Microsoft’s Windows 7 has had a grand time pulling in all manner of people looking to upgrade their operating system or already preloaded on new PCs and all of that market growth may just lead to an eco-friendlier planet, or at least a bit of savings on the old energy bill. It would seem the [...]
Read more Windows 7 leads to a greener home or office
by Rafael Hernandez on July 30, 2010
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Most people don’t realize just how much processing power is contained in modern GPUs and the fact that they can be programmed to do things other than pump out vivid graphics. It’s a massively parrallelized processor which can speed up time consuming tasks like video conversion, image manipulation, and even some database tasks. A pair [...]
Read more CUDA taken into book form, for your learning needs
by Rafael Hernandez on July 30, 2010
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I don’t exactly understand why you’d want to perform such a function over the Web but…there it is. GIGABYTE has announced two new applications for owners of their motherboards. First up is the GIGABYTE Hotkey OC application, which is a part of their EasyTune 6 utility, that allows you to set up overclocking profiles for [...]
Read more GIGABYTE brings overclocking to the “Cloud”
by Rafael Hernandez on July 12, 2010
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Tablets aren’t the only stars of WDC 2010. Today, Microsoft released the first public beta of Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 (it’s a consolidated release). Although Microsoft warns that only IT pros need apply, it’s not preventing anyone with the “right qualifications” to grab the update after a brief registration process [...]
Read more Microsoft Releases Windows 7 SP1 Beta
by Pedro Hernandez on July 12, 2010
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The iPad’s stranglehold on the tablet market may be nearing its end. Several new reports hint that Apple’s rivals are gearing up for a fight, and judging by the exhaustive list of combatants, things could get really interesting really fast. First comes news that Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is promising a deluge of Windows 7 [...]
Read more Windows 7 tablets ahoy: Dell, Toshiba, Asus on deck
by Pedro Hernandez on July 12, 2010
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It’s a little late for those of us that completed college with several pounds’ worth of textbooks in our back(breaking)packs, but Barnes & Noble is looking to lighten the load for future generations. The bookseller today unveiled NOOKstudy, an “e-textbook” platform that runs on Windows or Mac — no Nook required. Set to go live [...]
Read more NOOKstudy: Barnes & Noble goes to school
by Pedro Hernandez on July 12, 2010
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A new phone launch means that you’ll need some form of update in order to be ready to take care of syncing up your digital bits. In that case Apple has you well covered. iTunes 9.2 has been released which brings along Apple iPhone 4 (once you manage to get your grubby little hands on [...]
Read more Apple iTunes hits 9.2 for your iPhone 4 managing needs
by Rafael Hernandez on June 16, 2010
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