Recent Articles
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Belkin Gear Is Not Enterprise-Ready
My tests of the $150 Belkin Wireless Pre-N Router and $100 Wireless Notebook Network Card, released last month, bore out some preconceptions I had going into the tests: The products are not yet enterprise-ready—but man, are they fast. Belkin partnered with Airgo Networks to provide the first product I’ve seen based on MIMO (Multiple Input…
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OpenBSD Widens Its Scope
Already well-regarded as a security-focused network operating system, OpenBSD stands to further upgrade its reputation with Version 3.6, which combines enhanced services with wider hardware support. Click here to read the full review of OpenBSD 3.6. Already well-regarded as a security-focused network operating system, OpenBSD stands to further upgrade its reputation with Version 3.6, which…
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Minor Improvements in Creative’s Audigy 4 Pro
Four is the new three. Or at least that’s what Creative’s model numbering system would have us believe. The company went from the Audigy 2 to the Audigy 2 ZS, and then went straight to its new Audigy 4. We’ve generally been impressed with the Audigy 2 series of sound cards, and Creative still has…
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The Napoleon of PCs: Shuttle’s Socket 939 SFF PC
The small, cube-shaped PCs pioneered by Shuttle are becoming almost blasé. We’re starting to see an endless stream of small-form-factor systems based around the Intel 865G chipset or, more recently, socket 754 systems in miniature. Shuttle seems to be the only manufacturer who tries to push the performance envelope in these tiny PCs. The company…
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AOpen i855 Motherboard and Intel Pentium M Processor Review
When the first Centrino notebooks were introduced in 2003, they were an immediate hit. The name Centrino is really just a marketing term for Intel Pentium M mobile CPUs sold in conjunction with 802.11 wireless modules, and the Pentium M CPUs were what really made Centrino notebooks shine. Code-named Banias, the first Pentium M processors…
