AMD and Seagate have jointly demonstrated the first SATA3 hard drive in public, and are promising compatible chipsets and shipping hard drives by the end of 2009. SATA3 will maintain full compatibility with SATA and SATA2—all current motherboards and drive cables should flawlessly support SATA...

Part of Apple's Tuesday surprise, in which the firm refreshed its entire desktop computing line, was about a lack of things: how much less the products weighed than previous models, the removal of PVC, brominated flame retardants (BFRs) and arsenic, and the lower energy profile of the new models. Ev...

The late winter storm now pounding the northeast US isn't the only freak weather event currently in progress. Hell itself has frozen over, and the proof is that, for the first time in history, Intel is partially outsourcing the fabrication of one of its CPUs to a foundry. Intel and TSMC have jointly...

Like everyone else in the entire computing supply chain, Taiwanese chip foundry TSMC saw a sudden and precipitous drop in revenue in the final quarter of last year, but unlike many others, it's being relatively open about how hard it was hit, and about how long it thinks it will be before things rea...

This past week has been nothing but a jolly ball of fun for all concerned as the Orbital HQ underwent major renovation. Not only did we install new shields, armor, and big honkin' space guns, we found the time to cover a bit of hardware news as well. Here's what you might have missed, especially if ...

The Trusted Computing Group (TCG) has released three final specifications for hardware-level data encryption, and virtually all the major storage manufacturers have declared that they intend to adopt the new standards in the near future. Self-encrypted disks are already available on the market—...

Netbooks may be all the rage at the moment, but a good tablet affords users a number of benefits that just can't be matched by other computers. A swiveling neck can make an otherwise-chunky laptop a bit more bearable, and the touch interface has its obvious benefits. Hoping to win over tablet fans w...

If you've been holding off on a 1TB or 1.5TB upgrade in the hopes of buying something a wee bit roomier, Western Digital's new 2TB hard drive may fit your needs. Western Digital bills its "Green" series as being eco-friendly; these drives typically trade a bit of performance for variable spin speeds...

I have three SpaceNavigator 3D mice made by 3dconnexion but I use zero of them. I've tried, but here are the problems I've found -- along with suggestions I've made to 3dconnexion: 1. The round shape makes it hard for me to determine its orientation: which side is "up"? Solutio...

Samsung now mass producing 256GB SSDs South Korean tech giant Samsung has announced that they are now mass producing 256GB solid state drives. These drives could soon be available in laptops from... ....