Netbooks, UMPCs and ITX-based PCs are pretty fascinating because of cost and size. But the main problem with such affordable platforms is the lack of processing and rendering power. Hopefully with NVIDIA’s ION Platform, everything will change for compact followers.
RocketDock
December 15th, 2008 - Tech & OnlineThis is prolly the first time I’ve seen a lite dock for Windows. You can customize it, it’s not a resource hog, and it’s free!
Google AdWords + mobile
December 9th, 2008 - Tech & OnlineGreat news for AdWords users, Google lets advertisers target mobile devices.
AMD Fusion
December 8th, 2008 - Tech & OnlineThe future is fusion according to AMD. In a nutshell, AMD’s Fusion chip is a multi-core processor with built-in graphics adapter.
Detroit’s deficit
December 8th, 2008 - MotoringWith a USD-38.7B net income last year, General Motors will share the same fate with Ford and Chrysler. Will Detroit’s loss be Japan’s gain?
A Flashback from Way Back
December 6th, 2008 - GamesRelax. You’re not having a flashback. Retro video game systems have made a massive resurgence in recent years, likely due to the fact that some kids never grow up. There seems to be a real affection among the techno-geeks out there for the original gaming systems. A cursory search of the [...]
Intel i7’s bug
December 2nd, 2008 - Tech & OnlineRemember the TLB error that flawed the first batches of AMD Phenom CPU’s? Well, it’s back and present in Intel’s latest chip.
We were told that Intel’s Nehalem, the CPU that we know as Core i7 has TLB. TLB, three letters that have destroyed the sales of Phenom and Opterons based on 65nm K10 cores, stands [...]
Smiley in the sky
December 1st, 2008 - LoungeDid you see that?
Of the eight official planets in the solar system, five are visible at night without the aid of a telescope or binoculars.
USB 3.0
November 27th, 2008 - Tech & OnlineIt’s all about speed, baby!
USB 3.0 will support data rates as high as 5.0 Gb/sec—rendering the new standard 10 times faster than USB 2.0. Having already dubbed USB 2.0 as “Hi-Speed USB,” however, the group had to come up with a brand-new superlative for USB 3.0. After much discussion, they finally settled on “SuperSpeed USB” [...]
YouTube goes wide
November 26th, 2008 - Tech & OnlineThe online tube upgrades to widescreen format:
Over the years we’ve heard a lot of feedback from you about what you’d like to change about YouTube, and the size of our video player is always top of mind. That’s why today we’re excited to announce a bigger YouTube player.
