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Media >> Digital Distribution
This TekSpek discusses digital distribution, what it is, how it affects both manufacturers and consumers, and what the future holds for digital media delivery.
Interface >> Wireless USB and USB 3.0
This TekSpek explains what Wireless USB and USB 3.0 are, how they work, where you will find them, and what the future holds for the Universal Serial Bus specification.
CPU >> AMD Phenom X3 and X4
This TekSpek discusses AMD’s triple-core and quad-core processors, what they are, what the technology offers and the targeted market.
Graphics Cards >> DirectX 10
This TekSpek explains DirectX 10, which graphics cards support it, how they work and what the consumer’s choices are.
Storage >> Solid State Drives
This TekSpek explains what a solid-state drive is, how it works, where you''''ll find it, and what the future holds for the increasingly popular storage medium.
Porables >> UMPCs and MIDs
This TekSpek explains what UMPCs and MIDs are, how they work, where you''''ll find them, and what the future holds for the small, portable-computer devices.
CPU >> Intel’s 45nm technology
This TekSpek discusses Intel’s 45nm process technology. What it is, what it provides, and how it benefits the consumer.
Audio >> Speakers 2.0
This TekSpek discusses 2.0 speakers, explains how they have grown in popularity and what the consumer’s choices are.
Graphics >> NVIDIA GeForce 8-series
NVIDIA''''''''''''''''s GeForce 8-series graphics products, powered by G8x GPUs, sees it usher in the first truly radical architecture change since the Riva TNT, and that includes the jump to fully programmable shading in the GeForce FX. G8x GPUs implement a fully-threaded, fully-unified, fully-scalar shading architecture that''''''''''''''''s targetted at Direct3D10, the 3D component of DirectX 10.
Optical >> HD-DVD
After nearly a decade of DVD dominance, optical disc formats are undergoing another revolutionary change. With DVDs offering insufficient storage for high definition content, a new optical format was required. Unfortunately, two competing formats have been developed instead – HD-DVD and Blu-ray. In this article, we explain why we need HD opticals, and the differences between the two competitors.
Cases >> ATX Chassis Airflow
The modern PC is potentially a mass of heat output and heat production hot spots. With CPUs rated at more than 100W of heat output, single graphics boards carrying similar ratings (and people want to run two!), multiple hard drives the norm, lots of memory and mainboards covered in heatpipes to combat toasty core logic and PWM circuits, a PC appreciably warming up a room when it''s working hard is no joke.
Sound >> Noise Reduction
Anybody who has been near their share of computer systems will appreciate that not all systems make the same amount of noise. There are a number of reasons for why this is so. Firstly, a computer makes noise for different reasons. Generally, anything mechanical is going to make noise.
Broadband ADSL vs Cable >> Broadband
On the surface we''''re asking a relatively simple question here: "What do I need to get my broadband Internet working?" Of course, it''''s not quite as simple as that. Worry not, however, for this TekSpek covers both the differences between the two popular kinds of broadband and what you''''ll need to get your home computer(s) connected up.
