The new Core i7-980X Extreme Edition processor costs $167 per core or $83 per thread. Intel Core i7 – Intel Core – Pentium D – Gulftown – Core i7-980X Extreme Edition  Read More →

Already the performance leader in desktop processing, Intel is following its quad-core Bloomfield design up with Gulftown, a hexa-core design sporting 12MB of shared L3 cache. Is the lone Gulftown model, Core i7-980X Extreme, worth a $1,000 asking price? Gulftown – Intel Core i7 – Intel Corporation – Intel – Intel Core  Read More →

I want to say one word to you. Just one word. Are you listening? “Plastics.” Massachusetts Institute of Technology – Technology – Polymer – MIT – Research  Read More →

I am rubber, you are glue. Rubber – Polymer – Business – Chemicals – Manufactured Product  Read More →

Would you rather use 7-Zip, FreeArc, WinRAR, or WinZip? We put four of the most popular file archiving tools to the test, analyzing compression ratios and performance. Spoiler alert: WinZip 14, the latest version of this popular title, gets creamed. WinZip – 7-Zip – WinRAR – Data compression – FreeArc  Read More →

Waiting for SP1 before jumping to Windows 7? It could still happen this year. Windows 7 – Operating system – Microsoft Windows – Microsoft – Windows Vista  Read More →

Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang is ready to do battle against Intel. Jen-hsunHuang – Nvidia – Intel Corporation – Chipset – Graphics processing unit  Read More →

Opened up and photographed in cold, harsh lighting. Just how we like it! Alienware – Business – Gaming – Dell – Arts and Entertainment  Read More →

Think your Athlon or Phenom processor is already tuned to deliver the best balance between performance and power consumption? Think again. We show you how to tweak Cool’n'Quiet for more aggressive power savings at standard speeds using several AMD CPUs. Advanced Micro Devices – Central processing unit – AMD Phenom – Hardware – Athlon  Read More →

Google going after businesses with… netbooks? Google Chrome OS – Google – Netbook – Google Chrome – ChromeOs  Read More →

Ubisoft’s DRM authentication servers for Silent Hunter 5 and Assassin’s Creed II are being hit with a DDoS attack, blocking legit gamers from playing. Assassin’s Creed – Denial-of-service attack – Silent Hunter 5 – Ubisoft – Digital rights management  Read More →

A new Xbox in time for Natal, perhaps? Microsoft – Xbox – Games – Video Games – Console Platforms  Read More →

With three new Radeon HD 5000-series cards launched last month, older models being put out to pasture. And an upcoming next-generation launch from Nvidia later this month sees GPU prices fluctuating quickly. Check out this month’s recommendations! Nvidia – Graphics processing unit – Radeon – Zune HD – GPU  Read More →

SSDs might be the fastest storage option today, but by no means is it the most popular. Magnetic media offers high throughput and proven reliability for existing ecosystems. We looked at developments in four enterprise hard drive generations. Solid-state drive – Hard disk drive – Hardware – Magnetic storage – Storage  Read More →

Today we have Keith Curtis returning for a new discussion on Linux. Curtis spent 11 years as a Software Design Engineer at Microsoft before examining Linux and the open source side of things, which resulted in a change of perspective and a published book. Microsoft – Open source – Linux – Operating system – Unix Systems  Read More →