Hardware Geeks

Microsoft today released the German, French and Spanish versions of Windows Home SErver Power Pack 1. This update fixes a coruption bug and also adds 64bit support.

“As you know, the English version of Windows Home Server Power Pack 1 was Released to Manufacturing (RTM) on Monday, July 21st, 2008. Today, the Home Server team is pleased to announce the public availability of German, French and Spanish localized versions of Power Pack 1. These versions are available on the download center and can be downloaded from the following links.” sand Microsoft in an email.

I recently faced a dilemma, I had a NVIDIA 8800 GTX Video Card sitting around collecting dust, and a quad core computer that could not handle it because the power supply was not powerful enough, so of course I knew it was time to get a bigger, better, badder PSU—I just couldn’t decide on which one to get.

Antec sent me one of their new Signature Series Power Supplies and I knew exactly what I could use it for, yea, you guessed it.  I used it to finally put that bad boy of a Video Card into my System. The Signature Series from Antec is part of their new Super Premium Line, which meets 80 plus standards meaning the PSU is power efficient.

HP was so excited about this new Compaq 2330s that they announced it a whole 14 days ahead of schedule. It was originally set to be announced on the 19th but better early than late I guess.

The 2330s is a budget notebook PC for small business, it weighs only 4 pounds and has a nice little look to it. Kind of reminded me of the look the old ThinkPads had, a lot of people thought that look was ugly but I actually like that old look.

Are you a photographer? Professional or not you may all do something in common, you carry your laptop with you to give your self a better view of the image you just took, sure you can circle through them on the LCD of your DSLR but it isn’t as crisp or as big as it can be on a computer screen.

Well Epson want’s to eliminate the need for photographers to carry around their notebooks, so they have introduced the P6000 and P7000 photo viewers, which will allow you to swap your memory card from your camera to your Photo Viewer and view the photos on the photo viewer,

I received the HP’s DV5 on Friday but yesterday I finally opened it.  I was excited when I received it because I didn’t know they were sending it to me, but I’m glad because I fell in lust w/ it last week.  This computer is soooo aesthetically pleasing.  Whoever designed it must’ve had the ‘conscious consumer’ in mind because why else would you put a mirror on the laptop.  The keyboard is silver and the touch pad is a mirror. 

Mike has told me 1000+ times about how he almost got blinded by it, and although I agree that it could cause some disruption if the light hits it at a wrong angle the computer looks great.  This computer is great for people who don’t like having chapped lips, food in between their teeth, or messy hair days...I’m kidding, but in all honesty, I was able to put my lipstick on and I did a great job I just hope the surface stays as clear as it is, I wonder how it’ll be a couple of months from now....

We all know how important it is to keep our systems cool, a cooler system equals a happier system. But when you’re a hardcore gamer or just have a super PC as I call them that generates a lot of heat, you may jam pack the system with fans and not really know if they are doing their job or if you even need a fan in a specific area of your PC.

With the Sentry LX Fan Controller not only can you manually and automatically control the speed of up to five fans but you are informed of the temperature in the area near the fans

Antec has posted 10 tips on how to keep your PC cool in the summer, and I thought I would share these tips with you all since I recently had a bad experience with my PC overheating in these summer months.

Just a note to all of you, don’t try liquid cooling if you are in a humid city like I am. Pipes sweat.

So what’s the difference between a regular cell phone and a smartphone? You can do more with a smartphone.  It can synchronize with your computer and will hold your appointments, and also a larger amount of contacts.

With that in mind more and more people (not just business professionals) are using Smartphones.  Smartphone’s tend to cost double than a traditional cell phone and that is where the Palm Centro differs.

Today Intel will publish a paper revealing detail’s on their new chip architecture codenamed Larrabee which is a chipset that will available primarily to general consumers, the paper will be available here at 7 am pacific daylight time.

In the paper Intel will address what future graphic processors need, how they plan for Larrabee to meet those needs, how well Larrabee can handle DirectX and OpenGL and what apps can support Larrabee.