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With Windows 7 quickly approaching next month, now is the best time for new product announcements to coincide with the OS release.  Usually that would mean new desktops, laptops, and this time around, netbooks.  AMD is taking a different angle, however, and is going after those who build their own… Continue Reading »

Does anyone take manufacturers claims about battery life seriously anymore?  Apparently someone does.  A law firm out of North Carolina and they want to know if you feel cheated, ripped-off or otherwise victimized by manufacturer claims regarding your laptop’s advertised battery life. That’s right, the law offices of Girard Gibbs,… Continue Reading »

For the most part recently it seems that Intel can do no wrong by many people.  It keeps churning out new processors like the i7 that greatly improve on everything else on the market.  There’s also all its other random side projects that could improve any number of technologies.  None… Continue Reading »

There hasn’t been a whole lot of improvements in hard drive technology in the past few years aside from increasing capacities.  Sure, there’s the advent of the SSD, but it’s still way too expensive for most people.  For the most part we’ve been using SATA 2 connections with upwards of… Continue Reading »

Gamers are always looking for ways to upgrade notebooks in order to serve up the best graphics and sound during game play.  AMD has announced ATI Mobility RadeonTM HD 4000 series graphics, their planned next generation series of notebook graphics processors.  AMD says that this new processor will bring PC… Continue Reading »

Hewlett Packard, MTV, and AMD made a joint announcement that they have decided on a winner for their Engine Room Notebook Design Contest.  The honor was awarded to Hisako Sakihama, a 27-year-old designer from Japan.  As the winner, his design will be the template for the new HP Artist Edition… Continue Reading »

The 12th annual Build Your Own PC Race for Charity hosted by TigerDirect, CompUSA, AMD and Systemax is set to take place again from 5:30 - 8:00 p.m. on January 8, 2009 at the Wynn Hotel.  In case you aren’t familiar with this charity event, basically 30 tech journalists/companies work… Continue Reading »

By now, we all know the standard specs for netbooks.  So many companies use the Intel Atom CPU, it’s sometimes easy to forget there is another major competitor in the field.  One of the few netbooks to use something other than Intel processors was the original HP Mini-note.  HP used… Continue Reading »

“The time to experience the most shocking realism in gaming is NOW!”  Yes, that’s how MSI wants us to experience with their new gaming notebook dubbed the GX730.  Its display alone via a 17-inch LCD monitor coupled with an ATi Mobility Radeon HD 3650 graphic card already sends a signal… Continue Reading »

Yesterday’s stock tumble has hit tech businesses hard. Nasdaq, which is primarily tech businesses, fell nearly 200 points, and several big tech businesses saw similar drops.  Apple fell 18%, AMD nearly 17%, and Intel over 10%. Similarly, Google saw its stock fall over $50 to $381 a share. That’s nearly… Continue Reading »