Forum: *nix Hardware Configuration Feb 15th, 2009 |
| Replies: 2 Views: 4,883 Has the world gone mad? Sony is getting set to launch a cellphone with, wait for it, no less than a 12.1 megapixel camera built in. To put that in to some perspective, I take photographs for... |
Forum: *nix Hardware Configuration Feb 8th, 2009 |
| Replies: 2 Views: 3,112 A week ago I was reporting how 'leaked' documents were suggesting that the PlayStation 4 would build upon existing CELL processor architecture (http://www.daniweb.com/blogs/entry3890.html) with the... |
Forum: *nix Hardware Configuration Dec 1st, 2008 |
| Replies: 2 Views: 2,213 Now that, if you are a hardcore PC gamer, is cool. ASUS has announced the availability of what it claims is the world's first quad core gaming notebook. The G71 series is powered by the Intel Core 2... |
Forum: *nix Hardware Configuration Oct 29th, 2008 |
| Replies: 0 Views: 2,020 At the risk of being sexist, does anyone really fall for this 'computers for the ladies' hard sell? I am assuming that the answer must be yes, otherwise companies would not keep pumping out the pink... |
Forum: *nix Hardware Configuration Sep 21st, 2008 |
| Replies: 0 Views: 2,173 "It’s Harvard or Yale, Harpic or Domestos, AA or RAC, PC or Mac. Binary tribalism: Gilbert and Sullivan wrote a song about it" writes Stephen Fry (http://stephenfry.com/blog/) as he explains that... |
Forum: *nix Hardware Configuration Aug 14th, 2008 |
| Replies: 1 Views: 2,278 It seems that the draft spec for USB 3.0 has been released by Intel (http://www.informationweek.com/news/hardware/peripherals/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=210004195) following much online speculation... |
Forum: *nix Hardware Configuration Jun 24th, 2008 |
| Replies: 0 Views: 2,384 Zotac (http://www.zotac.com) has today announced the availability of what it claims is the fastest core clock speed for a graphics card straight out of the box. The GTX 280 AMP! Edition overclocks... |
Forum: *nix Hardware Configuration Jun 20th, 2008 |
| Replies: 0 Views: 7,824 Those clever boffins at the University of Bath, England have managed to develop a machine called RepRap (http://dev.www.reprap.org/bin/view/Main/WebHome) which can, effectively, replicate itself. The... |
Forum: *nix Hardware Configuration Jun 12th, 2008 |
| Replies: 0 Views: 2,232 Do any of the following sound familiar? Intel is not only driving but actually creating the USB 3 specification, while at the same time refusing to share the full spec with the industry, oh and don't... |
Forum: *nix Hardware Configuration May 15th, 2008 |
| Replies: 0 Views: 1,685 PC Pro is reporting (http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/197442/intel-not-ruling-out-shortages-after-chinese-earthquake.html) that Intel hopes that its Chinese manufacturing plant is back in production by... |
Forum: *nix Hardware Configuration Apr 23rd, 2008 |
| Replies: 1 Views: 1,807 According to Fujitsu Siemens Computers (http://www.fujitsu-siemens.com) the days of simply upgrading to faster processors in order to squeeze extra performance out of legacy applications are rapidly... |
Forum: *nix Hardware Configuration Apr 12th, 2008 |
| Replies: 0 Views: 1,836 New Scientist magazine has compiled a pretty darn interesting list of what it says are the top ten weirdest computers... |
Forum: *nix Hardware Configuration Mar 12th, 2008 |
| Replies: 1 Views: 1,549 Remember those X-Ray Specs you could order as a kid from the newspaper classifieds that promised the ability to see through clothes to the undergarments below? I do, and I can report that they most... |
Forum: *nix Hardware Configuration Mar 8th, 2008 |
| Replies: 1 Views: 2,122 Epson is making a play for the green printer market by launching a laser toner cartridge return and recycle programme (http://www.epson-europe.com/environment/collectandrecycle) as part of a long... |
Forum: *nix Hardware Configuration Feb 18th, 2008 |
| Replies: 3 Views: 2,096 So it would appear that the long and bloody war between the next-generation of high definition DVD formats is coming to a close, with word on the grapevine suggesting that the HD DVD... |
Forum: *nix Hardware Configuration Jul 12th, 2007 |
| Replies: 4 Views: 3,617 Is Blu-Ray dead in the European water?
Independent pan-European research by GfK has today revealed that Blu-Ray may not be winning the high definition race after all, despite much brouhaha. In... |
Forum: *nix Hardware Configuration May 25th, 2007 |
| Replies: 6 Views: 5,193 Sorry. I have been away from work for a few days. The press release does not mention pricing. Sorry. Again. |
Forum: *nix Hardware Configuration May 22nd, 2007 |
| Replies: 6 Views: 5,193 Sapphire Technology (http://www.sapphiretech.com) has announced a new addition to the HD 2400 and HD 2600 graphics accelerator families scheduled for a July release, the completely passively cooled... |
Forum: *nix Hardware Configuration Apr 12th, 2007 |
| Replies: 4 Views: 3,369 IBM has today announced a breakthrough chip-stacking technology in a manufacturing environment that paves the way for three-dimensional chips to extend Moore’s Law way beyond traditionally expected... |