Take about a quarter million people, stuff them all into about 40 football fields, load them with the latest consumer gadgets, and what happens? Pandemonium. This year's CES was a little more Vegas and a lot more Hollywood this year, as everybody wanted to be a content company all of a sudden. Read more
While thousands stood in line to see Google president Larry Page not announce the "Google PC," we continued to find out some very interesting news last Friday, including looking into how a simple notebook computer can not only achieve high-definition, but surround sound. Read more
Broadcom recently introduced a chip that combines 802.11n Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and FM technologies Read more
Microsoft today released the Update Rollup 2 for its Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 system, which enables users to stream digital content - including high-definition video - to any TV the console is connected to. The update is available as a free download. Read more
Hard drive capacities have increased in large increments over the last few years, while trends indicate reduced spindle speeds of 5,400 RPM instead of 7,200. We looked at three generations of Samsung hard drives to analyze the performance ramifications. Read more
This month, ATI's new Radeon HD 4770 is missing in action, since online stores are not only unable to keep it in stock, but also de-listing it completely. With violent movements in pricing, though, it'd have been taken off the recommended list anyway. Read more
Nvidia's Ion for the do-it-yourselfer launched last month in the form of Zotac's mini-ITX motherboard. Though sexy in principle, the platform had some teething pains right out of the gate. Chris Angelini revisits those issues and uses Ion as a real HTPC. Read more
Do you want a quick Core i7 system, but don’t feel confident sticking to Intel's spec and using the DDR3-1066 memory supported by the processor? We benchmark the most relevant memory speed and timing combinations to check the benefit of going faster. Read more
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