MODDING: blogs

The GECUBE team has now developed a more advanced offering in the form of the
HD4850 1.0GB Overclocking series. The new HD4850 1.0GB Overclocking series
includes an exclusive ceramic fan that delivers not only an ultra-quiet working
environment, but also extreme performance with core and memory frequencies of up to
650MHz/993*2MHz.

Linksys today announced the availability of its first simultaneous Dual-N Band
router for the Singapore market. The Linksys by Cisco Simultaneous Dual-N Band
Wireless Router (WRT610N) is designed to offer true Wireless-N performance in
both the 5GHz and 2.4GHz bands. It is like having two N band routers in one
device.
The Linksys by Cisco WRT610N is available at Comex 2008 from 28 August 2008 at
an exclusive Show Price of S$ 259 and afterwards from authorized distributors,
key retailers and value-added resellers for a manufacturer

SanDisk Corporation today set a new speed record of 30 megabytes per second for SD flash memory cards with the introduction of the SanDisk Extreme III 30MB/s Edition line of SDHC Cards. The new cards, expected to be available worldwide in September in 4-gigabyte (GB), 8GB and 16GB capacities, are designed to deliver peak performance when used with the new digital single-lens reflex (DSLR) camera, Nikon D90.

Whether capturing a special moment in sports, a wilderness hike, or just your toddler running across the room, life doesnt always stop when you want to take a picture. The combination of the new Nikon D90 camera and SanDisk Extreme III 30MB/s Edition SDHC cards helps ensure that photographers capture winning action shots and experience quicker transfer of files from the cameras memory card to a computer, said Mr. Koichiro Kawamura, General Manager, 1st Designing Department, Imaging Company Nikon Corporation

The Taiwan government's current budget appropriated for the development of the WiMAX industry will be completely used up in 2009, according to Chen Chao-yi, director general of the Industrial Development Bureau (IDB) under the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA).

The investment spent thus far has enabled Taiwan makers to expand their production to include WiMAX base stations with a possibility of entering the development of total solutions for the 4G telecoms industry, in addition to WiMAX CPE (customer premise equipment) products, Chen stated. WiMAX technology will continue to play an important role in the 4G industry even though LTE (Long Term Evolution) technology is seemingly more likely to emerge as the mainstream 4G standard, Chen asserted.

Find reviews from around the web by visiting our forums, including [H]ardOCP's ASUS ENGTX280 TOP Video Card Evaluation!

ASUS ENGTX280 TOP - Prices continue to drop on GeForce GTX 280 video cards, and the ASUS ENGTX280 TOP is now priced very competitively; but is it a great value? We'll compare it to a stock GeForce GTX 280, a Radeon HD 4870 X2 and a Radeon HD 4870 in real-world gaming scenarios to find out!

The Nokia 6650, previously a T-Mobile (EU) exclusive handset, is headed to the USA and will be carried by the operator AT&T. The AT&T variant supports the 850/1900 WCDMA bands and features AT&T Navigator and Music services. The 6650, which we reviewed here (T-Mobile variant), has a 2.0 megapixel camera, cover screen UI, integrated GPS and a high capacity (1500 mAh) battery.

Samsung’s stream of S60 devices continues with the camera-centric G810, complete with optical zoom. Andew Galpin and Steve each take a week with the device in order to assess whether it can triumph over Nokia’s N95 8GB and N82. And does it matter that it’s ‘not a Nokia?’

You might recall the discussions over Scott Foe’s look at the future of gaming from the Edinburgh Interactive Festival. Well now you can see the whole talk online via the online video service, Vimeo. There’s a number of areas that the article glossed over, so here’s your chance to see Foe’s unfiltered thoughts.

iPhone 3G owner and blogger Tarek Esber has had enough of Apple’s device and has gone back to an S60 phone. Here he lists in articulate detail the nine reasons why the S60 device is superior for his needs. An interesting read (via this week’s Carnival of the Mobilists)

Yesterday’s N79 and N85 launches were different in that there was no physical event - the whole thing was virtual. Leaving aside the preview day and annoying leaks, does the use of a virtual launch represent a successful new style for Nokia? Ewan thinks so and was quite impressed, reckoning that Nokia has found their own ‘voice’.