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I've taken a deeper look at Asus' ExpressGate pre-boot OS looking at both the interface, the speed to boot up and web browsing versus Windows Vista, power consumption, and many more thoughts. Check it out.

Business Week reports that AMD shares have dropped thanks to market share losses.

Santa Clara, Calif.-based Intel, the world's largest semiconductor company, boosted its total market share from 79.2 percent in the first quarter to 80.5 percent in the second quarter, with AMD essentially owning the rest of the market, according to the Mercury Research findings. Luke said part of Intel's strength during the quarter can be traced to the company's momentum with Macintosh maker Apple Inc., whose products command premium prices, and strong sales with Dell Inc. for lower-priced computers.

Asus have released a new BIOS for the Asus Crosshair II formula bringing it up to revision 0701. The new BIOS adds support for new CPUs.

Reviews are in for AMD/ATI's Radeon HD 4870 and it is an even bigger winner than the 4850 beating the GTX 260 in every single benchmark and the $650 GTX 280 in a few. Unfortunately our card is a little late but we'll have a review up as soon as possible for you. Here's some others to enjoy:

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