Active Media Products today launched the SaberTooth Z4 line of consumer grade 1.8-inch PATA ZIF SSDs as a performance upgrade solution for many popular notebook models. The new SaberTooth Z4 SSDs support sequential read and Continue reading “Active Media Products Launches SaberTooth Z4 PATA ZIF SSD”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Nov. 8, 2010 at 8:31am
Toshiba today announced an innovative new form factor in high capacity solid-state storage, thin, blade-shaped SSD modules, the “Blade X-gale” series. The new drives cover 64-gigabyte (GB), 128GB and 256GB capacities and they are ideally Continue reading “Toshiba Introduces Low Profile Blade-Type SSDs For PCs – Blade X-gale”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Nov. 8, 2010 at 8:22am
Patriot Memory today announced a refresh of their High-Definition media player product line. The Patriot Box Office has undergone a series of changes adding improved functionality, an enhanced user interface, new product packaging and a Continue reading “Patriot Memory Announces PBO Core Media Player”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Nov. 8, 2010 at 7:16am
NVIDIA has put up on Youtube a video of their “unreleased GPU” aka the GeForce GTX 580 at PDXLAN 16.5. The video shows Tom Petersen introducing the new video card and releasing some details that Continue reading “NVIDIA Shows GeForce GTX 580 Video Card at PDXLAN 16.5 Running Call of Duty: Black Ops”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Nov. 7, 2010 at 6:35am
NVIDIA has put up on Youtube a video of their “unreleased GPU” aka the GeForce GTX 580 at PDXLAN 16.5. The video shows Tom Petersen, Director of Technical Marketing at NVIDIA, introducing ‘an upcoming’ video card that we believe is the GeForce GTX 580. NVIDIA announced some of the upcoming technology of the video card that is worth looking at! Can you say vapor chamber cooling and a noise level of just 47dB?
By Nathan Kirsch •
Nov. 7, 2010 at 12:00am
Three developers from Austria have developed what they call Table.Connect for the Apple iPhone 3GS and iPhone 4. The group has also posted up a video showing off their very first “iPhone Table” prototype. Table Continue reading “Table Connect App for iPhone Coming Along – 58-inch Capacitive Multitouch Table Not Included”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Nov. 6, 2010 at 9:55am
We have seen a bunch of case mods over the years, but we have never seen a beer keg that has been turned into a PC case. PDXLAN 16.5 began today and sure enough there Continue reading “Beer Keg PC Case Mod Spotted At PDXLAN 16.5”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Nov. 5, 2010 at 11:56pm
Zalman has just entered the Solid-state drive (SSD) market! They sent over word that they will be launching their own product line for SSDs on the third week of this month. It looks like they Continue reading “Zalman Announces SSD Product Series w/ SandForce and JMicron Controllers”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Nov. 5, 2010 at 5:52pm
Active Media Products launched a new USB 2.0 flash drive this week that caught our attention since it is in the shape of a 50-caliber bullet. This new bullet drive is available now through Amazon, Continue reading “50-Caliber Bullet Shaped USB 2.0 Flash Drive Announced”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Nov. 5, 2010 at 3:11pm
Sony Optiarc recently introduced their next-generation half-height internal Blu-ray Disc (BD) rewritable drives for the computer aftermarket. Available in a retail and OEM configuration, the new drives write single BD-R media at up to 12X Continue reading “Sony Optiarc Introduces 12x Blu-ray Disc Burners”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Nov. 5, 2010 at 11:19am
Our friends up in the video card side of AMD just sent us a note saying that they have released a brand new Catalyst Application Profile (CAP) that helps resolve some scaling issues and also Continue reading “AMD Catalyst Application Profiles Updated For CrossFire GPU Users”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Nov. 5, 2010 at 11:08am
Jawbone recently announced their latest breakthrough: JAMBOX, the first intelligent wireless speaker and speakerphone. In addition to delivering full spectrum audio, JAMBOX quickly and easily connects with mobile phones, computers, tablets, iPods or any other Continue reading “Jawbone Introduces JAMBOX – A $200 Wireless Speaker & Speakerphone”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Nov. 5, 2010 at 10:56am
iBUYPOWER has released new painted versions of its popular small form factor PC LAN Warrior II. The LAN Warrior II uses NZXT Vulcan gaming cases and are now available in four new colors Blue, Red, Continue reading “iBUYPOWER Now Offering 4 Painted LAN Warrior II Models”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Nov. 5, 2010 at 10:07am
MSI recently rolled out its new generation 15.6″ CX620 3D notebook computer which packs all-new 3D display technology and impressive computing performance. Intel’s latest Core i3/i5 CPU with ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5470 discrete graphics Continue reading “MSI CX620 15.6-inch 3D Laptop Announced w/ ATI Radeon HD 5470 Graphics”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Nov. 5, 2010 at 9:16am
GIGABYTE recently introduced a powerful new addition to its Super Overclock Series: GTX 480 SOC (GV-N480SO-15I). The Gigabyte GTX 480 SOC comes with the core clock at 820MHz, shaders at 1640MHz and the memory at Continue reading “Gigabyte Announces GTX 480 Super Overclock Series Video Card – GV-N480SO-15I”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Nov. 5, 2010 at 9:06am