Nvidia has recently decided to cancel plans to host Nvision 2009 in order to reduce costs, according to the company. NVISION 08 was a three-day mega-event for professionals and enthusiasts. Thousands of engineers, designers, developers, Continue reading “Nvidia cancels NVISION 09 due to budget cuts”.
With digital cameras and mobile phones using Flash memory there is still a need for an easy and quick way to transfer files from the device to your PC for storage and touch-up. SanDisk introduced the ImageMate Multi-Card USB 2.0 Reader/Writer last month and today we bring your our thoughts after spending some time with the device.
Today we will take you through the steps of a method for insulating motherboards against the harsh elements they are exposed to during extreme overclocking. We’ll be insulating the board for liquid nitrogen benching and we’ll show you how effective this insulation method is in preventing harmful condensation from forming on the board.
Today AMD announced the latest upgrade to its AMD Stream SDK, beta version 1.4, providing software developers with the tools needed to take advantage of the massive compute power across AMDs GPU and GPGPU products. Continue reading “AMD Announces ATI Stream SDK v1.4”.
ThermalTake Element S Case Review @ Ninjalane and other reviews from around the web can be found by visiting our forums! The Element S from ThermalTake is a very clean and elegant case that pushes Continue reading “March 13 News from Around the Web”.
It all began 20 years ago with a frustrated 29-year-old programmer who had a passion for order. Tim Berners-Lee, now famous as the founder of the World Wide Web, was working as an obscure consultant Continue reading “20 years ago, the World Wide Web was born”.
Scientists have developed a polyurethane coating that heals its own scratches when exposed to sunlight, offering the promise of scratch-free cars and other products, researchers said on Thursday. The self-healing coating uses chitosan, a substance Continue reading “Coating makes scratches on cars disappear”.
Intel has recently started supplying its Atom N270 processor to white-box netbook vendors in China, according to a Chinese-language Commercial Times report. Since the N270 is priced only US$15 and US$5 higher than VIA’s C7-M Continue reading “Intel suppling Atom N270 to white-box netbook makers in China”.
The Cooler Master V10 CPU cooler is said to be capable of dissipating over 200 Watts of heat generated by processors, which makes it one of the most powerful coolers money can buy. With ten 6mm heat pipes, a TEC (Thermo-Electric Cooling), and two cooling fans this CPU cooler looks like it should cool any processor with no problems! Read on to see how it performs with an Intel Core i7 and Core 2 CPU.
Futuremark Corporation today unveiled Peacekeeper, a free online benchmarking tool for measuring and comparing the performance of common internet browsers. We ran the benchmark on 11 browsers to see which one is the fastest and we even included Firefox 3.1 beta 3, which just came out today!
National Semiconductor said Wednesday it will slash about a quarter of its worldwide workforce because of fast slumping sales and profit. And the situation isn’t getting better. The company said it expects its fourth quarter Continue reading “National Semiconductor Cutting 1,725 jobs”.
AMD has announced that is has shipped the 50 millionth ATI Hollywood graphics processor for Nintendo’s Wii games console. Nintendo Wiis HollyWood GPU is clocked at 243MHZ, the internal memory of it includes 3MB of Continue reading “AMD ships 50 millionth GPU to Nintendo for Wii”.
With Windows 7, Microsoft has done the technical work to make the operating system work on Netbooks, but the low-cost laptops still pose a challenge to the way Redmond does business. As the only fast-growing Continue reading “Microsoft’s Windows 7 Starter Operating System – Ready For Netbooks?”.
VIA Technologies today announced the VIA VX855 Media System Processor (MSP) – an ultra power efficient, all-in-one chipset that addresses the key performance and entertainment requirements of today’s small form factor and mobile PC systems. Continue reading “VIA VX855 Media System Processor Brings Power-Efficiency to 1080p HD Video Playback”.
Super Talent has released one of the largest capacity USB flash drives available with their new Luxio 64GB drives. Does high capacity mean low performance? We’ve given it a test drive to find out for those thinking of investing in a high-capacity portable storage device.
