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Viewsonic VX924 19" 4ms TFT LCD
Take a look at this baby. A 19 inch LCD with a 4 ms response time, one of the fastest, if not *the* fastest lcd on the market. Can we eliminate ghosting from games all together now? Let's hope so.
The response time race has been a hotly contested one and ViewSonic's latest VX924 takes speed another notch higher, scorching ahead with a 4ms GTG timing. A definite boon for gamers, but what of its display quality?
Posted by | Wed, Apr 27, 2005 - 01:06 AM
RealNetworks Unveils Rhapsody to Go Music Service
Music Lovers, RealNetworks Inc. is serious about bringing you music online however they can. They're all about giving you options in how you want to buy and listen to your music. I'm pretty sure I even read the word "interoperability" somewhere in that story, so if you have an iPod, don't sweat it, they've got you covered too.
Digital media company RealNetworks Inc. (RNWK.O: Quote, Profile, Research) on Tuesday said it expanded its subscription music service to allow paying subscribers access to more than 1 million songs and now will allow nonpaying users to listen to 25 songs for free each month.
Posted by | Tue, Apr 26, 2005 - 08:32 PM
NEC Chips In to Power Xbox
The Japanese company will produce a system LSI chip that will work alongside the main graphics processor in the games console. Microsoft had previously announced a deal with ATI Technologies for the main graphics processor.
Posted by | Tue, Apr 26, 2005 - 08:11 PM
Samsung turns to Flash new hard drive
New hardware and technologies made exclusively for Microsoft's new OS, code name Longhorn, are already in the works . Innovative products like these will surely have many lining up for the new OS in 2006.
Samsung has unveiled a prototype storage unit that combines a hard drive and 128MB of Flash memory.
Posted by | Tue, Apr 26, 2005 - 08:59 AM
Why $100 computers are on the way
$100 computers you say? Wow, read Cnet.com's interview with Advanced Micro Devices' CEO, Hector Ruiz, and learn about that and more!
CNET News.com spoke with Ruiz about technology trends and what he envisions for AMD chips in consumer electronics. We also found out that Ruiz believes the era of the $100 laptop PC may be on the horizon.
Posted by | Tue, Apr 26, 2005 - 08:10 AM
WinHEC photo gallery
The first day of the Windows Hardware Engineering conference in Seattle is in full swing. Check out the link below for a photo gallery of images from WinHEC.
Posted by | Tue, Apr 26, 2005 - 08:01 AM
Prince of Persia 3 confirmed for '05
Last month, the third Prince of Persia game's existence was first revealed when Ubisoft unveiled its hefty game lineup for E3 2005. Today, though, the company unveiled the sequel in earnest. Though it still only bears the working title of Prince of Persia 3, the game will be released later this year for the PC, GameCube, Xbox, and PlayStation 2.
Posted by | Mon, Apr 25, 2005 - 10:46 PM
Microsoft discloses some IE 7 plans
Well, some bloggers over at Microsoft are revealing details about the new browser, IE 7. Apparently, this new version of IE will not only focus on security issues but also on standards support.
Glitches in IE's standards support mean that developers have to code separately for IE and for browsers that hew more closely to the standards. IE enjoys about 90 percent browser market share despite losing some points to the Mozilla Foundation's open-source Firefox browser.
Posted by | Mon, Apr 25, 2005 - 10:14 PM
Vendors Rally Around Dual-Core
AMD's largest hardware partners are stumbling over each other in support of the chipmaker's new dual-core Opteron. IBM, HP, and Sun Microsystems presented a host of wares based on the new chip at last week's AMD event in New York City.
Posted by | Mon, Apr 25, 2005 - 09:46 PM
AMD to Consider Building Chip Sets for Partners
AMD is expected to complete a new state-of-the-art facility in Dresden in 2006, which will free up manufacturing space that will allow the company to begin manufacturing their own chip sets.
If chip-set vendors farm out chip-set manufacturing to AMD, the company would benefit in various ways. For example, AMD would generate additional revenue from manufacturing capacity that would otherwise sit unused. It would also have increased control over the process of manufacturing chip sets, which are used in tandem with AMD's chips to control the flow of data around a system.
Posted by | Mon, Apr 25, 2005 - 09:40 PM
Atheros Communications Introduces Industry's First Single-Chip PCI Express(TM) Compliant Wireless LA
With this high level of integration, the AR5006EX and AR5006EG enable the entire WLAN solution to fit on a single-sided mini card or ExpressCard design, creating the ideal choice for aftermarket and embedded WLAN solutions for personal computers. These designs exploit the ability of the PCI Express bus architecture to support high-performance computing with up to 2.5-gigabit-per-second transmit and receive rates-a 150 percent improvement over the existing PCI architecture.
Posted by | Mon, Apr 25, 2005 - 09:15 PM
NVIDIA Leads Industry in 64-Bit Transition With Immediate Support for Windows XP Professional x64 an
NVIDIA has taken the lead in providing updated drivers for Microsoft's new 64-bit version of it's OS; others will certainly not be far behind. Will this mean that 64-bit will become the standard sooner than later?
The NVIDIA(R) ForceWare(TM) suite of software drivers works with all of Microsoft's 64-bit and 32-bit operating systems to provide customers with updated support and features that enhance their computing experience.
Posted by | Mon, Apr 25, 2005 - 08:57 PM
ABIT Introduces Silent OTES
Looks like ABIT is adding a twist to their OTES (Outside Thermal Exhaust System) that was launched back in 2002 and is launching Silent OTES next month on the ABIT AW8 motherboard. Below is an image from ABIT Taiwan that shows the new northbridge cooling solution on the upcoming i955X powered AW8 motherboad.
Silent OTES uses ABIT-designed heatpipe technology to transfer unwanted heat from the North Bridge to the fins of the Collection Module. From there, heat is exhausted outside of the case by air flowing from the CPU fan. The result, a totally silent platform offering excellent cooling efficiency while utilizing the existing CPU fan, ultimately providing enhanced performance, stability and a quieter experience for the end user.
Posted by | Mon, Apr 25, 2005 - 12:48 PM
Worm Targets MP3 Music Files
Is this a case of Internet piracy getting it's just desserts; vigilantism gone amuck; or just plain criminal behavior? Click on the link below, visit the forum and tell us what you think!
The internet is swamped with people pirating movies and music, costing the entertainment industry millions each year. The Nopir-B worm targets people it believes may be involved in piracy, but fails to discriminate between the true criminals and those who may have MP3 files they have created themselves," said Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant for Sophos.
Posted by | Mon, Apr 25, 2005 - 10:57 AM
Opteron Goes Dual-Core, But Dell Still Isn't Buying
According to Dell, offering AMD based systems to their customers would force them to raise prices. Although no customer wants higher prices, having purchasing options would be nice.
Intel isn't expected to release its dual-core Xeon processor until early 2006. However, Dell executives noted that adopting AMD as a supplier would increase the computer maker's operating costs because it would need to set up new development and testing teams. Using Opteron also could affect the pricing deals that Dell gets from Intel in return for its fidelity.
"If Dell were to offer [Opteron systems], that'd be great," said Chris Ruffieux, vice president of technology at Gannett Media Technologies International in Norfolk, Va. "But if it's going to cause the prices of other things I'm buying from Dell to go up, I'd rather have it stay the same."
Posted by | Mon, Apr 25, 2005 - 10:36 AM
Windows XP Moves into 64-Bit Era
Higher performance is the primary selling point for 64-bit computing, which essentially doubles the speed for running applications and enables easier handling of massive amounts of data -- be they corporate records or cutting-edge games.
Posted by | Mon, Apr 25, 2005 - 10:17 AM
Adobe's Macromedia Acquisition Targets Microsoft
"At its simplest level, Adobe wants to get into a new content type," said Connie Moore, an analyst at Forrester Research. "At a more strategic level, this puts Adobe in a very different place in terms of competing against Microsoft or Oracle or IBM."
Still, Adobe's move is most likely a pre-emptive move against Microsoft, said Steven Ashley, an analyst at Robert W. Baird & Co. "It makes it harder for Microsoft to challenge Adobe," he said. "As it stands today, they don't compete very much against one another."
Posted by | Mon, Apr 25, 2005 - 10:13 AM
Nvidia snaffles ATI's 3Dc idea
3Dc is a new compression marchitecture meant to increase the level of details in games. All ATI cards from X800 generation upwards have this capability and it turns out that new Nvidia cards are going to use it as well.
Posted by | Sat, Apr 23, 2005 - 09:30 PM
Clock Is Ticking for Windows 2000 Users
For Microsoft, it's in with the new and out with the old; well at least when it comes to operating systems that is. Apparently there will be no Service Pack 5 for Windows 2000 users.
Late last year, Microsoft said it planned to provide a primarily security-focused "update rollup" for Windows 2000 in lieu of issuing a Service Pack 5 for the product. Microsoft officials said the rollup is on track for delivery in mid-2005, but declined to provide further information on the beta stage that the rollup is in. The rollup will require Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 as a prerequisite.
The spokeswoman would not comment on whether the rollup will be available before June 30 or not.
Posted by | Sat, Apr 23, 2005 - 09:38 AM
Google's new map service may be inexact, but it's a lovely ride
The latest useful tool from the folks at Google is in beta and can be seen at maps.google.com. If you're looking to take a road trip, or would just like to check out a cool new tool, navigate on over to the forum to read this story.
Over the years, I've used a half-dozen Web mapping services when I've needed directions from Hither to Yon, but Google's new map page (maps.google.com) certainly raises the bar ? at least for fun.
Posted by | Sat, Apr 23, 2005 - 09:11 AM
Samsung 730MW Widescreen LCD TV Review
TrustedReviews takes a look at the Samsung 730MW Widescreen LCD TV. Looks like this is an average unit -- in other words, not truly excelling as either a PC monitor or a television. Check out the forums for the link to the entire review, so you can decide for yourself if this display would be suitable for you or not.
At the rear there?s a DVI connection for use with a PC or a suitably equipped DVD player and a D-Sub connection for a PC. Next there?s an RGB capable SCART socket, RCA Component connections, S-Video and composite. There?s also an RF input for the TV tuner a connector for an FM aerial and a headphone socket. This pretty much covers all the bases, but it is a little frustrating not to see a digital TV Tuner, which would automatically provide digital radio, even though this wouldn?t actually be DAB.
Posted by | Sat, Apr 23, 2005 - 01:11 AM
Apple chief says Microsoft is just copying
Forget the browser wars, apparently the OS wars are in full swing, or maybe this is more of a skirmish given Microsoft's dominance in the computer OS market.
Apple Computer Chief Executive Steve Jobs thinks the long-awaited operating system from Microsoft ? Longhorn ? is all mouth and no trousers. He told company shareholders at an annual general meeting: "They are shamelessly copying us. They can't even copy fast."
Posted by | Fri, Apr 22, 2005 - 08:29 PM
HP Introduces Dual-core Servers
As the No. 1 vendor of industry-standard x86 servers worldwide and the leading provider of AMD Opteron processor-based server systems,(3) HP is positioned to drive the adoption of dual-core technology.
Posted by | Fri, Apr 22, 2005 - 08:09 PM
Analysis: 64-bit Driver Support Still A Mixed Bag
Microsoft's 64-bit Windows release will be available for downloading on Monday if you are an existing Windows XP Professional user, but with few available products that supports the new 64-bit OS, you will have time enough to upgrade.
Will hardware vendors have 64-bit device drivers in place to support Microsoft's 64-bit Windows release? The answer is a definite maybe.
While a significant number of PC components will function under Microsoft's new 64-bit Windows operating system, more specialized devices are being put on the back burner.
Posted by | Fri, Apr 22, 2005 - 07:34 PM
Rush For Opera 8 Bigger Than Firefox's
Clearly, the browser wars are far from over. In fact, they seem to be red hot!
Opera Software claimed Thursday that the response to the release of its newest browser was so massive that it had to install new servers to handle the loads.
In the first 48 hours since its Tuesday release, Opera 8 was downloaded more than 600,000 times. By comparison, rival Firefox claimed 1,000,000 copies grabbed in the opening 24 hours after its 1.0 version went final in early November 2004.
Posted by | Fri, Apr 22, 2005 - 07:20 PM
Intel gives man $10,000 for old magazine
This is funny, because I was just looking at my old BYTE magazines from 1989 this week. It was fun to look back and see what they thought the future was going to hold. If anyone wants to offer me $1,000 I'd be more than happy to hand some over. Thats a bargain compared to the $10,000 paid out by Intel on the 1965 copy of Electronics Magazine, which contained Moore's law!!
The chip giant, which had been searching high and low for a 1965 copy of Electronics Magazine that featured Intel co-founder Gordon Moore's thoughts on how silicon technology would evolve, has hit payola. David Clark, an engineer in Surrey, England, had a copy of the coveted issue and has sold it to Intel, reaping the chip giant's $10,000 bounty. Intel posted a notice about its reward offer on eBay on April 11, on the eve of the 40th anniversary of Moore's Law.
The issue contained an article by Moore that described how the number of components on integrated circuits was doubling every year. The article became the foundation for Moore's famed dictum, which has been a favorite maxim of the IT industry for decades. Electronics Magazine went out of business several years ago, though, and copies are scarce.
Posted by | Fri, Apr 22, 2005 - 02:52 PM
Asustek goes down-market with K8 mobos
Asustek has a price-cutting plan in place for socket 754 platforms that will bring these single memory channel boards down to only US $82 in Asia. Not a bad price at all for an Asus motherboard!
Asustek Computer plans to lower the unit prices for its Socket 754 K8V-X 13% to about 677 yuan (US$82) in the China channel. In addition, its forthcoming Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) K8-compatible model featuring the ULi M1689 single-chip solution will be priced at 599 yuan (US$72.4), according to the company. sustek shipped more than 11.7 million motherboards worldwide in the first quarter, with 430,000 units going to China, the company stated.
Posted by | Fri, Apr 22, 2005 - 02:47 PM
IBM changes dual-core pricing for new AMD chips
Should a dual-core processor count as one chip or two? IBM and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) provided two very different answers to that question Thursday as the two companies unveiled contrasting pricing strategies around AMD's dual-core processors.
Posted by | Thu, Apr 21, 2005 - 09:38 PM
AMD Dual Core NDA Lifted
Well last night AMD seems to have lifted its non-disclosure agreement on the new Dual Core Opteron processors, and as of this morning we have had a slew of new reviews come out on many of the new processors. AMD is going with their traditional 1xx, 2xx, and 8xx numbering scheme to indicate single processors systems, dual systems, and quad or 8-way systems, respectively. They have tweaked the second series of numbers to multiples of 5, and we now see x65's and x75's on the market. Take a gander at our accumulation of different dual-core AMD reviews at the link, as well as checking out other reviews from around the web.
Posted by | Thu, Apr 21, 2005 - 09:02 PM
Tiger's Tale
If you're a MAC enthusiast, then this new feature rich version of OSX should satisfy. Check out a few of the over 200 new features and innovations included in this significant upgrade.
A first look at the new Mac OS
Though they only constitute one out of every 33 computer owners, Mac users have long held a reputation for acting smugly superior to their Windows brethren. And with the release next week of Apple's latest operating system software, Tiger ($129), they'll have good reason.
Posted by | Thu, Apr 21, 2005 - 07:55 PM
Risks Rise of Computer-Borne Cell Phone Viruses
The trojans found recently are mostly hidden in games for smartphones that run on the Series 60 Symbian operating system used in models from Nokia.
Closely held SimWorks said the catch doubled the number of known mobile viruses. "This is a significant development as until now we've usually found mobile trojans two or three at a time at the most," Chief Executive Aaron Davidson said.
Symbian, in which Nokia and other handset vendors own stakes, is the most widely used operating system for smartphones, which run small computer-like applications such as navigation programs, email and enterprise planning software.
Posted by | Thu, Apr 21, 2005 - 06:39 AM
Microsoft to support Linux
Microsoft gets serious about pursuing their new policy of interoperability by adding Linux support to it's 2005 Server product.
Microsoft had always rebuffed any requests for interoperability with products it didn't make, particularly Linux, an open-source giant, which it has long considered a threatening alternative.
On Wednesday, Microsoft head Steve Ballmer promised to add Linux support to Virtual Server 2005 Service Pack 1, which will be shipped by the end of the year, because, he said, users need to manage heterogeneous networks.
Posted by | Thu, Apr 21, 2005 - 05:35 AM
VIA announces chipset support for AMD dual-core technology
The VIA K8 series chipsets, including the new VIA K8T890, uses VIA Hyper8 technology for high speed and low latency performance with the latest AMD Opteron processors with dual-core architectures.
Posted by | Thu, Apr 21, 2005 - 05:13 AM
Ballmer: Interoperability, interoperability, interoperability
Apparently, Microsoft is very committed to pursuing a policy of interoperability. I can only hope that no one ever asks me to say "interoperability" three times back to back.
"I want to make sure today you understand that from a management perspective we are absolutely committed to interoperability. We're committed to work in broad industry partnership to deliver great interoperability," Ballmer claimed.
Posted by | Wed, Apr 20, 2005 - 10:23 PM
Waiting for WiMax
WiMax: a revolution waiting to happen, or just another money making opp. for the tech industry? This story says it both! I say if I can be on a mountain, say somewhere in Montana, screaming down the Internet highway at blazing speeds on my super light notebook, then please don't make me wait too long! Read this story in the Legit Review's Forum.
WiMax has been a long time coming, and now that it's here, we will have to wait just a bit more. Still, now might be just the time to build an ark of opportunity as the waters prepare to rush in.
Posted by | Wed, Apr 20, 2005 - 10:01 PM
Sony, Toshiba Mull Format to Avoid DVD War - Source
Sony is said to have proposed using Blu-ray's disc structure and HD DVD software technology. Toshiba has presented the idea of using HD DVD's disc structure, which is closer to that of current DVDs, and employing Sony's multi-layer data-recording technology, the report said.
Although the companies have yet to forge a detailed agreement, the talks are expected to produce a workable solution since both companies are likely to be eager to avoid a repeat of the VHS-Beta videocassette war.
Posted by | Wed, Apr 20, 2005 - 09:29 PM
Google Rolls Out Test of Personalized Search Tool
More personalized searches may mean more relevant search results, but will it eventually mean more targeted advertisements as well? Google says they have no immediate plans for making ads a part of the service.
The new Google service, available starting Wednesday on Google Labs, tracks every search users have done when they are signed on to My Search History and it also lets them search all the pages they've found using Google.com's search engine.
"The implications on the consumer side are obvious -- better search," said Forrester Research analyst Charlene Li, who predicted that My Search History would be most appealing to students, researchers and search aficionados.
Posted by | Wed, Apr 20, 2005 - 08:43 PM
Advanced Micro Enters Chip Battle a Step Behind Intel
And the competition just continues to heat up. Who really has the better dual-core technology? Read the entire story in the Legit Review's Forum by clicking on the link below and weighing in with your thoughts.
And despite being upstaged by Intel in the timing of their announcements, A.M.D. is claiming a technical victory, since its design integrates two separate processing units in a single chip, communicating more efficiently than Intel's, which is based on two separate chips wired together and placed in a single package.
"In terms of solution elegance, they're scrambling," Marty Seyer, general manager of A.M.D.'s microprocessor business unit, said of Intel in an interview.
Posted by | Wed, Apr 20, 2005 - 08:12 PM
Toshiba Reveals The Libretto U100 Mini-Notebook
Wow! I believe this is what I would call a lightweight heavyweight. Really, the easy portabililty of such a truly functional notebook would be a key selling point for me, but I would be concerned about whether the screen size would work for me.
Weighing 2.16 pounds, the libretto U100 offers mobile users a compact and lightweight notebook that offers full computing functionality. The new libretto U100 has a 7.2-inch diagonal wide-screen LCD and integrates an LED backlight for the LCD screen.
Posted by | Wed, Apr 20, 2005 - 07:56 PM
Novell delivers Linux package to home PCs
Seems like Linux is well on the way to moving it's products into the realm of mainstream consumer use and bringing open-source along with it.
Novell has shipped its latest bundle of Linux software for tech-savvy home PC owners.
In the bundle are several of the best-known Linux products, including the OpenOffice desktop software, from OpenOffice.org, and the Firefox Web browser, made by the Mozilla Foundation. The package includes e-mail software and instant messaging tools, digital photo editors, multimedia viewers, mobile device support and basic networking capabilities.
Posted by | Wed, Apr 20, 2005 - 07:38 PM
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