You might have thought you really had some serious storage on your camera because you got that 4GB, but the new Kingston 16GB SDHC card can store 4 times as much.
This new SDHC card is the largest one available from Kingston, and is priced around $230.
According to Kingston’s Jaja Lin, “Our new 16GB Class 4 memory card answers the performance needs and expands Kingston’s product line to provide a memory solution for every application.” (more…)
If you didn’t know already, Microsft Vista’s system requirements state that you will need 15GB just to install it. That is drastically more than what was required for Windows XP.
Luckily there is now a Vista configuration tool that allows you to modify the installation files in many ways, including making the size requirements much smaller.
It’s called vLite, and according to the vLite website it will even make Vista run faster. (more…)
After an absolute storm of publicity since Steve Jobs pulled the newly introduced Apple MacBook Air out of a manila folder at Macworld, many people took the time to pre-order one as soon as they could.
The people who did have begun to receive notifications that their MacBook Air is in the mail and already on the way. (more…)
IBM has announced that it will be offering full Ubuntu support for its Lotus Notes and Lotus Symphony software. According to the chief competitive marketing officer for IBM Lotus, Antony Satyadas, Ubuntu support was a direct response to growing customer demands.
Satyadas stated that “some of the requests came from big companies,” with as many as 100,000 users who are looking to make the switch to Ubuntu. (more…)
This morning Steve Jobs of Apple pulled the new MacBook Air out of a manila folder. At just .76 inches, it’s the world’s thinnest notebook computer.
The MacBook Air comes complete with a full size keyboard, a 13.3 inch display and built in iSight. For those of you used to a much larger screen, the innovative touchpad may help ease the transition. The touchpad sports the same multi-touch interface found in the iPhone allowing the user to zoom and unzoom using natural motions. (more…)
Intel added 16 new processors to its Penryn lineup, thus making the 65nm chip officially obsolete. Intel CEO Paul Otellini announced the new additions at CES earlier.
The new lineup consists of five mobile Core2Duos ranging from 2.1 to 2.8 GHz. Each chip sports 3MB or 6MB L2 Cache and a 800MHz FSB. (more…)
Details and pictures of ATI’s new low-end video cards have been leaked by MadBox PC. The cards will be based on 55nm technology and will cost between 50 and 100 dollars. They will all take advantage of the new PCI Express 2.0 slot.
The Radeon HD 3450 will cost about $50 dollars and contains an HD 3450 “display port” and a VGA port. It will run at 525 MHz and use DDR2 memory.
During the holiday shopping frenzy, numerous computer manufacturers have laptops on the market with comparable stats to the MacBook, many of which are even priced lower than Apple’s hottest selling laptop.
None of that seems to affect Apple, because as of Christmas day, the MacBook is the bestselling computer on Amazon.com’s Computers and PC Hardware bestsellers list. (more…)
The NVIDIA 780i Chipset will replace the aging 680i. The 680i was arguably the best chipset for SLI enthusiasts.
However, a lack of Penryn support has rendered the 680i obsolete for new systems with Penryn processors.
Three major benefits the new 780i chipset has over the 680i are as follows:
The three GPUs offer a reported 2.7 times increase in performance over a single video card. (more…)
Toshiba and others have joined forces to develop the first system chips using 32 nanometer circuitry. That’s far below Intel’s new 45nm Penryn processor.
The alliance consists of Toshiba, IBM, Samung, Infineon, Freescale, and Singapore’s Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing. The agreement lasts until the year 2010. Hopefully, that’s the year these chips will hit the market. (more…)
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