HardwareReview: Think small with Linutop 2

The Linutop 2 is a tiny, Linux-based PC that offers solid basic computing and low-power use for small or home offices at an extremely low price.

HardwareCalTech: Intelligent space robots will explore universe by 2020

A CalTech scientist said work has started on developing intelligent space robots that can explore the universe for their human makers.

HardwareAMD's SB750: Enabling Higher Phenom Overclocks?

Rumor has it that AMD's new South Bridge will allow Phenom processors to clock higher. Believe it or not, it works. We try and figure out why, and by how much....

HardwareIntel: Human and computer intelligence will merge in 40 years

As Intel celebrates its 40th anniversary, CTO Justin Rattner looks to a future of internal health sensors, friendlier robot companions, and the eventual merging of human intelligence with that of machines.

HardwareBuild a three-screen workstation for $230 or less

If you want to expand the visual capabilities of your laptop, you can add two monitors without spending a lot of time or money.

HardwareOpinion: How about a Wii bit more storage, Nintendo?

Wii gamers are becoming frustrated with the inability to store games on their systems, so editor Lucas Mearian asks the question, why can't Nintendo pack more than half a gigabyte of storage into its console?

HardwareWindows Home Server: All Better, Only It’s 7 Months Later

If you recall my past blog post on Windows Home Server, we were discussing a critical file corruption bug in the operating system that Microsoft had finally identified. The Drive Extender technology for handling the WHS storage pool had a particularly nasty and hard to fix race condition that resulted in data corruption in certain situations when the...

HardwareSome virtual-server apps manage competing products

Citrix and Microsoft already manage competitors' virtual servers; VMware may follow but isn't quite there yet.

HardwareEMC revenue, profit defy economic woes

EMC revenue rose 18% in the second quarter -- it's 20th consecutive quarter of double-digit revenue growth -- something the company attributed to the ever-growing need for more storage.

HardwareIntel's SoC Update: 1B Transistors Embedded in 5 Years

Intel revealed a bit about its upcoming embedded and SoC plans. Aside from Larrabee, these are brand new areas for Intel's x86 architectures. Intel has 15 chip designs in the works and is using similar rhetoric to what we heard when the first dual-core chips were in production. Does this mean that Intel embedded and SoC designs will be as pervasive in a few...