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Thursday, August 14, 2008
- 3:09 pm | Bluetooth Still Has Space for Growth – Analysts. Bluetooth’s Growth Beginning to Reach Maturity
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
- 3:42 pm | Intel Unveils USB 3.0 Spec to Third Parties. Intel Discloses USB 3.0 Controller Specs
Thursday, August 7, 2008
- 10:01 am | Nvidia Licensees Transmeta’s Power-Saving and Computing Technologies. Transmeta Licenses LongRun, Computing Technologies to Nvidia
Thursday, July 31, 2008
- 9:53 pm | HP, Intel and Yahoo! to Jointly Explore Cloud Computing. HP, Intel and Yahoo! Create Global Cloud Computing Research
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
- 9:48 pm | FireWire Interface to Get Speed Boost. 1394 Trade Association Ratifies 1394-2008 Spec
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Today we are going to talk about six completely different system cases from Antec: starting with the miniature NSK1380 and finishing with a full-size P182. You should be able to find one that will suit your needs. read our roundup for details.
In our final article dedicated to CeBIT 2008 we take a look at unique “Turbo” notebooks from MSI; check out OCZ’s Neural Impulse Actuator; examine various cooling systems and power supply units along with gear for gamers made by different companies and also inspect graphics cards with voltage increase capability. Traditionally, we’ve got beauties from the booths standing next to hardware beauties in this article.
In this part of our CeBIT coverage we take a look at deluxe memory modules from Corsair that have unprecedented capacity and speed, check out fresh luxurious devices from Asustek Computer, share some information about EVGA’s mainboard strategy, have a loot at portable desktops with Blu-ray disc drives inside and also reveal some information about the future of SSDs and Western Digital’s opinion on the matter.
This time we explore more mainboards aimed at extreme overclockers that have LN2 blocks and liquid-cooling installed, laptops made of bamboo by Asus, high-end gaming notebooks from OCZ/Hypersonic, home theater personal computer by MSI as well as forthcoming cooling systems from Scythe.
In the second part of our CeBIT 2008 coverage we take a look at non-standard mainboards from Asustek and Foxconn, check out graphics cards with built-in voltmodding feature from Gigabyte, examine new memory modules from OCZ Technology, share our thoughts on the destiny of SiS and Via chipset developers and inspect new Asus Eee PC 9”.
This year CeBIT trade-show kicked off a little earlier than usual and it is really cold in Hannover, Germany. But it should not be chilly in large pavilions of Deutsche Messe, where thousands of this season’s hottest IT products are exhibited. We managed to picture the first AMD’s 45nm wafer candidates, Nvidia GeForce 9800 GX2, Freon cooling system from Thermaltake and many other interesting devices and products.
Today we are going to talk about Hiper’s debut in the ATX system case market. The Anubis is undoubtedly stylish, original and efficient in terms of cooling. It is an ideal playground for a technical modder, but still there are a few things that need to be improved. Read more in our review!
It is time we rounded up the results of our Best of 2007 Reader’s Choice poll. 13 categories, over 30,000 people participated. Let’s find out now who the winners are!
Futuremark Corporation announced today the release of PCMark Vantage- hardware performance benchmark for PCs running 32 and 64 bit versions of Windows Vista. Our today’s article will be devoted to the peculiarities of the new benchmarking suite, installation and usage techniques as well as the results of three platforms on AMD and Intel processors tested in it.
Today we are going to talk about mobility. Mobile Penryn, Montevina platform, Silverthorne and more WiMAX (Echo Peak solution). Also we will touch upon the innovative features of the upcoming mobile platforms that will help increase battery life and lower the power without sacrificing the performance. Read more in our report from the IDF Mobility keynote!
IDF 2007 in San Francisco started this morning. The members of the press have been crowding in front of the keynote hall well over half an hour in advance, trying the get the best spots: the presentation promised to be very interesting: Penryn, Nehalem, the first working 32nm wafer, innovations in ultra mobility and power efficiency as well as breakthroughs in WiMAX technology. Read more in our coverage!
We would like to introduce to you four new system cases in the mainstream price segment from Asus, Gigabyte and Cooler Master. We will discuss in detail their design, features, estimate the ease of system assembly and test their thermal characteristics.
Restyling is a basic means of making a product’s market life longer. This word is known mostly from the car industry. In the computer case market, a life span of over 1 year is quite a long one even for such a good model as the Soprano was. After such long time a chassis modernization was needed to pull the system case up to the level of the best of the class again. Today we will find out what changes Thermaltake made to get its excellent solution back to the leading positions.
Today we are going to take a look at a great compact system case from Thermaltake that permits the use of full-size hardware. Targeted for LAN party fans, it offers attractive exterior, excellent internal design and great functionality. Read more in our detailed review!
In this last and final episode of our CeBIT 2007 coverage we have some new hardware to show next to models who were at the manufacturers’ booths during the trade-show. We take a look at Nvidia nForce 680i LT SLI-based mainboard, share some information about dual-chip GeForce 8800 GTS graphics cards, take a look at several stylish computer cases and a new “made to kill” mouse from Razer as well as unveil some more interesting products and technologies.
In this episode of our CeBIT 2007 coverage we examine chipsets and mainboards for future Intel’s 45nm microprocessors, reveal Asustek’s wireless HDMI technology, take a look at a galore of HD DVD-equipped devices, check out a new speaker system from Razer and have a look at Intel’s next-generation server platform for processors with 1600MHz bus.
This time we examine Philips’ amBX technology for video gamers, think about prospects of solid state drives and take a look at NAND Flash technology from Intel. Besides, we glance at a “liquid-cooling for everything” concept from EVGA and Innovatek. We also visit booth of Zalman to find 3D displays there and learn about termination of its agreement with top gamer Fatal1ty.
Today we are visiting booths of Corsair to have a look at unique 1111MHz 4GB memory kit and the company’s new flash sticks that are bullet-proof at least, we also check out a water-cooler for ATI R600 graphics card from Thermaltake, meet MSI’s mainboard with Creative X-Fi onboard, take a look at sound cards from Asus as well as glance at the world’s largest televisions with 108” and 205” diagonal size.
The CeBIT show goes on and today we can share some information about the new technologies and products that are showcased here. Today we took a look at Nvidia’s DirectX 10 offering for mobile computers, we also saw at the world’s first 2000W (2kW) power supply, OCZ’s 1400MHz (1.40GHz) memory, Samsung's external Blu-ray disk drive and some other interesting devices that are coming to the market.
CeBIT exhibition has kicked off in Hannover, Germany as usual and while a number of companies decided not to make their public appearance on the show floor we still have something to tell you about. Today we are going to show you Nvidia’s first DirectX 10 graphics cards for the mainstream market, samples of DDR3 memory with some thoughts about it, pictures of Art Lebedev’s Maximus, as well as take a close look at Sapphire’s dual-GPU graphics board.





