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It has become increasingly apparent that the new unibody Macbook units are suffering a raft of issues when configured with four or more gigabytes of DRAM. Gizmodo has been following the issue for some time and says that 4GB memory kits from well-known memory manufacturers like Crucial results in wild instability. “In short, memory upgrades—with […] Add comment
X-bit Labs is reporting that AMD’s popular Radeon HD 4870 will soon be targeting the $199 pricepoint. According to an AMD/ATI spokesperson the new pricing is taking effect for both the 512MB and 1GB editions. “The price of the ATI Radeon HD 4870 is dropping and we expect that the 512MB and 1GB boards should […] Add comment
Futurelooks says the Lian Li PC-A7010 aluminum full tower case follows Lian Li’s precedent for providing quality, stylish cases. Add comment
Intel Corporation has recently announced that it has completed the research and development on the techniques that will be necessary to produce 32nm chips by 4Q09. Though full details will not be available until next week’s International Electron Devices meeting, Intel cites a second-gen high-k process, 193nm immersion lithography patterning, and enhanced transistor straining as […] Add comment
Yesterday’s brouhaha over the album cover for The Scorpions’ 1976 album Virgin Killer moves towards resolution with the IWF calling for an end to the UK ban on Wikipedia. In a statement posted to their website, the IWF backtracks on their original outcry based on efforts to actually look at the issues. “The IWF board […] Add comment
Boisterous Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi has stated that he intends to use his country’s upcoming leadership of the G8 group to push for international legislation that would “regulate the internet.” In a conference with Italian postal workers, Berlusconi likened internet regulation to financial market regulation. “The G8 has as its task the regulation of […] Add comment
Two weeks ago, I took a look at the NZXT Tempest case which was described as “an enthusiast’s steel tower.” NZXT has also sent us their Guardian 921 case, which I’ll be looking at today. NZXT calls the Guardian 921 “Power for Gamers,” which I assume means that they consider this the right case for […] Add comment
OCZ has introduced a new line of solid state drives they call the Vertex series. The drives feature 64MB caches and are designed for rugged, reliable performance at a lower price than competing products. Add comment
Modders-Inc loves the Noctua NH-C12P heatsink. Add comment
TweakTown has an exclusive look at Fusion-io’s ioDrive, a sweet solid state drive that connects directly to the PCIe bus. Add comment
VR-Zone has the first photo and info regarding the forthcoming NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295 video card. The card features two GT200 55nm GPUs sandwiched together 9800GX2-style and is expected to be priced competitively against the ATI HD 4870X2. Word is, the card will be officially debuted at CES early next month. Icrontic will be there […] Add comment
Phoronix examines the state of using HDMI in Linux. Add comment
The ASUS Eee 1002HA netbook has a brushed aluminum case, 10″ screen, 160GB HDD, and XP Home. I4U digs it. Add comment
The Scan 3XS X58 Core i7 920 system is overclocked to 3.7 GHz from the factory, saving users the price premium of buying an Extreme Edition processor. Add comment
Kosmix is the next search engine aiming to topple Google’s throne. Add comment
When it comes to portable media, the sad truth is that speaker quality generally goes out the window as speaker sizes decrease. Today’s small laptops prove this trend, as recent releases like the MacBook Air contain only a single speaker beneath the keyboard. While these solutions are inexpensive and gentle on battery life, they leave […] Add comment
Oh dear. Things aren’t looking good for NVIDIA today. The Inquirer took it upon themselves to check out the new MacBook Pro’s GPU to see if attached to the laptop’s motherboard using the same soldering method that has been blamed on the suicidal NVIDIA chips around the world. NVIDIA said it didn’t use that method. […] Add comment
New Icrontic Forums member B.J. Broderick laments the writing on the wall for non-Intel Macs. Will Mac OS 10.6 “Snow Leopard” be Intel-only? Add comment
Today’s Firefox addon of the day, Integrated Gmail, is a fantastic find from the productivity jockies over at Lifehacker. This amazing addon turns the mail section of GMail into a collapsible window which joins collapsible elements for Google Reader, Google Calendar and Google Maps. Given that the productivity and timeliness of my life revolves around […] Add comment
Most UK Internet providers have blocked access to a Wikipedia article on the Scorpions’ album Virgin Killer because the controversial cover depicts a nude female minor. This followed the Internet Watch Foundation (a child porn watchdog) blacklisting the page which, according to several sources, followed a “complaint.” This marks the first time any part of […] Add comment
The Cooler Master ATCS 840 EATX case is GIANT! It’s begging to be modded with a water cooling loop. Add comment
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