Today, we take a quick look at Booq’s newest briefcase-style case for laptops, the Boa Case. We have seen evidence of Booq’s high quality and functionality when we reviewed their Python XL Backpack case. Unlike the Booq backpack, the $215 Boa Laptop case is much more conservative case looking more like a traditional laptop carrier. For this price, the Boa has to be special. Read on to see what this case is all about!
Read more »Several AMD executives have left to "pursue new opportunities" today as the company continues cost-cutting its way towards the black. Given Phenom's market position and Shanghai's H2 2008 launch timeframe, AMD faces a long, hard road back to profitability.Read More...
Read more »Olympus introduces an update to the best-selling E-510 Digital SLR. Faster Processing, Improved Image Stabilization, and the addition of Contrast-Detect AF are all promised.
Read more »The Axiotron ModBook is the only Mac-based tablet on the market, and it is finally shipping after a year's worth of delays. Ars takes a look at how it performs, both as a tablet and as a Mac. Read More...
Read more »ASUS provided us with an early sample of their new P45-based motherboard. Join us for a first look at Intel's latest and greatest mainstream chipset.
Read more »We take a quick look at one of the least expensive 7-port USB hubs around and discover that more power is better.
Read more »What lies in store for the remainder of 2008? In a word, plenty! We put together a list of sixteen titles we're looking forward to seeing this year. Let's just hope delays are kept to a minimum….
Read more »Dell announced today that it intends to phase out its XPS line of gaming systems, as they've cut into Alienware's sales. This isn't what you'd call a vote of confidence in the PC gaming industry, though Alienware's recent addition of a low-cost AMD system might get some buyers and enthusiasts to give the company a look. Read More...
Read more »We take a quick look at one of the least expensive 7-port USB hubs around and discover that more power is better.
Read more »No introduction necessary here...Ars is proud to announce the winner of our HP HPX 31 Days of the Dragon promotion.Read More...
Read more »In the latest installment of our popular history of the Amiga, Ars looks back at some of the most fondly remembered games on a system that was legendary for its gaming prowess.Read More...
Read more »Insipred by the Corsair Performance Analysis of 4GB versus 2GB of memory we figured it would be fun to see for ourselves how gaming performance is impacted by adding more system memory. We got our hands on a 2GB and a 4GB set of Corsiar DOMINATOR PC2-9136C5 memory modules and set off to see what happens to the average framerate in nine games at 1920x1200.
Read more »iBook and PowerBook users are all too familiar with the sparking power adapters of yore. Apple has now reached a preliminary settlement over the failed power adapters, and will soon offer between $25 and $79 to eligible parties. Read More...
Read more »What lies in store for the remainder of 2008? In a word, plenty! We put together a list of sixteen titles we're looking forward to seeing this year. Let's just hope delays are kept to a minimum….
Read more »AMD's 45nm Shanghai processor has been a topic of interest for months, but precious little information was available beyond the chip's targeted time frame. But the company took the wraps off its server/workstation roadmap today, giving us a glimpse at the product ecology it intends to build with its 45nm process, as well as information on how Shanghai will evolve after its debut.Read More...
Read more »Have you heard about NVIDIA Hybrid SLI and HybridPower over the past several few months? Having the ability to turn off a graphics card and run integrated graphics in order to save power and reduce noise sounds great in theory, but does it work? That is exactly what we have been working on here on the test bench and bring you our findings after spending countless hours with the ASUS M3N-HT Deluxe motherboard and the XFX GeForce 9800 GTX graphics card.
Read more »A team from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory suggests that a new breed of supercomputer made from simple, low-power embedded cores could challenge existing designs that rely on complex, high-power, general-purpose processors.Read More...
Read more »Intel, Samsung, and TSMC have identified 2012 as the start date for what is essentially the semiconductor manufacturing equivalent of the analog-to-digital TV transition: the shift to 450mm wafers.Read More...
Read more »Antec just launched their new Signature series of power supplies, designed to provide a top-quality experience. Does it succeed or does this signature besmirch their name?
Read more »More than five months ago, NVIDIA announced the industry’s first hybrid technology for PC platforms during the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. During this time, they also showed off the nForce 780a SLI motherboards that were due out in Q1 2008. It seems things got pushed back as NVIDIA is officially announcing the nForce 7 series today in Q2 2008.
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