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With the Samsung T9 audio player being released back in 2006, how will the new replacement T10 fare in the current mp3 player market? Keep reading to find out!
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Ryan Gordon (a.k.a. Icculus) has announced the release of a Crysis Wars (the multi-player version of EA’s Crysis Warhead) server for Linux…
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Developers at Intel’s Open-Source Technology Center have been busy with a number of projects, and Jesse Barnes in particular has been active with a few kernel mode-setting and Graphics Execution Manager tasks.

Among other recent work, Jesse has put out new patches for KMS and GEM on the DRI development mailing list. One patch adds support for mapping of GEM objects if the underlying graphics driver supports it…
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For those interested in helping out Sun Microsystems with testing out the near-final build of OpenSolaris 2008.11, its release candidate is now available. This build is based upon Build 101a of the open-source OpenSolaris code-base…
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We’ve checked out ATI’s Radeon HD 4550 low-end graphics card already and found it to be a nice solution for Linux users on a budget, but how does NVIDIA’s competitor contend? In this review we are looking at the NVIDIA GeForce 9500GT from Sparkle. This graphics card has 1GB of DDR2 memory along with DVI, HDMI, and DisplayPort connectors.
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When we last checked in with GELID Solutions, they were just starting out. The company was only a year old, and wasn’t all that well known yet. The only product they had sent us was some thermal goop, which we actually found wasn’t too bad. Well GELID has been quite busy. Today we’re taking a look at their first CPU cooler, the Silent Spirit Quad Heatpipe CPU Cooler. The cooler employs 4 heatpipes and a raised set of heatsink fins to attempt to cool your CPU quietly and effectively. The heatsink is cooled by a 92mm PWM powered Silent 9 fan, and is rated at a fan speed ranging from 900 RPM to 2000 RPM. Noise levels hit 11 dBA to 23.5 dBA respectively. (more…)

Signal Path Technologies is now known for bridging the abyss between PC and High End Audio. This they have accomplished with the Decco, a 50wpc hybrid tube/chip-amp with internal DAC. They also design and build Era loudspeakers. Today we evaluate both. (more…)

Today we’re going to look at two mini USB drives, the Corsair Voyager Mini and the Super Talent Pico. Both of these drives are smaller than most USB drives on the market but still facilitate the storage of large amounts of data with both drives available with 8GB of space. (more…)

Intel’s latest Extreme Edition processor release is not your usual bump in clock speed and a new number name tag. The new Nehalem technology is nothing less than a giant leap forward for Intel when there is no real competition in sight. (more…)

With the Samsung T9 audio player being released back in 2006, how will the new replacement T10 fare in the current mp3 player market? Keep reading to find out!
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So I’ve got another CPU Cooler for review today for you, this time it’s the Vantec AeroFlow 120. The AeroFlow 120 features a 120mm fan, direct heatpipe touch technology and provides decent cooling performance . It seems well made and looks pretty cool as well, so read on to see how it compares to the others I’ve got… (more…)

Sapphire is back again with another specialty graphics card based on a high end ATI Radeon GPU. The newly released Sapphire Radeon HD4850 X2 2048MB graphics card incorporates a pair of Radeon HD4850 graphics processors and 2048MB of GDDR3 memory on a custom PCB to create one serious looking piece of equipment.

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Once the BlackBerry Bold was released by AT&T this week many consumers are looking for something to protect this new Smart Phone. OtterBox has once again come to the rescue and has released a thin, skin-like sleeve for the BlackBerry Bold that is part of the Impact Series. Read on to see what these sleeve looks like and how it fits on the BlackBerry Bold.

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Linksys’s WRT54G is a staple in the wireless router market. The WRT150N is the 802.11n successor to that well-known 802.11g router. In fact, the WRT150N is virtually the same as later revisions of the WRT54G, except with the addition of draft 802.11n compatibility, boosting wireless speeds up to 108 Mbps. Let’s see what this Wireless N Router can do as we check it out in this review. (more…)

For computer enthusiasts, there’s been an age-old debate that dates back to the days when we were forced to carry our bits and bytes by hand, uphill both ways, in the freezing cold and feed them manually into a 9600 Baud modem. The argument starts like this: Which is better - AMD or Intel? From there you can bet opinions differ strongly. The real answer has changed over the years, and I’m going to tell which CPU is better! (more…)

When corporate funds are tight, companies find new ways to reduce operating costs wherever they can. As a network administrator for several small and medium businesses, I’m used to seeing pedestal servers with expensive Windows Server edition Operating Systems running for the sole purpose of serving files out to the workgroup or domain. These environments have made it necessary to look for money-saving opportunities elsewhere in the office environment. A few years back Network Attached Storage server hit the scene with a price tag comparable to the alternative, but the NAS products offered in today’s market are far superior and cost much less than before. QNAP offers many affordable NAS server solutions for every department size, and their Turbo Station TS-509 Pro delivers feature-rich functionality to the enterprise environment. In this article, Benchmark Reviews te! sts the performance of the 5-drive hot-swappable SATA Gigabit NAS server. (more…)

All kind of memory are getting cheaper nowadays such as memory card, DDR2 and etc. with its cheaper price, most of the users will always thinking to upgrade their PC and today we will bring you a laptop memory review; 2G SODIMM DDR2 667MHz from a very trustful brand; Kingston which always is the leader in PC memory sector. (more…)

Today TechwareLabs takes an in-depth look at the Porsche® 911 Turbo Racing Wheel from Fanatec and distributed by Pacific Media Partners. Licensed by Porsche Lizenz- und Handelsgesellschaft mbH, the Fanatec Porsche 911 Turbo Racing Wheel offers gamers latency free wireless USB technology (wheel and pedals), three force feedback motors and smooth belt drive, both of which help to deliver sensational realism, 6+1 speed H-pattern gear stick with realistic shifting feel, and authentic wireless pedals with realistic clutch pedal (with declining resistance) and brake with soft-stop. The wheel itself is covered with fine, automotive grade leather. Its time to shift your game into high gear and read the review. (more…)

When the HD 4870 launched a few months back, it did come as a bit of a surprise that we couldn’t see any 1GB models on offer. Really, in this day and age it does seem weird to have such a high-end card carry only 512MB of memory. Jump forward a few months and we finally see 1GB models coming from companies. The first one we’re going to be looking at comes from Palit and carries with it a bit more than the reference cooler and clocks. (more…)