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Sony VAIO Z with Power Media Dock

...ultra-light, ultra-thin notebook with long battery life and a powerful graphics card? Leave out the graphics card. Sony's new 13" VAIO Z... Read more

29 June, 2011
GPU Computing in EGI Environment Using a Cloud Approach

GPU Computing in EGI Environment Using a Cloud Approach

Recently GPU computing, namely the possibility to use the vector processors of graphics card as computational general purpose units of High Performance Computing environments, has... Read more

1 May, 2011
Evolving a CUDA Kernel From an NVidia Template

Evolving a CUDA Kernel From an NVidia Template

The authors automatically generate an nVidia parallel CUDA graphics card kernel with identical functionality to existing highly optimised ancient sequential C... Read more

13 July, 2010
Ten ways to speed up a slow PC

Ten ways to speed up a slow PC

...bit slow on your desktop, it may be time to update your graphics card. These days, a new graphics card will have significantly more effect... Read more

21 April, 2012 by Craig Simms

HP adds 'sleekbooks' to updated Envy family

...graphics as standard, but can be configured to include a discrete AMD graphics card. The 'sleekbook' Envy4 includes many of the same specs as the... Read more

9 May, 2012

GNU/Linux on the Desktop: Triumphs and Tragedies

I've posted many times about moving users from Windows to GNU/Linux, and of the successful migration experiences with it... Read more

8 May, 2012
Photos: building a Sandy Bridge PC

Photos: building a Sandy Bridge PC

...fun stuff: the skull, which sits just to the right of the graphics card, is LED-illuminated. The red LEDs only light up on hard... Read more

1 February, 2011 by Manek Dubash
Sony refreshes Vaio laptops

Sony refreshes Vaio laptops

...has dual 'hybrid' graphics, which combines a discrete AMD Radeon HD 6470M graphics card with integrated Intel HD graphics. The system simply switches between the... Read more

23 February, 2011 by Ben Woods

Nvidia takes its GPU to the enterprise cloud

...based on the same Kepler technology found in the GeForce GTX 690 graphics card, part of the Nvidia's GPU line for consumer devices. The... Read more

16 May, 2012 by Simon Bisson

Another Windows XP to Fedora 16 Linux migration

Recently I've had the pleasure of replacing yet another Windows XP computer with Fedora Linux (version 16). The user is... Read more

17 February, 2012
HP pops open Z1 all-in-one workstation

HP pops open Z1 all-in-one workstation

...pops open like a car bonnet to let owners swap out the graphics card, hard drive or other parts without using any tools. The LED... Read more

16 February, 2012 by Karen Friar

Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot) and other shells

Recently I 'upgraded' to Ubuntu 11.10 and was faced with being, as I thought, 'forced' to use Unity if I wanted to stay... Read more

21 November, 2011
AMD A8-3850

AMD A8-3850

We recommend the AMD A8-3850 to mainstream desktop PC users in search of capable multithreaded application performance and gaming power. Read more

4 July, 2011 by Rich Brown
Apple iMac 27in. (3.1GHz, Spring 2011)

Apple iMac 27in. (3.1GHz, Spring 2011)

...a fast new second-generation Core i5 CPU, a high-end 3D graphics card and support for promising Thunderbolt high-bandwidth peripheral connection ports, Apple... Read more

4 May, 2011 by Rich Brown
Apple MacBook Air 2010 (13.3in.)

Apple MacBook Air 2010 (13.3in.)

We like the 13.3in. MacBook Air's slimline design, high-resolution screen, fast boot time and long battery life. If the price and one or two feature omissions don't put you off, it's a great notebook to use and to be seen using. Read more

30 November, 2010 by Charles McLellan

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