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1st August 2007 Archive

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  • Alienware Area-51 m9750

    Review It's a laptop, but not as we know it...

    One word can describe the Alienware Area-51 m9750: big. It's as if the person designing it thought they were in Burger King and decided to Go Large at every opportunity. It's got two hard drives, two graphics cards, two processor cores and a whopping 17in screen. There's another thing that's big about the m9750 - its price …

    PCs 1 Aug 2007, 12:51

  • Tesco takes fight to Sainsbury over Medion PCs

    Clubcards at the ready

    In the supermarket game, one-upmanship is common and anything one chain does is invariably imitated by others. So following the launch of a Medion 17in dual-core notebook at Sainsbury’s stores, Tesco has begun offering a Medion desktop PC for around the same price. The Medion 6486, which is sold with Microsoft Vista Home …

    PCs 1 Aug 2007, 14:39

  • Nvidia gains ground in graphics

    Updated And it's Intel and AMD chasing up the rear

    Nvidia is gaining market share on both AMD and Intel within the graphics market, according to analyst firm Jon Peddie Research (JPR). However, all three vendors maintained their dominance to remain at the top of the tree during the second quarter of 2007. Despite JPR describing Q2 as a traditionally slow quarter, total …

    PCs 1 Aug 2007, 14:53

  • Getac develops hardened tablet PC

    Come and have a go if you think you're hard enough

    Working outside of a‘normal’ comfy office can be risky for a laptop, with lots of potential dangers to consider. Manufacturer Getac takes this possibility seriously and has unveiled a ruggedized tablet PC, which it claims can withstand the rigours of even extreme environments. The V100 boasts a number of ruggedized features, …

    PCs 1 Aug 2007, 15:38

  • HD TV, without the monthly fee

    Come to daddy

    The days when folk owned HD displays but didn’t make much use of them, because of expensive peripherals or satellite subscription costs... could be over. Hauppauge Digital has created an HD TV tuner card that picks up free-to-air HD channels. The Hauppauge WinTV-Nova-HD-S2 card plugs into a PCI slot on a PC and connects to a …

    HD 1 Aug 2007, 15:56