:40 EDT</pubDate>
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    <title>AMD Evergreen: 40nm DirectX 11 GPU Silicon Arrives</title>
	<description><![CDATA[  At Computex, AMD has demonstrated working next generation DX11 hardware and shows of their first wafer of codename Evergreen parts....]]></description>
    <link>http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=3573</link>
 	<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 01:21:01 EDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Intel’s Core i7-975 &amp; 950: Preparing for Lynnfield</title>
	<description><![CDATA[  The world's fastest processor gets faster.  The new Core i7-975 runs at 3.33GHz but will hit 3.60GHz when only one core is active.  The end result is the fastest CPU regardless of how many threads you're running....]]></description>
    <link>http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=3574</link>
 	<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Computex 2009 - Intel ULV Processor Updates</title>
	<description><![CDATA[  


 Intel is introducing new Ultra-Low Voltage (ULV) processors, Core 2 Duo processors, a speed bumped Standard Voltage (SV) processor, and finally a value
based chipset (Mobile Intel GS40 Express) not based on the 945 chipset technology. These products join the recently
released Intel ULV Core 2 Duo and Core 2 Solo processors based
on...]]></description>
    <link>http://www.anandtech.com/weblog/showpost.aspx?i=605</link>
 	<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 00:00:30 EDT</pubDate>
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    <title>The Athlon II X2 &amp; Phenom II X2: 45nm Dual-Core from AMD</title>
	<description><![CDATA[  After months of begging, we finally have 45nm dual-core from AMD.  And these new parts perform.  Competition is alive and well in the lower price points....]]></description>
    <link>http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=3572</link>
 	<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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    <title>AMD's Six-Core Opteron 2435</title>
	<description><![CDATA[  AMD added 2 cores to the improved AMD quad-core “Shanghai”.  Which applications can take advantage of these extra cores? The answer is more interesting than you might think at first. ...]]></description>
    <link>http://it.anandtech.com/IT/showdoc.aspx?i=3571</link>
 	<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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