Purchase of 75 per cent of the company thwarts Lenovo’s European ambitions. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.
HIS unleashes a retail Radeon HD 3870 X2 into the wild. GeForce 8800 Ultra-beater? Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.
Flying in Martian, Lunar and ZERO-G is a dream for many - but no longer for Dan and Ken. Winners of the HEXUS ZERO-G competition with Intel, we bring you their side of this incredible story... Watch the show and comment in the HEXUS.community.
Every once in a while you come across a competition that has all the ingredients of a disaster waiting to happen. I've come across one today from the folk over at Gateway, who's competition offers an FX540 for whoever makes the most outrageous video. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.
The software update for Apple TV that was announced at Macworld earlier this month and scheduled for release yesterday, has been delayed for "another week or two", says Apple. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.
D-Link today announced the DGS-3100-24P, its latest addition to its family of low-cost Gigabit stackable switches for the entry-level network management market. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.
Gateway US retail desktops feature the new AMD quad core processor too. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.
If you didn't already know, HEXUS has its very own Folding@home team which is now ranked as one of the top 250 teams in the world. Find out how you can join the team and use your computer to help study the folding of protein and in turn provide scientists with valuable data. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.
Western Digital today updated its line of portable Passport drives with the launch of its very sleek looking My Passport Essential range, available in 160GB, 250GB and 320GB capacities. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.
What do you get when you take a solid platinum computer case and encrust it with diamonds? Simple, a PC that blinds any onlookers. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.
The largely over-priced iPhone is set to receive new tariffs from UK operator O2 on February 1st, giving users more inclusive minutes and free text messages. Are lacklustre sales the reason for the change? Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.
Following the success of its popular Eee PC Notebook, ASUS reveals plans for an Eee Desktop, an Eee Television and an Eee Monitor. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.
Prof Jim Al-Khalili, star of the BBC's ATOM series, tells HEXUS.tv about the biggest processing issues facing science right now - and where he would choose to use Million Quad Core processors... Watch the show and comment in the HEXUS.community.
Windows Vista often gets referred to as a bloated operating system. Agree or not, a tool going by the name of vLite will allow you to trim Windows Vista to its bare essentials. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.
Sony has today announced the immediate availability of the latest system software update for PSP. Version 3.90 will enable all owners of the new PSP Slim & Lite to make and receive phone calls, adding a whole new raft of functionality. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.The trouble with laptops is that the battery always seems to be running out. Windows Vista users may experience it more than most with some of the OS's power hungry features, but did you know there's a tidy little app out there to help Vista save power? Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.
To promote the launch of its newest, and possibly most ostentatious CPU cooler ever, Thermaltake is running a competition in which both the winners and losers have a chance of getting their hands on the prize. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.
You're probably guessing that a list of most influential people in technology will be topped by Bill Gates or Steve Jobs. If so, you'd be wrong as neither of them make Intel's top ten. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.
AMD introduces tech vendors to a new thing called an Exchange Rate. Product availability is picking up too. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.
Diamond Multimedia, manufacturer of PC graphics cards, sound cards, TV tuner cards and communications products has unveiled four new ATI Radeon-based graphics cards in the form of the HD 3870 X2, the HD 3650, the HD 3650 and the HD 3450. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.
NVIDIA's GeForce 8800M GTX is about as fast as it gets for notebook graphics, right? Wrong, now you can have two 8800M GTX cards in one notebook using SLI. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.
The answer? Intel, who announced today plans to purchase more than 1.3 billion kilowatt hours a year of renewable energy certificates. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.
Thecus, developer of innovative storage solutions, has announced new functionality for several of its existing NAS models. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.
The drive from VIA toward smaller and lighter devices has been going for some time now. After our recent looks at the OQO products, we now put a 'fully functioning sub-1Kg notebook' under the HEXUS.tv spotlights... Watch the show and comment in the HEXUS.community.
ATI has plans to re-take the crown of fastest graphics-card on the market. That plan involves stitching two Radeon HD 3870s together on to one PCB. Will it work? Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.
The Neuros OSD is just the kind of gadget that we like. Its open source nature claims endless possibilities as it aims to organise your home entertainment centre. Does it succeed? Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.
There's a market out there that enjoys ripping off stock cooling, replacing it with a liquid-cooled variant and then making attempts at beating 3DMark records. CoolIT Systems lives for that market. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.
Our review of ATI's HD 3870 X2 found it to be the fastest graphics-card in our line-up. Hot on the heels of our review, Club 3D and Sapphire announce their HD 3870 X2 offerings. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.We'd put this one down as better late than never, as a year after the launch of Windows Vista, Microsoft has finally permitted the use of Vista Basic and Vista Home Premium in a virtualised environment. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.
The unique Mac-fanatic phenomenon is exposed in a new documentary called MacHEADS. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.
$1.4 billion acquisition of channel-only enterprise storage outfit will be key to Dell’s channel strategy. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.
The USB HDD Stage Rack available from GeekStuff4U was handy enough as it was, but now with added eSATA connectivity, it's even better. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.
Ongoing problems and poor performance on the HTC TYTN II handset has encouraged users to take action as they raise over $5000 in rewards for anyone who can provide video drivers that deliver improved visual performance. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.
Flash memory sticks are cheap as chips these days, just about everyone has one. If you've just got to stand out from the crowd however, take a look at ZaNa Design's new range of wooden flash drives. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.
Giving you a sneak peak at items set to appear in forthcoming HEXUS reviews, let us tease you with four items of hardware in todays HEXUS.pipelines... take a closer look and see if you can guess what they are? Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.
Transcend launched today its 32GB CF card, and claims it to be the largest ever 133x CompactFlash memory card available. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.
Small form-factor PC specialist Shuttle has rolled out one of its compact boxes, this time equipped with Intel's X38 gamer-oriented chipset to allow it to take a 45nm processor and a pair of graphics cards. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.
Record fiscal Q2 results and a bullish 2008 forecast boost Microsoft shares and confidence in tech sector. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.
The newest member of QNAP's QBack series is the 2.5" SATA automatic encrypted backup device, the QBack-25S. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.
be quiet's range of modular Dark Power Pro "First Class" power supplies receive 80plus validation, highlighting efficient of more than 80%. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.
Sapphire takes the reference design, throws it out and starts again. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.
Head of the 7/7 committee, dedicated to keeping London safe after the explosions in London on 7th July 2005, Richard Barnes explains what he would use a Million Quad Cores for... Watch the show and comment in the HEXUS.community.
European based graphics card manufacturer, Club 3D, announced today its new graphics cards based on the RV635 and RV620 chipset. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.
Though Intel and AMD won't quite be shaking in their boots just yet, VIA's new line of 64-bit Isaiah processors could be ideal for small portable devices. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.
Earlier this week, a web user claimed an early look at Windows 7 and provided a mini review. Now, a supposed Microsoft insider responds with some thoughts of his own. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.Intel has introduced dual core technology to its low-end processor family, the Celeron, in the form of the Celeron E1200, part of the E1000 series. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.Though still only confirmed to be released in Q1 2008, sources close to Microsoft claim the first Service Pack for Windows Vista could be with us on February 15th. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.
Distributed processing offers PetaFlops of compute power for diverse projects. If YOU had a Million Quad Core (MQC) processors - what would you use them for ? PLUS: WIN A QUAD CORE CHIP+BOARD COMPO COMING SOON !!! Watch the show and comment in the HEXUS.community.
The incredibly delayed, incredibly expensive but incredibly cool Optimus Maximus keyboard is facing firm competition from United Keys who today announced plans to ship an OLED keyboard tailored for PC gaming by summer 2008. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.
Following our recent coverage of an illegal movie being played on an Apple iMac at a John Lewis store, a John Lewis representative states the company is thankful that the matter was brought to its attention. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.
As part of its Mojave range, Kobalt Computers has announced the immediate availability of its Mojave IX and Mojave XI gaming notebooks. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.
If you're looking for up to 120GBs of storage in a tidy little drive only marginally bigger than a credit card, TrekStor may have the solution for you with its DataStation microdisk. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.
Utilising ATI's new architecture, Sapphire announced today a range of new graphics cards, the Radeon HD 3450, Radeon HD 3470, and Radeon HD 3650. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.
With its sewer-based fibre optic links, H2O Networks plans on revolutionising the UK's broadband services. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.
Later this week, Microsoft and Dell will announce three (RED) PCs in an effort to raise awareness and money for women and children affected by HIV in Africa. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.
If you have ever wondered just how good 'mounted combat' could be - then look no further as the HEXUS.tv horde teams up with HEXUS.gaming to give you a saddle-eye view from Age of Conan Watch the show and comment in the HEXUS.community.
ATI is of the opinion that its entire line-up should now reflect the improvements brought by HD 3850/3870. To that end, it's releasing three distinct low-to-mid-range SKUs to replace the Radeon HD 2000-series. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.What better way to show off the display capabilities of Apple iMacs in your store than to display pirated copies of movies such as Pirates of the Caribbean? You should know better John Lewis, don't be a knock-off Nigel. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.
A Business Software Alliance study calls on the government to do more to tackle software piracy. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.
HEXUS' very own celebrity, Nick Haywood, has featured on CNN in his now infamous "don't Tase me bro" masterpiece. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.
We're all used to manufacturers praising their products, but Computer Supermarket really really likes its 8GB Ultimate Gaming Package, and for £938 inc. VAT, does it have good reason? Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.Intel's 2008 Science Talent Search is well underway and 300 seniors have been named semifinalists as they compete for the grand prize, a $100,000 scholarship. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.Whether a new Microsoft OS lives up to its billing or disappoints, the hype surrounding it is always nothing short of enormous. Though no release date is known for Microsoft's forthcoming OS, could this be the first review of Windows 7 Build 6.1.6519.1? Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.
From the land of the ice and snow to see just how hot AGE OF CONAN blows. The answer seems to be - pretty hot ! In our first show from Norway, we let the developers walk us through the background to this up-coming game. Watch the show and comment in the HEXUS.community.
Corsair have been leading the memory market for almost 15 years and their current line-up includes the enthusiast's favourite, DOMINATOR. We spoke with Andy to see what sets them apart... Watch the show and comment in the HEXUS.community.
The ASUS Eee PC doesn't offer a bad specification for the price, but what if you want more? Simple, hack the device to your hearts content. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.Microsoft has plans to cease OEM sales of its Windows XP operating system on June 30th 2008. However, nearly 50,000 people have signed a petition asking the software giant to simply "Save XP". Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.
UMPCs aren't quite penetrating the market as manufacturers had hoped but nonetheless, some pretty cool designs are on the horizon, none more so than Inventec's forthcoming curved model. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.
HEXUS founder, David Ross, lays his 24in iMac on the line. Will his attempt to replace the processor with a Penryn model work? Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.
As we move toward an energy-aware future, Intel ran a huge competition for universities across the world to submit green solutions to 'power a laptop for 1 hour using clean/renewable sources'. And the winner is... Watch the show and comment in the HEXUS.community.
2007 won't be a year for AMD to remember but despite posting its fifth straight quarterly loss, the troubled semiconductor manufacturer is creaking ever closer to profitability. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.ASUS' Eee PC is facing competition from various other manufacturers this year and if reports coming from Taiwan are to be believed, ASUS plans to up the ante with a touch screen Eee PC later in the year. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.
Sounds good doesn't it? Afraid not, the "tingling sensation" happens to be a nicer name given by Dell for what we would simply call an electric shock. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.
As Director of Gaming Strategy, Randy Stude is going to have a busy year. The traditional performance graphics duopoly of ATI/Nvidia will be challenged by Larrabee - PLUS integrated performance is set to JUMP with new CPUs... Watch the show and comment in the HEXUS.community.
SentrySafe is a company that produces water/fire-proof hard drive enclosures for $339 that can take 1,550 degree heat (C/F?) and spend longer in a hot bath than Nick with a scented candle... Watch the show and comment in the HEXUS.community.
EFI, Extensible Firmware Interface, is intended to replace the old legacy BIOS firmware interface that we've all become accustomed to. Today, MSI announced plans to adopt EFI on its next generation of motherboards. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.Transcend has announced the latest addition to its line of T.sonic MP3 players, the T.sonic 850, which features a 1.8" screen for viewing video and photos whilst on the go. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.
Thundering across the desert skies, at impossible angles, does mad things with the Earth's ability to hold you down - as HEXUS.tv discovered while out at CES with our compo winners [Appetiser - more to follow!] Watch the show and comment in the HEXUS.community.
A collective sigh came from the interweb earlier this month when Everex announced its low-cost CloudBook notebook with a small 7" screen offering only a 800x480 resolution. If that hadn't put you off, Everex has now revealed that a 9" model will follow soon after. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.
Nick brings you more from the big CES floor - including a device that allows you to control your gaming pleasure using simple wrist movement and a solar powered phone charger you'd WANT to own... Watch the show and comment in the HEXUS.community.
It's that time of the month again and ATI has issued the latest set of its Catalyst drivers, jumping from version 7 to version 8. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.
With the world's largest consumer technology tradeshow promising a bright future (even with an uncertain global economic situation), INNOVATION is all important. Watch as Nick tells you what's HOT for 2008/9... Watch the show and comment in the HEXUS.community.
They all want a slice of the low-cost pie right now and Gigabyte vice president Richard Ma reveals plans to enter the market in June. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.
To celebrate the upcoming release of the swashbuckling role playing game, Pirates of the Burning Sea, HEXUS.gaming has 5 boxed copies of the title to giveaway, courtesy of Sony Online Entertainment.Microsoft has warned that an unpatched vulnerability in older versions of Excel is being actively exploited by hackers. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.
Gigabyte today announced the launch of its X48, X38 and P35-based Dynamic Energy Saver motherboards, promising power savings of up to 70% with the simple click of a button. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.Intel's next Core 2 Extreme gaming processor, the QX9770 won't debut until late February/early March and not this month after all, it has been claimed. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.
A card that lets you watch pay-TV on your PC, sounds totally illegal doesn't it? Fear not, Hauppauge's WinTV-CI lets you do just that, and it's entirely legal too. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.
Microsoft wasn't sitting still during Macworld yesterday you know, it announced a new product of its own. Well, a new variation of an existing product. Still, it's very cute, it's a Valentine-styled Zune. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.Uncertainty in the U.S. economy has seen Intel's shares fall despite the announcement of record fourth-quarter revenue. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.
In the first half of 2008, Acer will become the latest manufacturer to begin offering low-cost notebooks, directly competing with ASUS' EeePC. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.Remember those rather average Plus! packs available for Windows 95, 98 and XP? Well, it looks as though Windows Vista will be getting the Plus! treatment too. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.
Creating photo-realistic worlds, superbly shaded, at over 60 frames per second takes a hell of a lot of grunt. Tim Hatch explains how Intel's drive to satisfy gamers has positively impacted the whole consumer market... Watch the show and comment in the HEXUS.community.
It wouldn't be a stretch of the imagination to say that Steve Jobs left the best 'till last by announcing the super, super-slim MacBook Air toward the end of his Macworld keynote earlier today. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.Third on Jobs' to-do list at Macworld 2008; dominate the movie industry by announcing support from all major movie studios for movie rentals via iTunes and launch a new Apple TV for good measure. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.The second item on Steve Jobs' four-item agenda at Macworld 2008 revealed software updates for your iPod and your iPhone. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.
Steve Jobs kicks off Macworld 2008 with the first of four things he says he'd like to talk about; Time Capsule, a backup device that wirelessly backs up everything on one or more Mac computers. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.Fans of all things Apple prepare in anticipation of Steve Jobs' keynote at the 2008 Macworld, scheduled to begin in San Fransisco in the next hour. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.
There's nothing quite as frustrating as poor customer service and to my experience, Orange truly excel at providing some of the worst customer service you're likely to find. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.You've either got to admire the EU for its never ending battle with Microsoft, or you've got to feel sorry for the software giant that lives its life in EU courts. Either way, Microsoft is now facing two new investigations. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.
HEXUS.channel provides the IT trade with a one-stop-shop for news, reviews, analysis and discussion. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.Macroeconomic factors and increasing retail polarisation will make 2008 a challenging year for the channel. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.
A quick guide to some of the key stories from the first big technology show of the year. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.
In spite of further job losses, stricken system builder insists it's business as usual. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.A little over a month ago, Google optimised a variety of its popular web apps for iPhone users. Today, with the Macworld expo set to begin, Google has announced new improvements to the integrated Google iPhone experience. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.
Nicholas Negroponte, chairman of the OLPC project has announced his plans to bring the low-cost XO laptop to needy students in the USA. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.
Xobni, a free add-on for Microsoft Outlook, provides blazing fast email search, automatic phone number discovery, threaded conversations, and much more. Currently only available as part of a closed beta, we've 50 beta invitations to give away to HEXUS readers. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.The first update to Microsoft's release candidate of Windows Vista Service Pack 1 is now available for public download. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.
The format war that was said to be over, well, isn't. Universal and Paramount pledge to continue to support HD-DVD and Toshiba fires back with lower priced HD-DVD players. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.
Loading a system with 4 PCI-Express x16 slots should tell you all you need to know about where Intel is positioning Skulltrail. The Alienware box shown to HEXUS.tv by Nick Knupffer was ALREADY clocked at 4GHz - with more to follow?... Watch the show and comment in the HEXUS.community.
CES has finished so we headed on over to the AVN Expo and clicked away for your delectation. Please don't click if easily offended by scantily-clad women. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.What on earth possessed Nick to allow himself to be pinned down for a right good TASER-ing ? Just one thing, his lub for the HEXUS Massive... you! See our hero squirm like an eel as the voltage courses through his body !!! Watch the show and comment in the HEXUS.community.
We've seen televisions, phones, laptops, cars and much more at CES this year. Expanding on the already diverse set of products, Legget & Platt were at hand to show off a rather incredible bed. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.Mary Lou Jepsen, designer of the XO laptop that is used in the One Laptop Per Child initiative, has started a new company stating "the XO laptop was just the first step". Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.
Cooler Master takes us down memory lane with its hippie-styled Volkswagen Minibus PC at CES. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.
Samsung puts the ph00r back into LCD TVs with the stunning 31in OLED TV. Fancy something bigger? How about an 82in display with a native resolution of 3,840x2,160? Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.
Perfect for buffs of fast-moving action. 60fps full-resolution burst mode is a world first. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.
Three models to choose from - all ship this year. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.
Well here it is, probably one of the most desirable universal remotes going, the new Harmony One from Logitech. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.
Logitech is really going for the home media sector, targeting the living room with some impressive controllers and the diNovo Mini could actually win a place in many HTPC users’ hearts. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.
So whilst we’re all worrying about which bit of kit to buy for HD playback and which format we’ll support, RiDATA have taken the unusual step producing not a dual format player but a dual format disc! Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.
A number of big-name LCD TV manufacturers are looking to release ultra-slim, large-screen models in 2008. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.
Everything but the kitchen sink, huh? Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.
More aluminium, better thermal control and a funky power button, to name a few of the extras on this chassis which will come to market in March '08. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.
Fast, stable but really expensive. The 64GB model will cost you a mere $1,499. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.
Over on the FSP booth at CES 2008 the Everest Pro 1200 was getting an airing, claiming the title of FSP’s most powerful PSU. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.
With Solid State Drivess becoming possible and affordable, how long until the familiar whir of an HDD is no longer with us? Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.
SentrySafe are perhaps the most paranoid people on the planet, either that or they’re in need of a large dose of both Prozac and Xanax. They’ve come up with a super secure HDD enclosure that’s not only extremely fire resistant but also water resistant… I mean, come on, how many disasters can you possibly have to deal with at once? Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.
Ok, there’s loads of fireproof safes on the market but how many of them have a USB connection to allow back up data to a drive mounted in the safe itself? Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.
Now I know that sounds daft as surely an overclocking beginner would get lost on a board that’s suit the seriously techie, Nitrogen breathing, record attempting overclocking expert? Well, no, not really. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.
Ok, so you’ve read all about the Blackops hardware… time for us to see what the Foxconn gurus have been up doing to make the best use of the Intel X48 chipset at the heart of this mainboard. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.
Foxconn are keeping details of this beast under wraps, so although we can take shots of this engineering sample and we reckon we know the mystery chipset its using... Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.
We spotted yet another seemingly weird UMPC that Via proudly handed us for a fiddle, and no, I didn’t break it… well, not quite. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.
Sitting next to the Antec Signature Series of PSUs was this behemoth of a laptop cooler, which is admittedly still in development… but my god, look at the size of the fan! Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.
Antec are going for some serious high-end performance with the new Signature series of PSUs, packing in loads of performance features that’ll appeal to overclockers, power users and those looking for a long lasting PSU. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.
Ever wondered how to watercool a 26U rack? You'll need something like this. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.
120MB/s read speed and 100MB/s write speed in a sexy enclosure. It's whetting my appetite already. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.
Widescreen done right for once? Dell will be adding a true 16:9 laptop to its XPS collection later this year. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.
We can tell you just how big it is, for a start. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.
There are few better ways to preview a new motherboard than by setting new 3DMark records. That's exactly what Foxconn has done with its forthcoming Quantum Force BLACKOPS motherboard. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.
Not wanting to let the ASUS Eee PC family have the market for small, light and cheap portable computers all to itself, Everex is introducing what looks to be a rather better-spec'd competitor, the $399 CloudBook. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.
MusicGiants today announced that it has sign a deal with Paramount Pictures Digital Entertainment to distribute movies from the Paramount library through its new VideoGiants home theatre digital content delivery platform. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.CES is brimming with TV technology this year and the highlight is arguably Samsung's demonstration of OLED screens, is this the technology to replace LCD? Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.Users of Windows Live Mobile Messenger were yesterday prompted by notifications advising them to sign up for a trial period of the Messenger software. What everyone then assumed is now true, Microsoft will be charging users to use its Mobile Messenger service. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.
If you like your portable music without the background noise, take a look at Audio-Technica's ATH-ANC3 in-ear headphones. They promise to "reduce distracting background noise by 85% while offering the superior sound that makes Audio-Technica a world-leading pro audio company". Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.
Powerful stuff from Senior VP Scott Richards and Sales & Marketing Director Eric Akerson. Buoyed by the on-going success of their 900/Fusion/P180 etc (and with the promise of more to follow), Antec's hierarchy summerise 2008... Watch the show and comment in the HEXUS.community.
Coming to a retailer near you, Corsair is plotting to win the ultra-high-end PSU market Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.
Fancy cooler, much quieter, and overclocked - seems like a potential winner, right? Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.
It's better than the reference design in almost every way, we were told. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.
It'll cool two GeForce 8800 Ultras with consummate ease, apparently. We're not so sure it's worth the $299 asking price. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.Rumours are always rife that Microsoft has a competitor to the iPhone in the pipeline but today the rumours have been categorically denied by Microsoft chairman Bill Gates. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.Following an investigation from European Union regulators into the cost of UK iTunes music pricing, Apple has announced it will cut prices within the next six months. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.
Full 1080p content with DTS HD audio delivered direct via satellite, is XStreamHD too good to be true? Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.
Manufacturer of network solutions, Netgear, has announced the recall of its XE103 Powerline Ethernet adaptor in countries using 220-240 volt power sources. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.
Winning a HEXUS Extreme Recommended award 'straight out of the gate', back in July, was pretty impressive. The latest price drop makes the Cosmos more attractive than ever - so here's a quick look under the bonnet... Watch the show and comment in the HEXUS.community.
Innovative bag manufacturer Voltaic Systems has revealed its latest marvel at CES, a solar bag that can fully charge your laptop. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.
Citing rising cost of hotels, food and beverage as the primary causes, organisers of CES are said to be looking for another city to host the event in future. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.
In Spring 2008, Sony will be launching a new range called Go! Explore, which will turn the PSP into a Personal GPS Navigation System system. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.
Seeing is believing, right? SilverStone adds a 7in 1920x1200-capable TFT into luxury chassis Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.
A 9.5mm-high drive that reads and writes at 2x. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.
It's big, it's meaty, and it fits inside the all-new SilverStoneTek SG-02 chassis. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.
It's silent, fast, and won't cost the earth. What else do you want, huh? Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.
Two new Radeon HD 3850 SKUs from Sapphire, and both differ from the reference design markedly. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.
Intel demonstrated a Skulltrail machine running at 4GHz with basic air cooling. The ultra-high-end platform is now ready to ship, we were informed. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.
ASUS revealed a few more details on its plan to enable WiMAX into a range of notebooks. Interesting revelations on the second-generation Eee PC, as well Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.
ASUS extends the luxurious Lamborghini-branded laptops to a 12.1 thin-and-light model with DX10 graphics. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.Macworld isn't due to start until January 14 but why wait until then? Taking the spotlight off CES for a moment or two, Apple today launches a new Mac Pro desktop PC, declaring it, 'the fastest Mac we've ever made'. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.
At CES today, struggling semiconductor maker AMD announced the introduction of AMD LIVE! Ultra - a PC-branding tool that it says will, "help consumers identify forthcoming desktop and notebook PCs designed to deliver the ultimate visual entertainment experience". Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.
As the greatest Consumer Electronics Show in the world gets ready to kick off in Las Vegas, HEXUS.tv's cameras bring you the heart, soul and spirit of the event - in Nick's unique style ! Watch the show and comment in the HEXUS.community.
Continuing its rather annoying trend of releasing 32-bit products first and adding 64-bit support at a later date, Microsoft announces that its Power Pack 1 will add 64-bit support to Windows Home Server in Spring 2008. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.
LaCie announces a selection of new products at CES which they claim "pair innovative design with powerful technology to create ultimate solutions by design". Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.
If you don't like wearing headphones and particularly enjoy annoying all those around you, the new Creative Zen Stone MP3 players unveiled at CES may be for you as they come complete with a built in speaker. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.
Following from the success of its highly thought of GigaWorks T20 and T40 2.0 speaker solutions, Creative has unveiled its newest small-yet-powerful speaker system, the GigaWorks HD50. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.At CES 2008, Microsoft announced nine more 'Games for Windows' titles. These join the portfolio from renowned publishers, including Capcom, Eidos and Lucas Arts and bring the number of certified titles to more than 60. 
Dell have unveiled the UltraSharp 3008WFP here at CES 2008, the first monitor to feature DisplayPort technology which is a USB sized port that offers up double the performance of DVI and is supported by VESA. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.
How did we ever live without it? Nominated for the CES Best of Innovations Design and Engineering gong, no less. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.
The RC Cooler is a mini-fridge with a real difference. Capable of housing a six-pack (that's beer, and not stomach) with ease, cooled by ice, it's a radio-controlled box o' tricks that has a range of 30 feet. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.
The Sanyo Xacti E1 VPC-E1 is the world's first waterproof camcorder. Perfect for your beach holiday? Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.
The first big unveiling at the event was the new Samsung HDTVs with the new ‘Touch Of Colour’ styling... read on for what else Samsung showed off. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.
Having been available in Japan for a few months, Sony's small yet stunning OLED TV is now available in the US. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.
Philips' new Digital PhotoFrames don't introduce any breathtaking new features, but they do expand on an already high quality range. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.
Why didn't I think of this design? Simple and useful; you'll need one. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.
Without wanting to sound all mushy, the Dell Crystal is, frankly, bloody gorgeous.The PIXXA is a WiFi enabled photo frame with loads of sensible and usable options making it more than a just a way to display images.Bridging the gap between WiFi and Bluetooth, wireless USB could be onto a winner in 2008. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.RIDATA pairs an 8GB USB stick and a two-port hub in one easy-to-carry device. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.Panasonic rolled out a whole bunch of new goodies for 2008. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.Fancy a USB key that backed-up all your data online? That would be the SanDisk Titanium Plus. Intriguing, eh? Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.Five dual-core mobile processors, four dual-core desktop processors, three quad-core desktop processors and four server processors - all built using a 45nm manufacturing process. How's that for Intel's CES line-up? Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.Mine is bigger than yours, clearly! Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.Although its new devices are still based on the IEEE 802.11n Draft 2.0 specification, Netgear promises that they will deliver, 'best-in-class performance'. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.The first big unveiling at the event was the new Samsung HDTVs with the new ‘Touch Of Colour’ styling. And that's not all!Netgear is extending its ReadyNAS range of network-attached storage products into the home with the three-strong ReadyNAS Duo line-up introduced at CES. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.NVIDIA announced at CES today the industry's first hybrid SLI solution, saying that it is, 'one of the most important innovations we've come up with to date'. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.Solid state drives continue to be unveiled at a quickening rate and Ridata looks to claim the performance-crown with its 32GiB, 64GiB and 128GiB SSDs. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.Forget any triple-screen setups you may have seen. Alienware has a prototype curved, four-screen DLP display that'll have gamers drooling uncontrollably. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.The HD DVD group cancelled its high-profile conference at CES 2008 following an announcement by Warner Bros that the studio is dropping support for that format and will now only produce high-def movies for Blu-ray Disc! Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.Here's a moment of humour from CES, Microsoft shares a video that suggests how Bill Gates could spend his last day as chairman of Microsoft. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.In his final keynote speech at CES, Microsoft chairman Bill Gates this morning took the opportunity to look ahead at the 'next digital decade' and what it could mean for the industry. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.
One Moore and his law are telling us that quad core is the way to go, but what about QuadFire? Some interesting boxes have arrived - including some specially overclocked 3870 ATOMIC cards from Sapphire. Prepare to ooogle... Watch the show and comment in the HEXUS.community.Intel abruptly withdrew from the One Laptop Per Child project today citing "philosophical" reasons. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.
Cooling maestro Thermaltake is set to reveal its first ESA certified products at CES and in preparation of the event, it teases us with its DuOrb CPU cooler. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.
Zotac announced today its GeForce 8800GTS 512MB AMP! Edition and claims it to be the world's fastest 512MB GeForce 8800GTS based graphics card. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.
Freezone Elite, PURE, Boreas MTEC Chassis, and Dual Drive Bay VGA Coolers are just some of the cooling goodies that CoolIT Systems will have on display at CES. Here's a sneak peak at the new offerings. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.
We've been impressed with Corsair's selection of USB flash drives in the past and next week at CES, 32GB offerings of the Flash Voyager and Flash Survivor will debut at CES. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.
Realtek and Intel will be on hand at CES next week to present the first public demonstration of single chip Wireless USB solutions. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.This isn't official from NVIDIA just yet, but the upcoming top of the range GeForce has snuck its way onto the web and HardOCP provide some interesting details. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.ASUS has long planned to split the company into multiple divisions in order to further develop the ASUS brand, those plans are now official as ASUS now has three distinct companies. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.
Fancy half a terabyte of storage in your laptop? Hitachi has made it possible today by announcing its Travelstar 5K500 2.5" notebook drive. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.Earlier today, Dell launched its super sexy transparent monitor, the Dell Crystal. The company has since pulled the launch page but it looks as though we can expect to see the display become available very soon. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.
It could be time for HDMI to move over as some of the biggest names in the industry have today announced the completed development of the first wireless specification for high-definition based video transmission. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.
Extended for an extra two days because we love you all so much, the HEXUS and Intel zero-G giveaway closes at 6pm January 2nd. So if you haven't entered yet... get a move on! Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.Asus is due to show off what it calls the "next generation" of its elfin Eee PC Linux-based sub-laptop at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas next week. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.
Venturer has launched its cheap HD-DVD player, the SHD7001, and all our concerns have proven true; it's not as cheap as we'd hoped. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.
AOL announced Friday that as of February 1st 2008, it will no longer continue support for its Netscape browser and recommends its users switch to Mozilla's Firefox. Read more and comment in the HEXUS.community.Copyright © 1998 - 2009, HEXUS.net. All rights reserved. Terms, conditions and privacy information.
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