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Intel's first quad-core chip tested

INtel's quad-coreTom's Hardware has been given the chance to test out Intel's first quad-core chip. The chips are not expected to be out before the end of the year, and will only show up in high-end systems at first, but it seems that that chips will start to offer some serious muscle, as they house 4 2.66Ghz cores and according to Tom's CPU benchmarks on the site, the chip is rated at a 1333MHz front-side bus speed, which isn't too shabby. All the specs are showcased on Tom's Hardware, including the L2 cache, clock speed, instructions sets supported, and all the other details.

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The World's Hardest Game 2.0 - Time Waster

So, just how good at time waster games are you? Think you've got the stuff? Well, The World's Hardest Game 2.0 doesn't think you do. Yes, amazingly, it's possible to have a sequel to a game called "The World's Hardest Game". It doesn't seem logically possible, since if the first one was actually the world's hardest, how could another one come along and share the moniker? It made me doubt the name in the first place. That is, until I tried the game. The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...

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