- Five Must-Have Features for the Modern Digital Camera
- Digital Trends Guides - July 20, 2009
- You're flipping through the weekly flyers from your local electronics store and marvel at the new digital cameras on the market. Not only are prices dropping all the time – for both the compact point-and-shoot cameras as well as the bulkier yet...
- Blurring the Line Between Netbook and Notebook
- Digital Trends Talk Backs - May 28, 2009
- This week, Lenovo launched its S12 netbook with an Nvidia Ion graphics processor as an option. Though I haven’t had a chance to play with one yet, I've just completed two weeks using the Acer Revo Aspire, which is a similar configuration in a m...
- 32, 64, 86: Chip Numbers Explained
- PC World Articles - February 9, 2009
- MicTig asked the Answer Line forum why we call 32-bit PCs x86 instead of the more descriptive x32. After all, we call their 64-bit equivalents x64.
- Keyboard Shortcuts From Hassle-Free PC
- PC World Articles - February 3, 2009
- PC World blogger Rick Broida shares editing shortcuts for most word processors, plus Windows Quick Launch tips and more.
- Holiday Preview: Laptop and PC Buying Guide
- Digital Trends Guides - November 14, 2008
- With processor, graphics and storage technologies rushing ahead at breakneck speed, this year’s holiday shoppers will have more tech on tap for less money than they could have dreamed a year ago. Ultra-premium hardware that used to be reserved ...
- Intel Core I7, PC 3.0, and Anticipating Massive Change
- Digital Trends Talk Backs - November 13, 2008
- Next Monday, the Intel Core I7 launches, and I’ve been using a system that Intel sent out which not only has the Core I7 and X58 chipset, but two 4870 X2 ATI graphics cards and two of the company’s new high-speed flash drives.To say that ...
- Best Laptops Under $500
- Digital Trends Guides - June 26, 2008
- ThinkPad R61e $487.69 Although ThinkPads have a reputation for being pricier premium notebooks intended for business travelers, a little smart shopping can land you this budget model on a shoestring. It’s not as fast as the flagship T-seri...
- Replace Your CPU
- PC World Articles - July 23, 2007
- A processor upgrade can breathe new life into your old PC.
- What is the Intel Viiv?
- TechLore - June 26, 2007
- (Syndicated from MyDigitalEntertainer.com ) You’ve probably seen the commercials and heard the hype. But what exactly is Microsoft’s Intel Viiv? Simply put, Intel Viiv (rhymes with “five”) is a catch-all for the latest i...
- Intel Centrino Processor Update Spurs Massive Laptop Releases
- Digital Trends Features - May 10, 2007
- Intel’s unveiling of their latest-generation Centrino processor technology (formerly known as Santa Rosa) for use in notebook computers in the consumer and business arenas, has of course sparked a flurry of new laptop announcements as majo...
- Intel Jumps on UMPC: Will the Video iPod Become Endangered?
- Digital Trends Talk Backs - April 18, 2007
- In Beijing this week, Intel is showcasing a massive number of technologies that will come to market over the next couple of years. From processors that are so enhanced you won’t need separate GPUs, CPUs, or Physics chips, to massively multi-cor...
- The Bloatware Co-Processor
- Digital Trends Talk Backs - January 29, 2007
- Once upon a time PCs were terrible gaming platforms. *gasp* Why, you ask? Well, beside the obvious lack of horsepower or gaming-centric graphics accelerators, the CPUs were simply not capable of processing in hardware the necessary floating-poin...
- Quad-Core Lust and Vista: Getting Ready For Megatasking
- Digital Trends Talk Backs - December 3, 2006
- With the entry of AMD’s Quad FX processors into the market and Intel clearly pushing the future of quad-core, let’s talk about why you might want one.It wasn’t too long ago that we were chasing the almighty MHz and the faster the pr...
- Ask Our Expert: Can You Upgrade to Core 2 Duo?
- PC World Articles - October 25, 2006
- Socket and chip-set issues complicate proposed upgrade to a Core 2 Duo processor.
- GeekTech: AMD Buys ATI: Should You Care?
- PC World Articles - August 10, 2006
- What happens to your desktop when the perennial processor underdog buys a graphics powerhouse?