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- News to know: IDF; Windows 7 wishes; IE 8; Salesforce.com
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Larry Dignan: Salesforce acquires InStranet; Will take it SaaS and better target call centers Ed Bott: My Windows 7 wish list ...
- Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Larry Dignan, Microsoft Windows 7, Jason O'Grady, Apple Inc., Microsoft Internet Explorer, Intel Corp., Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Microsoft Windows, Corporate Communications, Security, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Operating Systems, Marketing
- Blog posts 2008-08-20
- Dell to offer one year warranty extension on GeForce 8600M GT
- Dell to offer one year warranty extension on GeForce 8600M GTDell & HP have made good on this issue...So where are all the rest of the vendors that used these admittedly faulty GPUs?Apple, Lenovo, Acer, Sony, Gateway....Whats's the deal?
- Tags: GeForce 8600M, GeForce 8600M GT, warranty extension, Dell Computer Corp., Nvidia GeForce
- Discussion threads 2008-08-19
- Dell to offer one year warranty extension on GeForce 8600M GT
- On 8 August 2008 I reported that some MacBook Pros with the NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT GPUs were failing prematurely. Today Dell extended the warranty on their notebooks that use the chip. According to a post on setteB.IT (Italian | English translation): Dell will offer 12-month...
- Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Nvidia GeForce, NVidia Corp., Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-08-19
- HP Pavilion Elite m9300t
- At its core, our $1,100 HP Pavilion Elite m9300t review unit is a reasonably priced example of HP's midrange desktop. It gives you about $900 worth of basic computer, and an extra $200 in home theater-style extras. The good news is that this system is configurable, so if, like us,...
- Tags: Desktops, DVD, Consumer electronics, Network technology, Hewlett-Packard Co., HP Pavilion, HP Pavilion Elite
- Product reviews 2008-08-18
- More info on USB 3.0 emerges
- More info on USB 3.0 emerges4.8Gbps Huh?Not too shabby, now only if I can think of a consumer computer peripheral that can utilize that speed. With the other bottle necks in data storage devices such as hard drives I think there is a need to improve those data...
- Tags: NOW IT, USB, USB 3.0, More Info
- Discussion threads 2008-08-18
- Gateway P-7811FX
- Editors' note: This review is part of our Back to School 2008 roundup, covering specific configurations of popular laptops that can be found in retail stores.Gateway's budget-minded, 17-inch gaming laptops have impressed of late, offering high-end graphics and enough CPU power to make for a decent gaming experience. Our...
- Tags: Processors, Gateway P-7811FX, Intel Core 2 Duo, Gateway Inc., laptop computer
- Product reviews 2008-08-15
- Gateway's new desktop replacement: How much game does $1,400 get?
- Gateway's new desktop replacement: How much game does $1,400 get?After 3 less than reliable Gateways - I don't think soThis new Gateway looks nice but after purchasing 3 Gateway laptops (1 business and 2 commercial) over the last year and a half that have been less than stellar I don't...
- Tags: Notebooks, WIRELESS, Wi-Fi, game, desktop, Gateway Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-08-15
- HP Pavilion dv7-1025nr
- Editors' note: This review is part of our Back-to-School 2008 roundup, covering specific configurations of popular laptops that can be found in retail stores.The $1,499 HP Pavilion dv7-1025nr is both familiar and brand new at the same time. On the one hand, the desktop-replacement laptop is like any other Pavilion:...
- Tags: Desktops, HP Pavilion, dv7-1025nr, Hewlett-Packard Co.
- Product reviews 2008-08-14
- Gateway's new desktop replacement: How much game does $1,400 get?
- Gateway has released its first Centrino 2-based laptop, a 17-inch wide-screen model that rivals the performance of pricier gaming and entertainment desktop replacements. To get its PCs noticed on crowded store shelves, Gateway has been experimenting with a different mix of features, opting for less expensive processors...
- Tags: Game, Gateway Inc., Memory, Gateway P-7811FX, ComputerShopper.com, Blu-Ray, Desktops, Flash Memory, Processors, Personal Technology, DVD, Home Entertainment, Hardware, Semiconductors, Components, John Morris
- Blog posts 2008-08-14
- How hot should my NVIDIA GPU be?
- How hot should my NVIDIA GPU be?I don't know but I can tell you how hot it SHOULDN'T be![url=http://blogs.zdnet.com/Apple/?p=2126] Apple hardware burns down Cupertino HQ. [/url]That's too hot. Anything less than that is golden.should question be how many watts shouldmy card darw.RE: How hot should my NVIDIA GPU be?The biggest...
- Tags: GPU, NVidia Corp., NVIDIA GPU
- Discussion threads 2008-08-13
- NVIDIA responds to Intel's Larrabee GPU
- NVIDIA responds to Intel's Larrabee GPUCISC and RISC.I have wondered how Intel proposed to scale their CISC x86 instruction set up to more than a few cores. They can only do this by reducing the complexity of each core, and use less transistors. That means dropping all the clever stuff...
- Tags: Processors, Semiconductors, NVidia Corp., Intel Larrabee, GPU, Intel Corp., Intel Larrabee GPU, graphics
- Discussion threads 2008-08-13
- NVIDIA responds to Intel's Larrabee GPU
- Intel's forthcoming multi-core Larrabee graphics processing unit GPU promises a chip "with comparable performance to GPUs on the market at that time." The upcoming chip has raises the hackles of fierce GPU competitors ATI and NVIDIA. NVIDIA PR sent me an email with "a couple of things...
- Tags: NVidia Corp., CPU, Graphics, Intel Corp., GPU, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-08-13
- Review roundup: AMD's Radeon 4870 X2 delivers
- AMD has been on a roll lately with its Radeon 4800 series GPUs, and with the official introduction of the Radeon 4870 X2, it can now claim the world's fastest 3D gaming card. The Radeon 4870 X2 combines two of AMD's fastest GPU, the RV770, each clocked...
- Tags: Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Graphics, Radeon, GPU, Radeon 4870 X2, Games, Video Cards, Personal Technology, Hardware, Components, John Morris
- Blog posts 2008-08-12
- Apple iMac (20-inch, 2.4GHz)
- We've already shown our affection for Apple's highest-end iMac, but with back-to-school shopping season in full-swing, the time felt right to fill in a gap in our review database by covering the lowest-end, $1,200, 20-inch model. What we find is that the most affordable iMac has the usual content-creation strengths...
- Tags: Desktops, Apple iMac, Apple Inc.
- Product reviews 2008-08-11
- Do it Yourself Mojave
- Yup. I'm now a Vista user. As I mentioned in a previous post, circumstances have recently required that I buy a new desktop PC. It's not that I wasn't happy with my old PC -- it was a generic ASUS M2N32 Athlon...
- Tags: desktop, microsoft windows xp, operating system, microsoft windows vista, ram, machine, rachel, microsoft windows vista (longhorn), operating systems, microsoft windows, software, jason perlow
- Blog posts 2008-08-08
- MacBook Pro graphics chips failing prematurely
- It appears that the current crop of MacBook Pros seem to be suffering from a premature failure of their Nvidia graphics processors. According to a piece on The Inquirer "All Nvidia G84 and G86s are bad" and MacBooks Pro's with either the Nvidia 8600GT GPUs are prone to failure: ...
- Tags: graphics chip, nvidia corp., apple macbook, graphics, asic, apple macbook pro, chip, symptom, apple discussion forums, asics, semiconductors, hardware, jason d. o\'grady
- Blog posts 2008-08-08
- HP Pavilion dv9925nr
- Note: This review is part of our Back-to-School 2008 roundup, covering specific configurations of popular laptops that can be found in retail stores.The $899 HP Pavilion dv9925nr is one of just a few options Best Buy offers for students who want to take a budget desktop replacement back to school...
- Tags: Desktops, HP Pavilion, Hewlett-Packard Co.
- Product reviews 2008-08-07
- nVidia ForceWare Graphics Driver (Windows XP/Media Center Edition) (exe)
- NVIDIA ForceWare Unified Driver Architecture UDA delivers a proven record of compatibility, reliability, and stability with the widest range of games and applications. ForceWare ensures the best out-of-box experience for every user and delivers continuous performance and feature updates over the life of your NVIDIA product. Version 177.79 adds support...
- Tags: graphics driver, nvidia corp., nvidia forceware, nvidia forceware unified driver architecture, microsoft windows, performance management, games, operating systems, software, human resources, workforce management, personal technology
- Software downloads 2008-08-07
- Multi-core Intel chips to be used in handhelds and supercomputers?
- Multi-core Intel chips to be used in handhelds and supercomputers?Wow, good news!First off, great article. Enjoyed reading it.Secondly, I have a system that is about three years old in general. Well, the box and mobo. A wonderful DouCore 3.0Mhz machine for testing purposes. I am running, at the time, an...
- Tags: Semiconductors, FSB, Multi-core Intel chip, Multi-Core Intel, Larrabee, processor, NVidia Corp., chip, supercomputer, multi-core, handheld
- Discussion threads 2008-08-04
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