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CoolIT Freezone Elite

Posted 05/7/08 at 02:08:10PM | by David Murphy
This Peltier's powerful performance makes tricky installation tolerable.
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Logitech Squeezebox Duet

Posted 05/2/08 at 05:17:12PM | by Michael Brown
An acquisition by Logitech brings lots of changes to the Squeezebox, one of our favorite streamers—and all the changes are good!
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Dell Ultrasharp 3008WFP

Posted 05/2/08 at 04:47:22PM | by David Murphy
This 30-inch Dell display falls a bit short of its target.

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Alienware Area-51 m15x

Posted 05/1/08 at 04:49:22PM | by Katherine Stevenson
Alienware's 15.4" m15x notebook offers peak performance if you want to pony up the drachmas.
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Gigabyte GeForce 9800 X2

Posted 05/1/08 at 04:20:57PM | by Michael Brown
Gigabyte's new GeForce 9800 X2 dual-GPU videocard is more beast than beauty. And that's a good thing.
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Western Digital My Passport Elite

Posted 04/29/08 at 06:29:22PM | by David Murphy

Even the well-travelled know when it's time to replace that aging, stamp-filled passport with a fresh new book. And Western Digital? It just keeps bloating its Passports with more ink.
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iRiver E100 Digital Media Player

Posted 04/21/08 at 02:18:14PM | by Michael Brown
A handful of good features gets swamped by this device’s major shortcomings.
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Dell Crystal

Posted 04/18/08 at 01:54:03AM | by David Murphy

Memo to Dell: if you hide a lackluster panel behind a tempered pane of glass, we'll still be able to see how badly it performs.

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