September 2004

by Rafael Hernandez on September 8, 2004 · 0 comments

Computerworld has a write-up on Intel’s dual-core processor plans which will span every market they have their hands in. Everything from servers to notebook chips are getting the dual core treatment and less emphasis on clock rates. It’s quite the…

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by Rafael Hernandez on September 8, 2004 · 0 comments

Before you go “mucking up” your Windows XP installation Adrian’s Rojak Pot has taken a look at Microsoft’s Windows Media Player 10. Besides the obvious polish to the program’s user interface they’ve done a major rework of how it handles…

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by Rafael Hernandez on September 8, 2004 · 0 comments

Mobile review has in its possesion a Fujitsu Siemens Pocket LOOX 720 PDA which marries a whole slew of features into the usual compact handheld form-factor. Its high-resolution screen, plentiful memory capacity, and wireless features make it an appealing device….

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by Rafael Hernandez on September 7, 2004 · 0 comments

NVIDIA’s upcoming “mid-range” video card solution, the GeForce 6600 GT, is causing quite a stir with its $200USD pricetag it’s one of the best price/performance cards to be released in a long time. If NVIDIA decides to keep the SLI…

Read more NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT (P)Reviews

by Rafael Hernandez on September 7, 2004 · 0 comments

Yahoo! News writes of the shrinking stature floppy disks and the drives that read them now hold in the computing industry with faster and larger portable storage devices taking its place. It’s a long time coming although some computing past-times,…

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by Rafael Hernandez on September 7, 2004 · 0 comments

CommsDesign has a few details on Intel’s plans to get the ball rolling on WiMAX next year. So far test chips are in the hands of equipment manufacturers so products and designs should be shipping on time, then it’ll be…

Read more Intel Pushing for WiMAX Roll-out

by Rafael Hernandez on September 7, 2004 · 0 comments

hardCOREware loaded up a copy of Microsoft’s security focused Service Pack 2 for its Windows XP Operating System and found some interesting results in the process. In the end the performance differences even out which makes sense since they were…

Read more XP SP2 Performance Reviewed

by Rafael Hernandez on September 7, 2004 · 0 comments

Designtechnica takes a good look at the Gigabyte B49GU Wireless Router designed for the small office/home office environment. The product does have several advanced features which would make it well suited for such environments but several flaws make it a…

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by Rafael Hernandez on September 7, 2004 · 0 comments

accelenation saw the sights at this year’s European Computer Trade Show which they didn’t seem all that impressed with. It so happens that the show was split into different components and hosted at different venues with all of the “neato”…

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by Rafael Hernandez on September 6, 2004 · 0 comments

TweakTown has tested the performance of 4 different audio cards and NVIDIA’s very own Soundstorm solution, found in some nForce2 based motherboards, in various games and benchmarks. The numbers do give higher priced sound cards the nod in this roundup…

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by Rafael Hernandez on September 6, 2004 · 0 comments

Penstarsys had a chat with a Senior Intel rep, George Alfs, on various topics surrounding Intel products and other assorted goings-ons. There isn’t much in the way of new info but he does reiterate Intel’s stance on several technologies and…

Read more Intel's George Alfs Interviewed