Anyone who has upgraded from an original iPhone to the new 3G model may have noticed that the screen is a little warmer than it used to be.

The LCD on the latest 3G iPhone model from Apple is brighter than the original, but that improvement comes at an interesting cost ā€“ a colder white point. Whereas the original screen had a white point temperature of 8300k, according to measurements taken by Richard Baguley of Wirelessinfo.com the new screen is somewhere closer to 7000k. This translates to a yellow cast that some are calling the ‘pee filter’. Read the rest of this entry »

Nvidia confirmed this morning to bit-tech that while it won’t have a chipset ready for Intel’s new Nehalem architecture, there will be some boards available that support SLI.
This is because in order to get support manufacturers must include a $30 NF200 chipset, like there is in the nForce 780i and 750i SLI boards and Intel’s Skulltrail. There will of course still be ordinary X58 boards available that support CrossFire only, and we expect these to be available first. Read the rest of this entry »

Pioneer Corp. said on Monday that it had succeeded in developing a 16-layer read-only optical disc with a capacity of 400GB for the first time in the world. According to Pioneer, the discs manufactured using the same methods as those utilized to create the 400GB media may be used to create Blu-ray discs with similar capacities compatible with Blu-ray optical drives.

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Advanced Micro Devices, the worldā€™s second largest maker of x86 central processing units, has added yet another quad-core processor aimed at performance-minded customers into its family of products. The new chip still cannot match high-end offerings from Intel Corp., however, may still keep AMDā€™s loyal customers with the company and increase the firmā€™s average selling price.

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Gigabyte Technology, a leading maker of various computer components, this week announced its low-cost small form-factor mobile computer that will compete against systems like Asustekā€™s Eee PC or MicroStar Internationalā€™s Wind. Unlike the competitors, Gigabyte M912V is a tablet PC, hence, features touch-screen. However, the novelty may not be as affordable as its rivals.

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Mouse pads, like mice themselves, are personal devices. There’s no one “best” item that is perfect for everyone. Some people have big hands, some small hands. Some play with high mouse sensitivity and small movements, some play with low mouse sensitivity and large sweeping motions. Some people like lots of mouse buttons, others just a few.

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As far as peripherals go whilst Microsoft undoubtedly produce reliable and functional products its range of keyboards and mice are, its fair to say, hardly ever flaunting any particular innovation or, for that matter, any sense of overt design flair but that could be set to change thanks to a leak that details a new, crescent shaped collapsible, optical notebook mouse from MS known as the Arc. Read the rest of this entry »

Remember Creative? I don’t blame you if you don’t. The Singapore-based company has been pretty quiet on the DAP front for a few months now. A few days ago I had the privilege of breaking that silence by revealing their upcoming player at our Creative webring, epiZENter.net. It’s called the “ZEN X-Fi”, and as the name implies it’s main feature is the implementation of Creative’s popular (yet controversial) X-Fi technology. Read the rest of this entry »