General News

by Rafael Hernandez on May 20, 2004 · 0 comments

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…

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by Rafael Hernandez on May 20, 2004 · 0 comments

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

by Rafael Hernandez on May 19, 2004 · 0 comments

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…

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by Rafael Hernandez on May 19, 2004 · 0 comments

CNET News is reporting on a pair of recently announced flaws that affect Apple’s Mac OS X operating system. The past few months have seen a few flaws for their rather robust OS, nothing near the number that affect MS…

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by Rafael Hernandez on May 19, 2004 · 0 comments

VIA has sent out a PR with details on its C5J Esther core design. It’s impressive that they’ve managed to steer clear of ramping up clock speeds for performance’s sake and have kept their fanless CPU design goals. Home theater…

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by Rafael Hernandez on May 19, 2004 · 0 comments

Google’s Gmail email service set up a few beta user accounts with a terabyte of storage, 1000 times the touted 1GB they plan on offering. Perhaps it’s just a glitch or publicity stunt since there’s no way they’d currently be…

Read more GMail Ponders Terabyte Storage?

by Rafael Hernandez on May 19, 2004 · 0 comments

t-break takes a look ahead at Intel’s upcoming 915/ICH chipset combo for its Socket 755 processors. The chipset will support a large number of “new” technologies such as PCI-Express and the new Azalia audio standard, which Intel just happened to…

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by Rafael Hernandez on May 18, 2004 · 0 comments

It seems the U.S. FCC has agreed to allow wireless gear to use the frequencies between TV stations in rural areas. This could mean easier deployment for wireless broadband and a larger range of coverage. Beyond The Headlines has more…

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by Rafael Hernandez on May 18, 2004 · 0 comments

Designtechnica has a review of the over-the-top Hy-Tek Tek Panel 300 which merges a high power PC and 30″ LCD widescreen into a custom aluminum case. The likelihood of purchasing such a behemoth is rather low but it’s nice to…

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by Rafael Hernandez on May 18, 2004 · 0 comments

The Tech Report has a review of two new chips from AMD, the Opteron 150 and 250. The CPUs both feature a faster 2.4GHz clock rate which is a small step up from their previous Opteron chips with the 150…

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by Rafael Hernandez on May 18, 2004 · 0 comments

Alienware has concocted a technology that would utilize the upcoming PCI-Express bus as well as some proprietary hardware and software to push graphics performance to new extremes. It is an interesting approach but I don’t think many will adopt such…

Read more Dual PCI-E Video Approach