Video:ATI RADEON HD 4830 Video Card Review @ PCShopTalkATI CrossFireX and Nvidia SLI on Intel Core i7 Platform @ XBitLabsLeadtek Limited WinFast GTX260 EXTREME+ Video Card Review @ Bigbruin.comProcessors:Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200S Processor Review @ Legit ReviewsAMD Phenom II X4 810: DDR3 vs. DDR2 @ InsideHWMemory and Storage:Western Digital’s WD TV HD Media Player – Video Review @ TweaktownLexar Shoot-n-Sync Wi-Fi 2GB Memory Card Reviewed @ DragonSteelModsLiteon iHES206 Internal 6x Blu-ray Disc Reader and DVD/CD

Video:ATI RADEON HD 4830 Video Card Review @ PCShopTalkATI CrossFireX and Nvidia SLI on Intel Core i7 Platform @ XBitLabsLeadtek Limited WinFast GTX260 EXTREME+ Video Card Review @ Bigbruin.comProcessors:Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200S Processor Review @ Legit ReviewsAMD Phenom II X4 810: DDR3 vs. DDR2 @ InsideHWMemory and Storage:Western Digital’s WD TV HD Media Player – Video Review @ TweaktownLexar Shoot-n-Sync Wi-Fi 2GB Memory Card Reviewed @ DragonSteelModsLiteon iHES206 Internal 6x Blu-ray Disc Reader and DVD/CD

By now you are probably aware of wildfires that have ravaged the southern state of Victoria in Australia. 108 people are dead at the time of this writing, over 700 homes destroyed, with 850 square miles (2,200 square kilometers) burned. Google engineers have pulled together a Flash map that shows the extent of the tragic wildfires happening. The map is updated in real-time from the Country Fire Authority (CFA) website via an RSS feed. The number in each marker shows the number of fires at the location. A green

It’s slightly disturbing to look at a robotic reincarnation of one of the world’s greatest scientists, but it’s the technology behind the rubberized face that’s of interest here. At last week’s Technology, Entertainment and Design conference, Albert Einstein reemerged as part of a awe-inspiring demonstration which proved that robots could finally perceive human facial movements and mimic them autonomously. The “empathetic robot,” as it was called, was able to key in on emotional nuances displayed by the person

The Windows Mobile OS may not be getting a name change in the near future, but according to a recent article at Digitimes, Microsoft is planning to change the way it talks about and markets Windows Mobile-powered smartphones.

“Going forward, Windows Mobile-based handsets will be promoted simply as Windows phones without specifying an OS version number,” the author writes, citing Taiwanese market sources.

If true, tongue-tying device names like Toshiba TG01 Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional Smartphone would be shortened to Toshiba TG01 Windows Phone. 

There’s certainly an argument to be made for Microsoft taking a close look at its naming scheme, even beyond the “Windows Phone” change, but the purported change is a nice start.

Microsoft may make the new naming official at next week’s MWC, where the company is also widely expected to take the wraps off of Windows Mobile 6.5. 

The old adage proves true once again: if it sounds too good to be true, well, we’ll let you finish the rest. The so-called $10 laptop that was expected to be unveiled in India has turned out to be a complete letdown. For starters, it’s not a laptop at all. Furthermore, it could cost two to three times more than the “intended” $10. Needless to say, it can’t get much more deflating than that.Announced this past week by India’s Ministry of Human Resource Development was a low-cost computing device that looks more

Many times, we focus on technology that strives to make our lives easier or that’s just plain cool. Too often, it’s easy to take the technology that helps to keep us safe for granted. One new software system, called BEAM 3D, is a safety application that could prove to be invaluable for firefighters and other people in emergency situations. Malik Taaning and Claus Nielsen, students from the Engineering College of Aarhus, developed BEAM. This 3D mapping software pairs with a 3D sensor that is carried by a firefighter

With the economy still chugging along not too many people are thinking about buying a processor above $300, so today we will be looking at the Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200 processor. This 45nm processor retails for just $169.99 online, which makes it interesting due to the price point alone. Read on to see how this 2.33GHz processor with a 1333MHz FSB and 4MB of L2 cache does against over 20 other processors!

Is the e-reader revolution finally upon us? Now, we know that demand for Amazon’s Kindle has been remarkable, but it would still be a stretch to say that e-books were all the rage amongst the general populace over the past year or so. As Amazon apparently prepares to unveil its next generation Kindle on Monday at a New York City library, the e-tailer is also planning (or at least it appears that way) to offer up its e-reader software to smartphones. In order to stay lockstep with its rivals, Google has just

IBM has laid off several thousand people during this recession. However, according to a internal IBM document obtained by CNNMoney, some of the North American employees can still save their jobs — if they choose to move to another country and work at the local pay rate. In other words, according to the document, these American or Canadian IBM workers can move to any of these countries: India, Nigeria, Russia, Argentina, Brazil, China, Czech Republic, Hungary, Mexico, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, South