Archive for the 'General' Category

Gateway’s FX Series Desktops Revamped, SX / DX Series Find Solace in Core i3 and i5

Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010

In the market for new desktop machinery? Gateway’s gone ahead and given its gaming-centric FX series a facelift for the new year — nothing Alienware-esque crazy, but we do like the accessible ports up top, right next to the control dial for LED-infused lighting effects. Enough about the superficial, let’s go inside: a 2.8GHz Intel [...]

Apple Rumor Roundup: ‘The Day Before’ Edition

Wednesday, January 27th, 2010

We’ll just come right out and say it: we couldn’t possibly be happier to see that January 27, 2010 is tomorrow. Shortly after 10AM on the left coast, Stevie J himself will finally put a hush to the rumors that have been swirling constantly over the past fortnight or so (and we’ll be there live [...]

Not So Fast: Testing Finds World’s First LTE Network Isn’t Very 4G-ish

Saturday, January 23rd, 2010

In a rather disappointing example of “your mileage may vary,” market research firm Northstream has put TeliaSonera’s shiny new LTE network — the world’s first to go commercial — to the test, coming away with some disappointing conclusions. The bottom line is that they never managed to go above about 12Mbps downstream, a pretty wild [...]

Origin’s Genesis Gaming Desktop Gets Reviewed: Blisteringly Fast, But Oh-So-Pricey

Friday, January 22nd, 2010

The latest high-fashion gaming outfit (known as Origin ’round these parts) has just started shipping its beastly Genesis out, and if you’ve ever wondered what five large could get you in the land of desktops, wonder no more. The crew over at Hot Hardware managed to procure a darn-near-loaded machine, complete with a Core i7-920 [...]

Windows 7 Way Hotter Than Vista off The Line, Now More Popular Than All OS X Versions

Friday, January 22nd, 2010

We learned back in November that Windows 7 was having a much (much!) better first few days in retail than Vista did when it launched, but now that the system has had a full quarter and change to make an impression, it looks as if that growth isn’t slowing down. According to new figures from [...]

Motorola ‘Ruth’ Specs Outed, likely Company’s Least Interesting Android Phone Yet

Saturday, January 16th, 2010

Don’t look for it to replace your Droid — or even your CLIQ — but Motorola’s got another Android phone coming up here that’s likely targeting a decidedly different market. The so-called “Ruth” — model number MB511 — has been unearthed via Motorola’s own user agent profile database, revealing a decidedly HTC Tattoo-like QVGA display, [...]

IE Security Flaw Exploited In Recent Google Attacks

Saturday, January 16th, 2010

This next item’s for any rogue states out there that might be planning a comprehensive wave of cyber-attacks: It looks like Microsoft has admitted that indeed it was a security flaw in Internet Explorer that hackers based in China exploited in the recent attacks on Google. As is often the case, the flaw is neatly [...]

Via Debuts M’Serv 2100 Server With 64-Bit Nano CPU

Friday, January 15th, 2010

If you’re a small business customer or very serious about your reality TV habit, you just might want to take a look at Via’s newest. The M’Serv S2100 mini server is the first to rock Via’s new 64-bit Nano CPU (in this case the 1.3+GHz at 1.6GHz) — but that ain’t all! The case measures [...]

ATI Radeon HD 5670 Brings DirectX 11 And Eyefinity To The Budget-minded Market

Thursday, January 14th, 2010

AMD and ATI have got yet another GPU contender under their sleeve, and this one’s got quite a one-two punch. The Radeon HD 5670 can boast DirectX 11 and Eyefinity support are for a suggested price less than one Benjamin Franklin. The usual suspects have weighed in on the card, and while “solid value” that [...]

Asus Eee Box 1501 With Blu-ray on its Way To Switzerland

Thursday, January 14th, 2010

Good news, everybody! If you’re looking into one of Asus’s Eee Box 1501 nettops but weren’t exactly into the built-in DVD burner, well, better days may be ahead. It looks like a new version of the 1501 is on its way, this time packing Blu-ray. In case you’ve forgotten the specs, the Eee Box 1501 [...]