HI-TECH

A REAL Universal Remote Concept

admin — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 10:46:28 +0000

Not so long ago, we ran an “All Giz Wants” about a real universal remote—one that wouldn’t just change your channels but change your life. (Marketers, feel free to use that). This concept holds a kinship to our humble dream of turning on our oven with the touch of a button…errr…remotely. Make no mistake, it’s just an artist’s rendering with ergonomics that are questionable at best. But it’s something to keep us trudging through life (hopefully from our couches). [coroflot via DVICE]

iPhone “Currently Unavailable” Online: Brilliant Pre 3G iPhone Strategy?

admin — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 10:45:52 +0000

The iPhone is “currently unavailable” at the AppleStore US, following the dry-out in the UK. Does this mean they are waiting for the shipment of the next version? If so, this is a brilliant and rare move for Apple.

We won’t know for sure until next month, but knowing Apple’s tight command of their stock levels, it looks like this may be the reason. But considering we’re almost exactly 30 days from the WWDC keynote, it could mean the 3G iphone is coming sooner than we think. Let’s assume this is what is happening. If so, this move is brilliantly kind and uncharacteristic of Apple. What they’re doing is trading off secrecy to protect people from buying the first-gen iPhone in its last days before its successor is unveiled. I mean, if you’d bought an iPhone and it was upgraded to v.2 days after your purchase, wouldn’t you be pissed? Maybe they’d rather short the sales for a month and not have to deal with thousands of pissed off customers. [Apple Store—thanks, Erik]

AMD in OverDrive

admin — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 10:45:07 +0000

AMD’s overclocking utility finally made available on their own website… sorta For a lot of people, the biggest selling point of AMD’s recently launched Spider platform was not the Phenom processor, Radeon HD 3870 video card, or 790 series motherboard; it was the overclocking utility, called “OverDrive”, that could so seamlessly

ASUS Eee brand expands, sells out

admin — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 10:44:36 +0000

Eee PC is huge in Europe and will soon have a few new family members to share its success with. ASUS has recently announced that it will expand the Eee product line to various other market segments. This likely stems from the desire to capitalize on the massive success the Eee

The Windows GUI Experience

admin — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 10:44:05 +0000

Today, the Cairo Development Team announced they’ve reached their first milestone in the development process of their Windows shell alternative. Ever since I laid my eyes on a computer I’ve been interested in human-computer interaction since it has the most profound effect on the users perception on how

Confirmed: NVIDIA Acquires AGEIA

admin — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 10:43:20 +0000

A source from NVIDIA confirms the acquisition of AGEIA. In other news, Kyle Bennett is wrong. NVIDIA adheres to the old adage that if you can’t beat’em, join’em. After spending some serious cash and effort attempting to combine the PPU functionality into their GPUs, NVIDIA decides to shell out the dough

A Brief Look at CrossFireX Scaling

admin — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 10:42:42 +0000

Performance numbers with a super early CrossFireX evaluation driver. Not to be considered representative of final performance! A couple of weeks ago we reviewed AMD’s new Radeon HD 3870 X2. Our conclusion, in pretty much perfect agreement with the rest of the review sites that published a week later, was that

Intel Nehalem details emerge

admin — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 10:42:11 +0000

Quad-core “Bloomfield” debuts Q4 2008, octo-core to come in 2009. Fudo is reporting today that according to Intel’s latest roadmap, the octo-core versions of Nehalem will not debut until 2009. Intel’s Nehalem architecture is the next tick in Intel’s “tick-tock” processor launch strategy. Outlined near the launch of ICM, better known

MSI has a “powerless” cooler

admin — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 10:41:37 +0000

Northbridge running hot? Want to save on power? MSI may have the answer. MSI is set to introduce a new northbridge cooler featuring powerless operation. The fan functions with a piston which rises from the northbridges heat causing the fan to turn, and then the piston falls

SteelSeries Ikari Gaming Mouse

admin — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 10:41:06 +0000

Having made headway into almost every peripheral category, logical progression for SteelSeries would point towards mice. Presenting the Ikari. After nearly two years in development from conception to production, the SteelSeries Ikari was announced in the Summer of 2007. Unfortunately, the only gaming hardware review site has not been able