AMD Phenom II X6 1090T: Six Cores on a Shoestring Budget

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AMD Phenom II X6 1090T: Six Cores on a Shoestring Budget We pit AMD's six-core Phenom II X6 1090T processor against Intel's six-core Core i7-980X Extreme Edition processor in a series of bruising benchmark tests. Read my report for a comparison between David and Goliath--and a recommendation that may surprise you. - Nate Ralph, PCWorld More From Geek Tech Unteathered Jailbreak for iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch Spirit Jailbreak lets you free your devices running the iPhone 3.1.2, 3.1.3, or 3.2 firmware without connecting them to a computer. Share: Another One Bites The Dust? HP Reportedly Kills Windows 7 Slate Project Coming hot of the heels of its purchase of Palm, HP may be putting the kibbosh on its Windows 7 slate. Share: Rumor: Cisco Wants to Come to the Tablet Party Could Cisco be working on a tablet aimed at business users? One Irish tipster seems to think so. 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