It’s not often that a piece of technology, particularly one dealing with PCs, lasts six full years on the market. Amazingly, that’s exactly how long Apple’s 20″ Cinema Display made it before receiving the inevitable axe this week. First introduced on January 28, 2003, the 20″ Cinema Display provided a happy medium for consumers looking for something a bit bigger than Apple’s 17″ LCD and smaller than the 23″ Cinema HD Display. Now, just months after Apple introduced its all new LED-backlit 24″ panel, it’s finally

These days, just about everyone is dipping their toes in 3D. From NVIDIA to Intel to Maingear, 3D is definitely the bandwagon to be on right now. To that end, we’ve got yet another company trying to make its name in the newly popular arena: 3DFusion. At the Digital Signage Expo in Last Vegas, Nevada, said company has debuted what it’s calling the first broadcast ready, glasses free 3D display. Companies have been working on ways to get the 3D effects without the 3D glasses for years now, but few displays have

Cooler Master Black Label Limited Edition Cosmos Review @ Motherboards.org and other reviews from around the web can be found by visiting our forums!

It's rather hard to make a judgment on a product that is a 1 out of 500 in the world item. How can you put a price on an item that is only available to a select few people? The nice thing about this case is it is a complete package with a CPU cooler and a Power Supply included for good measure. Some would balk at the price of $600 for a case, but this case takes workmanship to the next level. This case is one of only 500 in the world meaning that this case will be impossible to buy even at $600 as they are likely to have sold already or given to partners. Where this case excels is in the all black construction, the bundling of the CPU cooler and PSU making this a package deal. Cooler Master has done a great job with this package and hopefully they will do other cases in the Black Label line in the future. A serious Editors Choice Product.

For the first time in months, the fine folks at Opera has made a new version of their Opera Mobile 9.5 web browser publically available for download. The new version, v9.51b2, is called a Technology Preview (read: still in the testing phase), and is compatible with Windows Mobile 5 & 6 touchscreen devices.

The primary advertised change in the new version is compatibility with Google Gears.  On PCs, Gears allows users to store online data locally for offline viewing; in the mobile world “Gears is perfect for creating a better user experience by allowing applications to cache data more efficiently, so you can cut down on bandwidth, and carry out processes discreetly in the background,” according to the accompanying release post on the Opera web site. 

In order for the new Gears feature to work, you’ll need to install Google Gears for Windows Mobile.  A .CAB installer can be downloaded here:

http://gears.google.com/?platform=wince-opera.

Quick testing of version 9.51b2 showed it to be somewhat speedier than previous versions, both in terms of basic rendering speed and in zooming in and out.  But there are still bugs and Flash support has not yet been added. 

While we’re not exactly blown away by this new version, we still think Opera Mobile 9.5 is the best of the third-party alternative browsers for Windows Mobile (which include Iris and SkyFire) and it is light-years ahead of IE Mobile. If you’re interested, you can download the Technical Preview here.

Earlier this month, UWB mainstay TZero closed its doors, leaving the once hopeful format in limbo. One of the few ultra wideband supporters still hanging around is Staccato Communications, and not surprisingly, its CEO is stepping up to address the overall situation and assure the general public that the wireless format it supports is far from dead.In a long-winded note (posted in full below) from the desk of Marty Colombatto, he frankly states that “to conclude that ‘UWB is dead’ is a gross misinterpretation

There’s been a decent amount of talk lately surrounding the megapixel race on camera phones. At Mobile World Congress, the only cell phone manufacturer to actually show proof of a 12 megapixel phone was Sony Ericsson. That doesn’t mean Sony Ericsson is the only manufacturer in the race, however. Not long after Sony Ericsson announced its 12.1 megapixel camera phone, codenamed Idou, Jeremy Newing, LG Mobile’s head of marketing in the UK, told TechRadar that LG definitely plans to compete in the megapixel race

Few gaming franchises have been as popular as id Software’s Quake series has. For some time now, Quake fans have know about the pending release of the next Quake iteration, Quake Live. In fact, some lucky players have been fortunate enough to play the still-in-development game as they participated in id’s closed-beta testing program. But in just four days from now, anyone who wants to, should be able to get a hands-on peek at Quake Live, as id opens up the beta program to the general public: A very simple-looking

For those looking to add a little Linux to their QNAP Turbo NAS device, now you can. The company has just announced that Debian Lenny (version 5.0) is now available on all of its QNAP ARM-platform Turbo NAS drives including the TS-109, TS-209, TS-409 series and TS-409U. We’ve heard pretty good things about the default system on QNAP devices, but we’re always up for alternatives. According to Andy Chuo, Product Manager from QNAP: “The latest Debian Lenny now fully supports our TS-109, TS-209, TS-409 series and

A great debate is raging as to what the future of video distribution will look like. On one side of the debate are those who claim that physical discs like DVDs, Blu-ray, and whatever format will eventually supplant Blu-ray, will always deliver a superior viewing experience than anything that will be available via streaming or on-demand content. Pundits on the other side of the debate–and this is the side that appears to gaining the most momentum–say that as broadband’s footprint continues to expand, throughput

At CES 2009, we saw ASUS show off the Eee Keyboard that was to have Ultra-Wideband (UWB) capabilities to stream HD content wirelessly to your HDTV. However, it appears a competing technology from SiBeam will win the race to be first to market with their WirelessHD (WiHD). A third competing technology is Wireless Home Digital Interface (WHDI). Looks like some exciting times ahead for wireless HD content!

Over five years and with about $75 million in venture capital funding (raised from Foundation Capital, New Enterprise Associates and US Venture Partners as well as a strategic investment in December from Panasonic and Samsung), SiBeam has built 60 GHz chips using standard chip fabrication materials and techniques. What that means is that in a few months, for a few hundred dollars, you'll be able to beam almost as much data wirelessly across your living room as the Navy does across the ocean. It's even better in some respects than what the Navy has. While the Navy requires a line of sight with no obstructions to make its wireless connection, with SiBeam's gear you can get up to get a beer and walk in between the TV and the transmitter and the signal gets bounced off the walls without interrupting the program.