MODDING: blogs

Gigabyte has extended their Super Overclock series with a Radeon HD 5870 series graphics card that aims to please enthusiasts and overclockers alike. In order for a Radeon HD…

Corsair today announced the addition of the Reactor Series and Nova Series to its family of solid-state drives (SSDs). Both the Nova Series and Reactor Series provide the…

Toshiba's HG2 series of SSD's uses their own multi-channel MLC controller in conjunction with 43nm Toshiba MLC NAND to create a mainstream drive that has a maximum sequential read speed of 230MB/s and 180MB/s write. Read on to see how the Toshiba HG2 compares to other popular drives like the OCZ Vertex, Intel X25-M G2 and Crucial C300!

Google has been tinkering with Gmail again and as a result, six new features have been added although five have been kicked to the curb. To see the complete list, head over…

In part 3 of our MWC interview with Anssi Vanjoki, EVP of Markets at Nokia, we discuss the future. How “for the great masses of the world, the first computer they will have will be an extension of the phone based on Symbian”. How MeeGo’s rich contextual crossing of the real and virtual world will use a map-based user interface and will create “the possibility for people to live in the media.” 

In the second half, we hear about the three “buckets” (types) of competitors, the importance of open standards and ecoystems, and a three-fold answer to how we should judge Nokia’s future business performance (KPIs).

Just released this morning (see my ‘Install diary’ below) is Ovi Maps 3.4 (build 91, if you’re being fussy). This follows up the formal release of v3.3, which introduced the new interface and free worldwide voice navigation. In brief, Ovi Maps is claimed to be faster and more accurate, and, as reported below, Nokia certainly seemed to have made big strides in this area - v3.4 is hard to criticise in the performance department now.

Just released this morning and still being installed chez-AAS (see below for comments during the morning) is Ovi Maps 3.4 (build 91, if you’re being fussy). This follows up the formal release of v3.3, which introduced the new interface and free worldwide voice navigation. In brief, Ovi Maps is claimed to be faster and more accurate, and I’ll be testing it out today.

We take our first look at an ATX motherboard based on the H55/H57 chipset from ASUS. The ASUS P7H57D-V EVO is one of only three H57 motherboards on the market today, so it will be interesting to see how it performs. With the ability to overclock Clarkdale or Lynnfield CPU's, as well as the GPU aboard Clarkdale, this could be one very fun motherboard to use for your next system build.

An interesting new twist on SSD's has been announced from Raidon. Having both an SSD & HDD, the SSD will back up to the HDD at scheduled intervals. Price and release…

Online retailer Newegg.com has has listed Gigabyte's GA-890GPA-UD3H motherboard up on their site, which is the first listing of an AMD 890GX + SB850 chipset motherboard…