Logitech’s Z-2300 speakers were a great set of computer speakers: THX certified and not atrociously priced. The upcoming Z623 speakers seem like a pretty good successor to the aging system, complete with an updated look. The Z623 will be $150 in September, and have RCA as well as 3.5mm inputs, so you can connect it to a computer, PMP or your (albeit low-end) home theater. These speakers, [...]

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To find out, we’ve gathered 12 of the best solid state drives known to man. More importantly, our so-solid dozen includes examples of every one of the key SSD drive controllers currently on the market. But first, a bit of history. SSD flash drives were supposed to be the final piece of the solid state puzzle. The last significant component to make the shift from moving parts to solid [...]

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At this point, it’s pretty obvious that GPUs will soon be playing a huge role in modern day supercomputers — a role that may just rival that of the tried-and-true CPU. Virginia Tech is gleefully accepting $2 million in order to build a GPU and CPU-enabled HokieSpeed supercomputer, and today DARPA is handing out $25 million to NVIDIA in order to develop “high-performance GPU computing [...]

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Last year, the computer industry saw solid state hard drives (SSDs) come into the mainstream. Since that point, the read and write speeds of such drives has been a hotly contested issue, with companies like Intel, OCZ, and A-Data constantly vying for the title of “world’s fastest SSD.” Enter Fusion-io. The company’s 80 GB ioDrive is able to produce read and write speeds [...]

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Samsung latest 3.5-inch EcoGreen desktop hard disk does with three platters what its F3EG did with four: obtain a 2TB capacity. That’s 667GB per platter for what Samsung calls the world’s highest areal density, environmentally friendly hard disk drive on the market. Specifically, this 3.0Gbps SATA disk with a 32MB buffer brings a 19 percent improved standby performance and requires [...]

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Someday humans and computers will meld together to create cyborgs. But instead of waiting for it, Martin Magnusson, a Swedish researcher and entrepreneur, has taken the first step and created a wearable computer that can be slung across the body. Magnusson has hacked a pair of head-mounted display glasses and combined it with a homebrewed machine based on a open source Beagleboard single computer. [...]

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Microsoft has announced the arrival of the Wireless Mobile Mouse 3000v2 – billing it as the ‘perfect accessory to any notebook, laptop or PC’. Although not as headline drawing as Apple’s Magic TrackPad – announced yesterday – Microsoft hardware’s latest offering is somewhat cheaper at just under £20. Like up to 20 Mbps? The budget mouse has ‘up to’ 10 [...]

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Tired of smacking your LCD around just to get the backlight to function for a few minutes? Acer feels your pain, and it’s offering up a new trio of monitors here in the US for those suffering the ancient panel blues. The new S1 series checks in between 13mm and 15mm thick, and the company is making ‘em available in 20-, 21.5- and 23-inch sizes. As you’d expect, the whole lot [...]

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If you’ve seen this bad boy there’s no way you can forget it: from the DeLorean-esque cover to the two-tone paint job, the Aspire Predator AG7750 is the gaming desktop you don’t want to leave alone with your children or small pets. Starting at $1999, you get Windows 7 Home Premium, an Intel Core i7-930 CPU, 12GB SDRAM, NVIDIA GTX 470 graphics card, all sorts of storage options, [...]

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Choosing a graphics cards is a confusing endeavor. So Tom’s Hardware shared their buying results after testing pretty much every card on the planet. Whether you’ve got $50 to spend or $250 to spend, this list will come in handy: Some Notes About Our Recommendations This list is for gamers who want to get the most for their money. If you don’t play games, then the cards on this [...]

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