November 18, 2010
An upcoming Linux kernel patch has Linux patriarch Linus Torvalds very excited about the huge performance boost it promises. His enthusiasm is not unfounded either. The 233 line patch by Linux kernel developer Mike Galbraith punches way above …
Tags: Desktop, linux kernel, News Worthy, open-source, operating system, OS, patch, performance, Software, speed
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November 3, 2010
Walking into the Pande Lab at Stanford University is somewhat of a hardcore geek’s ultimate dream. This is, after all, where the real work gets done—or should we say, work units. For the various desktop systems and consoles scattered around the are…
Tags: computing, Desktop, disease, distributed, Features, Folding, Home, pande, Playstation, ps3, stanford, unit, university, vijay, work
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September 28, 2010
Acer probably takes the name of its gamer-specific Predator desktop range too literally. The world’s second largest PC maker has left no stone unturned in making every singly Predator desktop look curiously intimidating. The latest members of the Pr…
Tags: Acer, acer aspire, Desktop, gaming, GeForce, hardware, News Worthy, predator, quadcore, Radeon, rigs, sli
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September 22, 2010
Blu-ray champion Sony has dispatched its BDX-S500U external Blu-ray writer to the US to burn BD-R, BD-R DL and BD-RE media at up to 6x, 4x and 2x speeds, respectively. In other words, the BDX-S500U can write onto single-sided 6x BR-D disks at a maxim…
Tags: BDX-S500U, blu-ray writer, Desktop, external drive, maximum tech, netbook, News Worthy, notebook, pc
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September 21, 2010
Hewlett-Packard has announced two new all-in-one (AIO) desktops with an eye on the upcoming holiday season. The world’s leading PC maker has embarked on a generational overhaul, or so it claims, with the new TouchSmart 310 PC. According to the compan…
Tags: aio, all-in-one, Desktop, hewlett-packard, multitouch, News Worthy, omni 100, pc, touchsmart, touchsmart 310
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August 29, 2010
This week’s Freeware Files come courtesy of podcast aficionado (and mother of the epic dream date winner from podcast #36) R. Ellen Ferare. Or, rather, you can thank her for the idea. We got to talking this past weekend and she noted that she’…
Tags: apps, Desktop, Features, files, filter, find, freeware, Hard Drive, Location, open-source, roundup, search, Storage, Web Exclusive, windows
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August 16, 2010
Dell has been embroiled in a legal battle with web host Advanced Internet technologies for the past three years, with the latter accusing the PC maker of deliberately shipping faulty OptiPlex desktops. AIT claims to have lost business worth several …
Tags: ait, dell, Desktop, law, lawsuit, News Worthy, optiplex, pc
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August 11, 2010
If iBuyPower were to write a boutique system vendor’s Declaration of Independence, it would go something like this this:
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all systems are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain u…
Tags: Desktop, hardware, ibuypower, News Worthy, prebuilt, rigs, SuperSpeed, USB 3.0
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