May 31, 05 @ 05:36PM by CrimsonA in General Hardware

Micro ATX motherboards are around (albeit somewhat expensive). However, AOpen is making its own niche by providing a hybrid ATX mobo. It will use the 915G northbridge, Socket 479 and ICH6.
AOpen

May 31, 05 @ 05:36PM by CrimsonA in Video

ATi's Crossfire is very much like SLi, but with some important differences. See what this means for gamers.
HardOCP

May 31, 05 @ 05:36PM by CrimsonA in Video

Crossfire is ATi's final solution to SLi, and in order to use Crossfire, you will need an ATi chipset board. Obviously. But fear not, practically all manufacturers will have one.
The Inquirer

May 31, 05 @ 05:36PM by CrimsonA in General Hardware

Sony is one confused company, first going nuts on copy protection and then doing an about-face by supporting MP3s. And now they're copy-protecting CDs. Again.
Betanews

May 31, 05 @ 05:36PM by CrimsonA in Processors

AMD and Intel are always good companies to interview as they make such a nice impression on each other. Check out what AMD has to say on Day 1 of Computex.
PC Perspective

May 26, 05 @ 10:28AM by CrimsonA in General Hardware

WIreless USB, a direct competitor to Bluetooth, has been finalized, althoguh it will take some time before any of the products will be seen on the shelves, much less in large numbers.
ITWorld

May 26, 05 @ 10:28AM by CrimsonA in Processors

The new Athlon 64s/Opteron family, the X2s, will be available starting the 7th of June, ushering a new era of processing into the market.
The Inquirer

May 26, 05 @ 10:28AM by CrimsonA in

In an announcement that reeks of political expenditure, the EU has pledged to spend 660 million Euros to understand how open source software works. Funny how they don't do the same with proprietary. Or they might.
The Register

May 26, 05 @ 10:28AM by CrimsonA in Video

Whereas the Xbox was a computer in every way, the Xbox 360 is anything but. In many respects, it is similar to the PS2 in size and removable hard drives and custom video. No more Xbox Linux for now.
HardOCP

May 26, 05 @ 10:28AM by CrimsonA in Processors

Similar to the 865/875 and 915/925 debates, the 845 and 955 and pitted against each other, and see which of them is better.
Byte Sector

May 24, 05 @ 10:34AM by zero in General Hardware

Microsoft annouces a MSN Virtual Earth service that will provide satellite images at a 45-degree angle of buildings, satellite images with street map overlays and the option to add local data layers. All this to compete with Google Earth
Blog SearchEngineWatch

May 24, 05 @ 10:34AM by zero in General Hardware

We probably all download things using BitTorrent. But it's a hassle always trying to find the file you want, so BitTorrent will be offering a free search tool that will help you find all the files you need. ;)
Wired News

May 24, 05 @ 10:34AM by zero in Processors

Apparently Intel's Pentium D processor model 820 may not work with some of the chipsets manufactured by third parties. Also the processor does not function properly with some Nvidia nForce 4 Intel Edition-based mainboards.
Xbit Labs

May 24, 05 @ 10:34AM by zero in

Believe or not, X-ray vision that can see through clothing are soon going to be used at airports checkpoints. And it's not just a blur...it's pretty detailed. ^^ I wonder when are goggle versions will be out.
CNET

May 24, 05 @ 10:33AM by zero in General Hardware

Microsoft has started to release some codes of Longhorn into the public. These released are posted on the Microsoft Developer Network Web site and are aimed at developers.
The Inquirer