Thermochill's history has been a success story since its inception. Thermochill was born in Winter 2002, releasing it's first radiators in February of 2003,when two UK companies joined forces to remedy a situation of severe stock shortages of PC Watercooling focused radiators in the UK market. Thermochill was thereby created to build radiators in the UK, for the UK Market, and thus the HE series of radiators was conceived and released.

We got hold of some performance figures of the Radeon X1800 XL and using the beta Catalyst 8.172 drivers, it outperforms the Radeon X850 XT PE slightly.

After months of hype ATI's answer to SLI is nearing release. APC Labs has the scoop on how it performs, including benchmarks and exclusive pictures.

ASUS has previously came out with their 6800Ultra-DUAL and 6800GT-DUAL cards but sadly they never really make it into the market. Nevertheless, ASUS has again kicked off development on the 7800GTX-DUAL card this time round as evident from the PCB layout above though no components are being soldered on yet. It will be interesting to see how the final version of the card will look like.

VR-Zone

What does it take to destroy an iPod nano, and what's inside this tiny package? We wanted to answer both questions and strangely enough answering the first allowed us to answer the second. We could take our turns at purposely rendering the iPod nano broken, and then when it had endured more damage than it could handle we'd end its misery with a respectful autopsy. Now, we know that destroying the iPod nano makes some (strange) grown men want to cry. Rest assured, you can still buy one yourself, and the local priest said all iPod nanos go to heaven.

At the recently concluded Intel Developer?s Forum (IDF), Intel launched its next-generation of digital home platform called VIIV. The name in itself is quite interesting with VI and IV standing for 6 and 4 in Roman numerals, which further translate into 64-bit. VI IV are also mirror images and could perhaps signify dual-core. According to Intel, its latest digital brand is pronounced as "vīv" and rhymes with "five" which takes care of showing that this is the next level from the Pentium 4 platform. The naming was either brilliant or a fluke (or both).

Lexmark has presented the P450 inkjet photo printer which is world's first printer with a built-in CD photo burner. The printer can read a variety of flash memory cards, including CompactFlash I & II, SmartMedia, Sony Memory Stick, Sony Memory Stick Pro, SD, MMC, xD, Sony Memory Stick Duo, Mini SD and Sony Memory Stick Duo Pro.. Read on at DV Hardware

Many AIB partners have received the ATi Radeon X1800XL (R520XL) card samples last Friday and the die size seems to be larger than the R520 sample we received previously.

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Intel is upgrading its Xeon DP processor line-up to introduce a pair of extra EM64T instructions. The move will finally bring the 64-bit server chips into full compatibility with AMD's AMD64 technology.

The Register

" If you're a serious or a hardcore gamer, no doubt you have heard of Jonathan 'Fatal1ty' Wendell. ABIT's Fatal1ty series of motherboards is just one example of how gamers and hardware complement each other. Even big names like Creative are joining the fray - their latest X-Fi sound cards also carries the 'Fatal1ty' moniker. The end results of this cooperation: no bar gaming hardware. Today, we're going to put the ABIT AN8 Fatal1ty SLI to the test.". For full review read, visit tech-hounds.com .

Given the fact that ATI rumors are a dime a dozen these days, when I received the initial ATI market advisory for R520 this week, I somewhat disregarded it -- ATI changes their roadmap plans faster than I change my socks. However, with the copious amounts of incorrect speculation lately, we decided to go ahead and produce another roadmap update. Here is a glimpse of the confirmed cards launching in the upcoming months.

AnandTech

X-bit labs undertakes another attempt to choose the best-among-the-best hardware for every buyer. Today we test a massive amount of graphics cards in unprecedented ? 30 ? number of benchmarks just to find out the best solutions at different price-points.

Not long ago, DFI went from being a mediocre board maker to a company that caters to enthusiasts with rock solid boards and extreme overclocking options. DFI?s success in the overclocking market appears to be almost instant, but we?ve been told that DFI was working on the enthusiast line of boards ever since 2000-2001 time frame.

ATi has originally planned to launch their next generation R520 at Computex Taipei 2005 but was faced several delays. According to sources from several AIB partners, the most likely launch for ATI R520 now is mid October. We have taken a first look at a R520 Rev 02 engineering sample!

VR-Zone

Willy Deeplung has been digging up info on the final product names for R520 or 'Raptor'. There have already been rumours circulating the net of X1800 being the top part, but we've learned more than just that...

HEXUS

The card you are seeing is the R520 XT. It is a dual slot solution and uses a cooler similar to the X850. ATI will also offer one-slot versions which will have less performance.

techPowerUp

Our friends at HKEPC Hardware have gotten themselves a ATi Radeon R520XT ES Sample card.

Comparing the ATI R520 Rev 2 card against the previous generation Radeon X850XT PE, we can observe that the PCB is longer at 229mm similar to GeForce 7800GTX. According to our source, the R520 core is design with 32 pipelines in mind but due to yield problem, not all the pipelines can be utilized.

Philips has demonstrated a new photonic textile at the IFA 2005 show in Berlin that can be used to display information. The company claims flexible LED-arrays are processed in the material, without affecting the softness or flexibility of the textile. In spite of this stuff this textile stays useful.

Gadget Flash

OCZ Technology recently surprised the industry by introducing a flash drive, named Rally, to its product lineup. The majority of us couldn?t have expected such a product from OCZ especially considering that the market is already soaked with flash drives from numerous manufacturers.

The big announcement we have all been waiting for has just been showcased by Steve Jobs at the Apple event in San Francisco. It's the Motorola ROKR E1, also known as the first iTunes compatible phone. More info at DV Hardware.