Transformer Pad 300 getting 4G/LTE connectivity
Asus' Transformer tablets have just about everything, especially when you throw in their keyboard docks. However, the Android-based devices have thus far shied away from cellular broadband connectivity, getting by on Wi-Fi alone for Internet access. Looks like that's about to change, because a video has popped up online showing an LTE-equipped version of the Transformer Pad 300 we reviewed in May. The video is in German, but it's easy to see the pertinent details:
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Gigabyte doubles down on Thunderbolt ports
A single Thunderbolt port has an obscene amount of bandwidth: 10Gbps in each direction per channel, with two channels per port. The interconnect standard also supports daisy-chaining with up to seven Thunderbolt devices. You'd think one port per motherboard would be sufficient. Nope. Gigabyte is rolling out a couple of new motherboards with dual Thunderbolt ports. The boards use a four-channel variant of Intel's Cactus Ridge controller, which has the same PCIe 2.0 x4 interface as the two-channel flavor. Even if has to share bandwidth with a twin, the extra port at least increases the number of devices and displays that can be connected to the motherboard.
The press release's imagery is a little low-rent, but we have some pictures left over from last month's Computex trade show in Taipei, Taiwan. ...
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Sennheiser's HD 558 headphones are cans of whoop-ass
It's rumored that if you give a mouse a cookie, he'll probably ask you for a glass of milk. They also say that if you give a geek at $250 gift card, he's bound to ask for some FLAC audio to complement the mountain of Newegg boxes on the doorstep. Okay, maybe they don't say that just yet—I mean, who gives a mouse a cookie anyway? That's just asking for a rabies shot.
Recently, I was presented with a Newegg gift card and decided to take the unexpected opportunity to upgrade my digital universe. After maxing out the RAM in my ThinkPad and ...
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