Saudi Arabia And IBM Building A Supercomputer
Brimming with phat cash from oil sales, Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) in a joint venture with IBM, is building a supercomputer that will rank in the top ten in the world (six-ish). The new computer, named Shaheen (Falcon), is a 16-rack Blue Gene/P System, capable of 222 Teraflops – […]
Antec Skeleton – Open Air Computer Case
Looks like the case people at Antec came out with something a bit new and exciting… a case-less case called the Skeleton. The funnies part is that they think they somehow invented this idea… their tag line is “Skeleton, World’s First Open Air Case”. I took the shell off of my TRS-80 a loooong time […]
Looks Like A Microwave – Actually A Cool PC With Touchscreen LCD
The new Shuttle D10 is now available in the Japanese market and will hopefully make it to the USA. Not sure what limited markets could use such a device… but it sure looks like a dorm microwave. The Shuttle D10 a built in 7-inch touchscreen LCD with 800×480 resolution. There is a Core 2 Duo […]
Water Cool That HOT Video Card – Asetek
Asetek’s latest use of water cooling is going after the video card market. Their latest gadget, the video card water cooling system will work on the latest video cards, like the Radeon HD 4800 series and the GeForce GTX 200 Series. Let the GPU overclocking begin.
Asus Unveils Eee Box PC
Asus has officially announced their latest PC, the Eee Box PC. The computer, which is nothing super exciting, is available in a handful of colors, uses an Intel Atom N270 CPU (1.6GHz), 1GB of DDR2 Memory, 80GB Hard Drive, 802.11 (b,g,n), Giga LAN, and a card reader. Ok?
CherryPal Computer – Green And Cheap
CherryPal has announced their new cheap, green, cloud computer which they claim will only use two watts of power. The tiny desktop is a stripped down cloud computer with a 400MHz processor, 256MB of RAM, and 4GB of flash memory. The unit has built in wi-fi and runs Debian Linux. Look for it on August […]
Creative Ways For PC Cooling
When it comes to cooling off computers, people spend can spend a serious amount of time and money. Some folks prefer tons of fans (making their computer sound like a jet airplane) while others choose water cooling systems (scary for many reasons). Well, the folks in this gadget blog just use good old fashioned air, […]
Suissa Enlighten – Wood and Glass Computer
Suissa is known for making artistic computers (they don’t discriminate on processors either – AMD or Intel) out of wood, metal, and glass. Their latest model, the “Enlighten” is, in my opinion, the best looking yet. Their site has a “commission” button instead of a “buy” button… not a good sign for your wallet. “Enlighten’s […]
Dell’s Bamboo Concept PC For Earth Day
Dell is really going for it… yesterday it is tiny PC’s… today it is bamboo PC’s. As long as Dell is doing better for the environment, I am for it.
Dell’s Smallest And Greenest PC To Date
It wasn’t long ago that Dell servers were causing power issues in our server racks… they were/are power hogs. Either way, in turning over a new leaf, Michael Dell showed Fortune their latest Green PC (no name yet). The computer is 81% smaller than a mini tower PC and uses 70% less energy. The green […]