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HCW is on the move again!

By Carl Nelson on January 29, 2012

HCW is on the move again! This time we are coming down from the clouds, and moving to a semi-VPS-semi-Dedicated server. Best of both worlds? We shall see!

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Protect the Internet

By Carl Nelson on January 18, 2012

As you can see, we are participating in the protest against the SOPA and PIPA bills. If you want to know why, just watch these quick 4 minute videos. They should make things pretty clear

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Summer is Over! Daily Hardware Review Journal Sept 22

By Carl Nelson on September 22, 2011

Summer is over, love it or hate it (I love it), and we have some great new reviews coming very soon! Check out the latest news on HCW, and also take a look at some of the reviews from around the web in the last few days.

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Working on an epic article

By Carl Nelson on April 11, 2011

It’s part of a series ;)
This will take a few days.

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HCW Reviews the Supersonic USB 3.0 Flash Drive from Patriot Memory

By Carl Nelson on April 1, 2011

USB flash drives are undoubtedly one of the most useful accessories PC users can have handy, at least until fast cloud storage is a reality. Whether you’re using one to transfer important files between work and home, or copying a video file from your PC to play on your Playstation 3, you probably can’t imagine [...]

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HCW Reviews the Phenom II X6 Six-Core Processors from AMD

By Carl Nelson on May 25, 2010

HCW Reviews the Phenom II X6 Six-Core Processors from AMD

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Please Think Twice Before Blocking Ads

By Carl Nelson on March 11, 2010

I came across this excellent article about ad blocking software, and it really opened my eyes. Read this please!

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HCW Reviews Intel Core i7 980X Gulftown Six-Core Twelve-Thread (!) CPU

By Carl Nelson on March 10, 2010

Today we’re looking at a new CPU based on Intel’s newest 32nm process technology codenamed “Gulftown”. It is an “Extreme” CPU both in name and price – weighing in at 3.33 GHz (base, Turbo hits up to 3.60 GHz) with six individual cores (and thanks to HyperThreading that means twelve threads) and 12MB of shared [...]

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AMD vs Intel in a $100-150 CPU Battle

By Carl Nelson on February 12, 2010

With the introduction of the Core i3, and AMD’s release of several new Phenom II and Athlon II models, the selection of CPUs in the $100-150 price range is tremendous. And never before have you been able to get such well-performing processors for the price, either.
Today we picked 10 of the top CPUs in the [...]

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HCW Reviews the 2 TB Seagate Barracuda XT with 6 Gbps SATA 3.0

By Carl Nelson on January 26, 2010

We first told you about it in September, and it’s finally become widely available (for about $300 USD).
Check out our full review to find out of the XT really benefits from SATA 3.0 connectivity, and how it performs on standard 3 Gbps SATA 2.0 in comparison. We also put it up against the drive it [...]

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