Archive for March 18th, 2008

NVIDIA’s GeForce 9800 GX2 officially ready to shred your wallet

Tuesday, March 18th, 2008

Filed under: Desktops, Gaming Not like we needed NVIDIA (of all companies) to tell us that the GeForce 9800 GX2 was more than a figment of our imagination, but nevertheless, one of the worst kept secrets in GPU history is finally "official." Reportedly, this beast of a card is available today ...

German trucker uses mobile as “ear warmer,” court believes it

Tuesday, March 18th, 2008

Filed under: CellphonesOh sure, we've seen alleged criminals wriggle out from under the strong arm of the law, but this one takes things to an entirely different platform. Reportedly, a truck driver in Germany was pulled over for yapping on his cellphone while cruising, but apparently, said trucker actually wasn't ...

Dextre robot now fully assembled, ready for testing

Tuesday, March 18th, 2008

Filed under: RobotsApparently, the folks aboard Space Shuttle Endeavour aren't wasting any time piecing Dextre together (or jamming to their iPods), as just days after we first heard about this creature's future in space, now we're hearing that he's totally assembled and ready to rock. The bot, which is formally ...

Vulnerable USB drive gets wrapped in aluminum for security’s sake

Tuesday, March 18th, 2008

Filed under: Storage Corsair's Flash Voyager comes straight from the factory in a water- and shock-resistant enclosure, but for one particular owner, said chassis just wasn't hardcore enough. Rather than swapping it out for an Iron Drive, he took matters into his own hands by gutting the innards and custom building ...

802.11n AirPort Express hands-on

Tuesday, March 18th, 2008

Filed under: Wireless Well, what can we say? The new 802.11n AirPort Express looks exactly like the 802.11g AirPort Express we've been using to stream iTunes and wirelessly print to an el-cheapo USB laser printer since 2004. In fact, if not for the different model numbers (A1264 now, instead of A1084) ...

Vista SP1 officially released

Tuesday, March 18th, 2008

Filed under: Desktops, LaptopsLooks like all those rumors yesterday were true -- Microsoft has just posted up the official standalone version of Vista SP1. Sure, you've been able to get it in one way or another for a while now, but if you're into silly things like "legit OS updates," ...