February 2004

by Rafael Hernandez on February 26, 2004 · 0 comments

internetnews.com has some info on Hitachi’s upcoming Ultrastar 10K300 hard drive. It will feature 300GB of storage capacity as well as a 10k rpm spin speed which will make it a peppy performer. Unfortunatly the drives will be marketed towards…

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by Rafael Hernandez on February 25, 2004 · 0 comments

CNNMoney brings news on Sony’s delay of its mobile gaming system the PSP. It isn’t a total push-back since it will be shipping on time in Japan, it will only be delayed in North America and Europe which seems to…

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by Rafael Hernandez on February 25, 2004 · 0 comments

Yahoo News is running a short review of the EMachines M6807 laptop which is powered by an Athlon 64 chip. The article is sadly short on the specs but for the price it packs some killer features like an ATI…

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by Rafael Hernandez on February 25, 2004 · 0 comments

NewsForge took a look at the upcoming release of GIMP 2.0. GIMP is a free image creation program with some advanced features that rivals the best of graphics suites out there….

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by Rafael Hernandez on February 25, 2004 · 0 comments

AnandTech has a great article on what DDR2 will initially do for computers performance wise. From the looks of it the technology won’t boost speed early on but the fact that it will scale to higher clock speeds means great…

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by Rafael Hernandez on February 25, 2004 · 0 comments

InformationWeek is covering RSA Security’s work on RFID blocking technology. If they do decide to market this technology it’s sure to be picked up by people with privacy concerns….

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by Rafael Hernandez on February 24, 2004 · 0 comments

AnandTech wrapped up its coverage of the Intel Developers Forum. Quite a number of interesting developments at this year’s IDF with new technologies that will change how we use our PCs over the coming months….

Read more IDF's Final Day

by Rafael Hernandez on February 24, 2004 · 0 comments

Gideon Tech has an article on how to get your PC rigged with a remote control. There are of course several remote control packages available but if you have some spare time and a soldering iron their guide can save…

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by Rafael Hernandez on February 24, 2004 · 0 comments

If you’re interested in the changes that Service Pack 2 for Windows XP will bring about then Microsoft has you covered with a massive 200 page document. Some good bedtime reading that’ll put you out cold….

Read more Lite SP2 Reading

by Rafael Hernandez on February 24, 2004 · 0 comments

HP will announce a new server line today that will feature the AMD Opteron processor according to Computerworld. Quite a gutsy move coming from the company that co-designed the Itanium with Intel but who can blame them, the Opteron has…

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by Rafael Hernandez on February 24, 2004 · 0 comments

Bjorn3D ran the “mid-range” AMD Athlon 64 3400+ up against the higher end Athlon 64 FX-51 and has a nice simple article which compares the performance of both processors. Surprising results on the real world tests….

Read more 3400+ Performance Analysis