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Our friends at Rbmods posted a review of the Logitech diNovo Mini Keyboard. Briefly: "If you got a HTPC setup at home you know that you need a small keyboard/mouse combo to match the rest of your home theather system. Logitech has lately relesed their Dinovo Mini keyboard/mouse combo that we are going to take a look…
Our friends at Virtual-Hideout posted a review of the LapWorks Attaché Laptop Stand. Briefly: "After several weeks of using the Lapworks Attaché I found it to be a solid and stable piece of equipment. The adjustable foot was secure and didn't have much slop in it whatsoever. The rubber pads kept the stand from sliding…
Our friends at Virtual-Hideout posted a review of the A-DATA PD17, PD18, and PD19 Mini USB Flash drives. Briefly: "These mini flash drives come from A-DATA’s “Nobility” and “Classic” lines, and are available in storage capacities up to 8GB. The three up for review today are the Nobility PD17, the Classic PD18, and the…
Super Talent has become the first high-performance memory manufacturer to offer DDR3-1800 PC3-14400 4GB Kit (2x 2GB), part of the company's overclocking friendly Project X family. The kit is rated with latencies of CL8-8-8-24 at 1.9V and comes backed by a lifetime warranty. “This represents another major…
MSI is drawing mass attention with the upcoming release of the MSI Wind Notebook. During the Intel Development Forum (IDF) in Shanghai Intel already presented the MSI Wind Notebook. The light and graceful MSI Wind Notebook will provide the simple operating conditions for everyday use. MSI Wind Notebook MSI is about to…
After yesterday's price reductions, Intel is now releasing a new 45nm dual-core processor. Previously reported in some Intel price charts, Intel Core 2 Duo E8300 is a 1333MHz FSB CPU with 6MB of L2 cache, a 65W TDP and stock frequency of 2.83GHz. The CPU has already made its way into stores with a price of $163 in…
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) today silently released two more energy-efficient Athlon desktop processors with a TDP of 45W. Both the Athlon X2 4450e and the Athlon X2 4050e are dual-core Socket AM2/AM2+ processors clocked at 2.3GHz and 2.1GHz respectively. They are built on 65nm technology and feature 1MB of L2 cache.…
Seagate Technology announced today that it is the first hard drive manufacturer worldwide to have shipped 1 billion hard drives – a number not only staggering in size but also emblematic of the massive amount of digital content being created in the home, hand, office, car and dozens of other markets. Consider this:…
Meizu are working on developing the M8 prototypes right now and scheduled to release it in August this year. There will be 8GB and 16GB versions when launched. Source: VR-Zone
Unnamed sources close to OCWORKBENCH report that GeForce 9600 GSO will be available starting May 13, 2008 or just three weeks from now. NVIDIA decided to change the name of their GeForce 8800 GS 384MB cards to GeForce 9600 GSO in order to better sell its product. Coming from the fact that 9600 GSO is a rebranded 8800…
Fujitsu Limited today announced the release of the MHZ2 CJ Series of 320GB 2.5" hard disk drives with automatic hardware-based encryption to effectively secure data against theft or loss, along with the industry's highest rotational speed of 7200-rpm and a 3.0 Gb/s Serial ATA interface. The new series of drives for…
WD announced today that it is now shipping WD VelociRaptor hard drives, the next generation of its 10,000 RPM SATA "Raptor" series of drives. Designed with an enterprise-class foundation, the new WD VelociRaptor hard drive is modified specifically for PC and Mac enthusiasts and professional workstations. Destined to…
The openSUSE team has released the first beta of the new openSUSE 11.0. New features for this version include KDE 4.0.3, GNOME 2.22.1, a new installer and 60% faster installation. openSUSE is designed to be one of the easiest-to-use Linux distributations available, although as this is a beta there are still likely to…
Our friends at Rbmods posted a review of the Supertalent 8GB USB Pico Flash Drive. Briefly: "Supertalent is well known for their high quality RAM-modules, and during the last few years they have expanded production to USB-modules and MP3 players. Their newest invention is Solid State Disk -drives. With USB-modules…
Our friends at techPowerUp posted an article about NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT Voltmodding. Briefly: "NVIDIA's Geforce 9600 GT is quite an exceptional midrange card that offers excellent overclocking potential. Since the cards run at a relatively low voltage there is some extra overclocking waiting to be unleashed by…
Our friends at techPowerUp posted a review of the Klipsch Image Earphones. Briefly: "Klipsch Image is the name of a brand new set of high-end earphones. They feature a radical new design and come with an excessive bundle. Besides being extremely good looking they also have a special sound characteristic that appeals…
Our friends at techPowerUp posted a review of the Lamptron Aluminum Case Handles. Накратко: "In a world where case modding is becoming increasingly more popular, Lamptron focuses on giving modders and enthusiasts alike what they are asking for in accessories. The Aluminum Case Handles that we are taking a look at…
Our friends at techPowerUp posted a review of the Mapower MAP-KC31 eSATA & USB 2.0 HDD enclosure. Накратко: "The Mapower KC31CSJ HDD enclosure has almost everything a user could ask for. The sturdy build quality is complimented by a sleek aluminum finish while remaining lightweight. The performance is pleasing…
Following the format’s victory over HD DVD earlier this year, Blu-ray disks have seen their sales soar to 351% of those during the same period last year. When combined with standard DVD sales, the first quarter of this year offered the first year-on-year sales increase since DVD sales peaked three years ago. Source:…
During Take-Two's recent shareholders' meeting, the publisher said that GTA IV has gone gold. GTA IV has entered mass production and is ready to be on store shelves for its release on April 29th. The game is rated M for Mature and will release on the PS3 and Xbox 360. Many experts prognosticate that GTA IV will sale…
Metal Gear Solid fans may be pleased to hear that they can now download the beta version of Konami’s Metal Gear Online via the PlayStation Store on the PS3. The download is free and weighs in at 741MB, although you’ll have to wait until 21st April to play it, with the beta running until 6th May. The final version of…
Based on NVIDIA’s latest embedded chipsets, the K10N750SLI-WiFi, ASRock's new NVIDIA nForce 750a SLI chipset motherboard, features the latest SLI & Hybrid SLI solutions for SLI users and those who want to try out the new Hybrid SLI Technology. This SLI MB is bundled with ASRock's WiFi-802.11g module for wireless…
AMD has released marketing material comparing their integrated graphics chip with Intel. The material shows the 780G operating in IGP only mode as well as Hybrid Crossfire mode with real-time in-game videos. Source: techPowerUp!
Another day, another world record broken. K|ngp|n, well known for his LN2 cooling projects and many previous world records, has become the first man to pass the 6GHz barrier with dual Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9775 processors (3.2GHz) and Intel Skulltrail enthusiast gaming platform. Who would of guessed that 8 cores can…
ATI has released a hotfix that addresses the following issues when Catalyst 7.9 or higher version is installed on AGP cards: * After installing Catalyst 7.9 or higher an error is received launching DirectX based games. The error indicates that Direct3D Failed to Initialize or similar. * In Vista your Experience score…
Sun Microsystems recently announced the pending general availability of MySQL 5.1, a new version of the world's most popular open source database, designed to improve performance and simplify management of large database applications. A near-final release candidate of the GPL software is available for download .…
Download links of ATI's latest Catalyst 8.4 drivers are now online. To download the full release notes for Catalyst 8.4 click HERE . DOWNLOAD Source: techPowerUp!
S3 Graphics today announced the S3 Graphics 4300E graphics processor for embedded markets, bringing the latest in HD video playback, graphics rendering, display connectivity, and power management to developers of gaming, digital signage and other multimedia intensive embedded applications.Designed for DirectX 10.1 and…
Diamond Multimedia introduced today the 1 gigabyte, overclocked version of the ATI Radeon HD 3870 graphics card. This card offers maximum speed and power at an incredible value. Utilizing 55nm technology, this card runs cool and quiet. The HD 3870 is a dual slot card, PCIE 2.0, with 1024MB of DDR3 memory and an…
Our friend at Virtual-Hideout posted a review of the ASUS 9800 GTX 512MB Graphics Card. Briefly: "The bottom line here is that the ASUS EN9800GTX is a much cooler graphics card that's capable of replacing the 8800 GTX in ASUS' line up. Should you run out and replace that 8800 GTX you already have? Not really.…