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KDE Software Compilation 4.5.1 Released | Posted on: 31/08/2010 @ 21:12

The KDE team has announced the release of KDE Software Compilation 4.5.1 less than a month after the release of KDE SC 4.5.0...

Competition Reminder: Win an iPod Touch on Gaj-it | Posted on: 31/08/2010 @ 18:24

Remember last week we told you about the amazing competition we were running on Gaj-it to win an iPod Touch? Well, I just thought I would remind you that if you haven’t entered then the competition is due to end on the on the 5th of September, 5pm (GMT) … [visit site to read more] [...]Competition Reminder: Win an iPod Touch on Gaj-it is a post from: UK Gadget and Tech News, Reviews and ...

Commodore launches C64 keyboard computer, ION 2 inside | Posted on: 31/08/2010 @ 1:48

Commodore ressurrected a few years ago after being dead since the early 90s and having its great period a few years before that. Commodore has revealed plans for a new keyboard computer with a C64 design, sporting an Intel Atom and Ion 2 inside.

Using Disk Compression With Btrfs To Enhance Performance | Posted on: 28/08/2010 @ 20:00

Earlier this month we delivered benchmarks comparing the ZFS, EXT4, and Btrfs file-systems from both solid-state drives and hard drives. The EXT4 file-system was the clear winner in terms of the overall disk performance while Btrfs came in second followed by Sun's ZFS in FreeBSD 8.2. It was a surprise that in our most recent testing the EXT4 file-system turned around and did better than the ...

Wondershare Giveaway and Contest | Posted on: 27/08/2010 @ 20:48

Wondershare has just relased the latest version of their Flash Gallery Factory and are offering the standard version for free from August 27th until the 30th only. They are also having a contest to get the Deluxe version as well... Wondershare Software announced the release of Wondershare Flash Gallery Factory 5.1, the latest version of its award-winning flash slideshow maker web photo ...

Acer Aspire AZ5700-U2112 23-inch All-in-One Desktop Computer | Posted on: 23/08/2010 @ 9:48

Acer offers up a sexy and powerful AIO computer with the Aspire AZ5700 that can do just about anything you throw at it.

Giant Cooling Contest | Posted on: 22/08/2010 @ 4:23

Are you fed up of the usual contests, where the question is ridiculously easy? This contest will challenge anyone whom has a computer and wishes to cool the processor more effectively. PLUS Each entrant shall receive one free tube of thermal compound for simply submitting their name

Competition Time! Win an iPod Touch on Gaj-it | Posted on: 20/08/2010 @ 17:12

Yes! You read it right! It is competition time and us at Gaj-it are offering a chance for one of you lucky Gaj-it readers to win a brand spanking new iPod Touch. Does this particular iPod Touch have your name written all over it? Can you see yourself … [visit site to read more] Competition [...]Competition Time! Win an iPod Touch on Gaj-it is a post from: UK Gadget and Tech News, Reviews and ...

LLVMpipe & Compiz 0.9 Still Don't Play Along | Posted on: 19/08/2010 @ 22:48

LLVMpipe is an especially interesting Gallium3D driver since it allows accelerating the state trackers atop any modern CPU, but for any close to decent level of performance when using OpenGL you need a hefty multi-core CPU (here's some LLVMpipe benchmarks just from last week) that supports the latest SSE4 instructions as well. While some OpenGL games will run with LLVMpipe and the performance of ...

AnandTech 13-year Anniversary Giveaways Continue: G.Skill 6GB Memory Kit | Posted on: 18/08/2010 @ 17:12

OCZ sent us a 850W power supply to give away and today we've got a winner: LKO. Respond to my email to claim your prize. Now let's give away some memory shall we? We've been giving away a lot of 4GB kits for AMD and LGA-1156 Intel platforms, but where's all the X58 love? That changes today. G.Skill sent over a 6GB kit, the F3-12800CL7T-6GBPI to be specific. This DDR3-1600 kit is intended for ...

AnandTech 13-year Anniversary Giveaways Continue: OCZ Z Series 850W PSU | Posted on: 16/08/2010 @ 17:12

Last week we had another G.Skill 2GB notebook memory giveaway, today I'm happy to announce the winner: littvay. Respond to my email with your full shipping info and I'll get your prize out to you right away. Today's giveaway is an OCZ Z Series 850W power supply. It's modular, 80+ Gold certified and SLI ready. The full specs can be found here. I'll even toss in one of those gigantic OCZ ...

Win your freedom from smoke contest | Posted on: 12/08/2010 @ 8:03

Smoking is a nasty habit, a sentiment most smokers would agree with. While cigarette smoking is bad, cigar smoking is even worse; and it's not something that can be done in-doors without irritating others. The smoking habit costs money and takes lives, leaving us with fewer computer enthusiasts able to enjoy gaming entertainment or afford high-end hardware. Benchmark Reviews would like to help ...

Microsoft compares Apples and Orang... Windowses | Posted on: 11/08/2010 @ 4:12

Microsoft has launched a new microsite called "PC versus Mac" that goes straight to the point and compares a Windows PC to Apple Mac and OS X. What could be considered an advertisement campaign more than an impartial comparison really shows how far Apple has come.

HP All-in-One 200-5020 Desktop Computer | Posted on: 11/08/2010 @ 0:48

HP's AIO 200-5020 is a low priced all-in-one that looks to carry a good amount of horsepower and features. Let's see if it can stand out amongst the AIO crowd.

KDE Software Compilation 4.5 Released | Posted on: 10/08/2010 @ 23:00

Following a brief delay, KDE Software Compilation 4.5 was released this morning. This semi-annual update to the KDE desktop and related packages brings new releases of the Plasma Desktop and Netbook workspaces, KDE WebKit support within the Konqueror web-browser, usabiliy refinements to Plasma for providing an improved user experience, and a plethora of other improvements and bug fixes...

The ULTIMATE Noctua Giveaway NH-D14 and more! | Posted on: 09/08/2010 @ 21:54

Noctua are the giants of the cooling industry with their innovative product lines and they are a firm favourite here at Vortez Hardware. Their latest NH-D14 recieved the coveted Gold award in our exclusive review at the end of last year. Today, you have the opportunity to walk away with a NH-D14 - the highest performing CPU Cooler in our extensive CPU Cooler database. You may think there is ...

Mike Papermaster leaves Apple amid speculation that the company knew about iphone 4 antenna issue two years ago | Posted on: 09/08/2010 @ 21:36

When well this whole antenna affair die down? Being an opportune chance to damage Apple’s reputation, those conspiracy theorists out there were bound to say that Apple knew about it all along and went along with its release anyway. Then there was the leaked ‘job advert’ asking for antenna engineers a day before the iPhone’s [...]Mike Papermaster leaves Apple amid speculation that the ...

Apple Removes References to Competitor Smartphones Experiencing the Antenna ‘Grip of Death’ Issue | Posted on: 02/08/2010 @ 22:36

As we reported recently, after their iPhone 4 press conference Apple dragged other smartphone manufactures such as Research in Motion, HTC, and Samsung into the antenna fiasco when they claimed that ‘grip of death’ issue was an industry wide problem. Following the press conference, Apple put an antenna performance page on its website to demonstrate [...]Apple Removes References to Competitor ...