Possibly The Best Core i7 Motherboard Money Can Buy
hothardware.com — The EVGA X58 Classified raises the bar for enthusiast grade motherboards everywhere. With never before seen features such as 3-way SLI + PhysX + 1x PCIe device on a single board, 2 8pin +12V connectors capable of delivering 600 watts of power, 10 phase Digital PWM with a switching frequency of up to 1333KHz, three times the amount of normal gold... More…
How to Buy a Netbook
tech.msn.com — Netbooks are tiny – usually between half and two-thirds the size of a garden-variety laptop – and they typically weigh around 2.5 lbs. With their cool, slim designs, they outclass some ultraportables. And best of all, these diminutive laptops start at around $200 (in some cases $100, when purchased as part of a mobile broadband promotional deal). More…
Water-Cooled Supercomputer Doubles as Dorm Space Heater
wired.com — Massive supercomputers that devour electricity to keep them humming are not exactly the poster children for green technology. But IBM hopes to change that with its plans to build a supercomputer that will use water to keep the system cool and even recycle some of the waste heat to help heat the university where it’s housed. More…
Flash 10 Beta Coming to Most Smartphones in Oct - Not iPhone
news.cnet.com — In a Q2 audio press release, Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen confirmed that Adobe will release a beta version of Flash Player 10 for a number of smartphone browsers, including Windows Mobile, Google Android, Palm WebOS, and Symbian devices, in October. More…
Squirrels Eating Old Verizon Phone Lines, So Upgrade to FiOS
consumerist.com — Verizon told Debbie that upgrading to FiOS was the only way to guarantee uninterrupted phone service because apparently, the old copper lines are no match for the insatiable appetite of copper-munching squirrels. Never mind that FiOS doesn't work during a blackout for more than a few hours, or that the problem had nothing to do with squirrels. More…
Why Laptop Battery Claims Are So Useless
gizmodo.com — It's one of those things we take for granted: official laptop battery life claims have an extremely tenuous relationship with reality. Not surprisingly, everyone's using the same tricks to conjure their silly estimates—and they don't plan on stopping. More…