All the stories tagged with: Computers
Mineral Oil Extreme Computer Cooling
01/16/2008, You have heard of liquid cooling for computers or even game consoles. It usually consists of cooling a heat sink with water instead if fresh air – just like a car engine. This photo shows a PC totally immersed in [...]
Windows XP Asus Eee coming in Q1 2008
01/16/2008, Asus has announced that it will ship versions of its Eee PC with Windows XP in the first quarter of 2008. There will be a 4GB version and 8GB version (we’re talking about the storage capacity here – not the [...]
Soyntech WiFi-finder laptop bag
01/16/2008, With WiFi hotspots getting common all over the place, having a WiFi-finder laptop bag pretty much makes sense. It is capable of hunting down a signal wherever you are, showing you all the wireless connections available through a “slideshow” function [...]
USB 2.0 Universal Drive Adapter
01/16/2008, Macworld 2008 saw the debut of the USB 2.0 Universal Drive Adapter from Newer Technology. This device relies on the common USB port that enables it to just about connect to any and every hard drive as well as optical [...]
Future batteries could last longer
01/16/2008, It is without a doubt that limited battery life is the bane of most devices these days, but Stanford University researchers have stumbled upon a discovery that could see laptop batteries operate for more than a day on a single [...]
Belinea s.book 1 mini-notebook
01/15/2008, OK, so the MacBook Air sounds pretty light, but here we have the Belinea s.book 1 from VIA Technologies and Maxdata that tips the scales at less than 1 kg. Released for the German market, it will be far from [...]
Apple Keynote, What to Take Away?
01/15/2008, The Macbook Air and Apple’s entry in the movie rental business where the big items of this keynote. The thin laptop is great, but I think that the movie rental is a much bigger deal for Apple, in the long [...]
Computer Face Concept PC Case
01/15/2008, Ross McBride came up with the idea of creating PC cases that would have a facial expression. This case looks like a blue version of one of the statues at Rapa Nui National Park (Easter Island) and I think that [...]
Crysis Running on Integrated Graphics
01/14/2008, I usually don’t pay attention to the low-end integrated graphics but I don’t think that there was a single integrated chip that could run Crysis before this. In this case, we are looking at a GeForce 8200 motherboard GPU running Crysis at 800×600, [...]
Under the Skin Microchip Tagging for Convicts in the UK
01/14/2008, The UK government is discussing the introduction of computer chips implanted under the skin of offenders in order to reduce prison overcrowding, They plan to monitor convicts’ whereabouts using these chips and satellite technology. Liberty, a civil right group, has [...]
Excellent RSS Readers from NewsGator, now Free!
01/14/2008, I missed this while I was running around at CES, but NewsGator has announced that its strong line-up of RSS readers is now available for free. This includes FeedDemon (Windows), NetNewsWire (Mac) and NewsGator Go! Now, there’s no reason not [...]
Alienware Area-51 m15x Available
01/14/2008, The Area-51 m15x is a high-end laptop that packs a lot of punch, but in a form-factor that many would deem too bulky: 1.3 x 14.55 x 10.73” and 7 lbs. For that price, you will get the highest performing [...]
Intel Shelton 08 for Ultra-Mobile PCs to Launch in Q3
01/14/2008, The Shelton 08 ultra-low cost, low-power platform should be launched in the third quarter of this year, according to news reports coming from Taiwan. Originally aimed at the developing countries market, Shelton 08 is so cheap to produce that it [...]