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Tuesday, September 21st
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In This Issue:
Feature Story:
* Socket 939 Motherboard Showdown
News Flash:
* On the Bench: ATI's New Radeon X700 XT
* Mozilla Firefox 1.0 Technology Preview
* Notes from the Lab: Who Controls Your Media?
* Build It: A Home Linux Server
* CEDIA 2040: The Future of HDTV on Display
Discussions:
* MP3 Download Software
* Building the Perfect Beast
* IE Too Dangerous To Use?
* AMD vs. Intel
* Mozilla's New Firefox Browser
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FEATURE STORY
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Socket 939 Motherboard Showdown
It wasn't easy, but we managed to find four motherboards built
for AMD's Socket 939 format using updated chipsets from VIA
and nVidia. Which one is the right base for your high-end Athlon
64 system?
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NEWS FLASH
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On the Bench: ATI's New Radeon X700 XT
nVidia was first out of the gate with a current-generation
midrange GPU. Today, ATI fires back with its new Radeon X700.
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Mozilla Firefox 1.0 Technology Preview
The Mozilla Foundation hits a home run with the latest preview
version of its new browser. Find out the details on new features
and check out our comparisons with that other browser from Redmond.
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Notes from the Lab: Who Controls Your Media?
The home theater PC sounds like a great idea. We've built them,
tested them and rebuilt them over the years. But the rolling thunder
on the horizon is the movie studios' desire for complete control over
content. Does this spell the end of the home theater PC? Only if we
do nothing.
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Build It: A Home Linux Server
Here's a cheap recipe for a solid home server to make a big
bit-bucket and a shared printer available to your home network.
We also show you how to repurpose an older system to take over
home server duties for even less.
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CEDIA 2040: The Future of HDTV on Display
HDTV is big, and if the recent CEDIA show is any gauge, it's
going to get much bigger. We traveled to Indianapolis to check
out CEDIA Expo to find new developments in HDTV and other home
entertainment gear.
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DISCUSSIONS
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MP3 Download Software
What's the best p2p software to download full mp3 albums? Here
what our readers recommend.
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Building the Perfect Beast
What parts should you spend your hard-saved $$$ on to build your
dream machine.
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IE Too Dangerous To Use?
Are the security risks too great to take for you to use this browser.
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AMD vs. Intel
An unbiased back-and-forth on the merits of the leading PC CPU flavors.
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Mozilla's New Firefox Browser
Join in the lovefest for our favorite new open source browser.
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UTILITY DOWNLOAD
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Web Historian: Save & Share Web Pages
Web Historian gives you the power to save online information
easily so that it's within reach whenever you need it.
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