The Intel® Desktop Board DX58SO

The Intel® Desktop Board DX58SO

The Intel® Desktop Board DX58SOis designed to unleash the power of the all new Intel® Core™ i7 processors with support for up to eight threads of raw CPU processing power, triple channel DDR3 memory and full support for ATI CrossfireX* technology. Today’s PC games like Far Cry 2* and Call of Duty: World at War* need a computing platform that delivers maximum multi-threaded CPU support and eye-popping graphics support.

AMD vs. Intel: What to Get? Which is Better?

AMD vs. Intel: What to Get? Which is Better?

There are countless companies in the computer industry but there is only one battle that counts... AMD vs. Intel. This is a favorite topic in the forums, yet instead of blindly pledging allegiance to one CPU or the other, let's take a look behind the scenes and find out which companies processor is the best bet.Now I should say that I'm a hardware enthusiast at heart, so for me CPU performance matters the most. I stick with gear only as long as it keeps my PC at the front of the performance curve. After that, I drop it like a rock and move onto greener pastures, regardless if it's the same brand or not. After all, what's the point of brand loyalty? AMD and Intel don't love you back, no matter how much you might sing their praises. Put another way, it's not like AMD only sells to you, or Intel has a smiling shot of your mug on every pay stub as a testament to your past processor purchases now is it?The nice thing about being computer enthusiast is that right now both AMD and Intel platforms support a lot of cross compatible hardware. Sure the CPU and motherboards are platform specific, but you can share DDR2 memory, videocards and other peripherals easily enough. If PC speed is what you crave, you can jump from one processor platform to the next ever couple months, taking your memory, videocards, hard drives and everything else along with you.Anyway, the point I'm trying make is this. As a hardware enthusiast you have the pick of some of the fastest computer hardware on the planet. Ignore the urge to stick with AMD or Intel out of tradition, go out there and find the best gear based on benchmarks!So, who offers the best performance - is it AMD or Intel? I'm glad you asked, the answer is.......Intel. For the moment anyway, Intel's dual and quad core processors are the king of the heap. In particular, the companies Core 2 Duo/Quad processor lineup is out-pacing AMDs current Athlon64 X2/FX processor families. That may indeed change by the end of Q4'07, or it may not.AMD is partly to blame for its current situation. Big green has not refreshed its CPU lineup since the last time PCSTATS dished the dirt on the AMD vs. Intel slugfest. AMD won the battle back then, but relying on the now somewhat dated K8 Athlon64 processor has left AMD without a good competing CPU for Intel's "Conroe". Intel published performance results on "Conroe" for quite some time before it was officially released, so it's not like AMD was blindsided by it either.

Intel cans IDF Taiwan 2009

Intel cans IDF Taiwan 2009

According to a report from Digitimes, chip giant Intel is canceling IDF Taiwan 2009. The Intel Developer Forum is a technology convention focused on Intel products and is a chance for Intel to unveil new products and roadmaps to the press, analysts, and industry insiders.
There were three IDF events in 2008 so having one less isn’t a major loss, though it is a sign of the tough economic times that every company, including Intel, is facing right now. The flagship event–IDF 2009 San Francisco–is still planned for September 22-24, 2009 at the Moscone Center as is the April event at Beijing International Convention Center. The lack of a Taipei event, which would have run from November 16-17, means Intel will skip this important manufacturing and technology area, but it was close enough to the San Francisco IDF that is was clearly the one to be dropped. Intel’s presence at Computex 2009 should help offset the loss of this particular Forum though.
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The newest 17-in. MacBook Pro

The newest 17-in. MacBook Pro (left) and the oldest (right). Note the difference in screen brightness.

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HP Photosmart C8180

Product summary

The good: Pleasing color and text prints; dual paper feed trays; best in class Wi-Fi set up; Bluetooth connectivity; direct archiving with built-in LightScribe DVD drive.
The bad: Lacks auto-document feeder and fax machine; expensive; very slow prints; grayscale scans lack definition.
The bottom line: The C8180 multifunctional printer is an excellent choice for photo enthusiasts. It prints high-quality text and photos at a heavy price: the printer is s...l...o...w. If you always choose quality over speed, the c8180 will be a worthwhile addition to your digital toolshed.
Specifications: Office Machine Functions: Copier , Printer , Scanner ; Printer type: Multifunction printer ; Printing Technology: Ink-jet ; See full specs

Microsoft tests Intel Atom netbook processor for 'green' servers

Microsoft tests Intel Atom netbook processor for 'green' servers

Low energy usage, especially when in sleep mode, potentially outweighs lack of processing power, say experts

February 27, 2009 (Computerworld) Microsoft Corp. researchers are experimenting with low-powered servers using Intel Corp.'s inexpensive, efficient Atom processors designed for netbooks.
Though slow compared with state-of-the-art multicore server CPUs, Atom processors draw less electricity to run and cool them -- as little as one-twentieth of the energy required by conventional server processors, according to Jim Larus, director of software architecture at Microsoft Research, speaking at the company's TechFest earlier this week (YouTube video downloadable here).
"They're not as powerful, so you may require many more of these servers in the data center, but since each one consumes less energy, the data center as a whole can be more efficient and get more work done for the same amount of energy," he said.
Data center operators are keenly aware today that the cost of the energy to power a data center over time is far greater than the cost of the server hardware itself.
In the video, Larus shows a prototype server rack holding 50 Atom systems, which, because of the low heat generated by the Atom, doesn't require a powerful fan for cooling the rack, though there are still fans for each individual Atom CPU. These could be used in Microsoft's massive data centers alongside conventional servers and servers deployed in shipping containers.
Microsoft is also working on software tentatively called Marlowe to take advantage of the Atom's fast sleep/wake features, according to an interview with Dan Reed, director of scalable and multicore computing at Microsoft.
Because they were designed for laptops and netbooks, Atom CPUs can be quickly put into sleep/hibernate states and then quickly woken up, said Dave Ohara, a consultant who runs the Green Data Center blog, unlike desktop and server CPUs.
According to Microsoft, today's average server sits idle 75% of the time. Putting idle Atom servers to sleep could cut their energy usage by another 90%, says Microsoft, to about 3 to 4 watts for the entire system.
Judging by the $300 to $400 cost of Atom-based netbooks, Ohara said that racks of Atom-based server blades could be made for even less.
"Intel hates this, because they want to sell you more expensive multicore Xeon processors," Ohara said. "But sometimes small is more beautiful."
Intel did not immediately return a request for comment.
Microsoft isn't the first to look at Atoms for servers. Last May, Tranquil PC Ltd., a Manchester, England-based PC maker, began selling home servers using the Atom.
SingleHop Inc., a Chicago hosting provider, began leasing dual-core Atom servers to customers in October. According to a post at SingleHop's blog, the Atom server is "faster than a Pentium 4" and uses 75% less power.
While Microsoft is looking at Atom servers for its own massive data centers, Ohara says Atom servers would be potentially more useful for small to medium-size businesses that prefer retaining security and control of their own servers over storing their data and using the applications of a cloud-based service such as Salesforce.com or Amazon.com Inc.'s S3.
"If you have a low-load situation, like most SMB servers are, an Atom can work fine," he said.

Meet tech's slumdog millionaire

Meet tech's slumdog millionaire

IBM CEO Sam Palmisano is offering laid-off workers assistance in finding new jobs -- in India
By Bill Snyder

Meet Sam Palmisano, bozo of the month. We diss IBM's CEO for allowing some management numbskull to suggest that the thousands of Big Blue employees who have been fired recently should consider a move to India. And work really more

Your Six-Pack of Choices with Windows 7

Your Six-Pack of Choices with Windows

Here's a rundown of the expected selection for Microsoft's next operating system -- it's not too soon to be thinking about which edition will fit your needs.

Future PC of 2010

C&VG have an interesting article on what the PC of 2010 might contain, along with some predictions of hardware pricing: "Your gaming PC is a work-in-progress. Just when you're happy with a quad-core, SLIed-up beast, Intel redo their entire CPU structure and enter the graphics card market. This...

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Triple-Channel DDR3: 6GB Kit Roundup

Core i7 is breaking memory bandwidth records, but it’s taken a while for memory manufacturers to combine speed and capacity with moderate voltage levels. We’ve tested twelve 6.0 GB kits to find the best solution. More

4GB Gets Cheap: 9 Dual-Channel Kits Compared
Tom's OC Competition: LN2 Craziness
Tom's OC Competition: Mid-day Pics
Maxtor's Shared Storage Does NAS At Home
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Nvidia's GeForce GTX 285: A Worthy Successor?

Nvidia's new GeForce GTX 285 brings a smaller die process and higher clock speeds to the table. But are the performance and efficiency gains worth the extra price? We benchmark the company's latest against all of the other high-end boards out there. More

How Much Power Does Your Graphics Card Need?
GeForce GTX 295 In Quad-SLI
GeForce 3D Vision: Gaming Goes Stereo
Best Graphics Cards For The Money: Jan. '09
Value In SLI? GTX 260 Core 216 Vs. GTX 280

25 Years of Mac: Hits and Misses

Apple's Macintosh brand has endured for 25 years, for better or worse. This month's anniversary inspired us to take a look back. More

How To Make and Use a Bootable WinPE Drive
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Under The Kimono: Inside Intel's Hidden R&D

Under The Kimono: Inside Intel's Hidden R&D




It’s hard to imagine the amount of R&D that goes into a motherboard. In this very rare opportunity, Intel takes us behind the scenes at its Hawthorn Farms facility to show how its hardware gets tested, trashed, and made bulletproof. More

New Computer Program Enables Powerful Data Analysis On Small Computers

A powerful new tool that can extract features and patterns from enormously large and complex data sets has been developed. The tool ... > full story

LG Launches P300 Laptop Series

LG Electronics India has releases its latest notebook -- the P300 series. The LG P300 Notebook comprises of a 13.3-inch LED backlight LCD. With a thickness of 21 mm and a weight of 1.6 kg, the laptop can indeed be awarded with the ‘ultra-compact’ and ‘ultra-light’ tag, as per Keralaonline.com.
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Windows worm trickery for Vista

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The Conficker virus has opened a new can of worms for security experts.Drives such as USB sticks infected with the virus trick users into installing the worm, according to researchers. See the complete story here.

Seagate says it now fixes 7200.11 drives for real

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After releasing a bug-fixing firmware that actually caused havoc by potentially rendering some drives seemingly dead, Seagate on Thursday offered this statement:Seagate has isolated a potential firmware issue in limited number of Barracuda 7200.11 hard drives and related SATA drives based on this product platform, manufactured through December 2008. In some unique circumstances, the data on the hard drives may become inaccessible to the user when the host system is powered on. See the complete story here.

Trojan found in pirated Apple iWork software

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Internet security firm Intego said on Thursday that it has discovered a new Trojan horse in pirated copies of Apple's iWork '09 productivity software that could allow an attacker to take control of the infected computer. See the complete story here.

First e-mailing prez: Obama keeps his BlackBerry

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President Barack Obama will be able to keep his beloved BlackBerry, an aide confirmed on Thursday, making him the first U.S. president to use e-mail regularly.White House press secretary Robert Gibbs told reporters that, thanks to a "compromise," his boss will be able to keep a security-enhanced BlackBerry and use it for e-mail. See the complete story... here.

Fire at Computer Market Peshawar

We have just heard the shocking news that a number of shops in Computer Market of Peshawar have been burned as the fire has erupted in the market due to short circuit. As our deep sympathies are with our friends in Peshawar who have just bear this huge lose, we also condemn the apathy of concerned official departments as the incidence could have been avoided if the proper fire fighting mechanism would have been in placed.
PCA would also like to urge all of its members and Computer vendor community to come with suggestions in regard with better safety measures. We have already witnessed a number of such tragic events and with a proper planning and arrangements, we may be able to avoid such incidents in future. In the meanwhile the community ought to be more vigilant and take all the necessary safety measure to prevent a short circuit etc.

· admin on January 21 2009 07:16:16 ·

Intel shedding up to 6,000 jobs

Intel shedding up to 6,000 jobs

NEW YORK: Intel has been hit by the global fall in computer spending.Chipmaker Intel is closing five plants in the US and Asia, with the loss of between 5,000 and 6,000 jobs, as it responds to falling computer sales, BBC reported on its website on Thursday.

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More losses in IT sector

More losses in IT sector

Technology companies across all sectors of the industry continue to post losses and cut jobs asthe economic situation worsens.Quarterly results posted this week showed problems for consumer electronics, mobiles, components and online businesses.

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Sit properly at the computer

Sit properly at the computer
The News International - ‎4 hours ago‎
Stretching your neck and working your wrists at a computer for hours at a time can strain much of the body. * Sit up straight, with your ears lined up with ...

More computers hit desks, but Oppn says parents don't care

More computers hit desks, but Oppn says parents don't care
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ALMOST 1400 high schools will benefit from the second round of the federal Government's national computer rollout. But the Opposition is still attacking ...

Satyam auditors face collusion claims

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Satyam auditors face collusion claims
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By Joe Leahy in Mumbai Indian police have accused two auditors working for an Indian unit of PwC of colluding with the former chairman of Satyam Computer ...
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Fujitsu Lifebook T1010 Tablet PC

Fujitsu Lifebook T1010 Tablet PC

powered by a 2.26GHz Intel Core 2 Duo P8400 processor, an integrated Intel GMA 4500 graphics engine, up to 4GB of DDR3 RAM, and up to 250GB of HDD. The touchscreen display has 13.3-inch size and a resolution of 1280×800. There’s a DVD burner if you need to move your important data, as well as an integrated 1.3MP webcam for video conference purpose. Moreover, an optional Turbo Memory 2.0 module is available if the laptop needs more speed.
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