Mobile AMD chips unlocked with Windows XP

Petr Loc says here that he's discovered software allowing some AMD chips to be unlocked. Apparently AMD forgot to lock the L5 bridges. [We originally linked this to OC Workbench - apologies to Petr, the credit is really his. Ed.]

IP Konfig there's a review of a Chaintech Athlon 64 motherboard, the Nforce 3 based ZNF3-150.

Designtechnica reviews Logitech's Z3 speaker system - which it says has its shortcoming, but is designed and constructed well.

An interesting article on the cunning BIOS plans some people have called the Extensible Firmware Interface. ArsTechnica. We wrote about this from the Intel Developer Forum, when we said Intel's plans could mean Mr BIOS would die, here.

More speaker action at Ninjalane - which looks at the Andio Trinko three piece frame series, in an article with pics, here.

Gruntville reviews a Swiftech heatsink which looks like an enraged hedgehog, and has the catchy name MCX462-V. That review's here.

There's more heatsink action at Big Bruin, in a review of the Scythe Kamakaze item. Here.

Hard Extreme looks at what it describes as the ultimate gadget to power all of your portable devices. The PowerRunner from Tekeon is this magic thing, apparently.

Over at GamePC, there's a look at Serial ATA-150 controllers compared with Western Digital's 64GB Raptor. That article is here.

Hot Hardware reviews the Sapphire Atlantis 9800XT in a review over here.

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