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    Mullins And Beema APUs: AMD Gets Serious About Tablet SoCs

    OK, so where are the power measurements? That is about the most important part of the chip, and is also the part that is missing.
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    BT Ad Blaming WiFi Issues On Phones Gets Banned

    Cordless phones would be one thing that could interfere – many use the same 2.4 GHz spectrum. Bluetooth can interfere as well. Microwave ovens can cause massive interference if their shielding is not as good as it should be.
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    Thermal Paste Comparison, Part Two: 39 Products Get Tested

    It would have been nice to see the stock thermal paste on the Intel cooler too...
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    Part 1: Four Cheap 80 PLUS Bronze Power Supplies, Reviewed

    Could you do a shot of the spikes using a sweep time of 1 us/div, or even less, in the next part please (assuming you get them)? And maybe one that shows a single cycle of the PWM switching (clearly defined on some of these)? It'd be really interesting – I've got some theories about what is...
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    Windows 8 Benchmarks Banned on HWBOT Over RTC Issue

    Here's my guess as to why there's a problem, for what it is worth: On AMD platforms, Microsoft knew that the BCLK equivalent was widely variable, so they didn't trust it – they used something else. On Intel platforms, they were highly negligent and, based on the fact that since SB the BCLK has...
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    Intel's 12-Core Xeon With 30 MB Of L3: The New Mac Pro's CPU?

    http://www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/Intel/CM8063501288843S-R171/?qs=sGAEpiMZZMvqxsBVy5ZiuowErqth9imUwPY6%2fY0Um1w%3d Guess what? "Description: CPU - Central Processing Units Xeon E5-2697v2 12 CR 2.7GHz FCLGA2011" "Pricing (USD) 1: $3,249.19 2: $3,127.04"
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    Swiftech Launches a SATA Powered 8-way PWM Splitter

    "SATA powered"? You mean it uses a SATA power connector – it actually has nothing to do with SATA itself.
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    Even with new ram, bios still says base 64k failure

    Try taking the graphics card out and connecting the monitor to the mobo.
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    Ubuntu Edge Smartphone Funding Tapers Off

    Don't forget that the price doesn't include any ridiculous carrier subsidies...
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    Tom's Hardware's AMA With Gigabyte, In Its Entirety

    They do, but according to all the reviews I've seen (at Hardware Secrets, maybe others) they're utter rubbish.
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    is 1.27 volts normal for an i5-350k at stock speeds?

    Set the voltage to "Normal" rather than a set voltage or "Auto" and it should give you an offset setting.