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Gainward GeForce GTX 285

Metku reviews the Gainward GeForce GTX 285. It has a good bit of overclocking headroom. Add comment

Creative SE2300 Bluetooth headphones

tbreak checks out Creative’s SE2300 Bluetooth headphones. Add comment

FSC Amilo SA 3650 laptop with Graphics Booster

Guru3D tests the FSC Amilo SA 3650 with Graphics Booster, an external video solution. Add comment

Week of February 1 in review

It’s Saturday, and that means there’s a crippling dearth of interesting news as all the boffins and spinners have headed home for the week. As all goes quiet on the western front, we’ll take a step back and look at what this past week brought us. Without further ado, paste your peepers to our Saturday […] Add comment

Layer Tennis resumes this afternoon

Since Keeblincoln always posts these, there’s a Layer Tennis match today at 2 p.m. Central. Lets hope the designs are cool. Add comment

Retro-awesome console wallpapers

Photoshop + 8/16-bit = GREAT SUCCESS. Add comment

[Super rumor] Windows 7 pricing

ArsTechnica is reporting that they have received details of Windows 7’s price schemes courtesy of an unverified tipster. While these pricepoints are quite probably spurious (grab your salt shaker), this is a topic that is sure to garner considerable discussion. Now, without further ado, here is the rumored pricing for Windows 7 editions (not the […] Add comment

Bitripper, easiest DVD ripping ever

Today’s download of the day, Bitripper, is a spectacularly simple program for dumping DVDs to DiVX, XViD, or any other codec you may have. As the screenshots demonstrate, the elegantly simple solution asks only for the source and select encoding parameters. As an aside, this multimedia snob really appreciates exactly which encoding parameters they have […] Add comment

Globex makes Google beautiful

Google’s addition of skins has done much to keep its pace against themed services like Hotmail, but users who still aren’t satisfied may like Google Redesigned. This Firefox addon completely retailors Gmail, Calendar and Reader into a dark and sleek thing of absolute beauty. All the functionality and order in the Google services remains, but […] Add comment

Intel updates Atom platform

Intel has announced an incremental upgrade to the popular Atom platform that improves core clockspeed, memory bandwidth and media playback. The Atom processor has received the slightest upgrade in the form of a 60MHz upgrade from 1.6GHz (Atom N270) to 1.66GHz (Atom N280). More substantially, memory support has improved from DDR2-533 to DDR2-667. But without […] Add comment

Charter succumbs to congestion management

Charter Communications, America’s fourth largest publicly-traded ISP, has announced that it intends to implement bandwidth caps effective February 9. As with all such congestion management plans, Charter justifies the policy by citing the customer experience. “The update is occurring in order for Charter to continue providing the best possible experience for our Internet customers,” said […] Add comment

Microsoft ends Windows 7 UAC controversy

Microsoft has put outcry to rest with the announcement that Window 7 will trigger a User Account Control prompt for any alteration to the UAC service, regardless of its configured alert level. Concern mounted last week when researchers revealed that Windows 7’s default UAC level — one that does not alert users of changes to […] Add comment

Gmail adds multiple inboxes

Google has granted Gmail users the ability to look at multiple inboxes based on labels or search queries. Add comment

Is it KDE4 of Windows 7?

ZDNet AU goes out on the town to see what people think about KDE4 as “Windows 7.” Mostly, they’re just pissed at Vista. Add comment

Vista SP2 benchmarks

Tweak Town benchmarks Vista Service Pack 2 RC1 to check for performance changes. Add comment

Run Windows 7 in Virtual Box

Here’s a how-to for running Windows 7 beta in Virtual Box, eliminating the need to dual boot or do a fresh install. Add comment

Cooler Master Elite 330 case

Benchmark Reviews says the Cooler Master Elite 330 case is good for budget builders. Add comment

Computer Repair Utility Kit is convenient, awesome

Technibble’s Computer Repair Utility Kit is probably the most useful thing you’ve ever given that lonely USB disk kickin’ around in the back 40 of your parts drawer. A svelte 90MB will give you menu-driven access to file recovery, Windows fixes, file management, portable browsing, malware removal, information collection, tweaks, driver backup and more. The […] Add comment

Cheap 3D Left 4 Dead

Use your left over 3D glasses from the Superbowl to play Left 4 Dead in 3D. Add comment

[Double Rumor] Next iPhone to use NVIDIA Tegra?

This one is doozy. AmTech Market Analyst Doug Freeman is proposing that Apple’s next iPhone will be powered by NVIDIA’s Tegra MID platform. The quandry with this belief is that the next iPhone, though not an improbable product, is still a heaping helping of “Who the hell knows?” Add in a dash of NVIDIA/Apple BFF […] Add comment

Windows 7 RDP hackery

Buried deep within the heart of Windows 7 is the ability to enable a concurrent session for remote desktop. This feature allows a user to connect to a second user account and desktop independent from the user currently at the machine. Users who share a machine might find this especially useful as one person can […] Add comment