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,...

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...

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...

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,...

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,...

Like a GPU clockwork, AMD has been pumping out a new version of their HD 5000 series every month, this month being no exception with its release of the Radeon HD 5670! This new revision of the popular 5000 series relies on a complete new build (code named Redwood, or RV830) of the GPU core, reducing...

Just in time to one-up AMDs new Lenovo line-up, Intel has announced the early release of its Westmere architecture line of CPUs! Originally these chips were slated for a CES release, but you can buy them now if you have the cash for a thousand part tray. As I didn’t receive a test chip of my own, I...

What do you want in a computer case? A great design to impress your gaming buddies? A low thermal footprint so you can use your overclocked processors? Maybe just a clean interior design that doesn’t leave the cables in mounds on top of all your components, blocking airflow and causing unnecessary...

This month, there are big things happening in the world of operating systems. Microsoft is releasing its hugely anticipated Windows 7, while Canonical will trot out its latest Ubuntu release, 9.10, or the Karmic Koala as it’s known to its friends. At this moment in time I have installed on my PC...

Recently, as a birthday present, my parents split the price of a new laptop with me. I wanted something sleek with a good screen, and, very importantly, a smaller than 15.4″ screen size. I settled on the Dell XPS M1330. It was the obvious choice, as it ticked all the boxes, and had a decent 128MB...