Legit Reviews looks at three mobos today from motherboard maker Foxconn. With the market moving toward dual core CPU’s, you need either a 945 or 955 chipset based board to correctly utilize Intel’s newest processors. With price points driving the market, can Foxconn’s newest boards balance budget and performance?
India’s first low-cost personal computer has been launched in the Tamil Nadu state capital, Madras. Designed by IT firm HCL Infosystems, it is priced at 9,990 rupees ($225) and includes all the basic features required Continue reading “India launches its first cheap PC”.…more
Although the sleek all-in-one design on the Apple iMac G5 is pretty on the eyes many consumers are seeing 170+ Degrees Fahrenheit CPU temperatures and systems locking under load. Today LR posts up the thoughts of one of our readers and what he did to cool his iMac G5 down to keep it from locking up.
Car industry officials and analysts say hackers’ growing interest in writing viruses for wireless devices puts auto computer systems at risk of infection. Now you have a new excuse for not getting to work on Continue reading “Car computer systems at risk to viruses”.…more
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) today released price cuts for its line of desktop PC-use processors, including the Sempron and Athlon 64 lines. In addition, the chip vendor noted that production of Socket-A Semprons will be Continue reading “AMD cuts desktop CPU prices by up to 25%”.…more
Early this morning AMD announced two new processors, the AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ processor and the AMD Sempron 3400+ processor for the desktop market. We had the pleasure of test driving the AMD A64 X2 3800+ and find it to be a great all around dual core processor.
NASA is trying to determine if two bits of material sticking up from the shuttle Discovery’s thermal tiles present an unacceptable risk of overheating when the shuttle returns to Earth, the flight director said just Continue reading “NASA: Discovery crew may have to repair shuttle”.…more
Motherboard makers are facing component shortages that may threaten their business during the high season in the second half of the year, industry sources said. Entry-level core-logic chipsets have long been in serious shortage, and Continue reading “Mobo makers facing component shortages”.…more