Boxee Box Carved Open with Dexter-like Precision

The hardware masochists over at iFixIt.com have given the new Boxee Box its official right of passage into the electronics world, which requires gutting like a pig and laying out the digital organs for all to see. iFixIt said it was hard to ignore just how much taller the Boxee Box is compared to the Apple TV and Logitech Revue devices, but that its build quality rivaled Apple's and was much more solid-looking than the Revue[......]

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U.S. Mobile Data Traffic to Top 1 Exabyte by End of 2010

Need proof that the smartphone/superphone era is in full swing? Consider this: by the end of the year, mobile data revenue for the U.S. [......]

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Meet Samsung’s 70-Inch Ultra Definition LCD Panel

Samsung feels its latest 70-inch display is too awesome to be called a high definition set, so instead the company is promoting it as an Ultra Definition LCD panel. The 70-inch TV sports a 240Hz LCD screen with "ground breaking oxide TFT semiconductor" technology enabling 8 million pixels at ultra speed. And yes, this TV set handles 3D content[......]

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Sony Ships Reader Daily Edition to Stores, Also Available Online

You can now purchase Sony's wireless Reader Daily Edition eBook reader from select retail outlets and online at SonyStyle.com, Sony announced . The new Reader Daily Edition comes decked out with both Wi-Fi and AT&T 3G connectivity. Other features include optical touchscreen technology, a 7-inch display, basic Web browsing functionality, content zoom, adjustable contrast and brightness controls, automatic multiple page creations, 2GB of memory (expandable to 32GB), and other odds and ends[......]

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Nvidia GeForce GTX 580 Boards Pictured and Priced

Nvidia over the weekend gave PDXLAN attendees a sneak peek inside the technology behind its upcoming GeForce GTX 580 videocard, and if you thought team green was excited, e-tailers are having trouble containing themselves. News and rumor site Fudzilla claims to have spotted an Asus ENGTX580 on Amazon priced at $519 before the online retailer yanked the listing[......]

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Nvidia Previews Next Generation GPU Technology

Nvidia made a splash at PDXLAN over the weekend showcasing "Unreleased NV Technology," which many presume refers to the company's upcoming GeForce GTX 580 part. [......]

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Skyfire Overwhelmed by Flash Flood

Skyfire proved what everyone outside of Apple have known all along: Apple users want Flash. Just hours after Skyfire offered up a Flash-compatible mobile browser in the App Store, it had to be taken offline because of overwhelming demand. "We are going to open batches of downloads for new users over the coming days," Skyfire CEO Jeff Glueck said in a blog post last week[......]

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Dell Venue Pro Launches Tomorrow

TmoNews.com, the unofficial T-Mobile blog, reporting that Dell plans to ship its Venue Pro smartphone tomorrow and has an internal image to prove it. The Venue Pro is Dell's much anticipated Windows Phone 7 device. [......]

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iBuyPower Adds a Dash of Color to LAN Warrior II Line

Boutique system builder iBuyPower is putting on its Dutch Boy dungarees and offering up its LAN Warrior II small form factor PCs in four new painted colors, including blue, red, green, and orange. "LAN party gamers look for two things in a mobile gaming system -- power and style," said Darren Su, vice president of iBuyPower. "The new LAN Warrior IIs deliver both by incorporating the best components available and a little war paint that is sure to turn heads." Custom paint jobs typically put the squeeze on your wallet, but iBuyPower is offering up these new colors for a mere $19 premium over the standard black version. [......]

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Gigabyte’s T1125 Tablet Convertible is a Three Trick Pony

If you're having trouble deciding between a notebook or a tablet, Gigabyte's T1125 might be just what you're looking for. Netbooknews.com had a chance to spend some hands-on time with this tri-purpose device, and it certainly looks promising. You'll notice we called this a tri-purpose device and not a dual-purpose notebook[......]

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New OpenBSD 4.8 Now Available

The free, multi-platform 4.4BSD-based Unix-like operating system known as OpenBSD has been updated to version 4.8 and is now available. This latest version introduces a boat load of new features and fixes, including improved hardware support, file system mid-layer improvements, generic network stack improvements, changes to the install/upgrade process, a ton of bug fixes, and a whole bunch more. [......]

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Upcoming Core i3 Chip Only Consumes 35W

News and rumor site Fudzilla is reporting that Intel is on the cusp of releasing a new low power Core i3 part, the Core i3 2100T. Built around Intel's Sandy Bridge architecture, the Core i3 2100T (where the "T" stands for Power Optimized Lifestyle) comes rated at just 35W TDP[......]

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OCZ Launches RevoDrive X2 PCI-E Solid State Drive

OCZ pushed the SSD speed limit with the release of its RevoDrive PCI-E solid state drive earlier this year, and now the company looks to shift to an even higher gear with its new RevoDrive X2. "The original OCZ RevoDrive SSD was designed to be the first high-performance, bootable PCI-E SSD solution and has become a popular choice for demanding computing applications that require faster, more reliable storage," said Ryan Petersen , CEO of OCZ Technology. [......]

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Chrome Gains Market Share at IE’s Expense

There's no reason to panic in Redmond, Internet Explorer is still the most dominant browser on the planet with a 59.3 percent share of the market. But at the same time, IE continues to trend in the wrong direction (for Microsoft), slipping slightly from the 59.7 percent share it claimed one month ago, and down from 62.1 percent to begin the year, according to Net Applications. Meanwhile, Chrome has increased the size of its grip from 5.2 percent in January 2010 to 8.5 percent in October 2010. [......]

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GeForce GTX 580 Launch Rumors and Leaked Pics

News and rumor site Fudzilla is reporting that Nvidia's GeForce GTX 580 videocard is going to launch in November, probably before AMD's Cayman architecture. If true, look for the GTX 580 to show up around the middle of November[......]

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