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Intel’s Core i7-980X Extreme Edition ‘Gulftown’ review roundup

Six cores. Twelve threads


Dell jazzes up Vostro lineup with new look and Core 2010 processors, keeps prices in check

We’re starting to bank on the small business-oriented Vostro for a really compelling blend of features and price. Sure, it’s usually not the sexiest kit on the block (though the Vostro V13 would beg to differ), but it’s hard to argue with the stellar pricetags


It’s the end of February, where’s your JooJoo?

Call us optimistic, but we pictured February 25th rolling around with us laying on a couch and watching some Olympic ice dancing clips on the JooJoo’s 12-inch screen. Ah, but here we are about to cross off the last few days of the month and the only thing we’ve got in our hands are some tissues and hot cocoa


Nintendo DSi XL hands-on

Sure, it’s been available in Japan for quite some time, but this is the first chance we’ve gotten to really sit down and play with Nintendo’s “more communal” (as we overheard one PR rep describe it, given it’s propensity for more eyes comfortably viewing the screens) portable gaming experience, the DSi XL . So let’s get the comparisons out of the way: obvious volumetric differences aside, the maximum brightness versus the DSi seems to be slightly higher, and the stylus is inexplicably a handful of millimeters longer — not a big deal, but you’ll definitely figure it out when trying to stuff it into an older model


Editorial: the American phone subsidy model is a RAZR way of thinking in an iPhone world

The concept is simple enough — pay more, get more. So it has gone (historically, anyway) with phone subsidies in this part of the world, a system that has served us admirably for well over a decade.


Motorola Devour goes hands-on, hits Best Buy for $150 this week

We’ve got Motorola’s latest Blur handset in hand, Devour-ing ill-advised puns like it’s a full time job. We’ll have some more in-depth impressions and a video walkthrough soon, but for now you can check out this aluminum slider in all its consumer-friendly glory in the gallery below.