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X-bit labs CeBIT 2006 Coverage: Day 7

[ 03/17/06 | by Anton Shilov]

On the last day of the show we decided to take a look at Microsoft’s Origami in its incarnation from Asustek, investigate the possibilities regarding the official support of DDR2 800MHz memory by chipset designers, speak to a WD executive about perpendicular recording technology and 15 000rpm HDDs, check out Patiot’s world’s largest SD card and flash drive as well as to discover Blu-ray disc drives from Panasonic.

X-bit labs CeBIT 2006 Coverage: Day 6

[ 03/16/06 | by Anton Shilov]

On the sixth day of our CeBIT 2006 coverage we visit booth of Cooler Master to check out the world’s biggest CPU cooler as well as suitcase-like computer case for travelers, we take a look at stylish notebooks from Asustek, we observe MSI’s conceptual plans to use solar energy for electronic gadgets, listen to music using Sapphire’s MP3 player with up 35 hours battery life and take a look at Foxconn’s systems for the living room.

X-bit labs CeBIT 2006 Coverage: Day 5

[ 03/15/06 | by Anton Shilov]

Today we take a look at the redesigned dual-MXM graphics card from MSI, we explore plans of leading PSU suppliers to bring 1000W power supplies to the market, glance at dual-chip GeForce 6200 from EVGA, have a look at the world’s first GeForce graphics cards with Zalman coolers from Galaxy and also reveal the world’s most powerful PSU from Hiper.

X-bit labs CeBIT 2006 Coverage: Day 4

[ 03/14/06 | by Anton Shilov]

This time we have massive amount of information and also massive amount of hot shoots with models standing at the booths. We expose the world’s fastest graphics card from XFX as well as reveal the company’s first HDMI graphics card , check out DDR3 chipset from SiS along with its market prospects, we take a look at HIS’ new cooling system as well as reveal plans of Foxconn to target enthusiasts. In addition, we offer you to take a look at Club3D’s liquid-cooled Radeon X1900 XTX as well as FIC’s Mac mini competitor that will be sold under Intel Viiv brand.

X-bit labs CeBIT 2006 Coverage: Day 3

[ 03/12/06 | by Anton Shilov]

Here we go with the third day of our CeBIT 2006 coverage. Today we share secrets of ATI and its RV570 code-named product, we take a look at the ultra-overclockable mainboard from Albatron, we find out that Evga will sell boards for quad SLI setups, reveal the new Blizzard graphics card from Sapphire and check out Shuttle’s new system that delivers blazing speeds in small form-factor.

X-bit labs CeBIT 2006 Coverage: Day 2

[ 03/11/06 | by Anton Shilov]

On the second day of the largest trade fair we take a look at world’s fastest memory modules from OCZ, AMD Opteron processors in land grid array packaging, memory modules from Geil with external power connector, GeCube’s dual-GPU graphics card and Foxconn’s unique Quad-SLI system with two GeForce 7900 GT and two 7900 GTX!

X-bit labs CeBIT 2006 Coverage: Day 1

[ 03/10/06 | by Anton Shilov]

The CeBIT 2006 show has just taken off on Hannover, Germany. The first day of the show brings us new GeForce 7600- and 7900-series graphics cards, eye-catching new memory modules from Corsair, striking products and models from Sapphire and the world’s first dual-core AMD Turion 64-based notebook! Join us to take a look around the show!

IDF Spring 2006 Coverage: Day 2

[ 03/09/06 | by Anna Filatova]

Today I am going to share some details on Intel’s own advanced liquid cooling system an, of course, the Intel Conroe performance details in some popular synthetic and gaming benchmarks.

IDF Spring 2006 Coverage: Day 1 (Continued)

[ 03/08/06 | by Anna Filatova]

I continue reporting from the IDF sessions. What is new on the mobility front? Merom processor, Santa Rosa platform, new Intel NAND Robson technology reducing the boot-up time. Also, I will touch upon some hot enterprise news: Truland, Bensley and the world’s first quad-core DP Clovertown demo, . And there is more to follow!

IDF Spring 2006 Coverage: Day 1

[ 03/07/06 | by Anna Filatova]

As always I am glad to share with you some really exciting news fresh from the Intel Developer Forum that has just started in San Francisco, California. Some new from the multi-core front, cool CPU shots, details about Intel's innovative technolgoies and plans for the future. All on X-bit labs!

The Best of 2005: X-bit Labs Readers’ Choice Awards

[ 03/02/06 | by Anna Filatova]

The results of our annual 2005 Readers’ Choice poll have been summarized and the winners have been finally identified. 18 prestigious awards have been given by over 30,000 of regular X-bit labs readers. Let’s find out, who the winners are!

Interview with Appro: XtremeServers Way to Go!

[ 02/15/06 | by Anna Filatova]

You may have already noticed that Appro Company is actively promoting its new XtremeServer products on our site and a few other online media. This is actually one of the reasons why we got interested in finding out what makes these server solutions so remarkable. Find all the details in our Interview!

Nvidia Faces Fighting Words: Artificial Enthusiasts Found

[ 02/06/06 | by Anton Shilov]

In the beginning of week – on the best day for starting a scandal – Nvidia Corp. was accused in seeding shills into forums and communities to promote its products. The fans reportedly received free hardware and officially acted to “educate” users in the forums. We try to attempt to summarize all the information to find out whether advertising methods of hardware companies have reached the point of pretty unfaithful practices.

CES 2006 Coverage

[ 01/12/06 | by Anna Filatova]

CES 2006 is over. But although we have been sharing with you all the news hot from the show floors on a daily basis, there were still quite a few interesting things left that are worth mentioning. Check out our report now for more latest and greatest news from the first Computer show of the year 2006!