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Top Desktops for October 2009
PUBLISHED: Wednesday, November 04, 2009
Each month we compile data for the number of times a particular desktop is viewed on this site's product pages to get an idea for what mainstream consumers are looking at and thinking about buying. While these desktops aren't necessarily the most popular in terms of sales, they are the most popular based on the number of times our visitors clicked on them.

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Microsoft Unleashes CableCARD for Everyone
PUBLISHED: 11/6/2009  BY: J.R. Nelson
One of the biggest gripes with CableCARD tuners for the PC was that, in order to get one, you had to buy a specially-built HTPC from a major manufacturer and have it configured at the time of purchase. You could never add one in later on.
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USB 3.0 Being Pushed Back Thanks to Intel
PUBLISHED: 11/5/2009  BY: J.R. Nelson
Intel seems to be all but for developing the new transfer standard.
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Windows 7 Selling Twice as Fast as Vista
PUBLISHED: 11/5/2009  BY: J.R. Nelson
Industry market research group NPD has just published an analysis of Microsoft's recent launch of their new Windows 7 operating system -- and the results are good news.
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SuperTalent Unveils World's First USB 3.0 Flash Drive
PUBLISHED: 11/4/2009  BY: J.R. Nelson
Today SuperTalent unveiled the world's first USB 3.0 flash drive, with the moniker RAIDDrive.
FULL STORY (150 Reads) | DISCUSSION (2 Replies)

Lenovo Announces First Business All-in-one: ThinkCentre A70z
PUBLISHED: 11/3/2009  BY: J.R. Nelson
Lenovo has been pumping out the desktops, lately, and no small number of them have been all-in-ones. Given the forced stratification of the stagnant desktop market, that's no surprise. Fortunately, the new A70z isn't just another nettop; it's packed with Core 2 Duo processors, 4GB of RAM and a bevy of wall mount options.
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EVGA Intros GTX 275 - GTS 250 Hybrid Video Card
PUBLISHED: 11/3/2009  BY: J.R. Nelson
With ATI's recent efforts dominating the market, NVIDIA and their board partners have to do something to try and keep the fans excited, and the most recent effort goes to EVGA's GTX 275 CO-OP PhysX card, which grafts a GTS 250 GPU onto a traditional GTX 275 and uses it as a dedicated PhysX processor.
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MAINGEAR Intros Elegant High-Performance SHIFT
PUBLISHED: 11/2/2009  BY: J.R. Nelson
What with crazy powerful quad-core CPUs and GPU-assisted application processing, companies have started referring to every new flagship desktop as some kind of personal supercomputer. MAINGEAR is jumping on the bandwagon with a similar claim - but wrapped in a sexy and sleek exterior.
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Lenovo IdeaCentre C300 Review
PUBLISHED: 10/31/2009  BY: Kevin O'Brien
The Lenovo C300 series is part of their value line of desktops, offering affordable all-in-ones starting at $449. The C300 offers a 20-inch 1600x900 screen that can handle HD video, and features a higher resolution than other cheap all-in-one systems. In this review we take an in-depth look at the Lenovo C300, and find out if it is the right all-in-one system for you.
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Weekend Survey: Who Do You Influence?
PUBLISHED: 10/31/2009  BY: Ben
At TechnologyGuide, we consider ourselves to be industry experts. We know all of the current products on the market, we know the products-that-have-been, and we know the products-that-will-be. We also know that our friends, family, and coworkers know this and use it to their advantage for product recommendations.
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Alienware OptX AW2210 LCD Review
PUBLISHED: 10/30/2009  BY: J.R. Nelson
Alienware is a controversial brand. They often deliver high performing products, but there's also an accompanying high price tag. One of the ways they try to stand out is through unique styling, and recently the company went through a complete redesign. The new identity is aggressive and futuristic, and the Alienware OptX AW2210 display fits it to a 't'. Read on for our full review.
FULL STORY (657 Reads) | DISCUSSION (4 Replies)

A-DATA debuts high-speed SSDs
PUBLISHED: 10/29/2009  BY: J.R. Nelson
A-DATA is one of the world's top flash memory manufacturers, and they've been looking to get into the SSD market for some time. It's been plagued with delays, though, or selling rebrands of other OEM's high-performance drives, like Intel's. No more.
FULL STORY (276 Reads) | DISCUSSION (2 Replies)

ASUS: new USB3.0-Equipped Motherboard, Expansion Card
PUBLISHED: 10/29/2009  BY: J.R. Nelson
While rumors abound that Intel may be intentionally delaying the release of its updated chipsets that support the much faster USB3.0, that may not matter.
FULL STORY (511 Reads) | DISCUSSION (2 Replies)