Making realistic character animations for games and movies is tough work for graphic artists. Hand gestures are particularly difficult because of the hand's many joints and fingers. Motion tracking devices, such as Immersion Corporation's wireless CyberGlove II, help animators cut production times by allowing them to capture motion, instead of manually moving each digit. Company representatives brought the glove to our offices for a demonstration. Read more
Hewlett Packard unveiled at SIGGRAPH 2008 new products for its "DreamColor" technology portfolio. These include "mobile workstations" (notebooks), a calibration kit for an existing display and two other displays. Read more
It has been a long time coming, but the pieces are slowly falling into place. Intel has now released the official Tjunction Max value for all 65nm and 45nm Core 2 processors at the Intel Developer Forum in Taipei... Read more
Eizo is adding two widescreen models to its ColorEdge series of professional LCD monitors. The new 21" and 24" models offer a 16:10 aspect ratio and include the firm's 10-bit hardware calibration technology and 14-bit color processing capability. Read more
Once we make the jump to Gigabit Ethernet, the expected tenfold increase in network speed doesn't seem to materialize. We'll look at the basics of gigabit networks, what limits their performance, and how we can get the best possible speed out of them. Read more
Perhaps you've heard about Bill Gates' remote-controlled home and thought to yourself that the technology to automate your own home was decidedly out of reach. Today, Tom's Hardware reader John Knutson walks us through what it took to get his home wired. Read more
We compare the latest 500 GB notebook drives from Fujitsu, Hitachi, Samsung, Seagate, Toshiba and WD. Seagate is first manufacturer to reach 500 GB at 7,200 RPM, but which is really the best drive? We loaded up our updated test system to find out. Read more
You don’t always need the fastest graphics card around. For somewhere between $135 and $235, you can game like crazy in DirectX 10 without a problem at 1920x1200. We test and compare five graphics cards from this mid-range price segment. Read more