Date: June 14, 2009 Time: 1:53:20 Hosted by Jordan Drake Co-Hosts: Scott Wasson, Geoff Gasior, Cyril Kowaliski, Joshua Buss Listen now: Download: MP3 (77.9MB) | M4A (80.3MB) Subscribe with RSS | Subscribe with iTunes

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Show notes
If you've been following the news from Computex, or perhaps looking for a concise overview of the biggest stories from the event, you'll love this episode. We kick things off with Cyril, Scott, Jordan and Geoff covering the coolest innovations and new products from companies like Intel, AMD, Nvidia, Gigabyte, Corsair, and Synaptics. We go on to bring you the latest about our solid-state drive tests, Scott's CPU benchmarking extravaganza, and France's failed anti-piracy law. Also in this episode, Jordan and Joshua Buss discuss TR's latest processor cooler roundup.

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Tech discussion:

Intel shows off Lynnfield and Clarksfield PCs, Nehalem-EX (0:02:12)- Read more

P55 motherboards, Lynnfield info run loose at Computex (0:16:03)- Read more

We get a first glance at Pine Trail netbooks (0:16:58)- Read more

AMD displays first DirectX 11 graphics processor (0:34:16)- Read more

Battle of the elements: air vs. water CPU cooler showdown (0:43:21)- Read more

Nvidia demos Tegra-powered netbooks (0:54:17)- Read more

More Nvidia Ion system designs appear at Computex (1:01:44)- Read more

Synaptics brings buttonless clicking to netbook touchpads (1:06:18)- Read more

Seasonic PSU is 90% efficient, silent below 20% load (1:10:40)- Read more

Enermax brings 80 Plus Gold to lower wattages (1:10:40)- Read more

Big, expensive Corsair case has hot-swap drive bays (1:17:59)- Read more

Gigabyte gets fancy with BIOS features (1:21:54)- Read more

A closer look at fresh versus used SSD performance (1:27:17)- Read more

French Constitutional Council neuters piracy law (1:36:12)- Read more

A bevy of new desktop processors arrives (1:40:48)- Read more