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As AMD vows not to focus on the popular Netbook market, might Intel be rethinking the revolution started by their very own Atom CPU? Intel is of the opinion that Netbooks, though fine for short periods of time, are irritating with prolonged use. Some are viewing this sentiment with the belief that this signals a […] Add comment
While technology is often the cheapest in the states, it’s rare that we see any of it first. Case in point, an Australian price-indexing service has managed to capture listings for AMD’s upcoming Phenom II CPU based on the refreshed Deneb core. Add comment
As SanDisk feverishly beavers away on a technology to boost SSD write performance by 100 fold, SanDisk Senior Director of Marketing Don Barnetson says that’s not enough. Speculation is growing that SanDisk intends to produce 3 and 4-bit MLC NAND cells which will increase NAND capacity by 50-100% over today’s 2-bit MLC solutions. Exploration into […] Add comment
While the popular media encoding program Handbrake has been available for some time, recent updates have made it vastly better than ever. The newest version of today’s download of the day now accepts input from virtually any media source, not just DVD! Though DVD decryption support has been axed from the latest version (boo DMCA), […] Add comment
From all the staff at Icrontic to you and yours, we wish you a very happy Thanksgiving and a prosperous start to the holiday season. In honor of the hour, we are most thankful for the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. It never gives us up or lets us down, and we cannot think of any […] Add comment
The Times is reporting that citizens and travelers in India are being asked to stop updating their Twitter feeds with information regarding the recent attacks in Mumbai. The feed of posts tagged #mumbai is seeing heavy traffic with updates, and government officials are worried that information on the feed could be used by people behind […] Add comment
Icrontic is proud to offer the Office Hours series of articles. Each week we’ll take a look at a common problem in Windows or often-used software and nail down a quick fix for it. This week, the good doctor discusses the uselessness of the ubiquitous blue screen of death and the futility in troubleshooting one. Add comment
AMDZone reviews the ECS 790GXM-A Black Edition motherboard. Add comment
As NVIDIA released Forceware version 180.48 yesterday, that means it’s that magical time when eager enthusiasts can break out the benchmarks and quibble over .078%. These drivers only support 8000 and GTX 2xx-series cards; older silicon need not apply. Grab the links appropriate to your OS after the jump. Add comment
Security analyst AV Comparatives has released their 2008 performance analysis for leading anti-virus solutions. Sixteen different products from wildly different ends of the price scale were pitted head-to-head in a battle to prove which application has the greatest impact on system performance. Add comment
For you laptop warriors who constantly juggle network settings as you move from home to work and beyond, NetSetMan will allow you to maintain and apply settings for all aspects of your network card at the touch of a button. As a user who once manually entered the settings for three different networks every day, […] Add comment
TechReport unveils its Christmas computer buying guide for budgets from $500 – $4k. Add comment
Icrontic is giving away a copy of Valve’s latest zombie apocalypse adventure/survival game, Left 4 Dead, as the prize for a site-wide scavenger hunt. We want you to see first hand how awesome the Icrontic community is, so instead of looking for odd items in a lady’s purse, the scavenger hunt will give you a […] Add comment
It was only a few weeks ago that we declared ATI the winner in the graphics game after they seemingly clenched the lead in just about every graphics market and sub-category you could think of, from budget brawlers to the badass cards costing big bucks. Of course, these leads never last long (unless your name […] Add comment
While external storage devices such as flash drives and hard disks have been instrumental in killing the floppy, they’re nightmarish for security-minded IT professionals. While administrators could disable USB connectivity entirely, it has long been believed that a secure approach to these external devices would be a superior administrative option. Thanks to IEEE 1667, set […] Add comment
Get on the netbook bandwagon with this helpful netbook buyer’s guide. Add comment
Techware Labs says the massive Thermaltake Armor+ LCS case/cooling system is a great system. Add comment
Think Computers reviews an unbranded 22″ LCD that turned out to be the HP TS-22W7H. Cool. Add comment
Federal district judge Dale A. Kimball has recently upheld a prior court decision that grants Novell declaratory relief, $2.54 million with interest, and dismissal of SCO’s latest claims. While this legal brouhaha has been happening for many, many years, it appears that the case may finally be drawing to a close. Though SCO is eligible […] Add comment
Who said you can’t overclock laptops? Leave it to the Aussies. The guys Down Under will mod anything, including netbooks. Using a MSI Wind 100U netbook, a quick stick of laptop RAM, and copious amounts of liquid nitrogen, Team Australia managed to push the lappy’s little Atom processor to 2.3GHz, up from the stock 1.6 […] Add comment
They’ve gone to plaid! Last Thursday we wrote about the unpriced Samsung SSD which is set to rocket along at 220/200MiBs read/write, respectively. Today comes word that Intel is stepping up their game with the X25-E Extreme SSD that clocks in at an impressive 250/170MiBs. In addition to commanding impressive performance, Intel’s new write amplification […] Add comment
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