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CES 2008 Video: EcoNEW pays you to recycle used gadgets

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Categories: Full Episodes, Gizmatic, CES, CES 2008, Features, Household, Internet, Misc. Tech, PC / Laptop, Podcasts, Videocasts

EcoNEW is a recycling and trade-in program for used electronics and computers. At , they gave us the details on how their hardware recycling program works. Just head on over to the EcoNEW website, and enter info about the product you want recycled, for which you will be given a trade-in value. Then, just print the pre-paid shipping label and send the item to NEW. Later, you will receive a gift card of the trade-in value, to be used at a participating retailer. The disposed device will be safely recycled, or refurbished for future use. It doesn’t get much easier than that.


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Bleeding Edge TV 169: AMD Explains How Quad Core Chips Should Be Made

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Categories: Gizmatic, High Score, Short Bytes, Features, PC / Laptop, Video Games, Videocasts

Okay, we have been hearing a lot about dual core and quad core processors coming out of both the and camps. Now that has released the Octo-core Mac Pro, people are wondering about the benefit of having all these cores at their disposal. In this video, we speak with AMD about what they believe is the fundamental difference between the way they do Quad Core chips as opposed to the way Intel does it. Check out the video to see how AMD feels quad core computing should be done.


Bleeding Edge TV 167: Inside AMD’s Performance Testing Lab

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Categories: Full Episodes, Gizmatic, High Score, Features, PC / Laptop, Video Games, Videocasts

While we were out visiting AMD, they gave us the opportunity to enter their Performance Testing Lab, an area guarded by dual steel doors that seemingly required both a key and special knocking code in order to enter. Once inside and sure that our lives were safe, we spoke with Mark Welker about how AMD tests their chip technologies across different platforms, software, and games. He talks to us about benchmarks, what they mean in the real world, and how they can be gamed to show what you want them to show. Even better, Mark gives out his corporate email address and offers to send the performance testing scripts to anyone who asks so that people at home can do it themselves. Just drop him an email at and tell him Gear Live sent you. Check the video for the full scoop.


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