Archive for April, 2009

Dear PC Industry: Please overclock responsibly

Dear PC Industry:
During the past two weeks we’ve tested three desktops with ambitiously overclocked Intel Core i7 920 chips. Two of those have losed out Prime95, a publicly available benchmark designed to experiment CPU stability. One desktop last week blue-screened within two minutes of a Prime95 run. that afternoon, …
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Play Left 4 Dead 4 free 4 24 hours

(Credit: Steam)
Update: Left 4 Dead is currently discounted on Steam’s website at 40% off (from $39.99 to $23.99), but just for that weekend only.

If you haven’t tried playing Left 4 Dead yet considering of the price, or aren’t certain about the game in …
Orginal post by Julie Rivera

Sexiest convertible tablet PC ever?

(Credit: Modo forum)
The Moonlight laptop isn’t just any boring convertible tablet PC. Though the concept model looks a little thick for our taste, the curvy body and dual LCD screens are sufficient to cause oodles of drool.

Both displays are touch screen, with the smaller LCD serving as a mouse. The secondary panel can even be used to run…

WWDC sells out for second year in a row

The 2009 Apple Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) is the hottest ticket in town for the second year in a row. Apple quietly posted notice that the conference had sold out on its WWDC site earlier that week. The conference, buoyed by the success of the iPhone, sold out in 2008 …
Originally posted at iPhone Atlas
Orginal post by David Mart…

Pure Digital Announces New Flip UltraHD Camcorder

Two years ago, Pure Digital revolutionized the capture and redistribution of digital video with the release of its Flip Ultra camcorder. The small, simple video cameras were designed to do just one thing: Take good-quality digital video that users could next post to YouTube and other video-sharing sites.

The Flip Ultra quickly became the leading c…

Crazy-fast camera shoots at 6.1 million frames per second

Updated at 1:30 p.m. PDT with more info about possible applications for the camera.
For shutterbugs who like to take pictures of fast-moving subjects, nothing beats a dSLR with high frame rates to capture precious moments like scoring a goal at a soccer game or a rally car cornering at breakneck speeds. However, high…

Acer exec: Windows 7 available on Oct. 23

Windows 7 will be ready a bit early, according to an executive at the world’s third-largest PC maker, Acer.

Acer Z5600 all-in-one desktop
(Credit: Acer)

On Thursday Acer UK marketing director Bobby Watkins told tech blog Pocket-lint.com to expect the new operating system by fall:

“23rd October is …
Orginal post by Erica Og…

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