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  1. Wireless Control for Presentations?

    Ask · Hardware · · posted by Cliff · from the ditch-the-slides-for-your-laptop dept. · 51 comments
    Bifurcati asks: "I recently bought a Bluetooth enabled Powerbook G4 laptop, which comes with a trackpad. I often give Powerpoint presentations, so I'm interested in getting a wireless controller, to flip back and forward through slides without touching the laptop. Google turns up many options, e.g., Honeywell's, Beamplus and this doohickey. Another option is a combined mouse-controller, throwing an external mouse into the bargain. There are wireless mice (e.g., Logitech's) which need a USB plug-in, but are short range. Or there are Bluetooth mice, like the X-Wing, which are neat and have a 10m range, but seem to be a pain with battery life/charging. Another option is Logitech's Bluetooth Presenter, which is a mouse, PP controller and laserpointer in one (but costs $200!). So many choices! So I'm turning to good old Slashdot. All of you presenters out there, do have favourite remote control devices? What are your experiences with using them? What type of connectivity is the best (wireless, Bluetooth, something else?!) And what about devices that double as an external mouse, or even as a controller for movies, iTunes, etc?"

  2. AMD Releases 12 New Chips at CeBIT

    Hardware · Amd · · posted by chrisd · from the none-are-nacho-cheese-flavored dept. · 289 comments
    SuperDuG writes "AMD now offers three categories of processor for notebooks grouped under the Athlon XP-M brand. It labels them "desktop replacement," "standard," and the new "low-voltage". AMD plans to make a desktop replacement in the notebook computer market using the Barton Core, a technology designed to double the CPU Cache. Looks like yet another case of AMD being one-up on Intel."

  3. CPU Wars

    Hardware · Hardware · · posted by michael · from the build-a-better-heatsink dept. · 177 comments
    msolnik writes: "Whether you say "0.13-micron" as most of us do, or "130-nanometer" as PR flacks prefer, the phrase is weighing heavily on both Intel's and AMD's minds. Indeed, each company's timeline in reaching that mark may determine who calls the CPU shots in 2002. Read more here at Hardware Central." Other submitters noted that AMD and Motorola have both updated their development roadmaps.

  4. AMD Challenges P4 With 1.33Ghz

    Amd · · posted by ryuzaki0 · from the yes-sir-it's-fast----it's-named-after-an-indian-legend! dept. · 228 comments
    ravedaddy writes: "AMD is again upping the ante in the processor war with two new high-performance products: the Athlon 1.33GHz, designed to operate on the 133MHz DDR EV6 bus, and the Athlon 1.3GHz, which runs on the 100MHz DDR bus. There are a couple of reviews pitting the 1.33 Athlon versus the Pentium 4 1.3 and 1.5GHz at Sharky's and at Hardware Central." I'm still happy with last-year's Athlon -- does anyone harbor any lingering thoughts that AMD is a second-class citizen in the chipmaking world?

  5. Emergence of SMT

    Tech · Technology · · posted by Hemos · from the interesting-approach-to-things dept. · 104 comments
    yellow writes "SMT, or Simultaneous Multithreading, is a concept that is rapidly gaining adherence in the microprocessor area. It essentially allows for a single processor with multi-processor capabilities in both ILP (Instruction Level Parallelism) and TLP (Thread Level Parallelism). When comparing SMT vs. dual or multiprocessor performance data, it is important to compare apples to apples, and understand why under an OS such as Win 98 or ME, even a single Pentium III 1 GHz will handily outperform a dual-Pentium III 500 MHz setup. This is the discussion topic of a new feature on HWC."

  6. Dual Pentium III Xeon Review

    Intel · · posted by ryuzaki0 · from the mmmm-cascades dept. · 71 comments
    Sander Sassen writes: "Intel has recently released its new line of Pentium III Xeon CPUs, based on their new .18 micron process. HardwareCentral takes a look at its performance, utilizing a dual CPU configuration on an Intel i840 platform with 256 MB of Rambus memory as a testbed. This Dual Pentium III Xeon review has all the details of their findings."

  7. Dual Pentium III Xeon Review

    Intel · · posted by ryuzaki0 · from the mmmm-cascades dept. · 71 comments
    Sander Sassen writes: "Intel has recently released its new line of Pentium III Xeon CPUs, based on their new .18 micron process. HardwareCentral takes a look at its performance, utilizing a dual CPU configuration on an Intel i840 platform with 256 MB of Rambus memory as a testbed. This Dual Pentium III Xeon review has all the details of their findings."

  8. The Dual 1GHz Pentium III Myth

    Intel · · posted by ryuzaki0 · from the no-i-want-more-speed dept. · 122 comments
    Sander Sassen writes: "HardwareCentral has the latest on the dual 1GHz Pentium III controversy. Here's a blurb: 'The 1 GHz Intel Pentium III seems to be the subject of much controversy, as many claims have been made about its inability to run in a dual CPU configuration. HardwareCentral has been following the discussion closely and decided to put an end to all the rumors and get a couple of GigaHertz Pentium IIIs and a dual CPU motherboard and find out what exactly is the truth of the matter.'"

  9. The Dual 1GHz Pentium III Myth

    Intel · · posted by ryuzaki0 · from the no-i-want-more-speed dept. · 122 comments
    Sander Sassen writes: "HardwareCentral has the latest on the dual 1GHz Pentium III controversy. Here's a blurb: 'The 1 GHz Intel Pentium III seems to be the subject of much controversy, as many claims have been made about its inability to run in a dual CPU configuration. HardwareCentral has been following the discussion closely and decided to put an end to all the rumors and get a couple of GigaHertz Pentium IIIs and a dual CPU motherboard and find out what exactly is the truth of the matter.'"