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Apple Doubles iPod Shuffle’s Capacity, Adds New Features

March 19, 2009 in Audio by admin

The rumors were right, Apple has cooked up a mean new iPod Shuffle with some new bells and whistles Apple’s iPod department has been pretty quiet for the last couple months. There were new laptops, but no new iPods at MacWorld. And early this month, new desktop Macs were announced, but still new iPods. Now [...]

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Apple Reveals It Intentionally Crippled Bluetooth in iPod touch 2G

March 19, 2009 in Mobile by admin

Users who want Bluetooth will have to pay Apple for OS v3.0 to unlock the built in functionality When the iPod touch 2G first came out, one feature that was the subject of numerous rumors was Bluetooth compatibility. The addition of Bluetooth would allow wireless stereo headphones and other cool gadgets to connect to the [...]

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EVGA Offers Preview of X58 Mainboard

March 19, 2009 in Motherboard by admin

EVGA board offers all sorts of cool features for the enthusiast Many gamers and enthusiasts are anticipating the launch of motherboards based on Intel’s X58 chipset. The boards are offering several interesting technologies including support for the Intel Core i7 processors and SLI. EVGA gave an early look at its X58 SLI FTW motherboard and [...]

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ASUS P5Q Series Motherboards, Video Cards, and More to Launch at Computex

March 19, 2009 in Motherboard by admin

ASUS P5Q series motherboards and exclusive new video cards will launch at Computex Despite the fact that Intel’s P45 chipset was delayed, Intel is still sticking to the June launch next month at Computex. ASUS will be fielding an entire family of motherboards based on the P45 chipset at Computex and the six models that [...]

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“Gulftown” is the Flagship of 32nm “Westmere” Line

March 19, 2009 in CPU by admin

Power consumption not disclosed Intel’s aggressive drive to 32nm has many reconsidering their purchasing plans over the next year. All Westmere chips will feature higher performance and lower power consumption. This is made possible through the use of fourth generation strained silicon and second generation high-k/metal gate technology, referring to the use of a High-k [...]

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First “Westmere” Silicon from Intel’s Fab D1D Shown Running Windows 7

March 19, 2009 in CPU by admin

Intel prepares for its 32nm transition Intel’s P1268 32nm process is at an incredibly advanced stage, and Intel wants the world to know it. The CPU behemoth has cancelled several 45nm products because it will have much more advanced 32nm products available this year. AMD, meanwhile, has only been selling 45nm chips since November. Clarkdale [...]

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Laser Amplified Fiber Broadband May Close Digital Divide

March 19, 2009 in Internet by admin

Laser amplified network sent data over 37 miles along fiber cable The digital divide in America is significant when comparing the availability of high speed internet access in urban portions of America to those of rural America. The same digital divide exists in many other countries as well and a big push is underway around [...]

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3/18/2009 Daily Hardware Reviews

March 19, 2009 in Hardware by admin

DailyTech’s roundup of hardware reviews from around the web for Wednesday Notebooks Acer Aspire One D150 – 10.1in Netbook @ Trusted Reviews MSI EX620 @ InsideHW Samsung NC20 12.1″ Mini-Notebook @ VIA Arena Motherboards ASUS M4A78T-E AM3 DDR3 Motherboard @ Bjorn3D ASUS Rampage II Gene (X58) Motherboard @ CPU3D Video Inno3D GeForce GTX 265 iChill [...]

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Japan Gets Fujitsu’s New Color eBook Reader, Priced at $1,010 USD

March 19, 2009 in Mobile by admin

Fujitsu new eBook reader is easy on the eyes and hard on the wallet Last month Amazon announced that it was taking preorders of its Kindle 2 eBook reader, the follow-up to its original eBook reader than burned up sales charts. The new reader, available for $359, came with 2 GB of memory — enough [...]

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Video Game Publishers Pressure Sony for PlayStation 3 Price Cut

March 19, 2009 in Console by admin

Sony risks losing more development funds to Nintendo without price cut according to publishers Game publishers are pressuring Sony to cut the price of the PlayStation 3 or face the risk of more development funds shifting to the Nintendo Wii according to a Bloomberg article. Sony, which used to be the undisputed industry leader, currently [...]

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