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DFI X48-T3RS motherboard

MadShrimps reviews the DFI X48-T3RS motherboard. It’s both rewarding and frustrating. Add comment

Zotac AMP graphics cards

Virtual Hideout compares Zotac’s 9800 GT AMP, 260 GTX AMP, and 280 GTX AMP Edition video cards. Get AMPed up! Add comment

Lenovo IdeaPad S10 10.2″ laptop

The Lenovo IdeaPad S10 has a 10.2″ screen, 1GB of RAM and an Atom processor. Add comment

AMD definitely not competing in Netbook market

While Intel enjoys a commanding success with its Atom CPU, prior excitement of an AMD CPU “for netbooks” has proved unfounded. In an indescribably blunt statement, AMD CEO Dirk Meyer panned the netbook form factor for the next step up. “We’re ignoring the Netbook phenomenon–just thinking about PC form factors above that form factor,”  he […] Add comment

Call straight to VM with Slydial

Call any mobile phone and contact that person’s voicemail directly with Slydial. They’ve just announced BlackBerry, iPhone and WinMo clients which will allow you to use their service directly from your contact list. Go forth and avoid the awkward! Add comment

Block shutdowns with Shutdownguard

Between Windows Automatic Update and pesky applications that unceremoniously force a restart, it’s easy to have your compute rebooted in the middle of something awesome. To prevent this situation in the future, Shutdownguard will automatically intercept shutdown calls and prompt to abort or continue as planned. Rescue your papers, essays, documents and tabs from obliteration! Add comment

Happy Core i7 Day!

Break open your piggy banks and get your credit cards handy; it’s Core i7 Day! Today is the day X58 motherboards and Intel’s new Nehalem processors finally go on sale in North America at all your favorite retailers. On the cheap side, you can snag a MSI Platinum motherboard, Core i7 920 processor and 3GB […] Add comment

Adobe looking to bridge desktop/cloud divide

While Microsoft is deeply entrenched on the desktop and Google guns for the cloud, veteran firm Adobe is looking to walk the line by uniting both perspectives. At today’s Max conference in San Francisco, Adobe CTO Kevin Lynch will speak about the balance between the desktop and the cloud. Regarding the topic, “it’s a balance […] Add comment

Tagan IcyBox IB-NAS4220-B review

Tagan is a producer of power supplies, cases, and storage chassis for single and dual drives.  Icrontic was offered the opportunity to test the IcyBox IB-NAS4220-B, a network attached storage (NAS) chassis that supports two SATA drives and offers a long list of features. Add comment

We all have some hardware regrets…

Buddy J got to thinking and started a thread about hardware regrets. Have you ever broken something, or purchased something at the wrong time, or otherwise made bad choices? Let’s talk about it. It can be therapeutic. Add comment

Folding@Home: A fresh start for Team Icrontic

We’re closing a chapter of our Folding@Home team and starting a new one. It’s time to reinvent ourselves and start drawing people back into the fold. This weekend would be a great time to think about how to expand the Team and what you can contribute to getting it back on its feet. Never heard […] Add comment

Microsoft launches online store

Microsoft has launched an online store featuring its products from Age of Empires – Zune. Buyers are able to order hardware directly from Microsoft and download programs online. It’s just a shame you can’t get XP. Add comment

Sans Digital MobileNas MN4L+(B) NAS

Tweaknews reviews the Sans Digital MobileNas MN4L+(B) four-bay NAS. It’s too pretty of a device to hide away somewhere. Add comment

Microsoft Arc mouse

The Microsoft Arc mouse folds up for easy transport along with your laptop. Add comment

Tagan BZ1300 modular 1,300W PSU

TweakTown loves the Tagan BZ1300 1,300W modular power supply. It really puts out some juice. Add comment

GlacialTech GP-AL 650A power supply

The 650W GlacialTech GP-AL 650A power supply uses thermally controlled fans to keep noise down. Add comment

Core i7… at Fry’s?

Right now, Fry’s Electronics stores are getting ready for the Core i7 release November 17 by stocking up on a few processors.  The first wave is going to comprise the 920 at $300 and the 965 Extreme Edition at $1,200.  But don’t get your hopes too high, currently they are only stocking one kit of […] Add comment

Stream is coming

The concept of a general purpose GPU gets people excited. After all, any time you can add more processing power to your computer it’s worthy of notice, but when the performance boost can potentially come without changing any of your hardware, you’ll grab the attention of an entire room. ATI is saying they’ll do just […] Add comment

Icrontic Gaming launches

Did you notice the extra tab? Last night, we launched gaming.icrontic.com as a channel of the site dedicated to our favorite hobby. Be sure to grab the gaming RSS feed to keep up to date on what’s happening. We’ve already published our first article on Left4Dead tactics, and have plenty more on the way. Read […] Add comment

Prime’s gaming roundup – day the World (of Warcraft) stood still edition

Keebler hates roundups. That’s okay. If he gives me my own gaming channel, we won’t have this argument anymore. Wrath of the Lich King is out. Traffic stopped, people called police, gamers were lined up for blocks. Nothing new to report. Microsoft has been talking up their new Games for Windows Live service. It has […] Add comment

G.Skill F2-6400CL4D 4GB kit

The G.Skill F2-6400CL4D 4GB kit offers 4-4-4-12 timings and costs $90. Virtual-Hideout got a 25 percent overclock out of it. Add comment