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Audio
Interview with Psyko Labs Inventor
May 25, 2009 - By André Gordirro
We talked to James Hildebrandt, creator of the Psyko 5.1 PC Gaming Headset System, a revolutionary device that uses airflow to simulate a home theater in your head.

Bus
Introduction to Wireless USB (WUSB)
August 20, 2008 - By Gabriel Torres
Wireless USB (WUSB) products are finally arriving at the market and in this article you will learn more about this technology and see some usage examples.
Firewire Bus (IEEE 1394)
October 27, 2004 - By Ricardo Zelenovsky and Alexandre Mendonça
Learn in depth how the Firewire bus (a.k.a. IEEE1394) works.
USB 2.0
August 23, 2004 - By Gabriel Torres
Learn more about the new USB bus.

Camera
CES 2009: Digital Camera & Camcoder Introductions
January 9, 2009 - By Sandy Berger
We took a look on the new cameras and camcorders introduced at CES 2009.

CE
CES 2009: Gadgets Galore
January 12, 2009 - By Sandy Berger
Learn about the exciting new gadgets and gizmos from CES 2009.
Anatomy of the Playstation 3
October 9, 2008 - By Gabriel Torres
We completely disassembled the Sony Playstation 3 video game console (80 GB version) to show you how it looks like inside and the components used.
Blu-Ray vs. HD-DVD
January 18, 2007 - By Cássio Lima
Learn about the main technical differences between the two main candidates for the DVD succession: Blu-Ray and HD-DVD.
Intel ViiV vs. AMD Live!
July 12, 2006 - By Gabriel Torres and Cássio Lima
Everything you need to know about Intel ViiV and AMD Live! standards for digital entertainment PCs and the difference between them. Updated.
The Resurrection of LCoS
February 27, 2006 - By Steve Kovsky
LCoS is a TV display technology thought to be dead. In this article, we’ll take a look at LCoS TVs and their miraculous reappearance, and we’ll discuss why you may want to consider owning one yourself.

Cooling
ESA Technology Explained
November 30, 2007 - By Gabriel Torres
A look on the new Enthusiast System Architecture (ESA) technology, available for monitoring and controlling power supplies, cases and cooling devices.
Water Cooling Solution from Intel
March 8, 2006 - By Gabriel Torres
On an unexpected move, Intel decided to release its own water-cooling solution. Take a look on the forthcoming Intel Advanced Liquid Cooling Technology and all its technical details.

CPU
nVidia Tesla Technology
November 14, 2007 - By Gabriel Torres
Everything you need to know about Tesla, a series of “video cards” from nVidia that are used to process regular programs and not video under a concept called GPGPU.
Penryn Core New Features
March 29, 2007 - By Gabriel Torres
Learn about the new features brought by the forthcoming Penryn core, which is a 45 nm core that will be used on Core 2 and Xeon CPUs in 2008. Includes a small peek on the next Intel microarchitecture, codenamed Nehalem, and also the latest Intel roadmap up to 2010.
Details on Intel’s Forthcoming 45 nm Manufacturing Technology
January 29, 2007 - By Gabriel Torres
An overview of Intel’s 45 nm manufacturing technology and Penryn core.
AMD Quad FX Platform
January 26, 2007 - By Gabriel Torres and Cássio Lima
Everything you need to know about AMD's new "four-core" Quad FX platform.
Intel Quad-Core CPU Overview and Roadmap
September 26, 2006 - By Gabriel Torres
A quick look on the forthcoming Intel quad-core CPUs.
AMD Turion 64 X2 Prototypes
March 8, 2006 - By Gabriel Torres
Some pictures of the reference boards for the dual-core version of Turion 64 based on chipsets by ATI (Xpress) and nVidia (SLI Power).
IDF Spring 2006 Coverage
March 7, 2006 - By Gabriel Torres
Highlights of the opening keynote given by Justin Rattner, Intel’s CTO, with the latest announcements by Intel on the CPU arena, including Intel's new microarchitecture, called Core.
Interview With Phil Hester, AMD’s Corporate VP and CTO
February 9, 2006 - By Gabriel Torres
Exclusive interview with Phil Hester, AMD’s Corporate VP and CTO, discussing AMD’s plans, strategies, new CPUs and a little bit of his professional life and experience.
Intel Fab18 Factory Tour in Kiryat Gat, Israel
November 25, 2005 - By Gabriel Torres
Have you ever wondered how is like a CPU factory from inside? We visited Intel's Fab18, located in Israel, where Pentium 4 CPUs, chipsets and flash memories are manufactured.
IDF Tel Aviv 2005 Coverage
November 3, 2005 - By Gabriel Torres
Our coverage of the first IDF held in Israel, home of the design team that created the Pentium M and the forthcoming Merom, Conroe and Woodcrest CPUs. Read our coverage to learn more about the new CPUs from Intel.
VIA C7-M Processor
September 12, 2005 - By Gabriel Torres
Learn about the new CPU from VIA targeted to the mobile market, C7-M.
IDF Fall 2005 Coverage
August 26, 2005 - By Gabriel Torres
Learn about the new Intel CPU architecture and the latest advancements in mobile computing in our IDF Fall 2005 coverage.
Intel Dual Core Technology
May 17, 2005 - By Gabriel Torres
Learn about the new dual-core processors from Intel, Pentium D and Pentium Extreme Edition, and the new chipsets i945 and i955.
Dual Core AMD Processors
May 9, 2005 - By Gabriel Torres
Learn about the new dual-core Athlon 64 X2 and the new dual-core Opteron processors from AMD.
64-bit Xeon MP and Intel E8500 Chipset
April 28, 2005 - By Gabriel Torres
Learn about the new 64-bit Xeon MP CPU and the new Intel E8500 chipset.
The New 64-Bit Pentium 4 Processor
March 1, 2005 - By Gabriel Torres
Learn about the main features of the new 64-bit Pentium 4 processors (6 series) that were just released.
AMD 64-bit architecture (x86-64)
October 27, 2004 - By Ricardo Zelenovsky and Alexandre Mendonça
Learn in depth how the 64-bit architecture from AMD works.
Intel 64-bit architecture (IA-64)
October 27, 2004 - By Ricardo Zelenovsky and Alexandre Mendonça
Learn in depth how the Intel IA-64 architecture works.

Memory
Super Talent Factory Tour in San Jose, CA, USA
March 9, 2006 - By Gabriel Torres
Our factory tour to Super Talent memory manufacturing plant in San Jose, CA.
Kingston Factory Tour in Fountain Valley, CA, USA
October 16, 2005 - By Gabriel Torres
Take a look inside Kingston's factory located in Fountain Valley, California, USA.
Corsair New Factory Tour in Fremont, CA, USA
September 30, 2005 - By Gabriel Torres
Corsair has moved to a new and bigger building, so we've been there to see their new facilities. Take a look on our tour and see what's happening there.
Patriot Memory Factory Tour in Fremont, CA, USA
September 21, 2005 - By Gabriel Torres
Check out how was our factory tour in Patriot Memory.
Kingston Factory Tour in Shanghai, China
July 25, 2005 - By Gabriel Torres
Check it out our visit to Kingston factory in Shanghai, mainland China.
Corsair Factory Tour in Fremont, CA, USA
July 14, 2005 - By Gabriel Torres
Check it out how was our visit to Corsair factory in Fremont, California, USA.
Kingmax Factory Tour in Hsin Chu, Taiwan
June 2, 2005 - By Gabriel Torres
Check it out our tour to Kingmax factory in Hsin Chu, Taiwan. This is a great opportunity for you to learn how memories are manufactured, since Kingmax manufactures both memory chips and memory modules.

Mobile
CES 2009: Cell Phone Introductions
January 12, 2009 - By Sandy Berger
We took a look on the new cell phones introduced at CES 2009.
Explosive Cell Phones
May 18, 2006 - By Alessandra Carneiro
Learn more about the cell phones that explode, an increasing problem all around the world.
Which Technology is Better: GSM or CDMA?
June 18, 2005 - By Alessandra Carneiro
A lot of discussion has been done recently around the GSM and CDMA cell phone standards. But which one is better?
PIC: The AMD PC for Emerging Markets
April 22, 2005 - By Gabriel Torres
Learn about AMD's 50x15 program and their PIC (Personal Internet Communicator) computer targeted to emerging markets.

Motherboard
ECS Factory Tour in ShenZhen, China
July 21, 2005 - By Gabriel Torres
Check it out our visit to ECS factory in ShenZhen, mainland China.
ABIT Factory Tour in SuZhou, China
June 20, 2005 - By Gabriel Torres
Check it out how was our visit to ABIT factory in SuZhou, China.
ATI Radeon Xpress 200 for Intel Platform
May 4, 2005 - By Gabriel Torres
Learn about the new ATI Radeon Xpress 200 chipset for Intel Platform, also known as RS400.
Who Are the Biggest Board Manufacturers?
October 12, 2004 - By Gabriel Torres
Some data about the motherboard market.

Other
AMD Technology on Ferrari Formula 1 Cars
October 19, 2006 - By Gabriel Torres
We visited Ferrari boxes today during the preparation for the last race of the 2006 F1 World Championship that will happen next weekend, to check out all the electronics involved, which is sponsored by AMD. Check it out!

Power
Can We Trust the 80 Plus Certification?
November 4, 2009 - By Gabriel Torres
Can we really trust the 80 Plus certification of a power supply?
Hardware Secrets Power Supply Test Methodology
June 23, 2009 - By Gabriel Torres
A complete description of the methodology used in our power supply reviews. Updated.
How Much Power Do Electronic Equipment Consume When in Standby Mode?
January 22, 2008 - By Gabriel Torres
Do electronic equipment consume a lot of power when they are on their standby mode and presumably turned off? We measured several equipment and came to very interesting conclusions. Check it out.
Why 99% of Power Supply Reviews Are Wrong
December 20, 2006 - By Gabriel Torres
Learn why the vast majority of power supply reviews published on the web are wrong.
The Truth About NiCd Batteries
March 6, 2006 - By Gabriel Torres
Evertything you need to know about Nickel-Cadmium (NiCd) batteries, including the infamous "memory effect" and how to prevent it.

Printer
Lexmark HQ Tour in Lexington, Kentucky, USA
July 26, 2005 - By Alessandra Carneiro
Lexmark's HQ is a huge R&D center. Check it out how was our visit there and understand why ink cartridges are not so cheap.

Storage
Robson Technology Overview
September 26, 2006 - By Gabriel Torres
The next Centrino platform (Santa Rosa) will feature an integrated disk cache using flash memory in order to speed up disk access and also save energy, codenamed Robson. Learn how it will work.
RAID6 Advantages Over RAID0 and RAID5
April 15, 2006 - By Gabriel Torres
Learn the reliability advantages of RAID6 over RAID0 and RAID5.
CE-ATA Standard
August 23, 2005 - By Gabriel Torres
Learn about the new CE-ATA standard, a new hard disk drive standard targeted to consumer electronics products.

Video
GeForce GTX 200 Series Architecture
June 16, 2008 - By Gabriel Torres
An overview of the architecture used by the new GeForce GTX 200 series of graphic processing units (GPU’s) from nVidia.
SLI vs. CrossFire
April 15, 2008 - By Gabriel Torres
Everything you need to know about SLI and CrossFire, including the latest 3-way SLI and CrossFireX technologies. Updated to include Hybrid SLI and Hybrid CrossFireX technologies.
AMD + ATI: One Year Later
July 26, 2007 - By Gabriel Torres
An analysis of what happened on the market one year later after AMD announced that they would buy ATI.
AMD ATI Radeon HD 2000 Series Architecture
July 9, 2007 - By Gabriel Torres
Everything you need to know about the new ATI Radeon HD 2900, HD 2600 and HD 2400 graphics chips. Updated to include Radeon HD 2600 and HD 2400 final specs.
GeForce 8 Series Architecture
November 9, 2006 - By Gabriel Torres
nVidia has just released their new GeForce 8 series (a.k.a. G80) using a totally new architecture. Learn how this new architecture works.
Inside Radeon X1900 Architecture
February 14, 2006 - By Gabriel Torres
A brief look inside the new ATI Radeon X1900 chip family.
ATI Radeon X1000 Series
October 5, 2005 - By Gabriel Torres
Everything you need to know about the new Radeon X1300, X1600 and X1800 series that were announced today.
BrightSide High Dynamic Range Display Technology
September 25, 2005 - By Gabriel Torres
Learn about a display technology proposed by BrigthSide that enables high dynamic range on LCD monitors.
nVidia GeForce 6100 and nForce 400 Chipset Family
September 22, 2005 - By Gabriel Torres
Everything you need to know about the new GeForce 6100 and nForce 400 chipset family, which has integrated graphics ("on-board video").
GeForce 7800 GTX Launch Coverage
June 22, 2005 - By Gabriel Torres
Everything you need to know about the new GeForce 7800 GTX graphics chip from nVidia that was released today.
Alternative Graphic Chips
October 12, 2004 - By Gabriel Torres
Ok, nVidia and ATI are the biggest players at the VGA chip market. But how about the other companies like XGI, S3 and Matrox?

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VIA Announces Nano 3000 Processor Series
November 5, 2009 - 3:42 PM PST
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November 5, 2009 - 3:38 PM PST
Gelid Unveils Tranquillo CPU Cooler
November 5, 2009 - 3:36 PM PST
Noctua Intros NH-D14 Premium CPU Cooler
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