Published April 9, 2009 · 0 comments

Intel’s Atom processor, and its accompanying chipset, have spurred the very popular netbook format of portable computers. Its low-power usage and fast-enough-for the-web performance are prime examples for why you’d want to pick one up.Its prime downfalls are its….lack of…

Read more Intel Questions Your Maturity, Says Netbooks Are For Kids

Published April 8, 2009 · 0 comments

Normally the thought of a chip swap brings all manner of fear and dread for most end-users let alone anyone managing your servers but AMD has put together a video to show you just how easy it is.Follow along as…

Read more Barcelona To Shanghai All In Your Server Room (Put The Luggage Away)

Published April 8, 2009 · 0 comments

Nvidia’s Ion platform has had all of the makings of a great option for a compact and energy efficient machine, so good in fact one wondered if it’d ever see the light of day. Well wait no longer as Acer…

Read more Nvidia Ion Finds Its Way Into Acer AspireRevo

Published April 7, 2009 · 0 comments

In the past motherboards were something that just helped the pricier stuff in your computer communicate with all of the other pricier stuff. Seeing as how it has increased its workload and is expected to handle quite a bit more…

Read more Foxconn Renaissance Motherboard, Well La De Da

Published April 7, 2009 · 0 comments

If you were wondering what Intel had in store in terms of new chip decals, you’re in luck. Cnet has scored a matrix of the “badges” you’ll soon see festooning new PCs. The new decals have a new chip die…

Read more Intel Chip Logoverload

Published April 7, 2009 · 0 comments

Apple’s Mac Pro lineup has catered to those seeking a ton of computing performance for their multi-threaded applications such as graphics design programs. Given Intel’s latest chips are sporting a whole new design it was only a matter of time…

Read more Apple's Mac Pro, Blitzing Your Multi-Threaded Apps Never Looked So Good

Published April 6, 2009 · 0 comments

Integrated Graphics Processors are a great stop-gap measure, perhaps even a competent multimedia handling GPU, but it is by no means a gaming platform. Intel wants to change that and is launching a set of tools and asking developers to…

Read more Intel Pushes Its IGPs For Gaming, Pigs Learn To Aviate

Published April 6, 2009 · 0 comments

You just can’t keep a good, widely used and loved operating system down, or so te theory goes. Microsoft may, or may not, have extended their cutoff date for Windows XP sales. Their XP downgrade program allows a company to…

Read more News Of Its Demise Were Premature, XP May Stay Around A Bit Longer

Published April 5, 2009 · 0 comments

Intel’s Core i7 processor gave memory manufacturers a bit of an upside and downside. The upside is that they could sell customers a triple channel memory kit to get the most out of their systems, their issues just so happen…

Read more G.Skill Triple-Channel 1600 MHz 6GB Memory Kit, Speedy Core i7 RAM

Published April 5, 2009 · 0 comments

So you’ve got yourself your brand new $250 somewhat monster of a graphics card and playing your games at insane resolutions isn’t enough, you’d bettter get on to overclocking that puppy. Guru3D has taken the recently released Radeon HD 4890…

Read more Radeon HD 4890 Overclocking, Tweaking The Beast

Published April 5, 2009 · 0 comments

Normally upgrading to a new technology means all manner of improvements from which you’ll never look back, which isn’t always the case with Wireless N routers. Sure the increased wireless speed is great but the severe lack of inexpensive Gigabit…

Read more ASUS RT-N15 SuperSpeed N Router, Wireless Routing Fun