Gadgetopia

Reports: Advanced Micro Devices to buy graphics maker ATI: File under "interesting." Could Intel be in trouble? Advanced Micro Devices said it will make a "significant" announcement Monday, amid news reports that Intel's biggest rival for PC microprocessors plans to pay more than $5 billion to acquire a top graphics ...

A nice little war is brewing between the big players in the console market. Last week, Microsoft introduced the XBox 360, to go on sale during the 2005 holiday season: The 360 will pack a powerful technological punch, with an advanced IBM Power-PC processor and next generation ATI graphics chip. ...

So, you're telling me I just put this CD into the computer, reboot it, and I'm booted into an environment that's got all sorts of games pre-installed and instantly ready to play? I am so there. A distribution of Knoppix loaded with games has a bootable CD with 700 MB ...

AAcer presents exclusive Ferrari 3000 notebook: I want to put this right next to the VPR Matrix designed by Porsche that I'll never own. "Acer, Official Supplier to the Scuderia Ferrari racing team, announces the exclusive Ferrari 3000 notebook that perfectly combines the essence of two persistently avant-garde companies with ...

I'm not one that usually wears logo tees, and I peel all the extra stickers off of the electronics I buy. I just don't much care for being an unwitting billboard for a company when I just paid money for their product. That's why I was happy to read that ...

I think that we're rapidly approaching the point at which hardware vendors will no longer be able to ignore Linux. My wireless router has been misbehaving badly lately. When using my (wired) desktop or (wireless) laptop, you occasionally get no signal and no response from it. Trudging down to the ...