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24 Windows Tips

Find out what works and what doesn’t as we

test the most commonly prescribed Windows tips

40 Core i

Check out Intel’s next-gen chip, up close

and personal

50 Left 4 Dead

An exclusive review of Valve’s new co-op

zombie adventure game

58 The Reactor

We preview the first production-ready

oil-immersed PC

QuickStart

10 NEWS AMD splits into two separate entities

16 THE LIST Nine things Microsoft has gotten right

18 DEATHMATCH Amazon MP3 vs. iTunes 8

R&D

64 WHITE PAPER An in-depth look at cloud

computing

65 AUTOPSY Magellan RoadMate 6000T GPS

66 HOW TO Customize and streamline your

Windows desktop

In the Lab

79 REVIEWS

107 LAB NOTES

112 RIG OF THE MONTH

WHERE WE PUT STUFF

CONTENTS

FEATURES

DEPARTMENTS

LETTERS

20 WATCHDOG

74 DOCTOR

110 COMMENTS

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