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Optimus keyboard to come at lower price

Optimus keyboard to come at lower price

6th Nov 2007 If you've been wanting the Optimus keyboard since it was first announced but can't afford the $1500 price tag, then good news for you. The keyboard now has a sub-$500 model on the way. [20]

Steampunk laptop mod unveiled

Steampunk laptop mod unveiled

5th Nov 2007 There's a brand new mod in town and it's a rather stunning one at that - check out the brand new wind-up steampunk laptop from Datamancer. [23]

Folding@Home in Guinness Book of Records

Folding@Home in Guinness Book of Records

1st Nov 2007 The Guinness Book of Records has now officially recognised the Folding@Home effort as the worlds most powerful distributing network.  [12]

Schools warned away from Microsoft

Schools warned away from Microsoft

29th Oct 2007 Becta, the UK computer agency for the government, is advising schools to stay away from Microsoft software due to licensing problems with both Vista and Office 2007. [18]

Leopard unveiled for Apple Macs

Leopard unveiled for Apple Macs

26th Oct 2007 Apple has finally unveiled Leopard, V10.5 of the Mac OS X system. Released today, the system boasts over 300 new features over previous Mac OS'. [47]

TrustedReviews acquired by IPC Media

TrustedReviews acquired by IPC Media

22nd Oct 2007 Our sister site, TrustedReviews, has been acquired by IPC Media. Find out how this acquisition will affect the future of both sites by checking out our news story. [50]

Watch all 9 years of The Daily Show, free.

Watch all 9 years of The Daily Show, free.

19th Oct 2007 For those who love the satire of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, but now there are all nine years available on its website. Time to say goodbye to productivity at work! [13]

Compulab releases DIY smartphone

Compulab releases DIY smartphone

19th Oct 2007 Compulab has stepped swankily into the DIY market with an ultra-cool smartphone which may be an excellent little side project for the modders out there. [13]

iPhone, iPod Touch opened to developers

iPhone, iPod Touch opened to developers

18th Oct 2007 The iPhone and iPod Touch have been opened to developers, so a wealth of third party games and apps could be on the horizon.  [9]

Corsair announces two new PSUs

Corsair announces two new PSUs

17th Oct 2007 Corsair is offering up two new PSUs in 650W and 750W flavours. If modularity is a key purchasing factor for you though, you might want to look elsewhere. [20]

Hitachi paves the way to larger HDDs

Hitachi paves the way to larger HDDs

15th Oct 2007 Hitachi has plans to shrink heads in 2009. The company has announced its Current Perpendicular-to-the-Plane Giant Magneto-Resistive head technology. Say that three times fast! [28]

Intel demos mobile quad-core CPU

Intel demos mobile quad-core CPU

15th Oct 2007 Intel kicked off IDF Taiwan with a bang by introducing a new mobile quad-core CPU and two new mobile computing cooling technologies. [11]

US may ban import of HDDs

US may ban import of HDDs

12th Oct 2007 The International Trade Commission is investigating patent infringements in the manufacture of HDDs. The result could be a ban on hard drive imports for some brands. [32]

AMD launches new processors

AMD launches new processors

11th Oct 2007 For the second time in under a month, AMD has quietly launched new processors. This time, it's in the Sempron and Athlon lineups. [17]

MSI details its 790FX Phenom/Quad CF board

MSI details its 790FX Phenom/Quad CF board

10th Oct 2007 Phenom may not be here quite yet, but MSI is already lining up its 790FX board: the K9A2 Platinum. It supports QuadFire and AM2+. [29]

Seagate releases new hybrid drive

Seagate releases new hybrid drive

9th Oct 2007 Many of us have been looking forward to the hybrid drive - part NAND flash memory, part platter drive. Seagate has finally delivered its offering, aimed at the laptop segment. [18]

New OcUK MD vows to address past service issues

New OcUK MD vows to address past service issues

8th Oct 2007 This morning Overclockers UK announced that it had appointed a new MD. We asked him how he plans to improve the company. [26]

PowerDVD audio downsampling explained

PowerDVD audio downsampling explained

8th Oct 2007 After finding out that PowerDVD Ultra downsamples all audio from HD down to 48KHz/16-bit we contacted Cyberlink to get to the bottom of it all. [9]

Rumour: Nvidia to re-introduce GeForce 8800 GTS

Rumour: Nvidia to re-introduce GeForce 8800 GTS

8th Oct 2007 Nvidia is apparently getting ready to release an updated version of the GeForce 8800 GTS 640MB with more stream processors enabled. [11]

Razer launches new keyboard and headset for gamers

Razer launches new keyboard and headset for gamers

5th Oct 2007 If you're looking for a new keyboard, headset, or hybrid keyboard then Razer has you covered with its Lycosa, Piranha, and Belkin's n52te. [26]

BT and FON launch largest Wi-Fi community

BT and FON launch largest Wi-Fi community

4th Oct 2007 BT and FON have partnered up to help build the largest Wi-Fi community in the world but they need you to take part in order to make it grow. [13]

PC Power & Cooling launches new 1.2kW PSU

PC Power & Cooling launches new 1.2kW PSU

4th Oct 2007 Seeking to please computer users that have a system that's power ravenous, PC Power & Cooling has launched its Turbo-Cool 1200 PSU. [24]

AMD’s ATI Radeon HD 2900 GT unveiled

AMD’s ATI Radeon HD 2900 GT unveiled

1st Oct 2007 This morning we received information on another addition to AMD's ATI Radeon graphics card portfolio - the Radeon HD 2900 GT. Details within. [17]

Xbox 360 Falcon CPU arrives

Xbox 360 Falcon CPU arrives

1st Oct 2007 Those of you waiting for the new 65nm CPUs and revised heatsinks before you buy a 360 this Christmas now need wait no longer. The Falcon has landed.  [18]

Intel preps 45nm quad-core for launch

Intel preps 45nm quad-core for launch

28th Sep 2007 Just like we suggested at IDF, Intel will be launching the Core 2 Extreme QX9650 on November 12th. [20]

AMD readies RV670 graphics chip

AMD readies RV670 graphics chip

28th Sep 2007 AMD is getting ready to introduce a new mid-to-high end GPU known as RV670. Information and pictures start to flood in. [14]