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Solid-state storage to the masses with 8GB IDE drive

The only fixed component in a PC that has moving parts is currently the much adopted but old technology of mechanical hard disk drives, this does need to change and we are seeing big moves forward in brands planning on changing things in this computer hardware area.

Mechanical hard disk drives are an unwanted bottleneck in the modern computer as I have experienced this much more on my latest PC which has an Intel Dual Core 2 processor running at 2.4ghz and the hard drive sounds like it is being pounded by the processor Read more

SoundBlaster X-FI Audio Notebook: first sound card ExpressCard/54

I would not want to move to Japan but you got to envy them for the fact that they get all the latest technology way before the rest of the world.
So as with tradition Creative Japan have introduced their new product, the SoundBlaster X-FI Audio Notebook to Japan first Read more

Unbelievable Graphics from the All-in-Wonder Radeon 8500DV

Not that many years ago if your computer was two old to play games you needed a whole new computer but these days the latest graphics cards can take a lot of the strain of the computers resources, which means sometimes just the graphics card needs updating.

The All-in-Wonder Radeon 8500DV will make most gamers stand up and say “what unbelievable graphics” thanks to the excellent 3D performance and it does not stop there Read more

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Your parents taught you to share and it should be no different with hard drives

In our home we have multiple PCs on our network, my wife with her laptop, my 8 year old daughter and then also myself in the office.
One of the easiest ways to share files around those computers and also to increase the overall storage capacity would be a network-attached storage (NAS) drive.

We already have one but are looking to upgrade and here is three that we love Read more

Has Cooler Master Gone Too Far with This Heatsink

We saw this heatsink from Cooler Master and could not help thinking they have gone too far this time as it’s so big it looks like it could snap your motherboard into pieces when mounted.
The GeminII mega heatsink is half the size of your motherboard and Read more

Ruckus MF2900 Wireless Router

Many of us know that with current wireless networks you have a problem in having a single Wi-Fi network that can simultaneously support video, voice and data in the your home.
Well the Ruckus MF2900 has overcome these problems with a multimedia system that they say can reliably send multimedia content to every corner of your home over a standard 802.11 Wi-Fi network.
This device has Read more

Intel Centrino Duo Mobile Technology

Intel has officially shown its new Centrino Duo Mobile Technology at the CES in Las Vegas, this was previously code-named Napa.
What’s the improvement? Well the Intel Core Duo chip has two mobile processing cores on just one chip and will be powering the next generation of laptops including the new Intel Viiv platform; this should now give laptops the extra power they need when multitasking.

HDTV on Mac with Miglia’s TVMini HD

Ok I have not got a Mac but at least I can laugh at you and say there are no HDTV solutions around for Mac’s, but I am wrong as out steps the Miglia TVMini HD that with USB 2.0 will let you watch, pause, and record HDTV on your Mac…Yes shouts many Mac users Read more

MoGo MouseBT Hides in your PC card slot

We have seen a few Bluetooth mice, but never one that is such a good companion to a notebook.
The MoGo MouseBT is a Bluetooth mouse than slides into your PC card slot, not a good idea if you have an older laptop that uses its PC card slot because it say has no wireless, but all new laptops now days have built in wireless and most people do not use there PC card slot so what do you do with it, well store a Bluetooth mouse in it of course.
Newton Peripherals will be showing this beauty of at Read more

Kingston Release FASTER MEMORY

Do you own a laptop and want Faster and Meaner Memory, then check out Kingston’s release of its first mobile specific memory modules (PC2-6400 DDR2 667-MHz).

For only $62/£36 you can buy the Kingston 667-MHz DDR2 unbuffered SO-DIMM ValueRAM memory at 256mb, with up to 1GB of memory will set you back $176/£102.
The only problem at the moment is that this new memory is only supported by the ATi Xpress 200M chipset at present, and there are not a lot of laptops with Read more