It seems that buying an Eee Box system, ASUS' desktop version of the highly successful Eee PC netbook, is like playing the Russian roulette. This is because there's a high probability that your own Eee Box system could ship with a virus or a malware, as a bonus from the Taiwanese manufacturer. The news comes from the company itself which, in a recent letter, has warned customers that its recently released Eee Box nettop could come with a virus. According to the details made available, the virus is located on the hard drive's partition D and, once the user turns on the system, it starts copying itself to the main C drive,... [read more >>] As we informed you last week, leading chip maker Intel is expected to finally unveil the very first six-core processors, codenamed “Dunnington,” this week – although no specific date was made public at the time. Regardless of that, it now looks like the Santa Clara-based chip maker is going to announce the Xeon 7400 processors today, according to a Fujitsu-Siemens press release, in which the company details the new PRIMERGY server. Aside from claiming that its new PRIMERGY is the most powerful server in the lineup, Fujitsu-Siemens also places a lot of emphasis on the fact that it features support for Intel's Xeon... [read more >>] This may come as somewhat of a surprise for all of you Dell fans out there, but it looks like the Round Rock, Texas-based computer systems vendor will finally roll out one of its highly anticipated products. What we're dealing with here is a new desktop computer system that has been in the news for quite some time now. In case you haven't already figured it out, we're talking about Dell's Studio Hybrid PC, which will finally make its debut later on today.Even more, from the looks of it, we're not in for yet another small-size, Atom-powered desktop computer. In fact, Dell's new desktop computer system is based o... [read more >>] If you are a gamer and you also enjoy viewing the Transformers series, then Acer, one of the leading vendors in the worldwide PC market, has something for you right now. It's called Aspire PREDATOR and it is one mean-looking desktop PC. Designed mainly as a high-performance gaming rig, this system brings out all of the new technologies into one single exquisite looking chassis.Acer has decided to make a big impact on a market that has the most knowledgeable users. Gaming computers are known for integrating the latest technologies and for offering the highest performance levels consumer PCs can provide. Acer's PREDATOR states its m... [read more >>] Microsoft's revolutionary Surface computers have already hit the shelves of a few selected companies such as AT&T and it seems that this kind of approach will revolutionize the way we interact with our computers. The extremely intuitive software teams up with a natural user interface (the hand) to put all the necessary data at your fingertips. Following Microsoft's success with Surface, a group of developers started an open-source project, also known as the Cubit, in order to deliver surface computing to the masses. While a genuine Surface computer is expected to sell later this year for about $10,000, the Eyebeam group developed ... [read more >>] In the SMB (small and medium-sized businesses) sector the IT factor is increasingly important, as companies need a reliable and resourceful IT department. Furthermore, the demand for higher data storage and faster connection speeds is forcing companies worldwide to take in consideration a serious budget raise for the IT administration. One of the issues of the SMBs companies surfaces when they need to acquire or just upgrade their data storage servers, as the entire operation will probably translate into server downtime, which for most companies is not acceptable. The ongoing worldwide acceptance is the use of highly scalable blade servers ... [read more >>] One of the most successful trends on the PC market nowadays is to produce low-cost platforms, targeting especially those customers from the emerging markets that can't afford to spend a lot of money on a high-end (or even a mid-range) PC or laptop, but want to get a fully-functional device with average computing capabilities. And it seems that Intel (maker of the Classmate PC, OLPC's rival) is seriously taking this trend into account, as reports have emerged that indicate the fact that the chip maker might be planning a special platform for under $100 for 2008. Thus, according to Monica Chen for DigiTimes, who's quoting unnam... [read more >>] PC users build their own systems according to their needs and budget. As every PC user has his/her own personality, each tends to imprint it onto their systems. There are people that build up their systems, trying to get the most out of those fancy components. However, unlike regular PC users, the modding fans are a bunch of ingenious dudes who like to customize their systems to fit their personality and lifestyle. I found many interesting case mods over the Internet, but for this article, I stopped at six of the most weird/ingenious ones. Be sure to click on the thumbnail images to see the enlarged versions.First of all, let's see wha... [read more >>] | 
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