Sep 3, 2010

GeForce 400M launches at IFA

Seven new mobile GPUs from Nvidia, plus a desktop card

THE MOBILE GEFORCE 400M series was introduced at the IFA show in Berlin and it seems like Nvidia has ousted most, if not all of its GeForce 400M GPU’s, at least for the time being. So what are we looking at? Well, two high-end models, namely the GTX 470M and 460M, then we have something of a fence sitter with the GTS 445M that seems to end up between the high-end and mid-range models, which is followed by the GTS 435M, 425M and 420M and then there’s the lonely entry level GT 415M.
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Sep 2, 2010

Samsung breathes life into dying wireless USB standard

Announces new high-speed, low-power chipset

AH YES, WIRELESS USB, hands up everyone that’s using it – right, never mind then. Well, it seems like Samsung is trying to breathe new life into what so far has been a mostly useless extension of the USB standard by introducing a new chipset which is set to boost speed and lower power usage. Hopefully it also features a built in microscopic nuclear reactor so the remote device doesn’t need any additional power.
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Sep 2, 2010

GeForce GTS 450 benchmarks slips out early

Full set available for your viewing pleasure

MOST WEBSITES TEND to stick to NDAs they sign, but from time to time people slip up and this seems to be the case of some early Nvidia GTS 450 benchmarks that were posted over at Xtreme Systems. It’s not clear where the details come from, although some of the pictures of the card are watermarked with the word overclock, but we’re fairly certain that Nvidia are none too happy with this leak.
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Sep 1, 2010

IBM launching world’s fastest microprocessor

5.2GHz chip dubbed z196 will drink your milkshake

Big Blue says that the shiny new System z10 you just installed in your basement yesterday is officially obsolete and should be relegated to household media streaming/torrent duty in the wake of its replacement.  Behold the zEnterprise System, and its central compute server the zEnterprise 196, capable of processing more instructions than your puny humanoid mind could ever dream of issuing.  Don’t look now, but your girly-man netbook just peed itself.
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Sep 1, 2010

New iPods lands on planet Apple

A mixture of expected and unexpected

APPLE’S THREE NEW iPods are likely to make many of its fans part with their money as soon as they become available next week, but we can’t say that we’re ecstatic about the new models. Most of it was expected, but Apple did throw in a couple of surprises to keep everyone on their toes.
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Sep 1, 2010
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Jobsworth shrinks Apple TV

Makes it affordable at $99

STEVE JOBS ANNOUNCED Apple’s new Apple TV today and to say that the new model is a huge improvement in just about every way compared to the old one, would be an understatement. However, all is not well in the kingdom of Apple, as the new Apple TV still lacks features that most, if not all of it competitors offer.
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Sep 1, 2010

Your next car security system might include an antivirus app

S|A recommends bicycles and tin-foil hats instead

Back in the good old days paint chips contained healthy quantities of lead, cars ran on leaded gasoline, and a lead foot directly pulled open the throttle of your hot-pink ’59 Cadillac without any pesky computers interfering.  It also meant that ‘hackers’ were limited to methods such as bricks and slim jims to steal your music.  Well, the times, they are changing.
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Aug 31, 2010

ViewSonic set to launch 7-inch Android tablet

With built in 3G connectivity

VIEWSONIC IS YET again branching out into unknown territory with its first Android tablet. It’s not ViewSonic’s first foray into the handheld market, but it’s the first time the company has done so with a non-Microsoft OS. The new ViewPad 7 doesn’t look that different from every other tablet we’ve seen so far, but it does have a few tricks up its sleeve.
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Aug 31, 2010

Intel’s mobile Sandy Bridge details revealed

Alongside roadmap

THOSE OF YOU that have been waiting for more details on Intel’s mobile Sandy Bridge processor are in luck, as thanks to Anandtech we now have quite a few additional details of what will be on offer. One of the main missing pieces of the puzzle was the clock speeds of the integrated graphics, but it turns out that there’s another surprise on store for us that had yet to be revealed.
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Aug 30, 2010

Lucid Hydra gets official on graphics cards

With some help from PowerColor

LUCID’S HYDRA HAS yet to prove itself as a replacement for either CrossFire or SLI, but today Lucid announced a new solution which might see the company gaining some more ground. Lucid’s new Unity graphics card design looks set to change the way that the Hydra chips have been used so far, as by moving the Hydra chips to the graphics card, the motherboard is no longer a limiting factor.
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