Falcon Northwest sent us a mini-ITX-based platform worthy of enthusiast lust. We asked the company’s president, Kelt Reeves, to walk us through the process of designing a tiny desktop packing more performance than most power user-oriented rigs.
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Apple v. Samsung: New Filing Reveals Appleâs Request to Sanction Samsung
A new court filing made public on Thursday has revealed Appleâs formal request of the court to have Samsung sanctioned for distributing banned trial evidence to the press. In legalese, a court sanction is a punishment imposed by a judge — usually a fine — for being in contempt of court or filing a frivolous […]
Microsoft Turfs Metro Name
Microsoft has emerged from a trademark dispute red-faced, with an order for developers writing programs for Windows 8 to no longer refer to Microsoftâs unified user interface design as âMetroâ but rather simply âNew User Interfaceâ. Hardware Canucks first learned of this change from sources early Thursday afternoon, and this order has been since confirmed […]
Thorsten Heins: RIMâs Future is in BB10
For RIMâs CEO Thorsten Heins, the key to RIMâs next decade is BB10. In an interview with the UKâs Telegraph Mr. Heins remained bullish about the companyâs prospects, despite the fact the firm is hemorrhaging cash and is about to engage in another round of layoffs. âWe know that BlackBerry OS7 was a great platform […]
Microsoft Unveils Windows 8-Friendly Peripherals
Two keyboards, two mice and an updated Microsoft Touch Mouse will be ready for Windows 8 this October.
Facebook Stock Tumbles to New Low
Facebookâs stock flirted with a price point of $19 per share by mid-day trading today, as the social networking siteâs stock continued to tank. By 2:30 PM EST, the price had hit $19.90. Facebook has lost 45{b81fbfd19e1fca5890798868c0714c408bbd5ec471654b6f9630c0fffa6e7eb3} of its value since its initial public offering in May. This latest drop follows an announcement by the […]
Security Researcher: Huaweiâs Gear is âFull of Holesâ
At DEFCON, the annual hacker get-together in Las Vegas, a German security research team demonstrated how Huaweiâs commercial routers are ripe with serious unpatched security vulnerabilities. Felix Lindner — who prefers the nom-de-hacker “FX” — demonstrated with colleagues from his security think tank Recurity Labs how Huaweiâs AR18 and AR 29 series routers contain serious […]
StarTech UNIDOCK3U Hard Drive Dock Review
Have an old SATA or IDE based hard drive laying around that needs to be wiped or mined for valuable files? Maybe you have laptop and want to backup data to another hard drive but only have a internal drive on hand. If so, StarTech has just the thing …
Western Digital VelociRaptor WD1000DHTZ Review
Western Digital recently sent us its latest-generation VelociRaptor, a 1 TB update to what was already the fastest 3.5″ disk drive available. Once again, it stymies the mechanical competition with significantly higher performance.
Apple v. Samsung: Samsungâs Lawyer Scolded by Judge
The end of the second day (July 31) of the multi-billion dollar Apple v. Samsung trial was defined by Samsungâs failing to get âcriticalâ evidence for their side included in the case, and a spat between Samsungâs high profile lead lawyer and the judge presiding over the case. Samsung was barred by Judge Lucy Koh […]