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Inscryption Review

Welcome challenger. Why not sit down, and play a little game?

October 27, 2021 | 12:05

SilentiumPC Regnum RG6V TG Case Review

Budget in price, mainstream in aspiration.

October 21, 2021 | 09:43

IDF Spring 2006 Content Index

Seeing all that news run by on the right? Hop in here for your handy index to our comprehensive Intel Developer Forum coverage.

March 9, 2006 | 21:14

Intel replaces VGA with UDI

IDF SPRING 06: VGA is dead, long live... wait, what happened to DVI and HDMI? We get to the bottom of next-gen displays on PCs.

March 9, 2006 | 21:10

ATI responds with price cuts

The vote is still out on who is the fastest but ATI aren't wasting any time, slashing the price of Radeons across the board to increase the pressure on rival NVIDIA.

March 9, 2006 | 18:45

GeForce 7900 GTX, 7900 GT and 7600 GT arrive

NVIDIA has responded to ATI's X1900XTX by releasing the GeForce 7900 GTX today, sporting 512MB of memory and clock speeds up to 700 / 1800MHz. Also new today are the 7900 GT and mid-range 7600 GT. Details inside.

March 9, 2006 | 16:15

Why Intel's DRM strategy is flawed

At IDF today, Intel has been talking about how DTCP-IP, a standard it is promoting, will enable the next generation of digital content in the home. In this analysis piece, Wil Harris explains why Intel's strategy for content protection is flawed, and why DRM will result in a bad experience for people like us.

March 9, 2006 | 02:02

We benchmark FEAR on Conroe

IDF SPRING 06: We snagged some time alone with a Conroe gaming machine and managed to run one of our standard CPU benchmark tests to get some good numbers for you guys.

March 8, 2006 | 20:57

Intel invents 5GHz stock cooler

IDF SPRING 06: Intel has designed a new, self-contained watercooling unit. Bringing its R&D experience to bear, this $50 cooler hits 5GHz with ease. Simply astounding.

March 8, 2006 | 14:25

NVIDIA brings AMD box to Intel shindig

IDF SPRING 06: Over in the Tech Showcase, NVIDIA is showing off their Quad SLI graphics cards on AMD hardware. Frisky.

March 8, 2006 | 14:18

Flash improves Battlefield 2 performance

IDF SPRING 06: We've seen demonstrations of flash storage technology decreasing boot times and application load times. Now comes the important stuff: games!

March 8, 2006 | 03:41

Intel man takes pop at Steve Jobs

IDF SPRING 06: The chap at the helm of Viiv jokes about Apple's Front Row media software and shows off some technology that will make it into future versions of Viiv.

March 8, 2006 | 02:05

Santa Rosa laptops, WiMax details from IDF

IDF SPRING 06: The next generation of Intel's Centrino technology is called Santa Rosa, and it sports a host of improvements.

March 7, 2006 | 23:26

Intel pre-announces Microsoft's Origami

IDF SPRING 06: Microsoft's mini media project has caused oodles of speculation over the last few weeks. Intel has been showing it off today.

March 7, 2006 | 23:09

Intel will drop ATX next year

IDF SPRING 06: ATX is on its last legs, according to form factor specifialists here in San Francisco. BTX will be the future of Intel platforms from 2007.

March 7, 2006 | 22:41

Enlight Extreme Gamers PC Case

Enlight has named this the Extreme Gamers PC Case. We put it under the microscope to find out what is so extreme about it and whether it really does appeal to gamers.

March 7, 2006 | 19:15

Everything over IP

IDF SPRING 06: The future of services and software is through the internet, with the IP protocol leading the way, we're told this morning. Also: cool anti-virus technology.

March 7, 2006 | 19:13

Intel man shows Guild Wars running on four cores

IDF SPRING 06: Multiple cores are the order of the the day here at IDF. We've been treated to a demo of new software running on some funky new hardware, including top MMO Guild Wars and the new version of Microsoft Office.

March 7, 2006 | 18:31

NetBurst is dead: long live Core

IDF SPRING 06: Intel finally gives a name to its next-gen CPU architecture, and reveals details of how it bests the Pentium 4's Netburst.

March 7, 2006 | 18:15

ATI Mobility Radeon X1800XT launches

Watch out GeForce Go 7800 GTX! There's a new mobile GPU in town: the Mobility Radeon X1800 XT, and it means business. We take a peek under the hood of the latest rock gaming notebook to find out.

March 7, 2006 | 14:37

The future of mobility laid out

IDF SPRING 06: Intel's made good headway with its Centrino machines, but there's a lot of infrastructure work to be done if wireless computing is really to take off.

March 7, 2006 | 01:21

Intel talks up 'Tera-Scale' computing

IDF SPRING 06: With teraflops of processor power and terabytes of data storage, Intel's Chief Technology Officer believes that some interesting times are ahead.

March 6, 2006 | 19:28

50% of 'faulty' products baffle users

Have you ever felt the frustration of incompetent friends and family unable to work their technology? Then this won't surprise you...

March 6, 2006 | 17:46

ABC will offer ad-supported TV downloads

The network that shows Lost and Desperate Housewives will be conducting a download experiment this year. Could this be the beginning of the IPTV era?

March 6, 2006 | 17:27

Samsung announces 8GB music phone

Move over iPod nano - Samsung are releasing a new phone - SGH-i310 - that features an 8GB hard drive. It supports every audio format under the sun, has a 2MP camera and much, much more.

March 6, 2006 | 15:09