A representative from NVIDIA told us at CES that the two tiers of hardware support from Microsoft's forthcoming Windows Vista - which are now called "Vista Standard" and "Vista Premium" - may very well result not only in different simultaneous classes of graphics cards, but also very obvious appearance differences in the Vista front-end. Read more
OQO has released the second generation of its ultra mobile computer, which is now officially designated as an ultra mobile PC (UMPC). There is more of everything and an innovative enticing new accessory - a stylish dock. But even with those improvements, the specs hint to some drawbacks - such as performance, battery time - and price. Extra: OQO model 02 Slideshow 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