Archive for March 30th, 2008

NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX triple-SLI rig benched

Sunday, March 30th, 2008

Filed under: Desktops, Gaming Looks like the first NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX cards have made their way out in the world -- officially announced or not -- and TweakTown's got the benches. Performance gains seem marginal in triple-SLI over dual, but hey, those drivers probably aren't finished and these cards aren't ...

Apple seeds updated iPhone 2.0 beta, not many changes

Sunday, March 30th, 2008

Filed under: Cellphones Looks like Apple's been passing around a new working version of the iPhone 2.0 beta firmware -- not too many changes since the last release we saw, though. So far, from what we can tell the build is now officially 2.0 (before it was registered as 1.2), the ...

Windows XP-powered Eee PC laptop: $400, April 9th

Sunday, March 30th, 2008

Filed under: Laptops Sounds like we've finally got a price and a date for the XP powered Eee PC: $400, and April 9th. The hardware's identical to current-gen Eee PCs, though, so if you're happy with your little white lappy and are itching for XP you might try to pick up ...

Yet another Microsoft white space device fails FCC testing

Sunday, March 30th, 2008

Filed under: Wireless Although several other companies have submitted white space devices to the FCC -- we know Philips has one in, and Google's making a lot of noise about new and improved reference designs -- it looks like Microsoft's run of bad luck with the tech continues, with yet another ...

Cancer patient has PSP stolen en route to chemotherapy treatment

Sunday, March 30th, 2008

Filed under: Gaming, HandheldsThere's depressing gaming stories, and then there are outright travesties. Unfortunately, this case falls squarely into the latter category, as a 7-year old cancer patient had his beloved PlayStation Portable swiped -- right along with his medical records, a backpack full of medication, his games and even ...