Here Come a Crap Ton of Ivy Bridge Ultrabooks
After many delays Intel’s Ivy Bridge processors were finally unleashed on the world last month. Now here comes the notebook version. Next week we’ll get a look at the first wave of Ivy Bridge ultrabooks, courtesy of Intel. The dual core 17-watt Ivy Bridge chips will power this year’s crop of ultrabooks, and they’ll about…
The 8 Cheapest Computers in the World
Computers are more affordable these days than they ever have been. But what if affordable ain’t affordable enough—what if you need absolute, rock-bottomest, dirt cheap? Our friends at Laptop Mag rounded up the 8 cheapest computers in the world, just for you. When the PC era began in the early 1980s, you’d be lucky to…
Chemists Outrun Laws in War on Synthetic Drugs
The war on drugs has a new front, and so far it appears to be a losing one. Synthetic mimics of marijuana, dissociative drugs and stimulants – such as the “bath salts” allegedly consumed by Randy Eugene, the Florida man shot after a horrific face-eating assault – are growing in popularity and hard to control.…