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Cutting-edge technology is coming home with the Alienware High Definition Media Server. With wireless high definition media streaming, full digital home automation readiness, 4 terabytes of hot swappable hard disk drive content storage, and Blu-ray high definition movies, your house just got a whole lot smarter. Read on to see our thoughts on a $7,000 HD media server!

Sony has announced yet another new firmware for the PlayStation 3, which includes high-definition audio support to match the recent Blu-ray Profile 2.0 update.Read More...

After years of development, Microsoft finally released Windows XP Service Pack 3 for downloading early last month. Earlier, we covered how the Windows XP SP3 RC didn't support high definition audio because Microsoft apparently "forgot" to add the Universal Audio Architecture (UAA) driver for High Definition Audio devices in the latest release candidate of the Windows XP Service Pack 3. Now that the final Windows XP Service Pack 3 has been released, one, especially yours truly, wonders if it now supports high definition audio, or if Microsoft forgot to add the driver once again?

Realtek High Definition Audio drivers for ALC260-ALC888 sound card.
[License: Freeware| Requires: Win XP/2K/2003 | Size: 24.8 MB]

Realtek High Definition Audio drivers for Vista.
[License: Freeware| Requires: Vista | Size: 18.3 MB]

With our important files bloating into gigabytes, traditional back-up media like CDs and DVDs are no longer practical. The future of back-up solutions lie with external hard disk drives that not only have large storage capacities but are also much easier to use and provide far better performance. Now that hard drives are available in capacities of 1 TB, companies like Western Digital are using them to create external storage solutions of up to 2 terabytes in capacity.

An Australian team based at NICTA (National ICT Australia) is claiming to have developed a high-speed wireless transmitter with a host of new breakthroughs. If reports on the new GiFi are accurate, the chip could become the next standard for high-definition wireless transmissions. Read More...

It's been a busy week in storage, with new high capacity notebook drives, enterprise-class HDD announcements, and new 6x recordable Blu-ray media on its way from Panasonic. Ars checks out the events of the week.Read More...

The x264 HD Benchmark is the “High Definition version” of the x264 Benchmark which has become a standard CPU benchmark for Tech ARP as well as many other hardware enthusiasts. The new x264 HD Benchmark ups the ante by using a new 720p24 high-definition video clip. Therefore, it will be a great test of the processor’s ability to encode HD quality video streams. Give it a try and let us know how your processor fares!