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Intel makes half-hearted price cuts

Intel has just made a few half-hearted price cuts to their CPU range.  Mostly these cuts affect the Celeron D lines.  Why are the cuts half-hearted?  Because Intel doesn't really have much in the way of serious competition from AMD right now.So, what do we have?Celeron D down by between...

Tags: Intel Corp., Intel Celeron, 256K L2, 2M L2

Blog posts 2006-10-24

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Intel rolls out Centrino 2 processor; Earnings on tap

Intel on Tuesday launched its Centrino 2 processor with integrated graphics for notebooks. This chip platform, formerly known as Montevina, was delayed by a few weeks due to technical and certification problems. The news (Techmeme, statement) comes as Intel preps its second quarter earnings, which will be...

Tags: Intel Centrino, Earnings, Intel Corp., Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-15

AVADirect Core 2 SLI DDR3 Gaming System

If you consider this upper midrange $3,220 AVADirect's Core 2 SLI DDR3 Gaming System representative of the value and build quality available from this small custom builder, we can report that we were mostly happy with this PC, even if we found it loud and its gaming performance a bit...

Tags: Games, AVADirect Core 2 SLI DDR3 Gaming System

Product reviews 2008-07-02

Gateway FX541XT

Gateway's FX541XT occupies a strange gaming PC middle ground. At $3,500, it's not in the same price category as high-end PCs such as Dell's XPS 730 H2C, but it's also about $2,000 more than the emergent $1,500 gaming desktop we've seen this year, most recently in the Maingear Prelude....

Tags: Desktops, DVD, Consumer electronics, Network technology, Gateway FX541XT, Gateway Inc., PC

Product reviews 2008-06-18

Laptop wars: Toshiba goes thin with 128GB solid state drive

Toshiba on Tuesday added a 128GB solid-state drive to its Portege laptop lineup in the latest move toward flash-based drives. According to Toshiba, its Portege R500-S5007V gallery right is 2.4 pounds and is the lightest laptop with a 128GB SSD and DVD SuperMulti drive. Under that logic,...

Tags: Toshiba Portege, Solid State Disk, Toshiba Corp., Laptop Computer, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-06-17

Risking Another Frontline Disaster

Risking Another Frontline DisasterNatural monopolySounds like a natural monopoly. Regulate it as such.RE: Risking Another Frontline DisasterSeems like another non-elected regulator and two elected pols are gaming the system for their "constituents" benefit, at the expense of "the people." Also seems like the WSJ believes everything must revolve around profit...

Tags: H-1B program, H-1B visa holder, H-1B, H-1B visa

Discussion threads 2008-06-06

AMD announces Puma laptop platform, Mobile Radeon 3800 GPU

Located in the PC component capital of the world, Computex has become the tradeshow for chipsets, so it's no surprise AMD chose to announce its new mobile platform here in Taiwan today. (You can watch the press conference here.) Known by its code-name Puma, the platform itself doesn't have a...

Tags: Mobile, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Laptop Computer, Radeon, GPU, Puma, Radeon 3200, Puma Platform, ATI XGP, Chipsets, Notebooks, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Notebooks & Tablets, John Morris

Blog posts 2008-06-04

Via finally releases new Nano processor

Early this morning Via Technologies finally announced is new Nano processor, better-known by its code name, Isaiah. The Nano will deliver two to three times the performance of the current C7 with roughly the same power requirements, according to the company. Via has spent years working on...

Tags: VIA Technologies Inc., Watt, Nano, C7, Ultramobile PCs (UMPCs), Processors, Tablets, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Emerging Technologies, Semiconductors, Components, John Morris

Blog posts 2008-05-29

Intel to revamp processor lineup for Q3 08

I'm hearing rumors from a number of sources that suggest that Intel is planning another round of price cuts for existing CPUs and also the introduction of new processors for Q3 08. Price drops Here are some of the highlights from the rumored price...

Tags: Price, Intel Core 2 Duo, Intel Corp., Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2008-05-20

AMD's new roadmap: Can it execute?

AMD's new roadmap: Can it execute?Is "asset smart" the new term for "fabless"?Is the term "asset smart" another way of saying, "Fabless"? I mean, "Fabless" does have a negative connotation to it. "Asset Smart" sounds new and fresh and exciting. I like it !!! Perhaps it means...

Tags: Video cards, Semiconductors, Processors, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., graphics, chip, Intel Corp., graphics chip, new roadmap, Puma, asset

Discussion threads 2008-05-08

The 31 Days of the Dragon contest starts today, win an HP laptop valued at over $5,000

While the giveaway I am going to talk about doesn't relate to a mobile device, my fellow MobileTechRoundup podcast co-hosts are a part of the contest and I think it is such a MAJOR contest that my readers here would enjoy entering for a chance to win. Today is the...

Tags: Contest, Hewlett-Packard Co., Corel Corp., Laptop Computer, RSS, Serial ATA, Tools & Techniques, Advertising & Promotion, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Notebooks, Internet, Storage, Hardware, Management, Marketing, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Notebooks & Tablets, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2008-05-02

Apple iMac (24-inch, 2.8GHz)

A bump to the frontside bus and a smidge more L2 cache can safely be classified as a minor update. But even slightly improved specifications, when they come at a lower price than those they replace, are appreciated. Last September, we tested the highest-end 24-inch model, which carried a baseline...

Tags: Desktops, Apple Inc., Apple iMac

Product reviews 2008-05-01

Want Intel's newest chip? Buy an iMac

Want Intel's newest chip? Buy an iMacOnly an Apple ....... fanboy would consider running an overclocked laptop CPU in their desktop a good thing. My God you guys are starved for technology.RE: Want Intel's newest chip? Buy an iMacLOL! The Vista thing is going fine. And I wouldn't own...

Tags: Desktops, Semiconductors, BIOS, Network technology, Processors, Apple Inc., chip, Intel Corp., newest chip, Apple iMac, Apple Macintosh, CPU

Discussion threads 2008-04-29

Apple iMac refresh roundup

Coverage of the Apple iMac refresh fell into two camps. The first consists of the usual specs and prices. This was a speed bump--the design of the aluminum all-in-one is unchanged--with faster Core 2 Duo processors, larger L2 cache, more memory, a faster system bus, and new...

Tags: Processor, Apple iMac, Apple Inc., Intel Corp., Desktops, Hardware, John Morris

Blog posts 2008-04-29

Intel releases 2.5 GHz, 45nm 'Yorkfield' Core 2 Quad processor

In today's news, Intel has released a new sibling of the 45nm family of Core 2 Quad processors: the Q9300 "Yorkfield" processor, which comes in at 2.5 GHz with a 1333 MHz front side bus. The new chip breaks down like this: You get a faster front...

Tags: Quad Processor, Overclocking, Intel Corp., Q9300, Blogging, Processors, Internet, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2008-04-28

My CPU (zip)

My CPU is a small utility to find out which CPU is installed. It shows vendor, type, model, stepping and speed information. Additionally it scans for features like MMX, 3dnow and SIMD ISSE. Finally, it is able to read cache information such as the size of the L1-data & -instruction...

Tags: CPU, Goldfish Software, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components

Software downloads 2008-04-17

(Photos: Eee PC grows two inches)

(Photos: Eee PC grows two inches)Kinda silly actually..When you can buy a brand new bottom model laptop from HP for $499 right now..Components• Genuine Windows Vista Home Basic with Service Pack 1 (32-bit)• PentiumR Dual-Core Mobile Processor T2370 (1.73 GHz, 1MB L2 Cache, 533MHz FSB)• 15.4" diagonal WXGA High-Definition HP...

Tags: Notebooks, Eee PC, photograph

Discussion threads 2008-04-16

Puget Deluge-i L2

If we've learned anything about the first part of this year, it's that you can get an outstanding gaming PC for about $1,500. That's why we're so stymied by Puget Systems' Deluge-i L2. For $4,877, this system only barely edges out its midrange competition. It also can't compete with a...

Tags: Processors, Deluge-i L2, Puget Systems, Intel Core 2 Duo, Maingear, hard drive, PC

Product reviews 2008-04-08

Nyko Zero Wireless Controller (PS3)

When Sony announced that the PlayStation 3 Sixaxis controller wouldn't include the same force feedback feature found on the PS2, it looked like we might have to endure the PlayStation 3's entire life cycle without the satisfying rumble effects we've become so familiar with. Sony has since announced (September 2007)...

Tags: Game players, Engineering, DualShock 3, Zero Wireless, Nyko, wireless, Sony PlayStation 3

Product reviews 2008-04-08

Can HP's new ULPC compete?

Can HP's new ULPC compete?Doesn't compare to my ASUSSorry, I never really bought into ASUS being a laptop maker until I bought my Eee PC. And then to watch others squirm at the success of the laptop is even more enjoyment.The hilarious part is the sideways mouse buttons on...

Tags: Notebooks, laptop computer, Hewlett-Packard Co., new ULPC, ULPC, Sled

Discussion threads 2008-04-08