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PNY Ships Graphics Card With 4GB of Frame Memory
The biggest damn datasets in the toughest visualization, simulation, and broadcast applications are just a light snack for the 240 processing cores, 102GB/sec of memory bandwidth, and 4GB frame buffer of PNY Technologies' new flagship Nvidia Quadro FX professional graphics card.
Friday , December 19, 2008 02:10:00 PM

Micron and Sun Lengthen Flash Memory Life
The finite life expectancy of existing flash memory is a worry for IT managers hoping to bring solid-state drives in house, but Micron Technology and Sun Microsystems have announced a tenfold increase in SLC NAND durability. Soon, solid-state drives and camera memory cards may outlive their users.
Friday , December 19, 2008 12:35:00 PM

Nvidia's Ion Platform Promises HD and Gaming-Class Netbooks
Want power to launch Windows 7, not good old Win 98, on your two-pound netbook? Nvidia is moving the GeForce 9400 -- the same graphics processor that's pepped up Apple's MacBook and MacBook Air -- to netbooks and nettops based on Intel's ubiquitous Atom CPU.
Thursday , December 18, 2008 11:15:00 AM

Sierra Wireless Unveils 3G ExpressCards
Mobile broadband is the hottest thing in portable computing nowadays, and Sierra Wireless is ready to fill laptops' ExpressCard/34 or ExpressCard/54 slots with 3G modems that support download speeds up to 7.2Mbps and install themselves without a software CD.
Wednesday, December 17, 2008 04:10:00 PM

Possibly AMD's Last Athlons Have Phenom DNA
While we wait for the 45-nanometer-process Phenom II processors, AMD throws a bone to nostalgia buffs -- or rather, Socket AM2 upgraders -- with what's almost certainly the last new Athlon 64 X2, but whose Level 3 cache and cranked-up HyperTransport bus make it easy to mistake for a 65nm Phenom.
Tuesday , December 16, 2008 10:50:00 AM

Radio Shack Offers Netbook for $100 With 3G Broadband Contract
You've been (a.) eyeing those red-hot, low-weight, low-priced netbook PCs and (b.) thinking of stepping up from coffee-shop WiFi to 3G mobile broadband? Radio Shack and AT&T want you -- to sign a two-year contract with the latter and get a bargain-priced Acer Aspire One from the former.
Monday , December 15, 2008 11:00:00 AM

New Logitech Keyboard Courts Serious Gamers
Want to intimidate the crowd at your next LAN party? Logitech introduces a compact, contoured 25-key gameboard that lets you blast away in ergonomic comfort while enjoying on-the-fly programmability and switchable game profiles -- and keeping an eye on stats, scores, and taunts via a built-in LCD.
Thursday , December 11, 2008 04:35:00 PM

Speedy SSDs from Super Talent and OCZ
OCZ Technology boasts that its new 2.5-inch solid-state drives are not only near the top of the performance chart but near the bottom of the price-per-gigabyte list, while Super Talent unveils both industrial-strength server and mainstream-PC families of SSDs built to run fast and run cool.
Thursday , December 11, 2008 04:10:00 PM

Put Down That Pillow and Try Logitech's New Notebook Base
Couch potatoes can stay cool with Logitech's cushioned base that secures a laptop without heating up the user's lap. The comfy pad also works if you take your notebook to bed or sprawl on the floor with it.
Tuesday , December 09, 2008 01:15:00 PM

Got Sun? Got $$$? New Laptop Bag Provides Solar Power
You'll still need your notebook's AC adapter on cloudy days, but Voltaic Systems' new travel bag uses sunshine to charge a built-in lithium-ion battery that can stand in for your laptop's own. If that's not ecologically friendly enough for you, the bag itself is made from recycled plastic.
Tuesday , December 09, 2008 12:30:00 PM

Kingston Offers Ultra-Low-Latency DDR3 for Notebooks
Friday , December 05, 2008 10:15:00 AM

Any SATA Drive, Any Interface for NewerTech Docking Station
Thursday , December 04, 2008 04:00:00 PM

Iomega Adds Encrypted, Ruggedized External Hard Drives
Tuesday , December 02, 2008 12:00:00 PM

Crime Pays As Super Talent Intros Godfather Flash Drives
Tuesday , December 02, 2008 09:50:00 AM

Brother's Color Lasers Emphasize Green
Tuesday , December 02, 2008 09:15:00 AM

Pandigital Offers Coat-Pocket-Sized Photo Scanner
Tuesday , November 25, 2008 10:05:00 AM

S3 Graphics Unveils Economical DirectX 10.1 GPU
Monday , November 24, 2008 11:20:00 AM

Microsoft To Offer Free PC Security Platform
Friday , November 21, 2008 09:35:00 AM

New USB Flash Drives: 64GB from Kingston, eSATA from Kanguru
Thursday , November 20, 2008 12:15:00 PM

HP Intros Multi-Touch Tablet PC
Wednesday, November 19, 2008 02:00:00 PM

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