It's not everyday that you see someone
get excited about a case fan. Though a necessary component when
building a proper system, case fans hardly engender feelings of
excitement or awe. Having said that, we think you might be interested
in the new fan designs from Noctua. They bring two significant
developments to the world of fan technology that we feel are worth
investigating.
USB Device Turns Laptop into Wireless Personal Video Recorder with Free HDTV
Reception
FREMONT, Calif. - March 27, 2007 - Plextor® LLC, a leading
developer and manufacturer of high-performance digital media equipment, today
announced the immediate availability of the PX-HDTV500U Mini Digital HDTV
Receiver. The USB stick-sized device, which weighs less than 20 grams, allows
users to watch, pause, and record crystal-clear High-Definition TV on most
Windows-based laptop computers. Wherever they are - at the office, on the go, or
at the airport - PX-HDTV500U users can enjoy unlimited hours of entertainment
without paying recurring charges or expensive subscription fees.
We get the sinking suspicion that the webmaster/administrator of this University of California School of Medicine website might have a few things to answer for, after this story posted by The Register gets widespread.
Get it while you can, folks: everything you need to install a pirated version of Adobe Acrobat 7.0 Professional on your Windows-based PC.
The package, complete with a serial number, comes - wait for it - courtesy of the home page of the Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of California's Irvine campus.
(Click, or just hover, on the pic of the building with the green tiles and it's yours.)
It's a little difficult to estimate the value of this deal. Although highly functional, version 7.0 is slightly out of date. Version 8.0 lists for $449 on Adobe's website, so we're thinking plenty of people will consider it a solid enough bargain.
ChartTrack has confirmed that 165,000 PS3 units were sold during the console's launch weekend.
The figure is three quarters of the total 220,000 UK launch stock for day one, and makes PS3 second only to PSP in the overall launch weekend sales stakes. The Sony handheld shifted 185,000 in its opening weekend back in September 2005.
PS3’s record-breaking debut for a home console comfortably beats the previous top seller Nintendo Wii, which sold 105,000 after its frantic launch weekend in December last year. Fellow format rival Xbox 360 racked up an estimated 70,000 at launch in December 2005.
The figure also means that Sony has not sold all of its opening weekend stock, something the platform holder claims is part of its overall strategy at retail.
A good friend of mine (thanks dear!!) ran across this blurb on Guru3D. It seems our favorite site of all things talked about before they're supposed to be, HKEPC, has ran across some data relating to Intel's pricing roadmap for the 2nd half of 2007. I don't know about you, but the lot pricing of $266 on Q6600 Quad Core's sounds rather sweet. If you think the price war between AMD and Intel has been intense so far, get ready for more even cheaper goodies!!
Last week we already reported that Intel is planning a very aggressive strategy processor wise and .. money wise. I had a little more time to analyze the data as presented at HKEPC and placed it into a chart. Prepare to be amazed .. So we already knew that at the 22nd of April a new price policy will be enabled. The drop in prices will be significant and we'll see the introduction of 1333 MHz FSB based processors.
According to the data at HKEPC you'll notice that Quad core will become completely mainstream. Core 2 Quad Q600 (2,4 GHz) for example right now costs 851 USD while in April that price will be 530 USD and in the 2nd half of this year .. merely 266 USD. The 2,66 GHz C2Q which costs 999 USD right now will get a price tag of 530 USD and will clear it's space for a new 2,93 GHz model.
