Core i3/i5/i7 Processors – Making Sense of Intel’s New CPU Line Friday, January 15th, 2010 by William George

When Intel first debuted the Core i7 processor line, code-named Nehalem, in late 2008 it made perfect sense.  This line of quad-cores brought several new technologies: Turbo Mode, integrated memory controllers, triple-channel RAM, and Hyperthreading (making a comeback from the Pentium 4 era).  There were three processors at launch, a ...

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TV Tuner Update – 2010 Thursday, January 7th, 2010 by William George

It has been almost two years since I last wrote on the subject of TV tuners in computers, and a lot has changed since then.  Over-the-air TV signals have finally gone all-digital, and many cable providers have reduced or dropped their analog cable lineups as well.  These transitions, coupled with ...

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