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Android 2.2 Launching Soon on 4G Smartphones - by Wesley Fink
Google’s Android 2.2 smartphone operating system heats up the Competition ....read full article

Samsung & Sony Aim To Shake Up The Camera Market With New Cameras - by Wesley Fink
If Sony and Samsung have their way, your next serious camera will be the size of a Point-and-Shoot compact but still have interchangeable lenses. ....read full article

Understanding the New Intel Sockets and CPUs - by Wesley Fink
An explanation of Intel’s CPU naming and their specs ....read full article

Windows 7: Making the Upgrade - by Wesley Fink
Click here for a comparison between the 3 different versions of Windows 7. ....read full article

Netbooks 2009
One of the fastest growing markets in the computer industry is the Netbook computer. These – smaller than a notebook, portable, and very cheap computers – are ideal for schoolwork, internet browsing, and email. For many, the netbook is the perfect fit for their computing needs.

AMD Phenom II Sparks CPU Price Wars - by Wesley Fink
About a month ago AMD launched their new quad-core Phenom II processors that were compatible with existing AM2+ motherboards and DDR2 memory ....read full article

NVidia Levels the Playing Field with ATI - by Wesley Fink
In January NVIDIA introduced new Video Cards that are designed to level the playing field. ....read full article

Intel Atom and the 1 Billion Transistor Promise - by Wesley Fink
After a frenetic June and July that turned the video card market upside down, the industry is busy delivering products for the back-to-school buying season. ....read full article

The Time For Solid State Hard Drives is Now
They first appeared as very expensive options for server storage, but the idea of solid state storage, or a huge hard drive made of memory chips, is finally around the corner.

Digital SLR Camera & Top Video Card Competition Heats Up - by Wesley Fink
In a busy few weeks Microsoft finally release Service Pack 1 for Vista, NVidia and AMD go head-to-head with top-performing video cards that cost less than $200, and the Digital SLR market heats up with new models from almost everyone. ....read full article

ATI’s New Radeon HD 3850 Video Cards - by Wesley Fink
NVidia shook up the high-end graphics market last month with the 8800 GT designed to sell for $200. This month ATI introduces the RV670-based video cards at even lower prices to compete ....read full article

NVidia's $200 Top Performer - by Wesley Fink

Nvidia has been very busy launching new products, including a $200 video card that outperforms almost everything Nvidia has in their current product line ....read full article

CPU Cooling Can Lower Noise & Increase Performance - by Wesley Fink
Changing processor coolers can reduce noise, increase system performance, or do both in today’s computers ....read full article

DDR3 Doubles Memory Speed - by Wesley Fink
The Intel 3 family chipsets have brought us a higher 1333 Front Bus Speed and support for either existing DDR2 memory or the new DDR3 memory ....read full article

Intel Just Introduced Series 3 1333 FSB Chips - by Wesley Fink
With the recent introduction of the Intel 3 series chipsets supporting 1333 FSB, there had to be 1333 FSB processors coming soon. On June 21st Intel announced the 1333FSB E6750 and threw gasoline on the CPU price wars. 1333 FSB Processors Set Incredible New Price Points Intel has just introduced the first 1333 FSB CPU – the E6750 – but it is just the first of a flood of new Intel processors that will expand the top-performing Core 2 Duo series from 5 to at least 14 models by the end of summ ....read full article

Intel P35 Foretells Your Computer Future - by Wesley Fink
It was one of the longest and strangest launches in computer history, but the new Intel P35 chipset, DDR3 memory, and the 1333 FSB have finally landed ....read full article

DDR3 Memory & 1333 FSB Speeds Are Here! - by Wesley Fink
Intel is reinventing itself again, pushing an effort to make DDR3 memory the memory of choice, and increasing the bus on its new CPUs ....read full article

A look at Vista graphics & memory requirements - by Wesley Fink
Most users upgrading to the new Windows Vista operating system will need to upgrade memory and graphics to run the new Aero graphics properly ....read full article

Windows Vista is Here! - by Wesley Fink
What you need to know to get Vista Ready. ....read full article

10 Megapixel Digital SLRs - by Wesley Fink
SLR cameras have dropped considerably in price, and are the fastest growing segment of the digital photography market ....read full article

AMD Fights Back with QuadFX - by Wesley Fink
The Holiday season is usually quiet in the PC business. It’s the time of the year when most computers are sold, and everyone is busy making products instead of introducing new ones. This year is different, however, with a major product announcement when you least expect it. ....read full article

Paving the Way for Vista - by Wesley Fink
Hardware manufacturers are gearing up their new product lines for the next big operating system from Microsoft ....read full article

Intel Conroe Destroys the Competition - by Wesley Fink
Intel launched their latest and greatest processor, the Core 2 Duo, which everyone’s touting as an evolution in the PC market ....read full article

AMD Introduces New AM2 Processor - by Wesley Fink
This month's Market Update topics: AMD Launches Socket AM2; Socket AM2 – a New Socket 940 and DDR2 Memory; AM2 Performance; New nVidia Motherboards for AM2; ATI Refines RD580 for AM2; AM2 Has the Lead until Conroe. ....read full article

News from NVIDIA, Benchmarks from Intel Conroe - by Wesley Fink
NVIDIA pulls even with ATI in the Video Card wars; NVIDIA Simplifies their Video Cards; NVIDIA’s 7900GT, X1800GT0, and 7600GT; First Conroe Benchmarks Show Amazing Performance; Conroe vs. AM2 Still 6 Months Away ....read full article

Hot Video Cards from ATI; AM2/DDR2 from AMD - by Wesley Fink
The Computer Industry is usually quiet from the January CES show until CeBit Germany in early March. This year is certainly different as ATI launches several major new products and the industry prepares for the new AMD Socket AM2 and Intel Conroe. ....read full article

Eye Candy at the Consumer Electronics Show - by Wesley Fink
Dell 30” Display; nVidia’s Quad-SLI; Blu-ray Everywhere; Centrino Duo; Motorola In-Ear Bluetooth Headset; ATI Crossfire Motherboards ....read full article

Dual-Core CPUs and Dual Video - by Wesley Fink
Changes with hardware in 2006 will make “dual” the norm ....read full article

Cmputer Hardware Wish List - by Wesley Fink
There are lots of exciting computer components on store shelves this year. What computer enthusiast wouldn’t like one of our picks for the best computer gifts this holiday season? ....read full article

End-of-Year PC Product Launches - by Wesley Fink
September and October end with the last of the major component launches for 2005. ....read full article

New Intel CPUs & High-end Video Cards - by Wesley Fink
Every Spring and Fall Intel shows the world where it is headed for the future. There hasn’t been a lot for Computer Enthusiasts to cheer about in Intel products for a while, but next year may be different. ....read full article

Faster Processors & Video Cards - by Wesley Fink
AMD is in the lead with the fastest CPU, and Nvidia sports leading video card ....read full article

Computex 2005 PC Hardware Highlights - by Wesley Fink
The latest in video, dual-core processors and DDR2 Memory ....read full article

64-bit Windows & Dual Core CPUs - by Wesley Fink
Microsoft Launches 64-bit Windows XP & all about dual-core processors ....read full article

Media Center PCs, IPTV, DLP Were Sizzling Hot at CES 2005 - by Wesley Fink
This month we take a closer look at Media Center computers and the consumer electronics designed to work with the Media Center PC. ....read full article

CES 2005: Motherboard Wrapup - by Wesley Fink
With the death of Comdex in 2004, the computer press had every expectation that CES would fill the void ....read full article

Top-of-the-line Graphics Cards Now Coming Down the Pike - by Wesley Fink
A new roundup of graphics cards! ....read full article

Some Great Buys Are Available For Techie Shopping - by Wesley Fink
Taking a quick look at some of the best buys for this Holiday season ....read full article

Intel, AMD, and chipset changes Changes - by Wesley Fink
One of the biggest mysteries – who will the next president be – is being solved. But all the major players in the computer market are loading their guns for the Christmas buying season. We look ahead at the new items that might make it to your Holiday stocking this year. ....read full article

Market Update - by Wesley Fink
Last month was devoted to budget processors, with AMD and Intel filling in their new product lines with new Celeron D and Sempron memory chips. This month I’ll introduce new, mid-range video cards from ATI and NVIDIA. Intel and AMD also increase the stakes with new top-end processors. New chipsets are also on their way from NVIDIA and ATI. ....read full article

New Choices in Budget Computing - by Wesley Fink
After all of the introductions of new Sockets by Intel and AMD, both companies have filled out their product lines with new low-end processors ....read full article

Pentium 4 or Athlon64? - by Wesley Fink
Who’s the fastest? All these new technologies embraced and developed by Intel may seem like the Pentium 4 is the fastest, but AMD’s Athlon64 beats it out of the ring ....read full article

Computex wrap up - by Wesley Fink
Computex has just ended in Taiwan and we finally got to see all the new computers and components that are making their way to your dealer. If you’ve been following this column for the last few months, then all the new stuff will sound a little familiar. Either way, time is coming to relearn everything you know about computers ....read full article

PC changes are in full swing... Faster and better! - by Wesley Fink
May was the month for new video technology as the two giants continued the war for top position with new video cards. June will see the long-awaited introduction of the new weapons in the CPU wars – the AMD Athlon 64 Socket 939 and Intel’s new Socket 775 ....read full article

Major PC market changes are now coming to market - by Wesley Fink
About the time you read this, we will be seeing launches of new Graphics Cards from the two giants – NVIDIA and ATI These will be both the last launches of AGP 8X video cards, and the first launches of graphics cards for PCI Express, which will eventually replace AGP on future motherboards. ....read full article

BIG-BIG-BIG chages in computers! - by Wesley Fink
From new DDR2 memory, PCI Express bus, new chipsets and processors... we finally see a major change in the industry! ....read full article

PC Market Update - by Wesley Fink
In 2000 Shuttle launched a new tiny computer that took the market literally by storm. About the size of a 4-slice toaster, the Shuttle eventually defined a new type of computer, which has become known as the Small Form Factor or SFF ....read full article

PC Market Update - by Wesley Fink
On October 23rd, after many delays over the past two years, AMD launched the consumer version Athlon64 CPU and an Enthusiast version Athlon64 FX processor ....read full article

PC Market Update - by Wesley Fink
This month's column covers: Serial ATA Hard Drives, Intel Centrino, ATI Turns Up the Heat, nVidia Concentrates on the Mid-Range, and Springdale, Canterwood, & Dual 800MHz ....read full article

PC Market Update - by Wesley Fink
This edition's topics: AMD Introduces Barton, Hammer delayed again, GeForce FX Introduced Amid Controversy, Radeon 9900 To Ship in March, Intel Price Cuts, 800 FSB Pentium 4 and Hyper-Threading, SiS655 Takes P4 Performance Crown, VIA Updates the KT400 for Athlon, Prescott Coming ....read full article

PC Market Update - by Wesley Fink
This issue's topics: AMD Roars Back, How Good is nForce2?, KT400A Dual-Channel in January, Dual-Channel DDR from Intel, Intel’s Springdale Set To Launch in Q2, Megahertz Wars to Slow in 2003, Athlon 64 and Hammer Chipsets, GeForce FX, Radeon 9500 ....read full article

PC Market Update - by Wesley Fink
This month's topics include:3.0GHz and Beyond, Dual-Channel DDR, SiS and VIA Also Announce Dual-Channel DDR, nVidia Launches Dual-Channel DDR for the Athlon, 8X AGP Video Takes Hold, Serial ATA Will Be in Your Future... ....read full article

PC Market Update - by Wesley Fink
This month's topics: More “Paper” AMD Announcements, Breaking the 3.0GHz Barrier, Intel Launches OFFICIAL Support for DDR333, New Motherboards Everywhere, ATI 9700 Is Top-Performing Video Card, 8X AGP, the ATI 9700, and nVidia, Looking Toward the Holiday Season ....read full article

PC Market Update - by Wesley Fink
This month's topics: AMD’s Athlon XP2400+ & 2600+, AMD to Announce XP2700+ CPU with 333 MHz FSB, AMD Revises CPU Ratings, New ‘C1’ P4, Lower AMD & Intel CPU prices, The Radeon 9700 Pro Arrives, Values in Video Adapters, New nVidia Detonator 4 Drivers, 8X Motherboard Chipsets Begin Shipping, Motherboard DDR333 Support, nForce2 Chipset Debuts, Gamers Influence Cases and Speakers. ....read full article

PC Market Update - by Wesley Fink
This month's topics: New PC Chipsets, Radeon 9700 & DirectX 9.0, DDR 400, DDR333, AGP 8X, SiS announces Rambus, Intel to Introduce New SPeeds in Early September, AMD Hammer will launch at 3GHz+, Dual Channel DDR ....read full article

PC Market Update - by Wesley Fink
Get late-breaking PC industry news! Want to know what's coming soon? Want to find out what's the best of the best in the market right now? Wes tells all! ....read full article

PC Market Update - by Wesley Fink
** NEW COLUMN ** Get late-breaking PC industry news! Want to know what's coming soon? Want to find out what's the best of the best in the market right now? Wes tells all! ....read full article