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08 19th, 2010 |
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Wonderfully ambiguous title, isn’t it? Usually, this headline is somewhere above the newest processor or graphics chip, proclaiming that everyone will totally have one of them in a few years. More often than not, however, it ends up being an absurdly overpriced part that hardcore users will have in a few years, and will only see the light of a mainstream gamers’ case in five years. But this isn’t a product in the purest sense. It’s not even expensive at all- it’s free. And, perhaps most...
Posted by
Grant Brown on
Jul 5th, 2010
To commemorate the freedom bought on the 4th of July (for US citizens that is); Palm is apparently freeing webOS 1.4.5 to the public! Starting with Sprint and other foreign carriers, webOS 1.4.5 is being pushed even as you read. Unfortunately there is a delay for those of you on Verizon and AT&T, which in the past has been as many as several weeks. The good news is that this update will be bringer...
Posted by
Grant Brown on
May 12th, 2010
If you’ve been shopping AMD notebooks over the last year you’ve probably noticed AMDs new marketing strategy, Vision.
Instead of focusing on gigahertz and cores, AMD Vision markets notebooks by the user experience in categories such as budget, mainstream, home-theater, and enthusiast.
It’s also a known fact that AMD has been falling behind in the mobile space, focusing instead on...
Posted by
Shane Tuohy on
Apr 20th, 2010
Unless you’ve been completely off the grid in the last few days, you’ll have heard all about the iPhone 4G prototype that was left in a bar in Redwood City, California. The phone was found and subsequently sold to Gizmodo.com for $5,000. Gizmodo, a massive gadget news site, who’s posts frequently top 10,000 hits in a few hours, had to turn off their comment system because they were...
Posted by
Brandon on
Mar 13th, 2010
5. No Multitasking
I can’t speak for most of you guys but I use my computers a lot. Even as I’m writing this article, I have a Chrome window, a Firefox window, and a Virtual DJ window up along with my Zune software. Most power users like to have multiple applications running at the same time. Not that the power user will be using this device to multitask, this device is clearly designed to be used...
Posted by
Grant Brown on
Feb 28th, 2010
The Palm WebOS has started is 1.4 iteration with the longest list of updates since 1.3.1, and all of them are good. Originally rumored to be released on the 15th then the 25th, on February 26th WebOS 1.4.0 became available for download on your closest Palm Pre or Pixi device. Included in this update are some of the most highly anticipated features of the WebOS platform to date, video recording and...
Posted by
Grant Brown on
Feb 21st, 2010
Have you ever wondered how fast your USB plug really is? Most systems today use USB 2.0 which is rated “theoretically” (a keyword) at 480mb/s (megabytes per second). Now appearing on some systems is the new USB 3.0, which is rated nearly 10x that of 2.0 at 5gb/s (gigabytes per second). Remember, these are theoretical under perfect conditions speeds; however these conditions rarely if ever exist...
Posted by
Julio Angel Ortiz on
Feb 20th, 2010
Recently, there has been a lot of buzz over the netbook market. While there have been a lot of entrants into this sphere, the one who has possibly made the biggest splash- and hasn’t even officially released anything yet- is Google, with their touted Chrome OS. For anyone who has followed the Chrome OS saga, it (obviously) looks very much like their Google Chrome browser, and essentially...
Posted by
Grant Brown on
Feb 10th, 2010
If you’re a Canuck with a love of AMD products, then today is your lucky day! AMD has announced today that it has entered into an official agreement with the Ontario Ministry of Economic Development and Trade. This agreement, which will bring it a grant of $56 million over the course of five years, will go towards funding R&D on the up coming AMD Fusion platform. Once the ink dries on paper,...