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The biggest thing in CPU technology right now seems to be how many cores someone can fit on a chip, then how fast those cores will run.  Intel right now looks to be leading the pack with its quad-core Core i7, and rightfully so, that chip is awesome.  A new… Continue Reading »

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 »

So, you say you’re a geek.  You’re proud of the title.  You wear you geekiness as a badge of honor, eh?  Well, before you slap that big “G” on your chest, take our little Geek-o-Meter quiz to find out where you really rate on the Geek Scale. First, do you… Continue Reading »

As JG mentioned yesterday, rumors are floating about talks between Verizon and Apple.  AT&T just might be losing exclusive rights to their major breadwinner. But, it seems more and more as though if the deal does go through that we won’t be looking at the exact same iPhone just marketed… Continue Reading »

NVIDIA, one of the two largest companies in the field of graphics chips is looking to get into the CPU market.  It won’t necessarily be showing up in your desktop computer anytime soon, but the idea is still there.  Actually, the chips will most likely find their way into notebooks… 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 »

On Tuesday, October 14th, Steve Jobs announced a chipset that Apple worked on with Nvidia.  It resulted in a 16-core integrated GPU that’s in both the MacBook and MacBook Pro.  On Monday, Nvidia announced the desktop version of the GPU.  Nvidia is calling the chips the 9300 and 9400 mGPUs… Continue Reading »

Some hackers just don’t know what to do with so much time on their hands. But at least for this one, he did something good and worthwhile – that is make the CPU of the OLPC XO run faster than it normally could or what it is programmed to do.… Continue Reading »

Apple is now allowing anyone to recycle their no-longer-used mobile phone for free. Simply bring your mobile phone into any Apple retail location or complete the process online and ship the phone in. The phone recycling program will allow any brand phone to be turned in with no charge to… Continue Reading »

According to the original plan by Microsoft, the Xbox 360s are supposed to be shipped with newer, cooler and quieter central processing units (CPU) starting in April of next year. But the plan is now on hold due to delayed delivery of the more efficient processor by Chartered Semiconductor, one… Continue Reading »