ATI Radeon Used In Next Generation Apple Computers

AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced that the world renowned ATI Radeon™ HD 4800 series, now found in some of the highest performance iMac and Mac Pro configurations, complements Snow Leopard's fully compliant OpenCL Version 1.0 implementation. As an open standard specification, OpenCL is a key enabler of ATI Stream technology, which allows [...]

AMD’s six-core, ultra-low-power Opteron EEs

There are three "rails" of wattage in AMD's architectural plan for its CPUs: its higher-performance SE line, its lowest-power EE line, and its hybrid HE line that trades some performance for power savings. Two months ago, AMD introduced its first six-core Opterons in the SE flavor first, setting the general trend for future rollouts; last [...]

Review Roundup 30th August 2009

News MySpace Buys iLike Mozilla chief: Microsoft ballot screen leaves IE ‘uniquely privileged’ Google : YouTube Becoming Profitable Soon Analyst: Blu-ray may never replace DVD in PCs Active Xtream Technology wishes you a Happy 52nd Merdeka Day Notebook & Netbook Nokia first netbook Booklet 3G Gigabyte Booktop M1022 [...]

Active Xtream Technology wishes you a Happy 52nd Merdeka Day

MERDEKA! MERDEKA!! MERDKEA!!! We would like to take this opportunity to wish all Malaysians a Happy & Memorable Merdeka Day. As we celebrate Medeka, let’s continue to unite our hearts, hope and vision to a Satu Malaysia (1 Malaysia); where all races, cultures, nationalities, religion and background and come together for one purpose, [...]

Intel Core i5-750 Overclocking Preview

Core i5 Overclocking Test Setup Processor We used our retail purchased Intel Core i5-750 from Fry’s shown here. This processor is rated at 2.66GHz and utilizes the new socket LGA 1156. Our processor is S-spec # SLBLC, with a product code of BX80605I5750, and batch # L926B439. Motherboard For this overclocking shown here today, we [...]

Gigabyte Booktop M1022 Review

If you've been following the netbook market, you already know that there's a ton of overlap in current netbook offerings. Virtually everyone is using the same Intel Atom processor and 945GSE chipset, typically with Windows XP Home and 1GB RAM. That's the case with the Gigabyte Booktop M1022, which on paper is practically identical to the ASUS [...]

Skype calls price raise 100% for many international calls

Skype's connection fee for placing calls to landline and mobile phones in certain countries will increase 100% on September 6th, the company's site now says. For Skype users who are not on an unlimited calling plan, calls that connect to landline or cellular numbers incur a one-time connection fee and a per-minute charge. Skype has more [...]

Analyst: Blu-ray may never replace DVD in PCs

Even though Blu-ray player sales are on a rapid climb, and Sony's new PS3 Slim and cheaper PlayStation 3 are expected to cause an explosion in Blu-ray penetration, market research company iSuppli says the drives haven't even begun to break the PC market. According to the firm's tallies of the global PC market, only 3.6% of all computers [...]

Acer Aspire 7535G-824G50Mn – 17.3in Laptop Review

In our recent review of it we might have complained about the excessively long model number of the Acer Aspire 7735Z-424G32Mn, but the company can justify it a little because of the huge range of configurations it appears to be offering in this chassis. Today, for example, we're looking at the Aspire 7535G-824G50Mn, which - on the outside, at [...]

Sony’s latest e-reader with build-in 3G wireless

After debuting two new products in its Reader family at the beginning of the month, including the lowest-priced e-reader yet, the $199 "Pocket Edition" PRS-300, and the $299 touchscreen model aptly called the "Touch Edition," Sony has fully stepped up its e-reader game. As the company announced this morning, it is finally endowing one of its [...]