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- NVIDIA Inside?
- When you think about it, it doesn't."When you think about it, it makes a lot of sense."Not really."ATI has the backing of chipmaker AMD"Frankly, I think it's safer to say that AMD has the backing of ATI, considering how much they were hurt by the Core 2 and never recovered."and...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-05
- How fast can remote monitoring move?
- Ler's use mu computer and my iPhoneMay sound nuts, but my notebook mine happens to be a Mac and my iPhone have the ability to work with a lot of medical devices - IF the makers build the connectors and write the software.I can enter my blood sugars on an...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-04
- VAIO? BZ Notebook Spill Test
- Distilled Water You could possibly do this with many laptops with distilled water, and it wouldn't affect it for a while! But its good to see laptops designed for this sort of thing!RE: VAIO? BZ Notebook Spill TestThat is hardly a test...Who drinks water? In a glass?Spill something that conducts...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-03
- YouTube wildly profitable?
- Natural aging. Even if you put Laptop Battery away and never use it, Dell xps m1530 battery will die one day. Let me explain things a little bit more. You have to understand that, it doesn?t matter how good you care about your , it will lose performance...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-02
- Toshiba Satellite L455-S5975
- We've said it before, and we'll say it again: especially in this economy, it's hard to hate a laptop that only costs $350. It's even harder to hate a Windows 7 laptop that costs that much. The Toshiba L455-S5975 is, by 50 dollars, the least expensive notebook computer in our...
- Product reviews 2009-11-02
- Holiday Gift Guide 2009: Laptop computers
- This year the laptop list was a tough assignment for several reasons. First, the emergence of a new class of ultra-thin laptops--spawned by lower-cost processors from Intel and AMD--has made things more complicated. Second, there's a fresh crop of Windows 7 laptops, and...
- Blog posts 2009-11-01
- RiffBook 1.0 (Mac)
- RiffBook is a computer "notebook" for music where you can quickly record audio, video, transcriptions, tablature, and text notes and keep everything together in one organized place. The best part is that RiffBook has powerful searching and browsing features so that you can find your riffs later! Use your computer's...
- Software downloads 2009-10-30
- RiffBook Professional 1.0 (Mac)
- RiffBook is a computer "notebook" for music where you can quickly record audio, video, transcriptions, tablature, and text notes and keep everything together in one organized place. The best part is that RiffBook has powerful searching and browsing features so that you can find your riffs later! Use your computer's...
- Software downloads 2009-10-30
- SeaTools for Windows 1.2 (Windows)
- SeaTools for Windows is a comprehensive, easy-to-use diagnostic tool that helps you quickly determine the condition of the disc drive in your external hard drive, desktop, or notebook computer. It includes several tests that will examine the physical media on your Seagate or Maxtor disc drive and any other non-Seagate...
- Software downloads 2009-10-26
- NTI Dragon Burn 4.5.0.15 (Mac)
- Dragon Burn enables Mac desktop and PowerBook notebook computer users to quickly and easily begin producing audio, data and mixed-mode CDs and DVDs without poring over the software's user's guide. The new Dragon Burn multi-burning engine allows users to simultaneously write multiple CDs or DVDs. It also fully supports new...
- Software downloads 2009-10-22
- SmartSleep 2.6 (Mac)
- DESCRIPTION SmartSleep.prefPane is a preference pane that dynamically sets the sleep state of your machine. It's a successor to Hibernate.prefPane. The Problem Your macbook or macbook pro knows the following sleep states: sleep: machine will go to sleep only (saves state in RAM only, battery keeps RAM contents) sleep &...
- Software downloads 2009-10-22
- Acer might be #2, but is the Ed market buying?
- Mom and Dad are going to buy...the college computer and they are going to look at the price point above all. There are a lot that are naive enough to buy the overpriced PC the school is selling or suggesting. Does the high school brand matter. Not even. Most kids...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-15
- Wi-Fi Direct connections coming soon; Like Bluetooth, but better
- "Ad-Hoc Network??"The way this article is written sounds very similar to how one might describe an ad-hoc wireless network (which has been around since Day 1 of Wi-Fi). Given the fact I can already do all the things that are mentioned to a limited degree, could you the author please...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-14
- Netbook disillusionment and why Compaq is still a brand
- I buy into the "accessory" conceptFor me a netbook would be a great accessory for a desk top system. Especially if I could access my desktop via the Internet.I like the power and price point of desktops and most of my computing is stationary in reality. Once in a while...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-14
- Michael Dell - Loves Windows 7, slams netbooks
- O.o[i]Looks like Michael Dell is pushing for people to upgrade to the newest Dell laptops/desktops and Windows 7.[/i]He has to. It's how they make money.RE: Michael Dell - Loves Windows 7, slams netbooksNetbooks are about travel and portability. Am I going to give up my quadcore desktop? ...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-14
- Mint Studio Speaker System
- The last Mint product we looked at--the Mint 220 Wireless Digital Music Station--offered us something that we had not yet seen in an iPod speaker dock. Instead of combining iPod playback with a CD player or AM/FM alarm clock radio, the Mint 220 gave us the ability to wirelessly stream...
- Product reviews 2009-10-12
- Drivers Backup And Restore 1.5 (Windows)
- Drivers Backup and Restore is a software for Windows that can scan the system for installed drivers. All drivers that are found can be backed up the application and restored at a later point. This comes in quite handy if you purchase a computer and want to backup the initial...
- Software downloads 2009-10-12
- Can a laptop ever be too thin?
- Ralph Lauren is on the receiving end of a blogosphere backlash today over an apparent Photoshop job gone awry. It turns out there is such a thing as too thin. I mention this because yesterday both Dell and Sony introduced new laptops that give new meaning to ultra-thin. The trend...
- Blog posts 2009-10-08
- Dell Adamo XPS spotted in the wild; 9.99mm thick
- What about graphics card?Will it still come with that crappy Intel graphics card??probably will, that alone will make the computer not worth buyingVery probably...But what is the problem?I have the 4500HD in my Toshiba Tecra and it is fine for running dual head (1680x1050 internal and 1920x1080 24" desktop monitor),...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-08
- Dell adds silver and Swarovski crystal to Dell Adamo 13
- Not to mention its just plain UGLYWho the hell would pay $5k for that?VERY tasteful. :-(Where is Mr.T when we need him?And why do I have the feeling that I'm going to throw-up after seeing that picture?RE: Dell adds silver and Swarovski crystal to Dell Adamo 13That is the ugliest...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-08
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