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October 11th, 2008
 This Week's Hot News: Oct. Week 2
Missed this week's hot news? Check them out here in this weekend's roundup!
October 10th, 2008
The Black Sapphire: Sapphire Toxic HD 4850 512MB GDDR3 Graphics Card Review
The logics of the graphics card market and simplistic design should have sooner or later born unique Radeon HD 4800 modifications that would stand out among the numerous ATI reference solutions. One of solutions like that will be discussed today. It is the new Sapphire Toxic HD 4850 512MB GDDR3.
G31 And E7200: The Real Low-Power Story
While Intel and VIA are battling for the low-power market, an optimized desktop motherboard and an efficient processor can already take your idle power down to almost 30 W, while still providing solid performance. We put Intel's G31 chipset to the task.
Überclok Reactor: Balanced Performance
Another spin around the block with Überclok, and we're still pleased with this up and comer....
Osama bin Fragged: a review of terrorist propaganda games
You've probably heard about so-called "terrorist propaganda" games, either via the Internet or TV. Well, we at Ars found some and reviewed them (and in the process probably Googled our way onto the NSA's hitlist). Reviews inside, as we continue our two-day look at serious games.
October 9th, 2008
ASUS Rampage II Extreme - First Look
We take a first look at the latest ROG board sporting the Intel X58 chipset. However, we cannot provide performance numbers yet. Boo!!!...
Antec Fusion HTPC Shootout
Antec sent us three of their Fusion cases, which target the HTPC market. Join us for a closer look....
Three High-End Gaming Systems Compared
Gaming enthusiasts always look for an edge, but that edge usually comes at a cost--time or money. We compare three systems from HP, Falcon NW, and Vigor aimed at gamers with more money than time.
Serious games: Ars looks at games that tackle the big issues
Video games may still be seen as a hobby for the young or the young at heart, but what happens when games try to tackle truly mature subjects? Ars digs into the games that try to say something, and finds that not every princess can be saved.
October 8th, 2008
HighPoint RocketRAID 3220 and Promise SuperTrak EX8350 RAID Controllers Comparison
In our today's comparative article we are going to discuss two controllers from Promise and HighPoint and investigate one of their most interesting features: performance of degraded RAID 5 and RAID 6 arrays.
Core i7 - Is High VDimm really a Problem?
Actually, high VDimm is a problem but only under certain circumstances. How and why is something we cannot answer yet, but we do have a briefing today....
750,000 lost jobs? The dodgy digits behind the war on piracy
Two statistics have become a staple of calls for stronger IP enforcement: 750,000 jobs lost! $200 billion?$250 billion in costs to the U.S. economy! The problem is that both figures have almost no basis in fact.
Shuttle's X27: Can Atom Handle Vista?
In the horsepower race between Intel's and AMD?s quad-core chips, the Atom processor is an everyday hybrid. Shuttle took it and created a pint-sized small for factor box. Is it powerful enough to be your daily-use desktop, though?
750,000 lost jobs? The dodgy digits behind the war on P2P
Two statistics have become a staple of calls for stronger IP enforcement: 750,000 jobs lost! $200 billion?$250 billion in costs to the U.S. economy! The problem is that both figures have almost no basis in fact.
October 7th, 2008
QNAP TS-109 Pro II NAS Review
Today we are going to talk about QNAP latest all-in-one TS-109 Pro II network-attached storage device. This device is positioned as a great solution for SOHO users as it offers high stability even when there are multiple simultaneous accesses to the services. Read more in our review!
The fun side of virtualization: virtualized gaming and hyper-V benchmarking
Want to get rid of Windows (Vista) and run DirectX games on Linux? Found the recent virtualization articles just a bit tad too much "nuts and bolts"? Or do you wonder how well Microsoft's Hyper-V performs compared to VMware's ESX? It is all cooking in our IT lab.
Liz will explain you why virtualization is fun and interesting in layman's...
The Business of Tech: Breaking Up Is Hard to Do - AMD Goes Fabless
In the most dire of cash crunches, AMD has confirmed the rumors and parted ways with its fabrication arm. What does this mean for AMD and its new spin off?...
Do New Drivers Really Boost Performance?
How much extra performance can you get from a simple graphics driver update? And what sort of gaming gains can you expect from a high-end graphics card when you overclock your CPU?
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Interview: laying it on the line with FCC chair Kevin Martin
Consumer advocate? Champion of decency? Nixonian rogue? Who is the FCC's Kevin Martin, anyway? In a rare one-on-one interview, Ars gets up close and personal with a key figure at the intersection of content, technology, and social mores.
October 6th, 2008
Newest Cooler Review: Cooler Master V8
Four aluminum heatsinks, eight (!) heatpipes, impressive size and extravagant looks absolutely have to attract enthusiasts' attention. Read more in our review of the new Cooler Master offering.
Jasper Hunting 101: Waiting for the 65nm Xbox 360
On the verge of buying a new Xbox 360? The first models to include a 65nm GPU and CPU are on their way. Their arrival is imminent, but read on to see what you can do to help identify ones as soon as they hit....
Best Video Cards For The Money: Oct '08
Detailed graphics card specifications and reviews are great?that is, if you have the time to do the research. At the end of the day, what a gamer needs is the best graphics card within a certain budget, and that?s what we?re going to show you.
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (Xbox 360, PS3)
We unleash the force in Lucas Arts' latest Star Wars game....
The Future of Reputation: Gossip, Rumor, and Privacy online
In two recent books, law prof Dan Solove explores how our the Internet is taking our reputations and private lives further out of our control?and how a more complex legal understanding of privacy could help take them back. But is he demanding too much of the courts?
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