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Intel announced today their plans for a third Extreme processor, geared towards the enthusiast-user. The Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6800 is Intel’s fastest enthusiast featured processor yet, running with a clock speed of 2.93 GHz. According to the press release by Intel, the QX6800 is focused specifically for gamers, digital designers, and those who strive for maximum computing power. Critics are quick to criticize that the 6800 doesn’t differ much from the 6700, which has reached native clock speeds of... Continue reading

Good news, fellow guitar shredders. Hands-On Mobile announced today that they have made an agreement with Activision to bring Guitar Hero to your mobile devices, which really, really rocks. OK, the thought of Guitar Hero wherever we go sounds awesome, but how does Activision/Red Octane plan on producing a mobile version of a game which relies on its awesome peripheral? Surely, Red Octane gave some information in their press release about the controls, right? Wrong. The press release is very... Continue reading

Researchers from the UK are working on creating a computer that runs off of light, rather than electricity. The research project at the University of Bath is focused around the creation of attosecond technology, which refers to continuous pulsing light that lasts for the extremely short period of time of a billion-billionth second. Researchers are determined to learn how to manipulate photons the way a computer uses and controls electrical fields. Because of the ever shrinking size of silicon chips,... Continue reading

Roaming charges are one of the scariest words you can utter to businessmen and travelers. Global Roaming Inc announced today their launch of an international SIM card that could save travelers up to 50-90% of roaming charges from other companies. The CelTrek SIM card will work in 160 countries over a network of 700 GSM operators. The CelTrek will be a prepaid service which means no contracts and no minimal usage fees. Customers of CelTrek will be able to check... Continue reading

Casio has announced its’ newest addition to the Exilim family of high pixel point-and-shoot digital cameras with the EX-Z1050. This 10.1MP has a few distinguishing differences between itself and the previous EX-Z1000 model. The first thing you might notice about the Z1050 is the smaller size. It’s a scant .95″ thick, with a width of 3.85″ and a length of 2.25″. For a camera with such a high MP count, that is a impressively small size. Another addition to the... Continue reading