Hardware RoundUp

Hardware RoundUp

Video:HIS ICEQ4 Radeon HD 4850 TurboX (512Mb DDR3) @ CPU3DAcer F-22 Monitor @ InsideHWMotherboards and Chipsets:MSI K9A2 Platinum AMD 790FX Motherboard Review @ PCStatsASRock's K10N78-1394 motherboard @ AMDZoneProcessors:AMD shows Phenom II running over 6.0 GHz! @ PC PerspectiveIntel Core i7-920 Processor BX80601920 @ Benchmark...

AMD Sneak Peeks Phenom II, Overclocks To 5+GHz

AMD Sneak Peeks Phenom II, Overclocks To 5+GHz

We’ve been spending some quality time with the folks at AMD today in sunny Austin, TX.  The team here has been giving us a run-down on their upcoming Phenom II processor along with the enthusiast platform they’re calling “Dragon”.  In short, the Dragon platform is a combination of an AMD Phenom II X4 processor,...

PC Magazine's Print Edition Folds

PC Magazine's Print Edition Folds

We remember (and this will date us) when the first issues of PC Magazine, founded in 1982, came out. As time progressed, the magazine because huge, pushing 600 pages at the max if we remember correctly (and it's been a while), much of which was advertising. We recall looking at the tome once and trying to figure out how...

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 built around the platform feature an energy efficient Phenom or Athlon processor, ATI Radeon graphics, ATI TV tuners, and AMD LIVE! software elements.  The current foundation of the platform is...

Kingston Boosts Data Traveler 150 to 64GB

Kingston Boosts Data Traveler 150 to 64GB

Kingston Technology Company, Inc., the independent world leader in memory products, today announced it is shipping its high-capacity 64GB DataTraveler® 150 (DT150) USB Flash drive. DT150 offers the largest capacity in Kingston’s entire line of DataTraveler USB drives and allows users the room and flexibility to backup...

Kanguru Releases a Combo USB+eSATA Flash Drive

Kanguru Releases a Combo USB+eSATA Flash Drive

  Kanguru Solutions Releases First Of Its Kind eSATA + USB Flash Drive November 19, 2008 09:17 AM Eastern Time - MILLIS, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Kanguru Solutions, announces the release of the Kanguru e-Flash™, a cutting edge flash drive with both eSATA and USB connectivity. Utilizing eSATA (External Serial ATA)...

Half-Life 10th Anniversary Deal

Half-Life 10th Anniversary Deal

About 10 years ago, in mid-November 1998, Valve Software released the first installment of one of the greatest and most enduring gaming franchises in history; Half-Life. The original Half-Life won Game of the Year awards in over 50 publications and set the bar for story-driven first-person shooter for years. It was also...

Yahoo! Glue Visually Organizes Search Results

Yahoo! Glue Visually Organizes Search Results

You might not realize this, but Yahoo quietly launched a new way to provide search results last night. This new paradigm is called Yahoo! Glue, is currently in beta in the U.S., and is based on a similar program Yahoo! has already been experimenting with in India for the last few months. If you perform a search on Yahoo!...

Hardware RoundUp

Hardware RoundUp

Video: MSI R4850 review @ Neoseeker XFX GeForce GTX 260 Black Edition Video Card Review @ Legit ReviewsASUS EN9800GT Matrix 512MB Review @ PC PerspectiveZOTAC GeForce 9800 GT 512MB AMP Video Card @ TheTechLoungeHannsG HG221AP 22-inch widescreen monitor @ bit-techAsus EAH4850 HTDI/512M/A Radeon HD 4850 Videocard Review @...

MSI Launches Colorful New VR220 YA Notebook

MSI Launches Colorful New VR220 YA Notebook

MSI LAUNCHES COLORFUL NEW VR220 YA EDITION NOTEBOOKAvailable in Denim Blue, Coral Pink, Wasabi Green and Empire Black, the VR220 combines the latest mobile technology with style CITY OF INDUSTRY, CA - November 19, 2008 - MSI Computer, a leading manufacturer of computer hardware products and solutions, is pleased to...

HP Introduces Multi-touch Laptop

HP Introduces Multi-touch Laptop

Ever since Apple developed its multi-touch controls for the popular iPhone, many manufacturers have been taking notes. HP is one of them. Today, HP unveiled its first touchscreen convertible laptop that targets consumers. The new HP TouchSmart tx2 Notebook PC incorporates multi-touch technology, which lets you manipulate...

LIFE's Photo Collection Goes Online With Google

LIFE's Photo Collection Goes Online With Google

In the almost seventy years that the photojournalism magazine LIFE magazine was published, the publication amassed a huge collection of images. Some of the images in this collection even date back to eighteenth-century etchings and nineteenth-century photographic glass plates. The total collection of images in the LIFE...

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

ATI Radeon HD 4550 Budget DX10.1 GPU

ATI Radeon HD 4550 Budget DX10.1 GPU

AMD continues their procession of new ATI Radeons today, with a couple of new entry-level offerings targeted at users who... Read More

Gigabyte and Palit GeForce 9800 GT Face Off

Gigabyte and Palit GeForce 9800 GT Face Off

NVIDIA's current list of graphics products reads like a mathematician's crib sheet; there are no fewer than 10 active SKUs... 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