January 27, 2007 by Brad.

The GeForce 8800 GTX is definitely the top performing card on the market right now, and MSI’s offering is a great example. Overall, nothing else can touch the 8800 GTX at the moment, especially when you look at its performance versus other single-GPU solutions, and smooth gaming at 1080P on a 65″ is simply awesome.

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January 27, 2007 by Brad.

Robot nurses could be bustling around hospital wards in as little as three years.

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January 27, 2007 by Brad.

Last week we showed Ben Heckendorn’s Wii laptop to the world (as I speak of myself in the third person). In today’s How-To, part 1 of 3, we’ll describe how this mod was accomplished, starting with the disassembly of the unit, initial computer drawings, and “reworking” of the heat sink.

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January 27, 2007 by Brad.

The Tech Report has tested a pair of GeForce 8800 GTX graphics cards running in SLI mode, and the site found that the two cards can effortlessly run the latest games on a 30″ Dell 3007WFP wide-screen display even with AA and AF cranked up. Nvidia’s driver support leaves something to be desired, though.

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January 27, 2007 by Brad.

In a recent update to their careers page, Intel has pulled back the curtain a little bit more on what is currently one of the worst kept secrets in the tech industry. I think the most interesting question that this posting raises is, what took Intel so long?

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January 27, 2007 by Brad.

Asus laptop that is designed to run under Vista. Optimizations such as built in flash drive (SDHC) for better memory optimization and an LCD “SideShow” screen on the top of the laptop (displays system info, no need to boot).

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January 27, 2007 by Brad.

Based on the small form factor Mini-ITX platform and with an integrated battery management unit, the VoomPC is the world’s less expensive PC designed for the car. It looks like a car audio amplifier but it’s really a PC.

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January 27, 2007 by Brad.

Energy efficient LEDs are starting to crop up everywhere, and adding fuel to this fire are the new applications being opened up by miniature LEDs.

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January 27, 2007 by Brad.

Two years ago, NVIDIA announced its MXM initiative for the mobile market. This new technology would allow for a modular GPU slot in all laptops, thus making servicing and upgrades much easier. But two years later, the consumer still can’t go into a store and buy a graphics card to upgrade their laptop. [H] finds out why.

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January 27, 2007 by Brad.

Not your mother’s beat up PC’s…

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