2005 January

This could be just the ticket for those who really ‘go through the batteries’ with their mobile devices. The biggest power hog I can think of has got to be notebook PCs. If technology can help out in this area, then I say more ‘power’ to it! (OK, that was a really lame pun)

It was bound to happen eventually. Someone out there was eventually going to come up with a review that looked at the real differences between the AMD Athlon 64 and the Sempron processors. One thing that was said in this review that I felt was completely wrong was as follows. They are making the claim [...]

As I look over the pictures of the asetek VapoChill eXtreme Edition II, I must say that the style does little for me. Having said this, the brand is one of quality and you have to love the rating that they received from Xtreme Resources. Besides, it looks as if keeping this cool enough for [...]

Boy, it seems like there is a GeForce powered card coming out just about every week these days! Having said this, I realize that in this game it takes an ever-adapting mindset to keep up with the competition. This XFX GeForce 6600 GT 128MB Dual-DVI Edition card certainly appears to be a great catch. But [...]

All and all this extreme version of the Pentium 4 had pretty good marks for this review. Performance was about what they expected, but there was the feeling that the cache could have been more than what it was. Why is this always seem like a problem? I imagine that you would have to ask [...]

This $110 Gigabyte board designed for the AMD64 processor looks like a pretty sweet deal to me! Nice price, NVIDIA’s nForce3 Ultra chipset, plus a whole lot more. Feature rich and certainly worth a second mention, I would consider buying this as a secondary option even if I am an ASUS fan.

This review of the Mac mini actually seems to cut through the hype in order to get right down to the meat of the matter - is this worth your hard earned money? From what I am seeing, it lacks enough memory right out of the box and it does not come with any of [...]

NVIDIA continues to push the virtual envelope with their new TurboCache technology. With this advancement, they can offer the consumer the performance they expect at a cost that does not break the bank. In simplest terms, TurboCache allows the GPU to do its rendering right to a computer’s memory rather than to the video card’s [...]

Now I could see the advantage of this product if say, you had a notebook PC that you needed to have improved sound on for a movie or something similar to that. Besides that, I am just not really digging the whole concept behind these speakers. As small as they are, they can’t be very [...]

Man, this press release sounds pretty tempting; does it not? While I have not had an opportunity to test out the claims in this release, I am most certainly fascinated by the claims of quality and stability of the hardware being provided by this company in their computers.

Hmm, this new Sony DVD station could be just the ticket from what I am reading here at CDFreaks.com. Apparently, it comes with a 7 inch TFT screen, adapter for the cigarette lighter and is most definitely portable enough for just about any need.

Adlink has taken a really progressive stance with their ETX form-factor single-board computer. Apparently, it is using embedded Linux and is being described as perfect for a number of things in a wide variety of target markets. Most notable of these markets include medical automation, instrumentation, gaming, POS, and mobile computing.

OK, yes the Fortissimo 4 is a really nice sound card. You will not get any arguments there. But one has to wonder what real advantages the Fortissimo 4 offers that previous versions did not. The answer to this will actually surprise you. I know I was sort of taken back a bit.

I still cannot picture the Commodore name on anything but those old computers from my childhood. Eh, I suppose anything is possible. At least, that is what seems to be going on now that the Commodore name is all set to appear on music players worldwide.

Internet2 continues to progress right along according to ExtremeTech. The area of the article that caught my attention was about the Hybrid Optical and Packet Infrastructure nodes being used. From the way things are being described, this must be using some serious hardware to keep everything moving forward. Guess one would have to, being they [...]

ATI is getting more and more serious when it comes to Home Theater it would seem. Their new TV Wonder Elite card looks like it could hold some pretty real promise for those who need ‘next to’ professional quality video equipment.

So what good is all of that fancy hardware if you do not have the proper tools to really take your PC to the limits? Enter Tenomichi’s 3D Edit. A software utility that will finally allow you to take full advantage of what you graphics card has to offer.

A great camera review for those of you out there that fancy yourselves photographers. The Konica DiMAGE Z5 and Z20 are certainly quite impressive with their 5.0 MP technology and sleek design. Still, I would be perfectly happy with a good camera that was a few hundred less. I guess I am sort of cheap [...]

If you like really geeky reviews, then you ought to love this one for the Pentium M from Intel. Right from the get-go, they start off with the chip’s architecture and begin diving pretty darn deep into all of that geed juice, otherwise known as saliva. ;o)

Frankly, I don’t know. Luckily, the folks over at ExtremeTech might! Let’s face it, when you hear someone say: “Dude, I just got a new PC with a killer CD-RW drive”, you just laugh, don’t you? It’s OK to admit; I do the same. CD’s are so 1990’s, but you don’t [...]