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Why Is Google Chrome So Slow?
One of Google Chrome’s biggest selling-points is its speed, and it happens to be the main one that caused me to jump ship from Firefox a couple of years ago. Since then, however, I’ve found Chrome to go down the same road that Firefox did – fast at first, not after a…..
It Was Just One of Those Gaming Nights
To help finish off what was an exhausting day, I decided to get some gaming in before bed last night. In particular, because BioShock: Infinite comes out in a month, I thought it’d be a great time to dive into the originals. Yeah… despite having sunk numerous hours into benchmarking these titles…..
Micron Announces SAS P410m SSD for the Enterprise
It wasn’t that long ago that Micron announced the P400m, a special high-endurance model SSD designed for write-intensive enterprise applications. Following it up, Micron has just announced the P410m, which is the same SSD but with a serial-attached-SCSI port in a 2.5” form factor. The P410m will still feature the same or…..
H.265 HEVC Example Shows Off High-Quality 4K Video at a Mere 10Mbit/s
We talked last month about the upcoming H.265 “HEVC” video codec, and on paper, it sounded impressive… as heck. Imagine 1080p content, for example, that looks as if it were encoded with H.264 but takes up just half of the total storage space. It sounds a bit like a pipe-dream, but there’s…..
NVIDIA’s ‘Phoenix’ Tegra 4 Reference Phone Being Shown Off at MWC
Tegra 4 has been garnering a fair amount of attention at the on-going MWC event in Barcelona, but lest we forget about its sibling unveiled last week, the Tegra 4i. As we covered in our announcement post, Tegra 4i could be considered Tegra 4’s little brother, but it still looks to pack…..
ASUS Competes Against Itself with Fonepad, A 7-inch Intel-powered Android Phablet
We talked earlier about ASUS’ PadFone Infinity, and now we get to talk about the opposite – at least where the name’s concerned. It’s called Fonepad, and unlike the PadFone, which is a phone that can transform into a tablet, ASUS saves us the trouble here by making the Fonepad a “phablet” –…..
Nokia’s Lumia 720 & 520 Deliver a ‘High-End Lumia Experience to More Affordable Price Points’
With so many Android-based phones being unveiled at MWC, it’s a little refreshing to see Nokia outing a couple of Windows Phone 8 models. Not yet ready to replace either its higher-end Lumia 920 or 820, Nokia has decided to give us a mainstream offering. Introducing the Lumia 720 and 520. Nokia’s…..
LG to Resurrect Moribund WebOS – Look for it on Smart TVs
LG Electronics is acquiring WebOS, the once-hopeful Linux-based mobile OS, from Hewlett-Packard. However, instead of using its new acquisition on its own lines of mobile electronics, LG will be using the operating system on future smart televisions. Per the terms of the agreement with Hewlett-Packard, LG will receive WebOS’s source code, all…..
ASUS’ PadFone Infinity Boasts 5-inch Display, 1080p Resolution & $1,200 Price Tag
At the on-going MWC conference in Barcelona, ASUS has unveiled what might be the most delicious-looking phone I’ve seen announced so far: PadFone Infinity. By now, you’re probably aware that Infinity = High-End where ASUS is concerned, and this phone – ahem, fone – is no exception. The thing that sets all…..
OCZ Getting Ready to Debut PCIe Vector & Enterprise PCIe ZD-XL SQL Accelerator
OCZ is all-but-ready for next week’s CeBit conference in Hannover, Germany. Amongst other things, OCZ is expected to formally launch the much-anticipated Vector SSD in PCIe form, completely bypassing the SATA 3.0 interface bottleneck. As we found out in our own review, the Vector is currently the best overall performing SSD on…..
NVIDIA Reveals Tegra 4 Performance at MWC
As you might expect, NVIDIA’s Tegra 4 is out in full force at this year’s Mobile World Congress, and that has led to something we’ve all been waiting for: performance reports. The folks at The Verge stopped by to chat with the company and saw what its latest SoC is capable of.…..
What Looks More Ridiculous: An 80s Cell Phone or Galaxy Note 8.0 To Your Ear?
While some vendors are never satisfied with the small size of their smartphone offerings, others, like Samsung, have taken the “Phablet” idea to heart. After all, if consumers want a tablet and a phone, it makes sense to give them the best of both worlds. But isn’t 8-inches a bit extreme? Even…..
Thermaltake’s New Chaser A41 – Designed with the Gamer in Mind
Thermaltake has just announced the latest addition to its Chaser gaming PC chassis line, the A41. Like the rest of its Chaser stablemates, the A41 is styled to catch the eye and is designed to appeal to gamers and performance PC enthusiasts alike. Both side panels bulge out, evoking the flanks of a…..
Acer, HP and Lenovo Unveil 7-inch Tablets at MWC
The first thing to come to mind when MWC is mentioned might be “smartphones”, but the tablets are sure making their presence felt at this year’s show. Acer, HP and Lenovo have each announced 7-inch options aimed at the budget (or “extra tablet”) segment. Because it’s a little hard to choose which…..
Samsung to Launch Galaxy S IV on March 14th in NYC
With the major Mobile World Congress conference taking place this week in Barcelona, it was expected that Samsung would make use of the event to unveil its much-hyped Galaxy S IV – but not so. Instead, it’s decided to go the route of hosting its own event, set for March 14 at a to-be-announced…..
Lian Li PC-9N – The World’s First PC Case Sans Motherboard Tray
Lian Li has just announced its newest mid-tower case, the PC-9N. While it looks just as elegant and purposeful as most of Lian Li’s offerings, the company’s newest offering’s greatest feature lies inside its brushed aluminum structure: it’s the first mass-produced PC chassis that eschews the traditional motherboard tray. Instead, it has…..
OCZ Launches Vertex 3.20, Now with 20nm NAND
OCZ Technology has announced the launch of a brand-new Vertex 3 – or rather, Vertex 3.20. The original Vertex 3 utilized 25nm IMFT NAND, but as you might have surmised already, the Vertex 3.20 will be using 20nm IMFT NAND in its place. There are not a lot changes otherwise, as it…..
ZTE First to Launch Tegra 4 Superphones, Aimed at Mid-2013
With NVIDIA having just announced its Tegra 4 SoC at last month’s CES, it sure hasn’t taken too long for the first vendor to announce its support. That becomes Chinese manufacturer ZTE, which promises to have the first “Super Phones” on the market sometime before “mid-year”. Unfortunately, that sums up all we…..
Enermax’s Ostrog GT Sets Out to be a ‘New Breed of Mid-Tower’
It might have a goofy-sounding name, but Enermax’s revamped Ostrog GT promises to be a PC chassis that melds style with substance. While the original Ostrog’s aesthetics were on the more austere side, the revised Ostrog GT is decidedly more aggressive. The facelift features a new mesh front panel and colored bezel…..
GIGABYTE Goes Slim with ‘Thin Mini-ITX” Intel Motherboards
Those looking to build a small PC that utilizes desktop components have made the mini-ITX form-factor a popular choice. It’s for good reason, too, because companies like ASUS and GIGABYTE have been offering some seriously attractive mini-ITX motherboards that skimp on nothing but size. But you’re someone who needs to go lower.…..
Sony Unveils PlayStation 4 Name, Controller, Concepts and Games
During a press event held earlier today, Sony finally unveiled its long-awaited PlayStation 4. Kind of. While we were fed a healthy dose of games, concepts and the already-known-about DualShock 4 controller, the console itself was not revealed. Nor were the specifics of its hardware (we do know it uses an AMD 8-core…..
Ubuntu for Tablets Announced, Has Major Potential to Impact Market
Canonical has taken the veil off of its “Ubuntu for Tablets” OS, and I’d be lying if I said I’m not impressed. While the Ubuntu for Smartphones launch last month was intriguing, nothing inspired me to believe that its future would be that bright. I could be wrong, of course, but I…..
Firefox 19 Brings Native PDF Viewer to Desktop Versions, Themes to Android
Mozilla has just released version 19 of its Firefox browser, and if you happen to be a user already, you’re probably already up-to-date. However, there’s a difference between being up-to-date and knowing what the latest version actually brings, so let’s help clear that up. Across all versions of the browser, a billion…..
NVIDIA Unveils Tegra 4’s Little Sibling, The Integrated Tegra 4i
At last month’s CES, NVIDIA unveiled something we all expected: Tegra 4. For contrast, it also unveiled something most of us didn’t: an i500 “Soft Modem”. It became clear at that point that NVIDIA had big plans for its mobile integration in the future, and it sure didn’t take too long for that future…..
Linux Kernel 3.8 Released, Introduces SSD-bound F2FS File System
Linux users: grab those hard-hats, the 3.8 kernel is here. While a lot has been packed into this release as normal, the feature that stands out is “F2FS”, a file-system optimized for any type of storage utilizing flash storage, SSDs or otherwise. The difference between this FS and others is that it…..