InsideHW syndication http://www.insidehw.com Fri, 19 Mar 2010 11:26:16 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.insidehw.com/images/M_images/joomla_rss.png http://www.insidehw.com InsideHW syndication http://www.insidehw.com/Reviews/Notebooks/ASUS-Eee-PC-1008P-Karim-Rashid-Collection-A-Stylish-Netbook.html The most basic question we have in mind before testing any new notebook is the expected performance. However, in the case of ASUS Eee PC 1008P Seashell Karim Rashid Collection netbook, the question was entirely different - could it really be as beautiful as we thought it was when we glanced at the pictures? Only a few seconds after the netbook had been unwrapped sufficed for most to agree that they were looking at the best looking netbook ever. Reviews - Notebooks Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:40:15 +0100 http://www.insidehw.com/News/Hardware/ASUS-releases-the-M4A89-Series-with-Core-Unlocker-feature.html ASUS announced the first intuitive solution for unlocking latent cores on AMD CPUs, that is currently available on ASUS M4A89 Series and AMD 800 chipset-based motherboards. Without requiring any additional upgrades, ASUS motherboards with Core Unlocker deliver more performance by unlocking extra CPU cores—providing more value. News - Hardware Thu, 18 Mar 2010 23:31:02 +0100 http://www.insidehw.com/News/Hardware/Intel-facing-shortage-of-Core-i3-i5-i7-mobile-CPUs.html Intel may be facing a chronic shortage of its primary mobile processors, some insiders in the notebook business said yesterday. Acer is said to have been enthusiastic enough about expected demand that it has ordered large batches of Intel's Core i3, i5 and i7 chips, creating problems for others that want the same parts. The orders are such that Intel is prioritizing major clients and leaving many mid-size or smaller PC builders with significant wait times to get their own orders. News - Hardware Thu, 18 Mar 2010 23:27:19 +0100 http://www.insidehw.com/News/Gadgets/Palm-sells-less-than-half-the-phones-shipped-during-winter.html Palm reports a dramatic fall in smartphone sales for its winter quarter. The company shipped 960,000 smartphones between December and February but only sold 408,000 of those devices. Its shipments were exactly triple what it had supplied a year earlier but were countered by a 15 percent drop in actual sell-through to users at carriers like O2, Sprint and Verizon. It still managed to generate a $47 million gross profit but in practice suffered a $102.8 million net loss, wider than the loss in winter 2009 and more than twice the $45.5 million lost in the fall. News - Gadgets Thu, 18 Mar 2010 23:25:34 +0100 http://www.insidehw.com/News/Internet/Facebook-hit-by-password-stealing-virus.html Anti-virus company McAfee is reporting that Facebook has become the target of a virus which steals passwords and other sensitive information from the social network's 400 million users. The virus comes via spam emails that state that users Facebook accounts have had their passwords reset. You are then urged to click on an attachment to obtain new login credentials. Once opened, the attachment unleashes a group of trojans, including a password stealing software. News - Internet Thu, 18 Mar 2010 23:22:00 +0100 http://www.insidehw.com/News/Software/NVIDIA-brings-3D-to-TVs-via-HTPC.html NVIDIA launched a companion app for home theater PCs, 3DTV Play (http://macnn.com/rd/155641==http://www.nvidia.com/object/3D_TV_play.html), which gives any PC with a modern, 3D Vision-capable GeForce card the ability to output a true 3D image to any TV with both 3D and HDMI 1.4 inputs, including new Panasonic VIERA plasmas as well as LCDs from Samsung, Sony and others. News - Software Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:27:42 +0100 http://www.insidehw.com/News/Gadgets/Microsoft-reveals-three-new-720p-webcams.html Microsoft has revealed three new LifeCam series webcams that can capture 720p video and feature the new TrueColor Technology which automatically adjusts picture quality depending on ambient lighting. The LifeCam HD-5000, HD-5001 and HD-6000 feature an Auto Focus function, can make 4.0 megapixel still images, and include Windows Live Movie Maker integration which enables people to start a movie project with one click and then upload the videos to YouTube and other sharing sites. News - Gadgets Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:19:56 +0100 http://www.insidehw.com/News/Software/Nvidia-releases-GeForce-197-13-beta-drivers.html Nvidia releases a new beta driver for its desktop graphics cards, The GeForce 197.13 which includes the PhysX 9.10.0129 software and pretty much should be as same as previous WHQL driver which was recently pull of the site, except the fan controller bug. News - Software Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:11:05 +0100 http://www.insidehw.com/News/Software/IE9-to-support-HTML-5-and-GPU-acceleration.html Microsoft's upcoming major web browser update, Internet Explorer 9, puts a lot of focus on support for the HTML 5 standards. IE9 is also expected to beef up performance, offloading tasks within the web browser to the graphics processing unit (GPU), or using separate CPU cores for certain elements of web pages if available. News - Software Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:06:09 +0100 http://www.insidehw.com/Reviews/Graphics-cards/Radeons-HD-5770-A-Hawk-Versus-Arctic-Ice.html The Radeon HD 5770 is currently praised as a very good choice in the upper middle class of GPUs, since it provides very good performance in resolutions typical for 20” and 22” monitors at a decent price, which is likely to become the optimal choice for gamers today. We rejoiced to see so many manufacturers coming out with their own models so fast, shunning the referent ATI design in order to create a bit pricier, but faster graphics card to start with, a gain which can be increased even further by overclocking, courtesy of high-quality cooling systems implemented by various manufacturers. We’ve received two very interesting models whose overclock range took us by surprise, both cards sporting great looks and an attractive accompanying bundle. Reviews - Graphics cards Tue, 16 Mar 2010 23:52:30 +0100