January 2004

by Rafael Hernandez on January 13, 2004 · 0 comments

If you’re planning to upgrade your computer in the coming months or year AnandTech has a roadmap that might make your upgrade decisions easier, if you’re going th AMD route….

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by Rafael Hernandez on January 13, 2004 · 0 comments

Western Digital has crammed a number of features into its Media Center, an external hard drive with a built-in 8-in-1 memory card reader and USB 2.0/Firewire connections. PCWorld has more on it. ETA: Late January 2004…

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by Rafael Hernandez on January 13, 2004 · 0 comments

CNET News has a write-up on the latest moves in the high density optical storage format battle. Sony and friends may have quite a bit more weight behind it with HP and Dell pushing Blu-ray….

Read more HP and Dell Backing Blu-ray

by Rafael Hernandez on January 12, 2004 · 0 comments

A great number of people must have complained to Microsoft or they’re pulling off a PR stunt as they’ve decided to extend support for Windows 98(SE) and Millenium Edition for a good deal more time. eWEEK has details. ETA: June…

Read more Microsoft Extends Windows 98(SE)/ME Support

by Rafael Hernandez on January 12, 2004 · 0 comments

CNET News has a quick blurb on Corel’s upcoming CorelDraw Graphics Suite 12. This new version includes new drawing tools and enhanced exporting capabilities. ETA: Mid February 2004…

Read more New CorelDraw on the Way

by Rafael Hernandez on January 12, 2004 · 0 comments

Cobra Electronics won itself a CES Best of Innovations Award for its Cobra SKYNAV 3000. This GPS system sports features such as a hard drive for map storage and built in gyroscope. All-in-all it appears to be a great tool…

Read more SKYNAV Wins Award

by Rafael Hernandez on January 12, 2004 · 0 comments

gameindustry.biz spotted Infinium Lab’s “Phantom” console at CES. Granted it was a mock up and was not running any games what-so-ever. Gamespot has some pictures for your perusal as well. ETA: When pigs fly…

Read more Phantom Console at CES

by Rafael Hernandez on January 11, 2004 · 0 comments

Once the domain of USB, SCSI, and FireWire, SerialATA may be the next big removable storage interface. InfoWorld has the story on what a group of companies is doing to try and make that happen. ETA: Q3 2004…

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by Rafael Hernandez on January 11, 2004 · 0 comments

DigiTimes has written up a short article on what two of the world’s largest semicondutor fabricators see happening with 90 nanometer processes. ETA: 2004, 2005…

Read more 90nm to Surge in 2005

by Rafael Hernandez on January 11, 2004 · 0 comments

Asus has launched a new line of “quieter” optical drives (CD-ROM, CD-RW) called the QuieTrack. Current optical drives spin at high rates of speed in order to obtain high performance, to the detriment of ears everywhere. Xbit labs has more…

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by Rafael Hernandez on January 10, 2004 · 0 comments

The list goes on: NextGen Electronics Day 2 Trusted Reviews Part 1, Part 2…

Read more Some More CES Coverage