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$60 Via motherboard and C7-D 1.5 GHz CPU bundles OS and Google apps

DailyTech is reporting that Via is selling the PC2500E development motherboard and Via C7 CPU bundled with "gOS" for $60. The cost for the VIA PC2500E mainboard and the CPU is $59.99. That isn’t really a full fledged computer since you will need to add a hard drive, case, PSU...

Tags: Google Inc., Google Apps, Operating System, Board, Motherboard, CPU, DailyTech, PC2500E, Mainboard, Corporate Governance, Processors, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, George Ou

Blog posts 2007-11-10

Bulging capacitors haunt Dell

Bulging capacitors haunt DellCooling fans hooked directlyto the mainboard are what is responsible for blown capacitors. This is definitely an industry wide problem.For quite some time, all PC's I assemble no longer have any fans running off of the main board power. I leave the sensor wire attached...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Desktops, junkyard, Dell Computer Corp., capacitor, PC, main board, mainboard, motherboard

Discussion threads 2005-10-31

Nvidia graphics chip to debut at game bash

Nvidia graphics chip to debut at game bashAbout time new chipsets are released!I was beginning to wonder... Now hopefully the 6800 will come down in price... (as I use Linux and never liked ATi's bug-ridden slop drivers in Windows, I went Nvidia a long time ago and never...

Tags: Chipsets, Semiconductors, game, NVidia Corp., GPU, graphics, ATi, mainboard, RAM, memory, chip

Discussion threads 2005-06-15

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My Top Scary Technology Trends

The Most Terrifying:Google.Kills good companies by handing out "freebies". VERY scary.Machines replacing humansI thought they were tools to enhance our experience on earth.The worst is when customer is an AI telephone. "I'm sorry, could you repeat your last phrase. I did not understand". I thought the buttons were bad enough.RE:...

Tags: cloud computing, Storage management, Google Inc., hardware, virtualization

Discussion threads 2009-10-29

ATI debuts Radeon HD 5870 with 'most powerful processor ever created'

Mad Mike Magee 35th of 50 TOP Britons in IT & 5870 Diagram:Thomas Stewart Von Drashek Pat Moorhead: MUCH TO THE CHAGRIN of Nvidia, AMD/ATI today launched its RV870 architecture with the highly anticipated Radeon HD 5850 and HD 5870 graphics cards.We could spend a whole day writing about...

Tags: processor, ATI Technologies Inc., card, Radeon HD 5870, Radeon HD, NVidia Corp., Radeon

Discussion threads 2009-09-23

Der Frankenputer: A Last Hurrah at System Building

It all started with two extra Opteron CPUs and RAM and a bunch of hard drives which I had lying around, that mushroomed into a Build-Your-Own monster PC project. Like a modern day Victor von Frankenstein, who digs up bodies in graveyards in order to bring his...

Tags: PC, AMD Opteron, Amazon.com Inc., Power Supply, CPU, Desktops, Processors, Hardware, Semiconductors, Components, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-08-12

Laptop Warranties and Accidental Damage Coverage: What You Need to Know

Hewlett-Packard, after being flogged in public, contacted me and replaced my broken laptop that they had earlier claimed was accidentally damaged and not covered by their warranty. I appreciate HP's willingness to rectify the issue, but there clearly needs to be some improvement on their part...

Tags: Warranty, Hewlett-Packard Co., Laptop Computer, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-08-04

One-third of mobile phones to use accelerometers by 2010

One-third of mobile phones to use accelerometers by 2010Accelerometer is a chipSo that makes the headline fairly pathetic as it relates to the iPhone's competition.If there is the slightest indication an accelerometer might be useful, there is absolutely no reason not to include one of the device's mainboard.Accelerometer key to...

Tags: Smart phones, mobile, accelerometer, Apple iPhone, phone, cell phone, Accelerometer

Discussion threads 2009-07-10

HWM BlackBox 1.1.6 (Windows)

BlackBox is a utility designed to deliver precise details on the core components of your computer to the maximum. As well as providing you with you with in-depth information about hardware such as the cpu, memory, mainboard, HDD and video card it also offers the opportunity to assess critical parameters...

Tags: Performance, Microsoft Windows Vista, Computer, hARDWAREMANIA, BlackBox, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Productivity, Performance Management, Video Cards, Processors, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Hardware, Components, Semiconductors

Software downloads 2009-06-19

Apple Faithful: Arrogance Is Not a Virtue, and Why I Will Never Buy a Mac

I've often been asked why I don't own a Mac. The answer is simple, and yet complex, and requires a trip down memory lane artwork by Spidermonkey David Morgenstern’s column last week about Psystar’s imminent demise and his accompanying “Good Riddance”...

Tags: Software, Steve Jobs, Apple Macintosh, PC, Apple Inc., Next Computer, Canon Inc., Fanboy Template Let, Andrew, NeXTStep, Desktops, Hardware, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-06-02

AMD Istanbul: Field Upgrade Only If Your Hands are Nimble

AMD Istanbul: Field Upgrade Only If Your Hands are NimbleIf you can't plug a CPU into a socket....you can't call yourself a computer guy. Seriously. Who the heck can't rotate the CPU to match the alignment marker and drop it right in?Bravo, for owning up tosomething everyone does, and that...

Tags: Processors, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., pin, CPU, AMD Athlon, socket

Discussion threads 2009-06-01

AMD Istanbul: Field Upgrade Only If Your Hands are Nimble

The newly-launched AMD Opteron 24xx and 84xx server CPUs have six processor cores. Unlike Intel's Nehalem, which requires entirely new and unproven mainboards, systems, chipsets and sockets, the "Istanbul" is based on existing, mature AMD chipsets and uses the existing 1207-pin Socket F, allowing current Quad-Core...

Tags: Istanbul, Quad-core, Server, AMD Opteron, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., CPU, Chip, Nehalem, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-06-01

What you need to know about the Windows 7 Release Candidate

What you need to know about the Windows 7 Release CandidateThere is a caveat there for 64-bit to 64-bitWindows 7's installation will keep on throwing up a error of 'not enough disk space' if you try to upgrade Windows Vista 64-bit SP1 or SP2 RC to Windows 7 64-bit.I've tried...

Tags: Operating systems, FireWire, Microsoft Windows 7, Windows 7 Release Candidate, release candidate, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., 64-bit

Discussion threads 2009-04-26

VIA introduces HD performance for netbooks

VIA, the X86 processor platform manufacturer, today announced its Surfboard C855 Reference Design, a compact mainboard incorporating the VIA C7-M ULV processor and the new VIA VX855 unified IGP chipset that has been specifically designed for easy integration into devices targeted at the rapidly growing mini-notebook, or netbook, market. ...

Tags: Mini-notebook, Performance, Netbook, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-03-17

Pwn2Own hacker: Apple Safari is 'easy pickings'

Pwn2Own hacker: Apple Safari is 'easy pickings'This would be the Charlie Millerwho won by cheating, correct? By using an already known Perl exploit that Apple hadn't patched yet in OS X.The event organizers know he cheated, but didn't have the onions to call him on it. Well, actually, they were...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, SECURITY, Miller, Apple Inc., Apple Safari

Discussion threads 2009-03-03

Dr. Hardware 2009 9.9.2e (Windows)

Among the best hardware detection programs for Windows 95, 98, ME, NT4 and 2000. It provides a detailed analysis of processor, BIOS, SDRAM modules, sensor chips, mainboard chipset, ASPI, EIDE and PCI devices; Windows specific stuff like in-depth-analysis of file and memory management, VCACHE statistics, system monitor; also provides benchmarks...

Tags: Peter Gebhard, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 95, Chipsets, BIOS, Operating Systems, Software, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components

Software downloads 2009-02-21

Building an Intel Core i7 system just got cheaper

Building an Intel Core i7 system just got cheaperI've been building PCs for 20 yearsand the problem I see is that, no matter how great the reviews MSI gets, in the field, their products are problematic. I can speak as someone who has built (and had to replace, when I...

Tags: Corporate governance, MSI, Intel Core Microarchitecture, board

Discussion threads 2009-02-03

Quad-core price war breaks out

Quad-core price war breaks outAMD is the best value for me.Since I don't do much gaming anymore the AMD platform always seem to be the best value. The AMD based motherboards always seem to have a great feature set at a great price and the CPUs always seem to offer...

Tags: Processors, Quad-core price, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., quad-core, processor, Intel Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-01-22

(Windows 7 - Heal thyself!)

(Windows 7 - Heal thyself!)This is in Vista tooI installed a Dlink PCI card into a Dell Vostro with Vista Home Basic and it kept on freezing when it would boot up. When I hit F8 on another attempt, I arrived at exactly the same screen.Precisely the same as VistaFunny,...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows 7, Heal Thyself, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista

Discussion threads 2009-01-07

ATI FIRE GL T2-128 - graphics adapter - FGL 9600 - 128 MB

ATI FIRE GL T2-128 - graphics adapter - FGL 9600 - 128 MBATI FIRE GL T2 128 MbWell about this vga-card I can tell from personnal experience that, though it's a professional use card first, it is a good buy even for a home user. Gaming with this card is...

Tags: Video cards, AGP 4X, AGP, ATI Technologies Inc., graphics adapter, adapter, graphics

Discussion threads 2008-12-05