IWill plans to launch a dual processor AMD Opteron based small form factor PC by the name of ZMAXdp. Incredibly ambitious endeavor by the folks at IWill but if they can cram two CPUs into a small space without heat…
Read more Beefy SFF on the Way
May 2004
Techware Labs has a review of the Lite-On SOHW-812S 8X DVD Burner. The drive support both + and – formats as well as rewritable media. While there are a ton of burners available now and most perform well the Lite-On…
Read more LiteOn DVD±RW Reviewed
EE Times writes of a new Adidas sports shoe which contains an electronics package that will automatically adjust the shoe’s heal cushion to reduce drag and other side benefits. It seems silly to think that a shoe’s heel would create…
Read more Adidas Develops Smart Shoe
Flexbeta puts a few file compression programs to the test in order to find out which one does a better job. They test a total of 7 programs with various documents of varying sizes which should give a good overall…
Read more Compression Programs Compared
X-bit labs has a bit on the Plextor ConvertX PX-M402U hardware video encoder which is able to convert video feeds into various MPEG formats as well as DiVX. Encoding video is one of the more CPU intensive tasks so this…
Read more Plextor Video Encoder Launched
Tim Berners-Lee, world wide web originator, has envisioned the future of the internet as a massive transactional database which would change the interaction we have with web information and could in theory lead to more relevant browsing when reading up…
Read more Changing the Way the Web Works
Driverheaven has a go at the Zalman Reserator, a massive chunk of aluminum that’s changing the way PC water cooling is being done. The Reserator acts as both liquid storage tank and passive radiator and includes the pump meaning systems…
Read more Zalman Reserator Review
AMDZone has a first look at the ASUS A8V, a VIA K8T800 Pro based motherboard designed for AMD’s upcoming Socket 939 processor lines. There are no benchmarks this time around just a few images and specifications to whet the appetite….
Read more Socket 939 Board Quick-Look
Best Data has resurrected the old Diamond Multimedia company brand and is now churning out all sorts of PC peripherals using the moniker. Hot Hardware is taking a look at a pair of their lower-end video cards which feature ATi’s…
Read more Diamond Stealths Reviewed
There have been over a hundred million units of Sony’s first Playstation video game consoles sold worldwide making it the best selling home console to date according to IGN. Its longevity has been most impressive although they could have made…
Read more Playstation (1) Going Strong
SFF Tech has a look at Shuttle’s upgraded SN85G4V2 mini cube PC which features a few changes that make it a quieter PC overall and easier to put together. The previous version was one of the early AMD Athlon 64…
Read more Shuttle SN85G4 Version 2 Reviewed
