If you’ve ever wished that your computer was capable of figuring things out for itself Microsoft’s Windows 7 might just be the operating system for you. The company is working hard on some location-based APIs that will allow for…
Read more Windows 7 Figures Out Where You Are, Tinfoil Hat Sales To Quadruple
If you’re as fastidious as most enthusiasts are with making sure their operating systems are up to date you’ll want to make sure you update your Windows OS with the latest DirectX 9.0c update. Microsoft usually releases updates bi-monthly…
Here’s a collection of news stories and reviews that dropped this week:Cases, Cooling, and Power SuppliesCooler Master CM 690 NVIDIA Edition Case Review – Benchmark ReviewsCooler Master Stacker 830 SE Case Review – PCSTATSEnermax Revolution 85+ High Efficiency PSU Review…
Read more Saturday Roundup – November 8th, 2008
If you’re struggling with the choice between Apple’s OSX 10.5.5 or Ubuntu 8.10 as your next operating system you’re in luck, Phoronix may have made your choice for you. They went about pitting both OSes against each other in various…
Read more Apple OSX 10.5 Versus Ubuntu 8.10, There's Work To Do
Google’s Android platform had been touted as the next big thing for nearly a year, tempting the gadget freaks and Google lovers the world over. It’s going up against quite a few heavyweights in the smartphone arena but it might…
Read more T-Mobile G1, Needs Some More Work
Creative Labs makes some of the most poweful sound cards in the business which has garnered them quite a following. Their only drawback is their absolutely horrid driver support, especially under Linux. That’s set to change given that the company…
Read more Creative Open-Sources X-Fi Driver, Jaws Drop All Over
There is no doubt that Intel’s new Core i7 processors are extremely powerful CPUs which is breaking all sots of speed records left and right. bit-tech is wondering just how far they can take the Core i7 920 which…
Read more Overclocking The Intel Core i7 920, It's Sorta Easy Actually
Wireless security is somewhat important, especially if you want the riff-raff of your network and keeping their prying eyes from the personal information you transmit wirelessly. WPA TKIP has served as a more robust encryption scheme for many home routers…
Read more WPA Wi-Fi Encryption Partially Cracked, WPA 2 Finds New Fans
Microsoft is hard at work trying to make their Windows 7 operating system as user friendly as possible. Their focus is turning to the “Device Stage” which will give you a deeper look into your devices for improved syncing capabilities…
Read more Windows 7 Device Stage, Probing Your Hardware's Innards
ASRock is well known for their rather off-ball combination of features attached to value minded chipset and the company’s G43Twins-FullHD motherboard is no different. The MicroATX board sports Intel’s G43 chipset with the integrated X4500 GPU tied to your choice…
Read more ASRock G43Twins-FullHD, Budget MATX Motherboard With Some Spunk
The current trend in computer improvements is to throw a whole heck of a lot more cores/chips at the problem and hope for the best…AMD just so happens to subscribe to that method. Their new Radeon HD 4850 X2 design…
