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Acer 23″ H233H Deliciousness

June 16th, 2009 • 198 Views • Ben Robinson

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Oh god, I’m in viewing bliss. After buying a 22″ widescreen from Acer just weeks ago, I saw this baby at costco yesterday for only $10 more, and it’s got speakers! Forget about paying $400+ for a small lcd tv, just buy this thing and you’re good to go! Read more »

Cloud Computing for Portable Devices: A ‘Wishlist’

June 15th, 2009 • 263 Views • Ben Robinson

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I just realized the other day that the amount I’ve spent on Logitech Equipment in the last few years would buy me almost two new laptops (Acer Aspire I @ $300/ea). Beyond the fact that this is a fantastic company that has produced phenomenal interface equipment, I found it interesting how much money I’ve spent not so much with this one company, but that my spending on devices and gadgets has gone through the roof over the last few years. I just read about a new development in the ‘Cloud Computing’ field of modular components for all gadgets, and realize how ludicrous that market is going to become in the next 3-5 years. Read more »

Onlive, Possibly the End of Consoles As We Know It

May 14th, 2009 • 314 Views • Ben Robinson

onlive-gaming

I was reading the new GameInformer and saw this newsclip about a new console. *Sigh* right? Not exactly. Go watch this movie and then come back. Read more »

EFI for OSX on any pc

May 13th, 2009 • 265 Views • Ben Robinson

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Just read in the new Maximum PC about EFI now being available for OSX on any PC, sawwweeet! Read more »

Samsung Builds Insanely Fast 24 SSD Rig

March 10th, 2009 • 279 Views • Dave Bergschneider

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Samsung are suggesting that their SSD “Awesomeness” test rig was intended to show the flexibility and speed of solid-state drives. I think they just want to prompt screenshots like this one, with twenty-four 256GB SATA-II SSDs spilling out of a massive RAID setup, offering 6TB raw capacity and 2121.29MB/sec sequential read and 2000.195MB/sec sequential write speeds. Video after the break. Read more »

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