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Hardware 2.0 "Best Kit List" for Aug/Sep 08: OK, it's time once again for The Hardware 2.0 "Best Kit List" for Aug/Sep 08. Here I've put together a list of the best high-end and mid-range components currently available, with some decent budget parts listed too, along with a few honorable mentions. So if you're thinking of buying, building...; Tags: ASUS, Card, Video Card, Performance, Board, Motherboard, Price, CPU, List, RAM, Graphics, Intel Corp., Radeon, LGA775, Q9300, DDR3, XFX GeForce GTX 280, PSU, Western Digital Raptor/RaptorX, Galaxy EGX1000EWL, Corporate Governance, Video Cards, Processors, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Hardware, Components, Semiconductors, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes; Blog posts 2008-07-25

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Sony announces three all-in-one desktops: At a home theater show this week Sony announced three new all-in-one desktops along with a slew A/V receivers, LCD TVs and projectors, and Blu-ray players. All three AIOs offer Blu-ray drives, and the higher-end models offer rewritable BD drives. The entry-level VAIO JS series has a...; Tags: Sony Corp., Hard Drive, Sony Vaio, Memory, Intel Core 2 Duo, VAIO LV Series, Desktops, Processors, Hardware, Semiconductors, Components, John Morris; Blog posts 2008-09-04
Acer Aspire X1200-U1520A: The Acer Aspire X1200 line of minidesktops fits budget PC components inside a compact case and offers some features that let it act as a light home theater companion. Our $450 review model came with a dual-core AMD processor, 4GB of memory, and 64-bit Windows Vista, which make it...; Tags: Corporate communications, Semiconductors, TV & Home Theater, Network technology, Consumer electronics, Aspire X1200, Acer Inc., video, chip; Product reviews 2008-09-02
Report: AMD to challenge Nvidia's $60 graphics: The cost of good graphics is going down fast. AMD plans to release new versions of its ATI Radeon 4000-series graphics processing units GPUs for entry-level graphics cards, according to the site TGDaily. The new cards are a response to Nvdia's new 9400 GT, which was announced...; Tags: NVidia Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Graphics, Radeon, GPU, Tom, John Morris; Blog posts 2008-09-02
Internet audience growth in Asia-Pacific in April 2008: Apr-07 Apr-08 Growth, % Asia Pacific 280,418 318,623 14 China 90,274 102,848 14 Japan 53,685 55,260 3 India 22,395 28,375 27 South Korea 26,323 25,652 -3 Australia 10,048 10,904 9 Taiwan 9,245 10,388 12 ...; Tags: Growth, Internet, NB; Blog posts 2008-08-31

Beijing2008.cn visitors by country in August 8-17, 2008: Audience, 000 Share Total Visitors 16,546 100.0% China 4,260 25.7% United States 4,104 24.8% Canada 937 5.7% United Kingdom 853 5.2% Australia 463 2.8% France 457 2.8% India 359 2.2% Japan 306...; Tags: Visitor, NB; Blog posts 2008-08-30
2009 Honda Pilot EX-L 2WD: Photo gallery:Honda Pilot EX-LLet's face it. The Honda Pilot has always looked like a brick on wheels. The new for 2009 Pilot, with its CR-V inspired grille, looks even worse. It doesn't get much better on the inside, with a dash dominated by cheap plastics and questionable material choices. As...; Tags: Twin-Peaks, mpg, Honda Motor Co.; Product reviews 2008-08-29
Number of Internet users in Asian countries in April 2008: Country April 2007 April 2008 Growth, % Asia Pacific 280,418 318,623 14 China 90,274 102,848 14 Japan 53,685 55,260 3 India 22,395 28,375 27 South Korea 26,323 25,652 -3 Australia 10,048 10,904 9 Taiwan 9,245 10,388...; Tags: Internet User, ComScore Networks Inc., Internet, NB; Blog posts 2008-08-28
"Why do you hate Vista so much?": "Why do you hate Vista so much?"Reasons that Vista bothers me...1) I have now spent over 4 hours trying to get SP1 installed on a new box.... the BSOD's are blurry (kind of funny huh?) The same box, XP installed with less heart ache and fewer issues... while I am...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows Vista, SP1, Microsoft Windows XP; Discussion threads 2008-08-27
Toshiba Qosmio X305-Q701: 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 Toshiba Qosmio X305-Q701 marks a new look for the Qosmio brand. Gone are the subdued blacks and silvers of years past; in their place come stylized...; Tags: Notebooks, Toshiba Corp., Toshiba Qosmio, Qosmio X305-Q701; Product reviews 2008-08-21
Traffic to Olympics-related Web sites, August 8-11, 2008: Name August 8 August 9 August 10 August 11 Yahoo Olympics 1,477 3,324 2,839 5,253 NBC Olympics 2,664 4,008 3,264 4,560 AOL Olympics 395 1,010 1,205 1,192 Beijing2008.cn 429 780 581 607 New York Times Olympics 341 466 301 482...; Tags: Web, Web Site, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Channel Management, Internet, Marketing, NB; Blog posts 2008-08-21
Open source and the 'fear factor' mentality: Open source and the 'fear factor' mentality....Look, our resident troll is back! ]:)OK everybody!Shut everything down. Open Source doesn't work. Go back to proprietary because they never have any security breaches. How many repositories are we talking about? You site one breach and declare the Open...; Tags: open source, Microsoft Windows Vista; Discussion threads 2008-08-20
HP Pavilion dv5-1015nr: 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.As a back-to-school laptop, the HP Pavilion dv5-1015nr is overkill, unless, perhaps, you've managed to squeeze a large LCD in your dorm room or pooled funds with...; Tags: Desktops, Notebooks, HP Pavilion, laptop computer, Hewlett-Packard Co.; Product reviews 2008-08-20
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