A power struggle at ASUS?
Tweak Town is reporting a Taiwanese business magazine says there’s a big power struggle going on inside ASUS. Add comment
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Why CPU-Z doesn’t match your memory’s advertised speeds
Ultra-fast DDR2 modules, like PC2-8500, have created a tremendous amount of confusion. Users all over the globe are being caught off guard when their new memory does not automatically run at the advertised speeds. This growing problem has created a groundswell of complaints filed with today’s top enthusiast memory vendors. Why is this happening? Why […] Add comment
IE 8 at RC 1
For web developers, hope has a name. That name is IE8, which is now at release candidate 1. Add comment
NZXT Sentry LX Review
Sometimes you don’t need all of your case fans to be running at full speed, especially in a case with more than just three fans. Ideally, slowing down those RPMs could save on both electricity and noise pollution. To that end, NZXT recently sent us their top-tier fan controller, the Sentry LX. Add comment
Keep Facebook out of your browsing
Facebook has popularized a technology called Facebook Beacon which allows a growing array of partner sites to report your usage statistics back to Facebook. This usage information is then used to refine the advertising profile created expressly for your account. Call us loonies, but this privacy business squicks us out. To combat Facebook Beacon, an […] Add comment
Convert websites to PDF immediately
PDF company NitroPDF has released a fantastic service that converts the contents of your browser’s current page into a PDF. The service simply requires that you drag their bookmarklet into your browser’s bookmark menu. Any time you want to convert the current page to PDF, just click the bookmark to spawn a new tab/window which […] Add comment
Intel’s Craig Barret to retire
Intel’s chairman and 35 year employee, Craig Barret, has announced that he will retire from active management in may of this year. Serving in various capacities, including a stint as CEO from 1998 until 2005, Barret oversaw Intel’s rise to semiconductor supremacy in 1992. Intel has since become a household name and a powerful force […] Add comment
Windows 7 roundup
Lord of the Linuxverse, Linus Torvalds, was recently went on record with Computerworld to briefly speak about Microsoft’s groundswell of positive press with Windows 7. Windows 7 being better than Vista is saying a lot. Microsoft may have a huge PR advantage as people will compare it to Vista and think it is good so […] Add comment
Icrontic’s Winter Blast: morning after
Well, Lynx rolled into town Wednesday night and set up command & control in the living room, and we made a trip to Wiater’s for epic beers. I picked up pragtastic from an MSN developer’s conference downtown on Friday morning, and Ryder picked up fatcat on his way into town around dinner time. Kuhnenn’s Brewery […] Add comment
A-DATA DDR3 breaks SuperPi record
A-DATA’s XPG X Series 2 DDR3-2133 6GB kit, coupled with a Core i7 on a DFI X58 board, broke the SuperPi 32M record. Add comment
Corsair Dominator DDR3-1866 6GB kit
The Corsair Dominator DDR3-1866 6GB kit is fast, expensive, and known to hit 2000mhz at CAS 9 with tweaking. Add comment
Thermalright Ultra-120 eXtreme 1366 RT heatsink
The Thermalright Ultra-120 eXtreme 1366 RT is a true made for Core i7s that comes with its own fan. A novel idea! Add comment
Pogoplug beta opens
You may have seen our coverage of the Pogoplug from CES earlier. The developers have now opened it up to beta testers so if you think you’ve got what it takes to test this funky little NAS device, sign up here. Add comment
[Rumor] Windows Vista/2008 SP2 delayed
After announcements that Vista’s SP2 beta would enter RC status in February and launch to RTM in April, it looks like the timeline may have been pushed back by a month. It looks like Microsoft has delayed the release of their release candidate and RTM builds by a month. Replacing the original release candidate build […] Add comment
US broadband stimulus package attracts criticism
A $6 billion US broadband stimulus package has attracted the ire of House Republicans for containing open access, network neutrality, minimum speed and deployment clauses. Joe Barton (R-TX), a ranking member of the Energy and Commerce Committee, raised a red flag on the grounds of good lawmaking. He’s definitely not looking forward to it, complaining […] Add comment
AMD slings mud at Intel
As both companies spiral into the inescapable mire of the current economy, tensions are clearly running high. AMD CEO Dirk Meyer recently took the time during a press and analyst call to lash out at Intel for their x86 sabre rattling. Not only is Intel continuing to claim that AMD cannot transfer their x86 license […] Add comment
Lian Li launches new PC-A05N mid-tower case
Lian Li kicks it back old school with the new PC-A05N mid-tower case. Bland, or a modder’s blank canvas? Add comment
nMEDIAPC HTPC 2000B case
The nMEDIAPC HTPC 2000B case supports full-size ATX boards. Cool huh? Add comment
Kingwin Big Drive RAID enclosure
Virtual-Hideout says the Kingwin Big Drive RAID enclosure is about as ghetto as it gets, but totally functional. Add comment
Building an AMD HTPC
Tweak Town builds an AMD HTPC capable of Blu-ray HD audio playback. Add comment
FSP Group Booster X5 450W video card PSU
Adding in all of today’s fancy video cards takes lots of power. FSP Group is here to help with the Booster X5 450W video card PSU. Add comment
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