nice little package to teach you to type: When it comes to typists there are generally two types, if you’ll forgive the pun (though you really shouldn’t). There are touch-typists and then there are those who prefer to exercise their psychic powers and press… (more…)
Elitegroup Computer Systems Inc. (ECS), leading global motherboard and notebook manufacturer is set to unveil its latest Motherboard series at this years Computex exhibition. The new series from ECS which includes the new P35T-A and G33T-M motherboards is based on Intels new Bearlake technology.
ECS Bearlake motherboards have improved performance and efficiency thanks to the Northbridge chipset they feature. The only chipset supporting the forthcoming 45nm-process microarchitecture CPU, the Northbridge chipset ensures that users are future proofed for future te (more…)
Toshiba will launch three laptops in its Satellite range in North America based on AMD's Turion 64 X2 dual-core chip and M690 chipset, AMD said on Wednesday. Toshiba, which confirmed plans on Tuesday for AMD machines but offered no details, said Wednesday that the computers will be available in the third quarter.
The M690 chip set has just been launched by AMD and will, according to the company, help reduce power consumption and lead to a 25 percent increase in battery life compared to the previous-generation AMD platform. The Japanese PC maker, which ranke (more…)

The Adaptec RAID 3805 is an 8-port controller that supports SATA and SAS drives and next-generation PCIe connectivity. It features Adaptec RAID Code (ARC) with RAID levels 0, 1, 1E, 5, 5EE, 6, 10, 50, 60, JBOD and more! Read on to see how this MD2 low-profile RAID card does as we test it with 8 150GB Western Digital Raptor hard drives in 11 RAID configurations on Linux!
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Come see what the cream of the computing crop is in this, our latest high-end buyers’ guide. (more…)