Computing Category

NVIDIA Tegra fights Intel Atom and Snapdragon

22Jun2009 Filed under: Computing, Gadgets

Get ready for a crash course in net-capable consumer electronics devices, we will be looking at two new architectures that promises to give stiff competition to Intel’s Atom microprocessor and it’s only going to get confusing if you don’t pay attention. Things started off with Intel releasing their Atom processor aimed at low-priced low-power netbooks [...]

To all the power users out there who are running 4GB RAM or more on typical 34bit systems, you may realize that only about 3GB of that RAM can be used by the operating system efficiently. The remaining memory is pretty much wasted due to the nature of 32bit addressing making it a bummer if [...]

Fonts and Typography

27May2009 Filed under: Computing, Web design and programming

Little attention is being paid to fonts. Apple recognized the importance of having beautiful typography, which is why aesthetics play an important part of their product design cycle. Nowadays, people are starting to realize how fonts are important to generate quality in their work and have started to pay more attention to proper font selection. [...]

NVIDIA Ion Goes Official

22Apr2009 Filed under: Computing

If you have been following the NVIDIA Ion story, you should know by now the long and challenging history faced by this diminutive platform as it faced down rivals from Intel and their criticisms about the viability of such a platform. There is even a rumor that the exasperated NVIDIA might be approaching and buying [...]

HP Mini 1000 Vivienne Tam Edition

6Apr2009 Filed under: Computing

Look at your notebook, isn’t it boring? Have you ever dreamed of a notebook with cool, fancy and fashion designs? Now we are glad to introduce a perfect mini notebook for you… Introducing HP Mini 1000 Vivienne Tam Edition, this mini notebook is what they call the “High fashion meets high tech”. This mini notebook [...]