Songbeat: Manage Your Streaming Music

Songbeat: Manage Your Streaming Music

Songbeat has released a new version of its online music search, allowing users to search more engines simultaneously, along with the ability to play, export, and download songs. It can stream from SeeqPod, Project Playlist, Spool.fm, and iAsk, along with downloading music from your last.fm stations. To "download" the music,...

Zotac's New Mini-ITX Geforce 8200-ITX WiFi Board

Zotac's New Mini-ITX Geforce 8200-ITX WiFi Board

ZOTAC International, a leading manufacturer of NVIDIA-based motherboards and graphics cards, today unleashes its first Graphics Plus capable mini-ITX motherboard – the ZOTAC GeForce 8200-ITX WiFi. Powered by an NVIDIA GeForce 8200 mGPU, the ZOTAC GeForce 8200-ITX WiFi delivers NVIDIA unified architecture, NVIDIA CUDA, NVIDIA...

Hawaii Says Aloha to an Electric Car Network

Hawaii Says Aloha to an Electric Car Network

Zero-emission vehicles, alternative fuels, independence from foreign oil supplies, and low carbon footprints are more than just pie-in-the-sky wishes--they can also be big business. Following in the steps of San Francisco, San Jose, and Oakland, Better Place has just entered into an agreement with the state of Hawaii and...

Nokia N97: Nokia's New Multimedia Phone

Nokia N97: Nokia's New Multimedia Phone

Nokia released its new flagship smartphone, the N97, Tuesday at the Nokia World 2008 conference. With a full QWERTY keyboard and a tilting 3.5-inch touch screen, this phone targets "internet-savvy consumers." The N97 mixes the best of the old with some interesting new additions. The built in Web browser allows...

Intel and Hitachi to Design SSDs together

Intel and Hitachi to Design SSDs together

Intel and Hitachi have joined forces to "jointly develop and deliver" Serial Attached and Fibre Channel solid-state drives (SSDs) for workstations, servers, and storage systems. Solid state drives have proven to be faster than magnetic hard-disk drives in many application workloads, and are inherently more durable...

OCZ Tech Announces the CrossOver USB Flash Drive

OCZ Tech Announces the CrossOver USB Flash Drive

OCZ Technology Announces the CrossOver USB Flash DriveA Unique Storage Solution with Integrated MicroSD Adapter for Ultimate VersatilitySunnyvale, CA—December 2, 2008—OCZ Technology Group, a worldwide leader in innovative, ultra-high performance and high reliability memory, today introduced the CrossOver USB 2.0 Flash drive,...

Iomega Announces Two New eGo Portable HDDs

Iomega Announces Two New eGo Portable HDDs

Encrypt Your Data with New Ultra-Secure Iomega eGo Encrypt Portable Hard Drive Iomega Also Adds New "BlackBelt" Model To Award-Winning eGo Portable Hard Drive Lineup San Diego, December 2, 2008 - Iomega, an EMC company (NYSE: EMC) and a global leader in data protection, today announced two new models in its award-winning...

App Store Promo Codes Now Available to Devs

App Store Promo Codes Now Available to Devs

You might recall the "Ad Hoc" distribution model, which was used by the developer of the "booted" Podcaster app to distribute his program. That really got him into hot water; its actual use was for beta testing or promo copies. It was a pain to use for promos,though, as developers had to custom build the app for each user....

Western Digitals New WD TV™ HD Media Player

Western Digitals New WD TV™ HD Media Player

Western Digital enters the home entertainment market with the WD TV™ HD Media Player (Model# WDAVN00BN). With a small footprint, (1.57"H x 3.94"L x 4.94"W) and great looks that would compliment any home entertainment center, this unit is ready to accept your Western Digital My Passport portable USB drive and play...

Another Day, Another Yahoo Rumor

Another Day, Another Yahoo Rumor

Another day, another Yahoo! acquisition rumor? According to a terse report on Tuesday in the WSJ, ex-AOL CEO Jonathan Miller is trying to raise funds for a bid on Yahoo!, which may result in either a total or partial buyout of the company. Unlike the last such rumor we reported on, which came from the Times Online, and...

Hardware RoundUp

Hardware RoundUp

Video:NVIDIA's GeForce Power Pack 2 - GPU PhysX revisited @ Elite BastardsSapphire Radeon HD4830 512MB Graphics Card Review @ Bigbruin.comSapphire Radeon HD 4870 Toxic Review @ OCModShopMotherboards and Chipsets:Asus' P6T Deluxe motherboard @ bit-techMemory and Storage:In-Win 'NA USB Hard Drive Enclosure @ CPU3DPatriot...

Nikon Unleashes D3X

Nikon Unleashes D3X

If you’re seriously considering taking your photography skills to the next level and have about eight grand lying around, then you’ll be interested to hear that Nikon announced the new D3X DSLR. While not cheap, this camera definitely brings its fair share of bragging rights. The D3X can take pictures that will put other...

Overclocked Radeon HD 4870 X2 Shoot-Out: ASUS, MSI

Overclocked Radeon HD 4870 X2 Shoot-Out: ASUS, MSI

NVIDIA’s and AMD’s graphics board partners usually take differing approaches when releasing factory overclocked variants... Read More

Lenovo Ideapad S10 Netbook Full Evaluation

Lenovo Ideapad S10 Netbook Full Evaluation

  Every sign we've seen thus far leads us to believe that netbooks are going to be very popular this holiday shopping... Read More

Intel Core i7 Processors: Nehalem and X58 Have Arrived

Intel Core i7 Processors: Nehalem and X58 Have Arrived

There are only a select few events in the PC hardware world that get hardcore enthusiasts truly excited. For example, when... Read More

Sprint HTC Touch Diamond Review

Sprint HTC Touch Diamond Review

It’s hard to avoid making comparisons to Apple’s iPhone when you mention the HTC Touch Diamond. Although they are very different... Read More

Dell Studio Hybrid Small Form Factor Desktop

Dell Studio Hybrid Small Form Factor Desktop

Two perpetually, almost fad-like and recurring themes for computing technology in 2008 are low power, environmentally... Read More

MSI P45 Platinum and Diamond Motherboards

MSI P45 Platinum and Diamond Motherboards

A few months back, Intel released the P45 Chipset -- at the time it was considered to be their mainstream... Read More

ECS GeForce 9800 GTX+ Hydra, Liquid Cooled SLI

ECS GeForce 9800 GTX+ Hydra, Liquid Cooled SLI

  When we think about ECS and their product lines, we typically expect a budget-minded approach.  Solid products... Read More

ATI Radeon HD 4830 Mainstream GPU

ATI Radeon HD 4830 Mainstream GPU

Since the RV770 GPU's initial arrival, we have seen the technology used in the GPU migrate up and down AMD's product... Read More

NVIDIA GeForce 9300 and 9400 Motherboard GPUs

NVIDIA GeForce 9300 and 9400 Motherboard GPUs

With all of the recent hoopla surrounding Intel and NVIDIA as of late, today's announcement may come as a bit of a surprise... Read More

Lenovo Thinkpad W700 Mobile Workstation

Lenovo Thinkpad W700 Mobile Workstation

When you think of a high-powered graphics workstation, the first thing which typically comes to mind is a huge, bulky tower... Read More

HIS and Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 Face Off

HIS and Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 Face Off

With the recent run of newer and more affordable graphics cards from ATI, it's almost easy to forget that there's... Read More

ASUS EAH4870 TOP Radeon HD 4870

ASUS EAH4870 TOP Radeon HD 4870

Although the ATI Radeon HD 4850 and HD 4870 were launched nearly four months ago, they are both still exciting cards and... Read More

Asus Eee PC 1000H Netbook

Asus Eee PC 1000H Netbook

It has been almost exactly one year since we saw the Asus Eee line of notebooks hit store shelves and it has been quite... Read More

AMD Maui HTPC Video Spotlight

AMD Maui HTPC Video Spotlight

Synopsis:  AMD's "Maui" home theater PC platform consists of a combination of AMD hardware and software.  Systems... Read More

Getting To Know Intel's New Core i7, Video Spotlight

Getting To Know Intel's New Core i7, Video Spotlight

Synopsis:  When the new Core i7 processors arrive sometime later this month, pricing for the flagship Core i7... Read More

Lenovo's IdeaPad S10 Netbook, HotHardware Video Spotlight

Lenovo's IdeaPad S10 Netbook, HotHardware Video Spotlight

Synopsis:   Lenovo's IdeaPad S10 is a 10" Netbook that sports low power consumption, ultra-portability, respectable... Read More

Dell Studio Hybrid Desktop, A HotHardware Video Spotlight

Dell Studio Hybrid Desktop, A HotHardware Video Spotlight

Synopsis:  With an Intel Core 2 Duo low power dual-core processor under its hood, this machine is capable in many... Read More

NVISION 08 Video Highlights

NVISION 08 Video Highlights

Synopsis: HotHardware attended NVIDIA's very first NVISION 08 visual computing conference that took place August 25 - 27... Read More

IDF In Pictures, A Video Slide Show

IDF In Pictures, A Video Slide Show

Last week's Intel Developer's Forum was packed with enough sights and sounds to keep any self-respecting Tech Geek's head... Read More

Asus Eee Box B202 Desktop System - Video Spotlight

Asus Eee Box B202 Desktop System - Video Spotlight

Synopsis:  In some respects, when we think about what the capabilities of a $349 desktop system should be... Read More

Dell XPS M1730 Gaming Notebook - Video Spotlight

Dell XPS M1730 Gaming Notebook - Video Spotlight

Synopsis:  Dell's XPS M1730 is a powerful Desktop Replacement notebook designed with the performance enthusiast in mind. ... Read More

An Introduction To HotHardware's Video Spotlight

An Introduction To HotHardware's Video Spotlight

Welcome to HotHardware's new Video Spotlight channel.  In this new HotHardware content section, we'll be offering quick-take... Read More

A Case Study: Building Myself A New Rig

I recently reviewed Cooler Master’s ATCS 840 case for an upcoming issue of CPU Magazine, and I liked it so much, I decided to build myself a new rig using it. Cooler Master is releasing the ATCS... Read More

Enter the Das Keyboard Professional

Those of you that have been reading my blog entries regularly should know by now that I am a bit maniacal when it comes to my input devices. Even if a device is serving me well, I can’t help but... Read More

Buy Optical Media, Get Free Bagel Holder [Hot Deal]

As the mass media warns of the financial apocolypse, consumers are tugging on their purse strings and retailers are feeling the pinch. Manufacturers everywhere are trying out kooky gimmicks to try and... Read More

Experimenting With Badaboom

When we first took at a look at the GeForce GTX 280 upon its initial introduction back in June, we also spent some time with an early beta build of a program called Badaboom , from Elemental Technologies... Read More

Your Next PC Won't Be A MID

With all of the recent hype and buzz surrounding netbooks, Intel's Atom processor, VIA's Nano processor, and mobile computing in general, we decided to put up a poll a little while back asking... Read More

Feature-Creep, New Site Channels, Functionality and Stylings

As you've probably noticed, we've been fleshing things out a bit more around here lately. When HotHardware first started out, about 10 years ago (good lord time flies), we were primarily what I... Read More

Still Looking For Input

My recent blog post " Always Looking For Input " generated quite a bit of feedback from readers and even a few manufacturers. In that post, I wrote about my pseudo-obsession with input devices... Read More

Don't Be Frightened By The Network

As notebook and desktop computers have gotten more affordable over the last few years, it has become increasingly more common for users to have multiple PCs in their homes. As convenient as having multiple... Read More

The Case Mods of NVISION 08

Anytime there is a massive LAN party going on filled with hardcore enthusiasts and avid PC gamers, you can always expect a wide assortment of heavily modded systems to be on display. Of course, with the... Read More

The Olympics in HD. Just Plain Better.

I love technology. I know that's probably pretty obvious to anyone who comes to a site named "HotHardware", but I just had to say it. So, what has inspired me to state the obvious in this... Read More