Archive for August 2007

A New Design for Computer Chips

Today, MIT spinoff Tilera announced that it’s shipping a computer chip with 64 separate processors whose design differs drastically from that of the chips found in today’s computers.

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CPU Desk - Made From Several Hundred Old CPUs [ Pics ]

Matt Tovey collected several hundred old CPUs during a company upgrade and made this awesome desktop! Then he posted the process with pictures.

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Why You’re Not Getting Your Money’s Worth Out of That New CPU

Multicore CPU architectures are creating a nightmare for programmers, particularly those who want to take full advantage of the new chips’ power. The upshot? Much of your brand-new CPU’s potential, like an uneducated brain, is going to waste.

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Samsung’s First USB Monitor Reviewed!

The Samsung SyncMaster 940UX is a 19-inch standard ratio LCD that boasts a feature you probably won’t find on most other monitors: it can connect to your computer using USB, without the use of a video card! Read on for the review!

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First Look: 2007 Ford Shelby GT 500

With all due respect to the Mustangs developed and sold by Ford Special Vehicle Engineering and the Special Vehicle Team between 1993 and 2004, Cobras are two-seat roadsters built by Shelby American during the 1960s. Anything else is something else–no matter how promiscuous Ford was with that hallowed badge over the last three decades.

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Toshiba unleashes 32-GB SD cards

Storage options for devices such as cell phones, digital cameras, and portable media players are changing. While it used to be that you could buy a small SD card for a bit of storage, deferring to spinning hard disks when you needed more, that’s no longer the case.

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Watercooling 101

There are few things in the enthusiast computing world that are as misunderstood and feared as water cooling. When done right, it can be a beautiful addition to a case while keeping temperatures down and noise low.

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The all-wireless hype: How soon is ‘imminent?’ - Network World

data networks

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Ionic Cooling in the Future

Cooling your computer using a water-based solution is not the best way to do it anymore

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Computer case…. Hmmm I guess plane runover it [pics]

“Let me show you all my TJ09. Get ready cause I’m sure you never saw such thing in your whole life . I send it at
19th of December 2006 from Poland (Europe) to Cyprus (Europe). I received it today it’s 21 March 2007. Here it is.
Hmmm I guess plane runover it. Well I don’t wish anyone such thing to happen with his 400$ !!!”

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