Jul 12, 2010

Gigabyte’s Cloud OC and Hotkey OC gets official

Overclocking a different way

IT’S NOT EASY to differentiate yourself as a motherboard manufacturer these days when it comes to hardware features, as very few things are exclusive to one manufacturer, bar possibly power regulation design and a few other little features. This means that we’ve started to see a lot more in-house software features, some of them rather good, while others have proven to be less useful. Today, Gigabyte announced two new software features for overclockers, Cloud OC and Hotkey OC.
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Jul 12, 2010

It’s GTX 460 day

Better than expected at $200, but you want the $220 model

NVIDIA DID INDEED launch the GTX 460 today and if all the reviews are anything to go by, the new cards have proven to be better than expected in terms of performance, at least compared to the early leaked numbers. The $199.99 price point we guestimated from the European pricing also proved to be correct for the 768MB models, but if you’re going to get a GTX460, do yourself a favour and spend an extra $20 on a 1GB card.
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Jul 8, 2010

Upcoming netbooks gets pushed back to clear inventory

Atom set to replace Celeron in the mobile space?

IF YOU’VE SET your mind on one of the new dual core mobile Atom netbooks that Acer has been teasing us with, well, then you might have to wait a little while longer as it seems like both Acer and Asus have decided to delay its dual core moble Atom netbooks until sometime towards the middle of August. Part of the reason behind this is meant to be stock clearing of netbooks with single core Atom processors.
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Jul 8, 2010

Gigabyte’s GTX460 leaks, benchmarks in tow

Not going to set the world on fire

IF THE LEAKED information in a Gigabyte presentation is indeed correct, then the GeForce GTX460 is set to launch on the 12th of July. Normally product presentation leaks contain the usual details you’d expect such as clock speeds, ports, bundles, pricing etc. except this time a full set of benchmarks were also included which makes this leak slightly more interesting than usual.
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Jul 7, 2010

Taiwan wants a piece of the cloud computing market

The Taiwan Cloud Computing Consortium has its first meeting

TAIWANESE COMPANIES ARE always on the lookout for the next big thing and it seems like this time around they’re taking a stab at cloud computing. The Taiwan Cloud Computing Consortium was established back in April, but only had its first meeting as of yesterday. The TCCC as it’s known as is a co-operation between the government funded Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) and over 60 local Taiwanese technology companies.
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Jul 5, 2010

Nvidia GeForce GTX460 gets priced in Europe

A Radeon HD 5830 competitor

THERE ARE STILL a lot of unanswered questions about Nvidia’s upcoming GTX460 which should be based on the GF104, but pricing of what appears to be a real card has appeared in a price search engine in Europe, with several retailers listed as having put the card up for pre-order. Price wise the new card is very close to what AMD’s Radeon HD 5830 sells for in Europe, so it’ll be interesting to see how it performs, once it launches.
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Jul 5, 2010

Notebook manufacturers want standard power bricks

IEEE offers to lend a hand

ONE OF THE MOST expensive parts to replace for your notebook besides the battery is the humble power brick. If you’ve ever had to buy a replacement power adapter for your notebook, you’ll know that replacement units from the manufacturers can cost in excess of $100 if you’re unlucky, especially if your notebook isn’t a current model. However, it looks like the notebook manufacturers – well at least the ones in Taiwan – are looking at making a standard for power adapters.
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Jul 2, 2010

Toshiba launches Core i notebook with 16h battery life

Only in Japan for now

TWO THINGS THAT rarely go hand in hand when it comes to notebooks is battery life and performance – well, weight also plays in somewhere here – but it seems like Toshiba has gotten one step closer to solving this with its latest 13.3-inch dynabook RX3W that was announced in Japan today. Toshiba has combined a standard 35W Core i processor with a light weight chassis and up to 16h of unplugged usage, that’s what we’d call a good compromise.
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Jul 1, 2010

Microsoft solves problem with fitting batteries the right way around

Calls it InstaLoad, will license

IF YOU’VE EVER had problems figuring out which way you’re supposed to put batteries in your gadgets, then this is what you’ve been waiting for. Microsoft has gone and solved a problem that most of us have come upon at one time or another, which way do you put the batteries in. Well, with a bit of luck (and low royalty fees) we might just see Microsoft’s InstaLoad technology solve this little problem for once and for all.
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