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Intel Corp on June 2 announced a new microprocessor line destined to compete in the value ultra-thin sub-notebook market created by rival firm AMD. The new processors, officially dubbed the Pentium SU2xxx series, come amid investor fear that feature creep in the wildly popular netbook class of sub-notebooks is quickly cannibalizing the sales of higher-margin […] Add comment
Comedy Central has green-lighted 26 new episodes of Futurama 6 years after it was canceled. Now someone do Firefly, thanks. [via] Add comment
Bobby Miller (UPSLynx) tells us what’s on his mind today in “Mind of UPSLynx”. Topics covered in this first installment: his trip to E3 with Icrontic, Leo Laporte’s blow up, and his recent hard drive space woes. High five to Bobby for putting this together. So what do you think? Do you like where this […] Add comment
Ever wonder where motherboards come from? Hexus tours the Gigabyte factory. Add comment
The CoolJag Falcon II low profile heatsink beats out full-sized HDT coolers in a mATX-friendly package. Add comment
If you’re overclocking a Core i7 and want a water block, the Alphacool HF 38 Niagara looks like a solid choice. Add comment
Well, it looks like P55 motherboards will be out at the end of August, along with Socket 1156. Oh great, another new socket … Add comment
I don’t think anyone around here can afford a Core i7 975 Extreme Edition, but here’s what it’ll do in case you win the lotto. Add comment
Hardware Canucks reviews the 6GB Mushkin Redline Ascent DDR3-1600 kit and sets a new Core i7 920 SuperPi record in the process. Double awesome! Add comment
I was sold on the name alone, but Benchmark Reviews likes the Patriot Torqx solid state drive for it’s fat cache and access time. Add comment
The French Conseil Constitutionnel (Constitutional Council) has just ruled that France’s “HADOPI” law which disconnects users from the Internet after three infractions is unconstitutional. The eponymous HADOPI law is the moniker for the official French bill “Projet de loi favorisant la diffusion et la protection de la création sur Internet,” which outlines policies for regulation […] Add comment
Corsair hooked up with Asetek to make the H50 all-in-one water cooler. Looks like a contender to fight the CoolIT Domino ALC. Add comment
The ASUS M4A79T Deluxe is the same board that was used to hit 7.1GHz with the Phenom II X4 955. Here’s why it’s cool. Add comment
The Sapphire Radeon HD 4890 Vapor-X boasts 1GHz clock speeds out of the box. Add comment
Antec’s open-air Skeleton chassis will soon have a little sister primed to receive a mini-ITX system. The new Mini Skeleton-90 has a 190mm x 210mm x 230mm (LxWxH) footprint and enough room to rock a mini-ITX motherboard, a half-height expansion card, one 5.25″ bay, two 2.5″ bays and two 3.5″ bays. The boys at Antec […] Add comment
Curiously absent from the marketing material associated with Apple’s newest iteration of OS X is any mention of ZFS. It appears that the Cupertino firm may have bailed on Sun’s enterprise-class Zettabyte File System– a move that is in part responsible for the significant disk footprint reduction offered by OS X 10.6. Apple has pledged […] Add comment
Google CEO Eric Schmidt confirmed in an interview yesterday that the search giant remains unthreatened by the introduction of Microsoft’s revamped Bing search engine. Schmidt said in an interview with Fox Business Network that Bing’s arrival is already passé. “It’s not the first entry for Microsoft. They do this about once a year,” Schmidt said. […] Add comment
Sources within Asia are confirming that next-gen Atom platform, codenamed Pine Trail, is arriving sooner rather than later. At the heart of the new Pine Trail platform lies the 45nm Lincroft system-on-chip architecture. Leading the show for the Lincroft family is the Pineview processor which carries one or two Atom cores, an integrated memory controller […] Add comment
A true 1:1 scale replica of a Gundam was built in Japan. Amazingly, this news surprises no one. Add comment
I’ve got an Uncharted 2 multiplayer beta key to give away. To enter, all you have to do is Tweet the following: “Icrontic Gaming giving away Uncharted 2 Multiplayer Beta key! http://icrn.tc/3e #icrontic” and you’ll be entered. I’ll randomly pick the name on Thursday at 3pm EST. While you’re here, take a look at some […] Add comment
Wolfram Alpha LLC announced today that its new Wolfram|Alpha search engine has received an update to improve its robustness. Enhancements to the company’s body of compiled data includes planetary distances, stock prices, geopolitical names, facts and events, and additional currencies. The search outfit also promises that their engine will be more receptive to natural language […] Add comment
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