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Targus Chill Hub
Consumer Electronics Net - Summary: The Chill Hub from Targus is a dual-purpose notebook accessory. Its primary function is to provide cooling for the underside of notebook computers; but it also acts as a four-port USB 2.0 hub, which means one less piece of hardware to lug

Choosing A Mac
TechWeb - Apple has a simple product line. If you want a laptop, there are two basic models: the MacBook and the MacBook Pro. If you want a desktop, there are two lines that are built around Intel processors: the Mac mini and the iMac. (Also in Apple's

ARM-wrestling: MCU vs. core
Electronic Engineering Times - A pair of 32bit ARM-based embedded processors will let designers wrestle with a tough choice: take advantage of an off-the-shelf ARM 9E-based solution from STMicroelectronics or design their own high-performance solution with the latest Cortex-R4 ARM

Processor: Athlon X2
ITnews - While the processor is the key visible performance element of the PC, the motherboard is no less important. Unfortunately, the motherboard is like the crate engine of the computer world, a component that's so critical it's paradoxically an

Review: The Gateway Profile 6 Goes Up Against The iMac
Information Week - Can it really be so hard to make a great all-in-one computer? Apple keeps doing it over and over again with its iMac series -- and not just because of the Macintosh operating system. But PC makers seem to have a much harder time. Take Gateway's new

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Gamasutra - Microsoft Engineer Talks Cell, Cross-Platform Porting [06.15.06] Technology website Ars Technica has conducted an interview with Microsoft Game Technology Group engineer Matt Lee, which includes a number of interesting comments about the importance

Next-gen battle will be won or lost in Europe, says MS developer
gamesindustry.biz - A developer working for Microsoft's Game Technology Group has declared that both the US and Japanese gaming markets have reached "saturation point" - and that success in Europe is key to winning the next-gen battle. In an interview with Ars Technica

Driving away Intel's blues
Electronic Engineering Times - The world's largest semiconductor company is stuck between a rock and a hard place. Its core computer business is maturing, and its new businesses in communications are generating losses instead of hoped-for growth. Some of those new businesses are