Archive for February 4th, 2008

Extra PS3 storage is yours if you want

Monday, February 4th, 2008

Sony is remaining coy about hefting the hard drive on the PS3, not to mention whether a slim version will drop later this year. However, their man in Australia has suggested that if you want more space or stashing TV shows via PlayTV and the like, you may as well do ...

Archos TV+ heads for UK

Monday, February 4th, 2008

Archos is taking square aim at Apple today, bringing their super slick TV+ streamer to the UK to kick some Apple TV ass. It's due to be officially unveiled here in Blighty on Wednesday, but we've managed to get a sneak preview of what we can expect. Packing a massive 250GB into ...

Build your very own PC monitoring gauges with USB, ingenuity

Monday, February 4th, 2008

Filed under: Peripherals If you've never tracked down just the right desktop widget to display your PC vitals, perhaps analog gauges are your last hope at harmony with processor utilization. DIY Life has a nice how-to on how to hack your very own old-school gauges to work off of USB and, ...

Samsung’s G810 smartphone does Symbian, HSDPA, the dishes

Monday, February 4th, 2008

Filed under: Cellphones Nokia really ought to keep on eye in the rear view mirror these days, as its Korean competitor is slowly creeping up from the back with entries like its latest media-oriented smartphone, the G810 -- a successor to the G800. The phone breaks from Samsung's fascination with Windows ...

Intel’s Skulltrail QX9775 x 2 never met a benchmark it didn’t like

Monday, February 4th, 2008

Filed under: Desktops, Gaming Forget that shrinking nonsense Intel keeps talking about -- squeezing battery-sipping processors inside minuscule form factors -- it's totally played. We got here some numbers on Intel's new Skulltrail gaming platform, featuring dual quad-core QX9775 processors and other ridiculous specifications designed for besting the likes of AMD ...