A short tour of Kingston's Hsinchu factory
During our stay in Taiwan earlier this month, we hopped on a bus to Kingston's Hsinchu factory, where memory modules and SD flash cards are assembled. Read more...
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Last by sluggo at 1:18 PM on 06/27/10
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Eyefinity to the sixth degree
The newest Radeon HD 5870 unifies six monitors as one giant display wall. We've played loads of games on such a rig, purely for the sake of science. Read more...
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Inside Intel's Atom Z600 series
The new Atom platform, code-named Moorestown, brings a PC-compatible system into a pocket-sized package with dramatically reduced power consumption. Read more...
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A couple of months with SanDisk's Sansa Clip+ MP3 player
SanDisk's Sansa Clip has been the best mini MP3 player for a couple of years. Now there's a new model: the Clip+. We spend a couple of months with one to see whether it's just as good as—or even better than—the original. Read more...
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Apple's aluminum keyboard
Can low-profile chiclet keys, sleek industrial design, and an Apple logo make a good desktop keyboard? And can such a device pry a fan of clicky keyboards away from the IBM Model M and its ilk? Read more...
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Last by waffle911 at 7:12 PM on 10/26/09 -
Swimming laps with Finis' SwiMP3 player
Few things bore me more than staring at the bottom of a pool while swimming laps. Finis' SwiMP3 player promises to inject music into those otherwise monotonous workouts, and I've taken one for a swim to see how well it works. Read more...
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Last by Kulith at 9:43 PM on 09/15/09 -
Windows 7: A desktop user's take
Does Windows 7 really live up to the hype? Is it a worthwhile upgrade over Vista and XP for desktop users and enthusiasts? We took the final release of Microsoft's next operating system for a prolonged spin in order to find out. Read more...
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Last by blubje at 7:21 PM on 11/15/09 -
Khronos' President talks OpenCL, DX Compute Shader, and more
We recently got to speak with Neil Trevett, who is both the Khronos Group's President and Nvidia's VP of Embedded Content, about OpenCL, DirectX Compute Shader, and the future of general-purpose computing on the GPU. Read more...
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GlobalFoundries gears up
Last week, we traveled to the offices of GlobalFoundries to meet with the firm's executives and to understand their plans for the newly minted chip foundry created by the spin-off of AMD's manufacturing division. Read more...
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Gigabyte's Open Overclocking Championship 2009
What happens when more than a dozen competitive overclockers converge on a mass of high-end hardware and free-flowing liquid nitrogen? We attended the North American finals for Gigabyte's Open Overclocking Championship to find out. Read more...
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Last by d0g_p00p at 9:44 AM on 05/03/09 -
ABS's M1 mechanical keyboard
Here's an unusual concept: a mechanical gaming keyboard with non-clicky key switches. Can such a device create a smooth typing experience, and is it still better than vulgar rubber-membrane keyboards? Read more...
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Enermax's Aurora Premium keyboard
What's this? A laptop-style keyboard on the desk of a TR editor, a heavy-duty typist and ostensible keyboard purist? Surely there must be some mistake. Read more...
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Last by sigher at 11:46 PM on 03/18/09 -
Nvidia goes stereoscopic with GeForce 3D Vision
Would you put on funny glasses in order to play games if they added depth to the display? This question may be the litmus test of a true geek. Read more...
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Last by alphaGulp at 12:17 AM on 03/14/10 -
Metadot's Das Keyboard Professional
Is Metadot's Das Keyboard Professional really worth the $130 price tag, and can it compete with the classic IBM Model M? Clicky keyboard purists want to know. Read on to find out. Read more...
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