Efficiency Explored: Core i7-980X Versus Core i7-975Friday, March 12, 2010 @ 1:40AMIntel is preemptively launching the first hexa-core desktop CPU weeks ahead of actual availability. But how does this 32nm monster perform when we take a deeper look into performance per watt? After yesterday's preview, today we look closer at efficiency. Intel Core i7 - Intel Core - Central processing unit - Intel Corporation - Intel
TPG goes into trading haltThursday, March 11, 2010 @ 6:26PMTPG Telecom Ltd shares have been placed in a trading halt while shareholders of PIPE Networks Ltd vote on whether to approve TPG's offer to buy PIPE.
IiNet goes into trading haltWednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 6:33PMiiNet Ltd shares have gone into a trading halt as Australia's third biggest ISP prepares a response to a newspaper report saying the company is to buy a rival.
ASUS M4A89GTD Pro - A Core Unlocking 890GX for $140Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 12:41AMWith less than a week of public release mileage under its belt, how close have ASUS come to hitting a home run with the M4A89GTD Pro? ...
Caring for Your LaptopMonday, March 8, 2010 @ 12:22PMJeremy Sutherland wants advise on keeping his laptop healthy
Pixel Qi Skips Shows You How to Bolt a Power-Saving Screen Into Your Laptop, Sidesteps ManufacturerMonday, March 8, 2010 @ 10:10AMPixel Qi' s screen tech is impressive in many ways, and neatly solves the e-ink versus LCD question at one stroke. It's curiously not available on many devices , however. Until now, that is: Pixel Qi is releasing a DIY mod kit for your laptop. The company's CEO Mary Lou Jepsen revealed the plan in a blog posting yesterday. "The DIY kits from our distributors will be available towards the end of ...
Building your own computerSaturday, March 6, 2010 @ 9:17PMMunich - Buy a standard off-the-shelf computer and you are probably making compromises. It's rare to find a pre-configured system that meets your needs to a tee. The simplest way to make sure that every piece of technology in a new desktop PC fits you...
Build a mini PC with high-quality audio in mindFriday, March 5, 2010 @ 4:16AMI’m building a mini PC designed as a source for high-quality audio. It will be small, quiet, consume minimal power, and, crucially, be controlled without the need for an external monitor, keyboard or mouse.
EchoStar injunction upheld in victory for TiVoThursday, March 4, 2010 @ 12:38PMDish Network DVR owners won't see any impact just yet as EchoStar appeals the latest decision, but TiVo is a step closer to $300 million and a crippling blow against EchoStar.
New Asus Board Unlocks CPU Cores You Didn't BuyWednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 8:13AMOn Tuesday, Asus launched the M4A89GTD PRO motherboard, with a novel feature: the ability to "unlock," or enable processor cores that a user hasn't paid for.
IBM hopes to upend industry standard server ROI equationWednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 1:38AMIBM introduced a new class of industry standard servers that it hopes will widen its market share lead and put rivals like HP and Dell on defense.
IBM hopes to upend industry standard server ROI equationMonday, March 1, 2010 @ 11:07PMIBM will introduce a new class of industry standard servers that it hopes will widen its market share lead and put rivals like HP and Dell on defense. by Larry Dignan
Forgot your ThinkPad password? Get new hardwareMonday, March 1, 2010 @ 4:01AMLenovo merciless on memory loss Users of Lenovo ThinkPad laptops may be in for a nasty surprise if they forget their main (supervisor) hard drive password.… The power of collaboration within unified communications
AMD's Eyefinity Technology ExplainedSunday, February 28, 2010 @ 6:57PMMost of our graphics card coverage centers on 3D performance. But that's not the only reason enthusiasts buy new video cards. Eyefinity, ATI's technology supporting up to six displays from a single graphics card, is changing the way people use their PCs. Video card - ATI Technologies - Advanced Micro Devices - Personal computer - ATI
Find Your Windows 7 DesktopFriday, February 26, 2010 @ 12:11PMRemember when buying a desktop computer was simple? You'd stroll into your local electronics boutique, pick out the homely beige box with a logical moniker that perfectly complemented your needs (and a copy of Windows XP), and then head home, eager to begin what was sure to be an effortless setup and installation process. No? We don't either. The PC market has always been inundated with more ...
Micro Express MicroFlex 75B Redefines 'Value' with Top-Shelf PerformanceThursday, February 25, 2010 @ 11:19PMThe 75B?s price of $700 (as of February 1, 2010) represents a considerable discount for the killer performance you get from this Intel Core i7-750-based system. While it?s not without flaws, the 75B?s superb mix of general and gaming performance, and its category-defying connectivity, does much to...
GNU/Linux: Server Upgrade Problem SolvingThursday, February 25, 2010 @ 8:51AMERACC: "Recently my company had the opportunity to upgrade a server to Mandriva 2010 that was running an old version of the Mandriva GNU/Linux distribution. The system had been in place running along nicely for a few years and had not been upgraded to a new release in all that time except for some security patches. Then it started hanging mysteriously..."
AMD's 'Magny-Cours' Opterons surface on eBayMonday, February 22, 2010 @ 12:15PMFour 12-core CPUs. Yours for only $7,700 If you can't wait until the end of March or so to get your hands on the dozen-core "ys" Opteron 6100 processors due from Advanced Micro Devices, then some cagey system builders have a deal for you out on eBay.… Offloading malware protection to the cloud
Mark EastonWednesday, February 17, 2010 @ 10:48AMAs voters, do we all have a duty to keep informed?
eBay Seller Auctions AMD 12-Core OpteronsTuesday, February 16, 2010 @ 7:32PMA manufacturer is selling a set of 4 for a starting bid of $7000. EBay - auction - Shopping - Servers - Advanced Micro Devices
Top 10 worst Apple products of all timeFriday, February 12, 2010 @ 8:30PMMacworld is still proceeding apace as we write this, albeit without Apple actually at the show.
Nvidia Optimus laptop tech switches between discrete GPU, Intel integrated graphicsTuesday, February 9, 2010 @ 6:27PMRemember Hybrid SLI? For those you don't, it was Nvidia's solution for an ever-vexing problem for laptop makers: How can you deliver the power of a discrete graphics card without sacrificing battery life? The Hybrid SLI solution was to have an Nvidia video card work in...
ATI Radeon HD 5570 ReviewTuesday, February 9, 2010 @ 6:27PMYou might not be a big graphics card PC buff, but in the under $US100 sector, the new ATI Radeon HD 5570 is definitely a product to know. Tom’s Hardware shares their excellent, extremely thorough review of the product here. (more…)
Build Your Own Home Media ServerThursday, February 4, 2010 @ 10:56AMOne benefit of digital media distribution is that you can store all of your music, movies, TV shows, and videos as data on hard drives rather than as stacks on...
Build your own home media serverThursday, February 4, 2010 @ 8:59AMDo you more storage, and for it to be accessible across your network? Ben Long shows you how to put together a Drobo-like home media server for less money and with more flexibility.
Motherboard Madness and MayhemThursday, February 4, 2010 @ 7:34AMMisery loves company, as the saying goes, and nowhere is that more evident than on the Linux blogs. Case in point: Linux Planet's Carla Schroder recently told a woeful tale about her attempt to upgrade the CPU on her ECS motherboard, and it has inspired a vast outpouring of sympathy from geeks far and wide.
Building your own computer can be just as practical as buying oneMonday, February 1, 2010 @ 11:44PMMany users needing a new computer don’t realize how easy it is to construct their own. Factoring in labor costs, it is possible to build a computer that has equal performance with any PC available in the stores.
Hardware Roundup: Weekend EditionSaturday, January 30, 2010 @ 9:37AMWhen Apple finally got around to its big product announcement on the 27th, no one was surprised that it was to introduce its long-awaited tablet computer, now known as the iPad. So what's it all about and who's going to buy it? ThinkComputers offers up some views on the matter. We have a couple of modular power supply reviews including one on a unit from a new company called Jersey. If you haven ...
Radeon 5xxx Owners Report Gray Screens/HangsThursday, January 28, 2010 @ 8:27PMA significant amount of ATI users have taken to the AMD user to user forums to complain about gray screens, crashes and colored-striped hangups. Radeon - Advanced Micro Devices - ATI Technologies - AMD - ATI
Radeon 5xxx Owners Report Grey Screens/HangsThursday, January 28, 2010 @ 8:23PMA significant amount of ATI users have taken to the AMD user to user forums to complain about grey screens, crashes and colored-striped hangups. Radeon - Advanced Micro Devices - ATI Technologies - AMD - ATI
Radeon 5xxx Owners Report Grey Screens/HangsThursday, January 28, 2010 @ 11:38AMA significant amount of ATI users have taken to the AMD user to user forums to complain about grey screens, crashes and colored-striped hangups. Advanced Micro Devices - Radeon - ATI Technologies - ATI - DirectX
Customer Service, Hoho HeeHeeWednesday, January 27, 2010 @ 12:39PMI don't know of any motherboard manufacturer that is known for swift and friendly customer service. ECS required almost two weeks of daily hoop-jumping before they would finally concede that yes, it does seem that the board is at fault.
AMD, VIA Steal CPU Marketshare From IntelTuesday, January 26, 2010 @ 6:08PMThe underdogs gaining just a little on Intel. Not much, but every little bit counts. Advanced Micro Devices - Intel Corporation - processor - AMD - Hardware
SolarFlare's Stern Talks Network AdaptersTuesday, January 26, 2010 @ 11:08AMLast week, Irvine-based SolarFlare (www.solarflare.com) made an interesting move, and started to offer its technology direct to end users. The firm--which makes 10 Gigabit Ethernet semiconductors--said it would start selling its products in its own, branded adapters, particularly to financial and Fortune 100 firms. We caught up with Russell Stern, the CEO of the ...
Apple allegedly developing the next major Mac OS X versionMonday, January 25, 2010 @ 7:43AMWhile Mac fans are still exploring Mac OS X Snow Leopard, Apple is allegedly hard at work developing Mac OS X 10.7. The next major iteration of Apple’s desktop operating system is already in development, says a new rumor published by the Apple rumor site aptly named MacRumors. According to Daring Fireball’s John Gruber, Apple is [...]
Counterfeit Internet drugs pose significant risks and discourage vital health checksWednesday, January 20, 2010 @ 9:31AMMen who buy fake internet drugs for erection problems can face significant risks from potentially hazardous contents and bypassing healthcare systems could leave associated problems like diabetes and high blood pressure undiagnosed. That's the warning just published online by IJCP, the International Journal of Clinical Practice.
Maingear Shift: Great Design, a 4GHz CPU, and Tri-SLI Graphics Don't Come CheapFriday, January 15, 2010 @ 11:19PMFor its $7113 asking price (as of 01/11/2010), one would expect the Maingear Shift power PC to give you a backrub and wash your car while it goes about its day of high-performance computing. What you?re really paying for is this system?s graphics?three single-GPU XFX Radeon HD 5870 graphics cards...
Asia: Intel update boosts tech stocksFriday, January 15, 2010 @ 3:59AMLONDON (SHARECAST) - Japanese stocks continued their recent good run, rising for the second week in succession, but Hong Kong ended the week on a drab note, as profit takers moved in.
Maingear Shift: Great Design, a 4GHz CPU, and Tri-SLI Graphics Don't Come CheapMonday, January 11, 2010 @ 11:19PMFor its $7113 asking price (as of 01/11/2010), one would expect the Maingear Shift power PC to give you a backrub and wash your car while it goes about its day of high-performance computing. What you?re really paying for is this system?s graphics?three single-GPU XFX Radeon HD 5870 graphics cards...
AMD vs. IntelMonday, January 11, 2010 @ 1:39PMAMD or Intel? I haven't used many Intel processors in recent years because AMD have traditionally cost less, and performed well. The Intel multi-core processors have been getting great press and dominating the benchmarks, though AMD has been holding its own.
Shuttle to Standardize Notebook Mobos, Manufacture OEM LaptopsFriday, January 8, 2010 @ 5:54PMOthers have tried and failed, but Shuttle is giving laptop motherboard standardization another shot. Oh, and they're going to manufacture laptops, too. Original equipment manufacturer - Laptop - Hardware - Notebooks and Laptops - Motherboard
Inside the world's long-lost first microcomputerFriday, January 8, 2010 @ 6:07AMVintage computer historians have long revered the Altair 8800. But an unknown computer project at Sacramento State beat the Altair by three years. CNET got a look at it.
MSI Big Bang Fuzion: Pulling The Covers Off Of Lucid’s Hydra TechThursday, January 7, 2010 @ 2:16AMAfter more than a year of waiting, LucidLogix's Hydra engine is ready to ship on MSI's Big Bang Fuzion motherboard. We have the platform in our lab and have spent the past week throwing Radeon HD 5870s and GeForce GTX 285s at it. Read on for the results! Motherboard - Micro-Star International - GeForce - Radeon - Hydra