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Vantec EZ-Swap EX 666

SUMMARY: Attractive, durable SATA package for mobile storage. The good guys at Vantec sent over a sample of their EZ-Swap EX internal/external 2.5″ SATA hard drive enclosure to try out. This is a very sleek, aluminum alloy unit for portable

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Penryn Pricing . . .

You can see initial Penryn models, availability and pricing here. Outside of the $999 special, Penryn is going to be a January beast. The lowest price for a “full” (meaning 12MB cache) quad will be a 2.66GHz chip for $316.

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Brick Apple Sales . . . 2451

Well, Apple came out with its threatened updatebreak, and not only does it render an unlocked iPhone inoperative; it renders practically any third-party software you may have installed on your iPhone, locked or not, inoperative. (There’s some progress being made

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You Hack It, We Break It . . .

Imagine either Intel or AMD announcing the following: “We think overclocking is bad. It often causes irreparable damage to our CPUs, and makes it likely that the overclocked CPU will become permanently inoperable when the next BIOS update is installed.

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The Cuts Start . . .

Looks like the fiscal numbers are going to be pretty bad for AMD this quarter. Why do I say that? According to the Inquirer, benefits are going to be cut. For instance, AMD’s stock purchase plan is going to be