June 2004

by Rafael Hernandez on June 28, 2004 · 0 comments

Hardware Analysis has a bit of leaked, as of yet confirmed, information surrounding NVIDIA’s plans for “SLI”, or a dual board graphics solution reminiscent of 3dfx’s old dual-Voodoo2 capability. Performance should be stellar but so will the price and power…

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by Rafael Hernandez on June 28, 2004 · 0 comments

AnandTech toyed around with an early NVIDIA NV45 board. The NV45 is, for the most part, an NV40 chip with the added bridge chip for PCI Express connectivity added onto the GPU packaging, although not yet integrated into the core….

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by Rafael Hernandez on June 26, 2004 · 0 comments

InformationWeek has a few details on a version of Windows Server 2003, which Microsoft is working on, that would allow for a cluster of PCs to connect together and work in parallel as one “supercomputer”. Hopefully licensing keeps it on…

Read more Windows Clustering On The Way

by Rafael Hernandez on June 26, 2004 · 0 comments

AnandTech has compiled a great big list of cases and cooling products that they discovered at Computex, which went on earlier this month. Quite a number of case manufacturers creating BTX products, although many of them now have a big…

Read more All The Pretty Cases

by Rafael Hernandez on June 25, 2004 · 0 comments

ZDNet has the results of a survey that states PCs, in the UK at least, on average, spend more days unusable compared to the number of sick days people take during the year. Interesting figures and not all that difficult…

Read more PCs Top Humans, in Sick Days

by Rafael Hernandez on June 25, 2004 · 0 comments

CNET News writes of some possible Microsoft IIS flaws which are being used to insert malicious code into web pages which, in turn, makes use of flaws in Microsoft’s Internet Explorer to install trojan programs on vulnerable PCs. So far…

Read more Vulnerability Headaches

by Rafael Hernandez on June 25, 2004 · 0 comments

The Tech Report compares the ATI All-In-Wonder 9600XT and the NVIDIA Personal Cinema FX 5700. The cards both feature integrated TV tuners and a slew of connectivity options along with software that will allow anyone to turn their PC into…

Read more Multimedia Cards Battle it Out

by Rafael Hernandez on June 25, 2004 · 0 comments

eWeek reports on a bug that could prevent people from booting up their operating systems if they happen to have a new Intel 915/925 chipset based motherboards with the ICH6R southbridge. A bit of a black mark for the company…

Read more Bug Plagues Intel Chipset

by Rafael Hernandez on June 24, 2004 · 0 comments

Designtechnica has some information on the Mobinote DVX-POD 7010 mobile media player and an interview with a company representative concerning their upcoming hard-drive base player. Slick little unit they have there, one of many media players that should be the…

Read more Mobinote Media Player Details

by Rafael Hernandez on June 24, 2004 · 0 comments

X-bit labs has reviewed the Creative GigaWorks S750, a 7.1 speaker system. The massive system has some impressive specifications, almost audiophile territory at a competitive price, considering the number of speakers and the control module that they throw in….

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by Rafael Hernandez on June 24, 2004 · 0 comments

SystemCooling has a review of the Global WIN YCC-1102 MicroATX case which incorporates a few nice features in a sleek little package. The system contains an integrated LCD display which is capable of showing system temperatures and other assorted details….

Read more Global WIN M-ATX Case Reviewed