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#nvidia

Nvidia Optimus Switches Seamlessly Between Amped Up and Power-Sipping Graphics

We've seen a ton of Core i5 notebooks recently, all loaded with Intel's impotent integrated graphics, which are part of the chip. Now, Nvidia's Optimus enables PCs to switch automatically between Intel's crappy integrated graphics and Nvidia's beefier graphics cards. More »

02/09/10

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By Brian Barrett

#casemods

Pray That Your Kratos Case Mod PC Doesn't Get a Virus

If you've been looking for a case mod that will strike fear into all the other computers you come across, well, look no further. But be careful, this guy gets cranky when he needs to defrag. More »

02/06/10

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By Kyle VanHemert

#dell

Dell Precision M6500 Hops On USB 3.0 and Core i5/i7 Trains

Dell's Precision M6500 is the next in an increasingly long line of notebooks upgrading to Core i5, but it'll be one of the first to also ship with an optional USB 3.0 port. More »

02/05/10

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By Brian Barrett

#woz

Steve Wozniak Describes the Eureka Moment That Brought Color to Computers

It's hard not to like Steve Wozniak, both for his contributions to modern computing and his jovial nature. In this recent interview, where he recounts the moment he solved bringing color to computing, you get a healthy dose of both. More »

02/05/10

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By Brian Barrett

#hp

HP G62t Core i3 Notebook Pairs Envy 15 Looks With a $600 Price Tag

Sony just announced a few colorful Core i3/i5 notebooks, and now HP is following suit with its new G62t. Its design closely resembles HP's $1300 Envy, but you'll pay less than half of that for the G62t's base configuration. More »

02/05/10

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By Brian Barrett

#pcs

HDDBOOST Fuses SSDs with HDDs for Speed Made Cheap

So, the HDDBOOST may be ridiculously brilliant. It's a hard drive bay that offers SATA connections to both a normal hard drive and a solid state drive. Ultimately, it promises the speeds of SSD with the storage capacity of HDD. More »

02/04/10

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By Mark Wilson

#blockquote

ARM's CEO Has Incredibly Inflated Expectations for Netbooks

It makes total sense for a CEO to be optimistic about the future of his or her product. But predicting that netbooks will grow from 10% of the PC market to 90%? Warren East, you've gone and lost your mind. More »

02/03/10

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By Brian Barrett

#pcs

HP TouchSmart 600 Goes All Core i7 on Us

You think you're better than me, TouschSmart 600? You think because you're now configurable with Core i7 720QM (1.6 GHz) or i7 820QM (1.73GHz) processors—starting at $1700—that you've defeated the long-standing caste system separating man and machine? More »

02/03/10

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By Mark Wilson

#sony

Sony Launches Vaio E Series Today: Core i5 Notebooks, in Technicolor

There may be only one build of the Sony Vaio E notebook you can buy today, but your coloring options are equal parts expansive and aggressive. Even beyond the plumage, though, you're looking at a nice little set-up. More »

02/02/10

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By Brian Barrett

#microsoft

Microsoft SideWinder X4 Lets You Intelligibly Mash 26 Keys at Once

Microsoft's last SideWinder keyboard had a neat parlor trick: It split in two. The X4 has a little less pow—its main feature is anti-ghosting for cheap, letting you press up to 26 keys at once for $60. [Microsoft]

02/01/10

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By matt buchanan

#laptops

Alienware's M11x Gaming "Netbook" Will Cost $800

What do you get when you mix a dedicated GPU, 50FPS Crysis gaming, A Core2Duo, an 11-inch screen, and a $800 price tag? An absurd(ly powerful) little laptop, which nobody—and apparently Alienware—is comfortable calling a netbook. More »

01/28/10

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By John Herrman

#clips

Click here to read Living In a <strike>Gangsta's</strike> Engineering Paradise

Living In a Gangsta's Engineering Paradise

"You may be thinking that you're more gangsta than me, but you motherboarders have never seen my PC." That, and more brilliance, from IBM Fellow John Cohn's music video, Engineering Paradise. [@IBMResearch]

01/22/10

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By Mark Wilson

#gaming

You Know Corsair Dominator GTX 2333MHz Is Ridiculously Fast RAM Just By Looking At It

Corsair's Dominator GTX 2333MHz is the fastest RAM you can buy that's Intel XMP-certified, at 2333MHz with latencies of 9-11-9-27. Each 2GB module is individually tested, in case you're wondering why else it's $200 a stick. [Hexus]

01/21/10

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By matt buchanan

#blockquote

Acer Founder Is Not Impressed With His American Counterparts

Stan Shih, founder of Acer, has made a bold prediction with a cowardly timeline: that US computer brands aren't competitive enough to stick it out another 20 years. That'd work out just great for, let's see... oh, right, Stan Shih! More »

01/19/10

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By Brian Barrett

#graphicscards

Nvidia GF100 512-Core Monster Graphics Card Previewed: Goodbye, Eyeballs

The curtain's been dropped on much of Nvidia's upcoming Fermi-based graphics cards, and the five-hundred-and-twelve-core GF100 looks like a behemoth, indeed. A completely overhauled architecture is all about three things: scalability, parallelism, and geometry. Oh, and ripping your eyeballs out. More »

01/18/10

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By matt buchanan

#remainders

Remainders - The Good, Bad and Ugly Things We Didn't Post (and Why)

In today's Remainders: the fastest text messengers in the world; PC sales are up, but the PCs are smaller and cheaper; Calvin and Hobbes's snowman violence realized; and hacked billboards with hardcore porn bring Moscow traffic to a standstill. More »

01/15/10

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By Kyle VanHemert

#psystar

There is NO QUIT In Psystar (But There Should Be)

01/15/10

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#asus

Asus EeeTop Multitouch All-In-One PC Leaked in Promo

The Asus EeeTop ET2010PNT has officially been espied in a promo shot, and it's apparently packing a multitouch 20-inch (1600x1000) screen and Nvidia Ion 2 graphics. Not too shabby! More »

01/15/10

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By Brian Barrett

#laptops

Skin Your Dell Laptop With These Amazing Emil Kozak Designs

Designer Emil Kozak has knocked together some graphic Dell skins which will help out the (Product) Red charity. There's four different designs, with 23 color variations to choose from, and conveniently help disguise the fact that you own a Dell. More »

01/14/10

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By Kat Hannaford

#laptops

Souped Up HP Envy 15 Shipping With USB 3.0

The HP Envy 15 isn't my favorite laptop around, but if you buy one configured with both a Core i7 and ATI Radeon HD 5830, it'll arrive loaded with USB 3.0. Oooooh! [CNET via Engadget]