Articles on Desktops

Five simple steps: Inspecting a used laptop - Aug 28, 2009

Features A second-hand notebook may look fine on the outside, but how do you see if it's in fit working condition on the inside?  Read story »

Intel's new Core i7 and i5 chips make fast performance affordable - Sep 9, 2009

Crave Individual chip reviews are up around the Web, and the consensus seems to be universal admiration for the new Core i7's, and Core i5 especially, in terms of performance, value, and ... Read story »

An Impressionist's gallery of Apple's Snow Leopard wallpapers - Aug 17, 2009

Features Before the OS X 10.6 "Snow Leopard" is let loose into the wild, we have a look at some of the wallpapers for the upcoming operating system. Read story »

gScreen: The real dual-screen laptop - Aug 28, 2009

Crave Of course, we still love the ThinkPad W700ds. Who doesn't? After all, it comes with a cute little secondary panel that makes it just a little larger than its competitors ... Read story »

SVG fonts are now supported in Opera 10 - Sep 2, 2009

Blogs Did you know that Opera 10 was officially launched yesterday? It now sports a cool new interface, also has a new "turbo" compression technology which was first introduced, then removed in ... Read story »

USB-powered Snowballs soon to come in Silver - Sep 4, 2009

Crave The silver Snowball would make a perfect addition to your steampunk desktop recording studio. If you're a musician or podcaster with a home recording studio, you've no doubt come across ... Read story »

Intel launches three new processors, Taipei goes insane! - Sep 9, 2009

Blogs Okay, maybe the last part was a bit over the top, but I know many folks who are excited the NDA is finally lifted and Intel has officially launched the latest ... Read story »

New iPhone 3.1 firmware reverses your iPhone jailbreak - Sep 10, 2009

Crave If you're one of the millions of iPhone users who've jailbroken their iPhones or iPod touches--the desktop hacking trick that allows you to use non-Apple approved apps, access the iPhone's file ... Read story »

USB 3.0 harddisk to reach retail status in November - Sep 29, 2009

Crave With all the hype surrounding eSATA as the next-generation connector, it's almost too easy to forget that the ubiquitous USB has also undergone an upgrade. The third version of the standard--USB ... Read story »

EeeBox EB1501 is sexier than a Mac Mini - Oct 5, 2009

Crave Most Nettops already look like compact DVD players, but the Asus EeeBox EB1501 is ready to up the style ante by coming in at a thin 39mm. With a total volume ... Read story »

HTC Touch 2 launches in Thailand - Oct 2, 2009

Blogs Before swearing my allegiance to the iPhone, I was once a Windows Mobile fanatic. Starting with Pocket PC 2002 all the way up to WinMo 6, I slowly started to realize ... Read story »

Buy a PC online from Microsoft - Oct 23, 2009

Crave In a surprise move, Microsoft has started selling computers and third-party software via its online store. It's part of a broader push to try to give Windows the kind of ... Read story »

Gmail for iPhone gets "expandable" compose box - Oct 27, 2009

Crave Even with the most practiced digits, composing long email on the iPhone's virtual keyboard is the slow, awkward pits compared with typing on a desktop keyboard. However, Google released a ... Read story »

BlackBerry App World now available in Singapore and Indonesia - Oct 27, 2009

Crave For a long while, BlackBerry users in Asia Pacific didn't have access to App World. Beginning today, those in Indonesia and Singapore can download applications from the BlackBerry online application store. ... Read story »

New features galore in Facebook 3.0 for iPhone - Aug 28, 2009

Crave Facebook 3.0 introduces new navigation, notifications, events, and more. The third major edition of Facebook for iPhone has just crept into the iTunes App Store. It's a huge update, with numerous ... Read story »

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