Hardware

CeBIT 2010: Nvidia Ion 2 With Optimus GPU Finally Becomes Official

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March 2nd, 2010

Captain Obvious is at CeBIT 2010 and it goes by the name of NVIDIA as the Santa Clara-based company has finally unveiled the second-generation Ion chipset. The Nvidia Ion 2 chipset is based on the Nvidia Optimus GPU that has the incredible capability to switching between Intel’s Pinetrail integrated GMA 3150 and the Nvidia Ion [...]

Microsoft provides the full list of Windows Mobile 6.5.3 new features ( changelog )

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February 2nd, 2010

February 2 was the date that the new Sony Ericsson Aspen received the latest OS platform, Windows Mobile 6.5.3 (read here).Although some are eager to buy the phone just to see what Windows Mobile 6.5.3 has, you don’t need to go that far.
So what are the new features of Windows Mobile 6.5.3? Microsoft has released [...]

Intel Unveils Q4 2009 Financial Results: $2.3bn Net Earnings, Up 875%

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January 15th, 2010

Intel has just posted its quarter earnings and shows how things should go if you’re a great company. In Q4 2009 (financial year) Intel has generated $10.6 billion in revenue, which represents an impressive $2.3 billion amount over last year. With 28% year-over-year, Intel has also generated a record gross margin of up to 65% [...]

Supposed launch of iSlate and certain release of iPhone OS 4 on 27 of January

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January 5th, 2010

27 of January  seems to be a great date for Apple. Rumors say that 27 will be the” magic” Wednesday, because the giant from Cupertino will launch iPhone OS 4 with its SDK,  which will include also a “simulator”, making it easier for developers to adapt to different screen resolutions.  Also in the “magic” Wednesday, [...]

T-Mobile G1 may be updated to Android 2.0/2.1 soon

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December 28th, 2009

The Christmas is gone, now let`s get back to work. The first article is about T-Mobile G1, the first phone with Google Android, which might get a major firmware update. Since it appeared with 1.0 version, G1 did not receive any update or any kind of improvement. Both updates Android 2.0 and 2.1 are tested [...]

Windows 7 is a small impulse to pc sales

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November 26th, 2009

Gianfranco Lanci, chief of Acer, said into an interview that Windows 7 had a noticeable but small influence in hardware sales. People bought pcs more because of the natural cycle to replace or upgrade old hardware, and not to have a prepared computer to run Windows 7 properly.
Also Dell noticed a lift to its own [...]

Newegg Now Selling ASUS P6X58D USB 3.0 Motherboard

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November 26th, 2009

Although the first pictures of ASUS P6X58D were released a few months ago, this time the USB 3.0 motherboard is available for real in stores. The most important features in this new motherboard are SATA support 6Gbps using a Marvell chip, and USB 3.0 support provided by a NEC controller (blue USB ports located panel [...]

Atom`s Cedarview processor it`s expected in 2011

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November 20th, 2009

If you want an upgrade for your desktop, then I`m sure that Atom`s latest processor is what you are looking for. Even if you will have to wait until 2011 this is definitely not a waste of time.
As you know Atom has already announced the launching date for Pineview, which is (for those who don`t [...]

ATI Radeon HD 5970, World’s Fastest Graphics Card, Now Available For Sale

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November 18th, 2009

AMD has announced the availability of the world’s fastest graphics card: the ATI Radeon HD 5970, a gaming high-end card which is among the first to provide full-support for DirectX 11. The ATI Radeon HD 5970 also supports ATI Eyefinity multi-display technology, and it sports the ATI Overdrive technology, a technique which allows the card [...]

Apple Might Not Kill Atom Support With Mac OS X 10.6.2 Update After All

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November 5th, 2009

Earlier this week we saw information which said that Apple is going to kill Intel Atom processors support with the upcoming. Mac OS X 10.6.2 update. However, recent details clearly show that Snow Leopard 10.6.2 is going to work well with Atom processors meaning that your hackintosh netbook is safe and you can install the [...]