Posts tagged Desktop Computers
Seagate launches product to triple the speed of external hard drives
Jan 6th
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Seagate is showing off a portable USB 3.0 drive that it says is three times faster than its predecessor.
The hard disk maker is unveiling the BlackArmor PS110 USB 3.0 portable external hard drive kit for laptops at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas today. The package includes a 500-gigabyte hard disk in [...]
4 ION-POWERED NETBOOKS COMPARED AND RATED
Dec 31st
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The NVIDIA ION platform combines a low power Atom processor with a higher performance NVIDIA GeForce 9400 graphics. Netbooks are low power devices with negligible graphics capabilities. The ION platform gives these machines enough power to handle some modern games and play 1080p HD video.
The ION platform is used in several [...]
Amazon toys with rating gadgets’ greenness — but only goes so far
Dec 24th
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Amazon — in the midst of its busiest time of year — has announced a partnership with EPEAT, an organization that ranks electronics based on how “green” they are, assigning devices status from bronze to gold. This seems like a step ahead for the online retailer, which is racing to catch up with [...]
VIA INTRODUCES MINI MOTHERBOARDS FOR NANO PROCESSORS
Dec 17th
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It is not everyday that you hear about a notebook running a VIA processor. And it is nothing unusual, because VIA occupies only a tiny share of the notebook CPU market. The company is now heavily focusing on the market for tiny PC chips.
VIA has introduced two new desktop motherboards for [...]
AMD to launch combo graphics-microprocessor chips in 2011
Nov 11th
Advanced Micro Devices released new details of its long-awaited Fusion chips, which combine graphics and microprocessor functions into a single chip in a computing platform that will launch in 2011.
Rick Bergman, senior vice president and general manager of AMD products (right), said at the company’s analyst meeting today that AMD is preparing a whole series [...]
