iBuyPower has a thing for pushing out high-end gaming rigs, and its newest desktop is “extreme” exemplified. The Paladin XLC, which stands for Extreme Liquid Cooling,” features a Coolermaster HAF 932 tower (which is truly monstrous), Intel’s Core i7-975 processor and three NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285 GPUs in a triple-SLI configuration.The super-cooled machine is equipped with Asetek’s 240mm radiator liquid cooling solution, which is paired with a pair of 230mm fans. In other words, you’ve got ample cooling in this
Dell Intros 12.1″ Vostro 1220 Ultraportable
Dell’s Vostro lineup never has been flashy. Instead, it has relied on an all-business approach that keeps costs down, style at a minimum and specs decent. The latest in the family, the Vostro 1220, follows right in line by offering a decent array of specifications at a price that’s certainly respectable.The 12.1″ ultraportable is tailor made for those who can’t quite see themselves using a minuscule netbook. According to Dell, the laptop was designed exclusively for business travelers who are unwilling to compromise
China delays requirement Web-filtering software on PCs
Under pressure from the U.S. government, the global tech industry and its own citizens, the Chinese government has delayed a controversial mandate set to kick in today that would require all new personal computers to be loaded with Web-filtering software capable of blocking pornography and objectionable political sites.
The Chinese government has long campaigned against Internet content it considers detrimental to society. Last week, some of Google's services in China were temporarily shut down, apparently by the government, although it never acknowledges when it blocks Web sites or services. Chinese officials have accused the search engine of contaminating the country with pornography. The Green Dam announcement triggered relief among tech executives, though most remained mum, apparently out of fear of antagonizing China while the issue remains unresolved. Representatives of Hewlett-Packard and Dell would not directly comment on the Chinese government's decision.
VIA to issue 170 million stocks
VIA Technologies hopes to raise NT$3.57 billion (US$108.84 million) through issuing 170 million stocks with each valued at NT$21, according to a company filing with the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE).
The company will keep 17 million stocks for subscription by employees and another 17 million for public subscription. The remaining 136 million stocks will be offered to current shareholders based on their current stake. Unclaimed stocks designated for employees and existing shareholders may be reassigned at the discretion of the company chairman.
EVGA X58 3X SLI Classified Motherboard Reviewed
EVGA commonly produces their mainstream motherboard products first, while in tandem, begins work on their high-end enthusiast product. It’s taken roughly four months since the time EVGA launched their first Intel X58 motherboard (the more than worthy X58 3X SLI) to follow it up with their enthusiast-class product, which we’ll be looking at today. That board is EVGA’s new X58 Classified motherboard. With a whopping $425 price-tag, $125 higher than their baseline X58 motherboard, EVGA is confident that they have
More First Person Shooters Come To The iPhone
The day many gamers have been waiting for has arrived: Classic first-person shooters have come to the iPhone.Sure, a jailbroken version of Quake came to the iPhone and iPod Touch last summer and there had been rumors of Doom making its way to the smartphone market for a while, but now it’s official.Doom Resurrection became available for download in the App Store this week for $10. The art and story is from Doom 3, which was originally released in 2004.The game reset the Doom series and was set on Mars in 2145,
Maine Ordering 64,000 More MacBooks For Students
Maine may be about as far from Cupertino as one can get in America, but there’s still a serious connection between the state and company. In an effort to distribute even more OS X-based machines to students within its public school system, Maine has ordered up 64,000 additional Apple notebooks for schools. In case you couldn’t guess, Maine is the only state in America that provides laptops to every last public school student.The move was part of the Department of Education’s decision to expand the Maine Learning
3G BlackBerry Tour Comes To Verizon For $199.99
What would you get if RIM’s BlackBerry Storm and Bold slammed together at an unnerving rate of speed? Aside from a real mess, you’d probably have something akin to this: the BlackBerry Tour. The newest 3G BlackBerry is headed straight for Verizon Wireless, with an in-store launch date of July 12th. Better still, this is classified as a “world phone,” meaning that there is a SIM card slot as well to roam on GSM networks when not using VZW’s CDMA towers here in the United States.Other specifications include a
MSI Wind U100 Netbook Overclocking Guide
MSI recently released a BIOS update that includes overclocking features in the BIOS for the Wind U100 netbook series. Once this feature is enabled in the BIOS you can select a CPU overclock of either 8%, 15% or 24%, for a maximum overclock of 2GHz. Read on to see how far we can overclock our U100 and to see what overclocking does for performance.
T-Mobile Dash 3G Review (Smartphone)
The Pocket PC Central Hands-On T-Mobile Dash 3G Review has been posted in the Windows Mobile Review Center.
