Holiday Case and Power Supply Buyers Guide

The CPU is often referred to as the brain of the computer system. If that is a meaningful analogy then the heart of the system is undoubtedly the power supply. The PS has to provide stable power to all parts of the system, much as the heart has to provide blood to all parts of [...]

EVGA X58 SLI – First Look

EVGA formally introduced their first motherboard based on an Intel chipset today, the EVGA X58 SLI. For a long time launch partner of NVIDIA based chipsets, this event was somewhat of a surprise when the rumors started spreading a few months ago about the possibility of EVGA utilizing other chipsets. Considering EVGA’s continuing in-house development [...]

Mirror’s Edge PhysX Side-by-Side Video

A little while back, NVIDIA brought us the news that Mirror’s Edge for the PC would feature PhysX support and include some neat effects physics. Effects physics, as you may recall, is the physical simulation of things that don’t impact gameplay but simply enhance the visual impact of a game. This can range from particle [...]

Intel, Ericsson Collaborate on Notebook Anti-theft Technology

System will prevent access to a computer via text message and allow GPS location of stolen laptops
Anyone who travels a lot with their notebookruns a much greater risk of having it lost or stolen. Having a notebook lost or stolen is bad for many reasons; the least of which could be that you have to buy [...]

Report: Acer Steals Top Spot Among Netbooks

 

Acer’s sole netbook offering ships more units than ASUS’ complete Eee line
Netbooks are one of the brightest points in an ailing computer industry this year, and will likely remain so moving into the coming year. There are a number of netbook makers today with most major computer manufacturers getting into the market for the low-cost computers.
DisplaySearch reports that [...]

Google Looks to Add Support for 3rd Party Plug-ins to Chrome

Google wants to add plug-in support to browser in hopes to gain market share
Microsoft may hold the lion’s share of the web browser market with its InternetExplorer browser, but alternative browsers are drawing a cadre of followers. A couple of the alternative web browsers that are available include Mozilla Firefox and Google’s Chrome browser.
Google’s Chrome browser is [...]

Strange Comet Could Have Extrasolar Origins

Measurements of Machholz 1 comet find it has a chemical makeup that could be from another solar system
Comets are made up of ice and dust and are considered by astronomers to be the most primitive bodies in the solar system. Some scientists believe that comets could hold the earliest records of material from the nebula [...]

Seasonic M12D 850W: DC-to-DC Perfection?

Introduction
We visited many power supply companies during the past year, and many of them have commented, “the power supply market is dead — there’s nothing new that can be done to attract more customers.” That’s not entirely wrong, as PSUs are one of the components most people only think about when their old unit fails, [...]

NASA Stops Trying to Contact Phoenix

NASA will try in the Martian Spring to contact Phoenix
NASA missions on Mars have been used to conduct a wide variety of scientific experiments. Much of the scientific scrutiny from NASA and other space agencies centers on Mars.
NASA launched Mars Phoenix lander in August of 2007 and sent it speeding towards Mars. In May of 2008, the Phoenix [...]

“Google Steals” Says Telecom-paid Lobbyist; Google Punches Back

Usually mild-mannered Google is fighting back against what it sees as payola
Google is known for its “do no evil philosophy” which sees it doing everything from planting trees to investing in alternative energy and greening its servers.  This leads some to suspect that Google is a push-over.  However, when it comes to important issues or people it feels [...]