Archive for the 'Hardware' Category


iPhones for Everyone!

Let’s suppose for a minute that you are a customer of Sprint, Verizon, or T-Mobile and you want an iPhone. Chances are that you’re still caught in the death grip of your current service contract, and unless it’s about to expire, you’ll probably have to lighten your wallet by a hefty $200 to cover the [...]

Falcon: The 65nm Xbox 360

Even though the Xbox 360 is statistically speaking the current leader in the next-gen console wars, it’s pretty far from perfect as many disappointed users will gladly tell you. From the beginning, the console has suffered from a variety of problems: some overheat and die, some scratch discs beyond repair, and all of them make [...]

AMD Might Stop Fabricating

Little more than a year ago it seemed as if AMD was unstoppable, with Intel’s chips becoming ever more inefficient and running at ever higher temperatures. But then, seemingly out of the blue, Intel introduced the Core 2, and everything changed. Intel’s new chips dramatically outperformed the competition in almost every [...]

Going Beyond 1080p with the Red One

For a few years now consumers have been bombarded with claims of how glorious HD programming is, and how the “True” experience starts at 1080p. Surely the same sort of hype surrounded the introduction of color to black and white television programming; nothing could ever be better – right?
The advancements in film [...]

Dell Might Offer Linux

A few weeks ago, in an effort to get back on track towards once again making quality products, Dell started an initiative called IdeaStorm. The basic gist being that costumers can make suggestions about what they would like to see from Dell in the future. It didn’t take too long for [...]