Published March 24, 2009 · 0 comments

Where will the next big green tech idea come from? There’s a good chance you may have Uncle Sam to think. Thanks to comparatively flush R&D budgets, militaries might hold the key to an alternatively fueled future. Deron Lovaas, a…

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Published March 23, 2009 · 0 comments

The latest graphics cards offer insane amounts of performance potential but that all depends on the system you’re backing it up with, pairing it with even last generation’s fastest quad core might not be enough. TweakTown has a look at…

Read more Unleashing NVIDIA's GTX 295, A Test In CPU Scaling

Published March 23, 2009 · 0 comments

eMachines is well known for their inexpensive desktop machines, infamously so, but their line of notebooks comes with decent spec sheets and some rather tempting price tags. InsideHW has a look at the eMachines G520 and G620 notebooks and what…

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Published March 23, 2009 · 0 comments

Bigfoot Network’s original Killer NIC had quite a bit of FUD surrounding it but testing did show it to improve ping times and, in some cases, frame rates. The company has announced its new Killer Xeno network card which…

Read more Killer Xeno Announced, Magically Reduces Ping Times

Published March 22, 2009 · 0 comments

All of the marketing and SKU renaming shenanigans aside Nvidia’s GeForce GTS 250 is able to hold its own in most modern gaming titles. HardwareZone has a look at Gigabyte’s version of the card and tries to see if anything…

Read more Gigabyte GeForce GTS 250 Reviewed, Yes The Newer Is Just As Good As The Original

Published March 22, 2009 · 0 comments

It used to be that liquid cooling your computer’s processor was a complicated, if daunting, and expensive process. Choosing the right components and making it all work together isn’t what most people would call a good time so CoolIT has…

Read more CoolIT Domino A.L.C, Watercooling On The Cheap

Published March 21, 2009 · 0 comments

It’s hard to think that Nintendo’s Wii would have a massive number of sales on any single title may seem a bit odd to all of the “old core” gamers out there but that is indeed the case, doubly so….

Read more Wii Play Breaks Sales Record, Halo Fanboys May Be Tiffed

Published March 21, 2009 · 0 comments

Pairing a rather low power, low-cost CPU with a low-end chipset is bound to get everyone really excited. Nvidia’s Ion platform takes Intel’s Atom processor and pairs it with their GeForce 9400M chipset giving it enough power to do some…

Read more Nvidia Ion, A Deeper Look

Published March 20, 2009 · 0 comments

Shuttle is known mostly for their popularizing the small form factor computer design which has won them plenty of praise. Apparently the company isn’t content to stick with a single product line so they’ve come up with their X Vision…

Read more Shuttle's X Vision X50, Making The Nettop Touchable

Published March 20, 2009 · 0 comments

If you’re putting together an enterprise level server odds are you’re going to be doing something that’ll be thrashing your storage space quite a bit. AnandTech has a look at how solid state disk, serial attached SCSI, and plain old…

Read more SSD Versus Enterprise Level Hard Drives, A Tad Overkill For The Desktop

Published March 20, 2009 · 0 comments

If you ever felt the insta-pang of regret, shame or panic when you fired off a nasty screed, take heart. Gmail now lets you undo that email for up to 5 seconds after you hit send. To enable it,…

Read more Gmail Undoes Email Gaffes (for up to 5 Seconds)