There’s no question, if you asked us for the name of one manufacturer that started the whole high-end all aluminum chassis revolution, we would offer that Lian-Li is that company. They’ve been punching out great designs with that brushed metal look for a very long time now. Today, something new just came over the wire from Lian-Li that we thought we’d share with you. A new full tower has arrived…Keelung, Taiwan – Lian-Li Industrial Co. Ltd has launched the
NZXT Unveils Sentry LX Fan Controller
NZXT Unveils Sentry LX High-Performance Fan Controller New Aluminum Fan Controller Features 5 Temperature Probes, Alarm System, Intuitive Interface and LCD Display El Monte, CA – July 1st, 2008 – NZXT, a company built on realizing the dreams of gamers worldwide, is proud to announce the Sentry LX, a high-performance aluminum fan controller. Sentry LX boasts a robust feature set providing gamers and PC enthusiasts with the optimal setup for monitoring and adjusting temperatures throughout the PC. Simple Installation
Your Flash Splash Page Is No Longer Invisible
Web designers love Flash, Adobe’s industry-standard method of displaying dynamic images. But anyone who cared about Search Engine Optimization knew the dirty little secret of Flash: it was all pretty much invisible to web-crawlers like Google. Adobe is now providing Google and Yahoo with the tools necessary to index Flash content, so it won’t be unsearchable anymore. Google has already begun to roll out Adobe Flash Player technology incorporated into its search engine. With Adobe’s help, Google can now better
EBay Gets Hit By France’s Handbag
There’s an old joke about the French surrendering to anyone and anything, but one place France never surrenders is in the courtroom where money is involved. If you’re a foreign firm doing business in France and your business model rubs an established French business the wrong way, the French court system isn’t shy about whacking you with the big stick. EBay is the latest company to take a beating in Paris. They’ve been ordered to pay LVMH, the maker of luxury brand goods like Louis Vuitton and Christian Dior,
AMD Phenom X4 9950 and 9350e Quad-Core Processor Review
AMD was busy last month with the launch of the ATI Radeon HD 4850 and Radeon HD 4870 graphics cards, which have both proved themselves to be price versus performance winners. This month, AMD is starting off by launching three new processors: the Phenom X4 9950 processor and the energy-efficient Phenom X4 9350e and 9150e processors. Read on to see how these new processors do!
Hardware Round-Up
Video:SOYO 26-Inch Widescreen LCD Monitor DYLM26E6 @ Benchmark ReviewsDiamond HD 4870 512 MB GDDR5 @ techPowerUpXFX GTX 280 XXX Edition Review @ MetkumodsMotherboards and Chipsets:MSI P45 Platinum Review @ OCCSuper Micro C2SBX+ @ PhoronixFoxconn BlackOps Tech Report @ TechARPASUS P5Q3 Deluxe WiFi-AP@n @ t-breakASUS Maximus II Formula motherboard review @ Elite BastardsGigabyte GA-MA790FX-DS5 @ NeoseekerMemory and Storage:HighPoint RocketRAID 2640X4 @ TechwareLabsKingston Technologies DataTraveler HyperX 4GB
AMD Phenom X4 9350e and 9950 BE Debut
AMD is launching a three-pronged attack on the desktop CPU space today, with the introduction of three new quad-core Phenom X4 processors. One of the processors, the new 2.6GHz Phenom X4 9950 Black Edition, is AMD’s latest flagship desktop CPU. The other two, however, are somewhat surprising “green”, low-power quad-cores dubbed the Phenom X4 9350e (2.0GHz) and Phenom X4 9150e (1.8GHz).With its Black Edition branding, it should be obvious to the power user among you that the Phenom X4 9950 BE is targeted
Notebook Shipments Up 35 Percent
If there was any doubt that notebooks are becoming the preferred computing platform of choice, then let DisplaySearch’s Quarterly Notebook PC Shipment and Forecast Report set the record straight. DisplaySearch reports that the worldwide notebook computer market saw a 35 percent growth in shipments from the first quarter of 2007 to the first quarter of 2008. Compare that against an increase of just 12.1 percent for overall worldwide PC shipments (both desktop and laptops) for the same time period, as reported
Netflix Bows To a Vocal Minority
Sometimes a “very, very, very small minority” can have a big impact–especially if that minority is a very, very, very vocal one. A week and a half ago, Netflix announced that it would be killing off its Profiles feature. But following the outpouring of a not-so-silent minority who were less-than thrilled with this decision, Netflix has done an about-face and now reports that Netflix Profiles has been not only been granted a stay of execution, but a full pardon. The following e-mail went out to some Netflix
Super Talent Adds Ubuntu Linux to MasterDrive
If anyone’s been reading about Linux lately, it’s become clear that to many Ubuntu Linux has become what some call the “Linux distro of choice.” This fact hasn’t been lost on Super Talent, and for a limited time they will bundle a free CD containing the Ubuntu Desktop Edition Linux operating system and the OpenOffice software suite with \its line of MasterDrive MX SSDs.San Jose, California – July 1, 2008 – Super Talent Technology, a leading manufacturer of Flash storage solutions and DRAM memory modules,