April 8th, 2009 – Robert Hallock
Last Sunday we reviewed the myth of a laptop’s battery life, and began to discuss tests that would more accurately represent the battery life experienced by a real user. Throughout the discussion (which you should definitely join), it has become clear that we must first understand how regular people use their laptops. To begin gathering […]
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April 8th, 2009 – Robert Hallock
Beijing, China hosts Intel today for the 2009 Beijing Intel Developer Forum (IDF) and it has been kicked off with a series of keynote addresses on vision and leadership, mobility, and the enterprise. While Intel has been a consistent and powerful presence in these markets, it is the meteoric popularity of the Atom CPU which […]
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April 7th, 2009 – Robert Hallock
This one is a heaping pile of speculation, rumor, tips and hearsay, so stick with me on this one. Yesterday we brought you word that Microsoft had entered the RC escrow phase of development when it compiled build 7105. This is true, and we have some additional details regarding this situation that we’d like to […]
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April 7th, 2009 – Peter Gill
Guitar Hero guitar + Korg Kaossilator = the most awesome home brew instrument ever.
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April 7th, 2009 – Peter Gill
Catalyst 9.4 will come early.
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April 6th, 2009 – Peter Gill
Sapphire’s card, the Radeon HD 4890 OC+, is also super factory overclocked.
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April 6th, 2009 – Peter Gill
The ASUS EAH4890 TOP Radeon HD 4890 beats the GTX 285 like a green-headed step-child.
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April 6th, 2009 – Peter Gill
PC Power and Cooling just introduced their first UPS, the Pro-Source 1500VA. $300!
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April 6th, 2009 – Peter Gill
TweakTown tests the Solidata X2-128 MLC solid state drive.
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April 6th, 2009 – Peter Gill
TweakGuides has updated its documentation for XP and Vista. Most Vista tweaks work in Windows 7.
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April 6th, 2009 – Peter Gill
MadShrimps is all about the Dragon F1 Extreme Edition LN2 cooler. Sub-zero was never easier.
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April 6th, 2009 – Peter Gill
What’s cooler than cool and faster than fast? The Inno3D GeForce GTX 275 iChiLL Accelero XXX 896MB. Oh yes.
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April 6th, 2009 – Peter Gill
Maximum PC builds its own Microsoft Surface-esque multitouch computer!
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April 6th, 2009 – Peter Gill
The ECS 790GXM-AD3 is ready for DDR3 and Phenom IIs. This Black Edition is a nice improvement over the earlier AM2+ board.
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April 6th, 2009 – Peter Gill
Radeon HD 4890s in Crossfire vs the GTX 295. Duel of the duals.
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April 6th, 2009 – Peter Gill
MadShrimps tests three hard drive docks from Thermaltake, Sharkoon, and Sunbeamtech. You need one of these.
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April 6th, 2009 – primesuspect
A question was asked on Twitter; this is my answer to it. “Community” — 1. a social group of any size whose members reside in a specific locality, share government, and often have a common cultural and historical heritage. I like that definition a lot. It fully describes what we have here at Icrontic. We […]
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April 6th, 2009 – Robert Hallock
Not much to see here, other than the first official screenshot of the newest Windows 7 escrow build. But, hey, people love these things (as do I), so I’ll keep posting them!
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April 6th, 2009 – Lincoln
333 most influential websites mapped as stops on the Tokyo subway system. So cool.
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April 5th, 2009 – Robert Hallock
Several independent sources are reporting that Microsoft has advanced Windows 7’s development to the next code milestone. Word is rolling in that Microsoft spun build 7105 today at 12:35 PM with a build string of 6.1.7105.0.winmain.090404-1235. It is believed that this is a new phase in the development of Windows 7 because the second digit […]
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April 5th, 2009 – primesuspect
As you probably know, Detroit’s industry is not doing so well. The upside of this is that there is a grassroots movement of entrepreneurs and freelancers picking up the slack. While working from a home office has many benefits, sometimes people who work alone all day start to go a little nuts. Even though we […]
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