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AIAIAI’s New Headphones Continue Trend Of Understated Design

Justin Kerr — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 09:26:41 +0000

We don’t design and hardware quite as much as we used to, but I’m making an exception for these. A good while back, I wrote about a pair of headphones I thought was the most understated and attractive I’d ever seen[......]

New BitFenix Spectre Pro Performance Fan Series Really Blows

Thu, 17 Nov 2011 07:59:25 +0000

Case fans are in the running for the least appreciated PC component. They're not often glamorous or sexy, but without fans, your big and burly desktop system is little more than a vertical oven for your hot running PC parts. Even if fans don't get the attention they perhaps deserve, there's still some innovation going on by those who build them, like BitFenix, which just announced its new Spectre Pro Performance Fan Series[......]

Explained: The future of PC graphics

Fri, 28 Oct 2011 01:00:00 +0000

The future of PC graphics What's next for graphics? Why, Graphics Core Next, of course. Thanks, AMD, for that nicely pallindromic way to start off a feature[......]

iPhone 4S Teardown: Nothing To See Here, Folks

Ludwig — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 10:00:50 +0000

While the first teardowns of the iPhone 4 (excluding Gizmodo's crude vivisection) were extremely exciting due to the novelty of the design, the 4S doesn't have much to offer. The stem of the iPhone 5 hopefuls' slight disappointment, i.e. that the 4S is essentially a spec bump, meant that this teardown would necessarily be less than thrilling. [......]

OCZ Rock and Rolls through Second Quarter, Plucks UK-based SoC Design Team from PLX

Thu, 06 Oct 2011 02:38:16 +0000

Remember being angry and disappointed when OCZ dumped its DRAM business to pursue other interests? Looking back, it's hard to argue with that decision, and even more so when you consider the numbers. [......]

Windows 8′s New Explorer: This One Goes To 11

Ludwig — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 13:20:12 +0000

The Building Windows 8 development blog has been an interesting read for a while. [......]

In Depth: 3D’s role in science and engineering

Fri, 12 Aug 2011 23:00:00 +0000

Giving engineers, scientists and architects the ability to see the objects they're making in 3D brings amazing benefits. [......]

Daily Crunch: Ride The Lion Edition

Fri, 08 Jul 2011 21:00:57 +0000

Smart Design: Fanless Heatsink Spins Itself Concrete Speakers Look Good, Yet I Question Their Fidelity The Five Best Things About OS X Lion Watch The Final Space Shuttle Mission Here (Maybe) CrunchGear Is Headed To TechCrunch/Gadgets [......]

Smart Design: Fanless Heatsink Spins Itself

Ludwig — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 10:59:15 +0000

This is a nice little twist on the traditional heatsink design you find on CPUs around the world. While normally you’d have a thermally conductive surface, some heat pipes, and a fan driving air over stationary heatsink plates, this design from Sandia switches things up. [......]

Strange Console Lets You Play Android Games On Your TV

Ludwig — Thu, 26 May 2011 02:52:58 +0000

Say you really like Angry Birds. Like really. And you want to play it at home on a big screen[......]