Windows 7 was officially launched in Australia today with the first recipient being handed his copy personally by Harvey Norman's Gerry Harvey at midnight last night. Retail stores will start putting the new operating system up on shelves from today with the prices being as follows:
A re-write of one of our previous articles, this will detail our project to build a silent Home Theatre PC using the Silverstone ML02 case.
For anyone not familiar with them, a Home Theatre PC (HTPC) is a personal 
computer that is designed to operate primarily as a Personal Video Recorder (PVR). Much like a TiVo box or Foxtel IQ, a HTPC records television to a hard drive thus giving you access to features such as scheduled recordings and pausing live TV. Windows Media Center PCs are in a world of their own however. Not only do you get a PVR but also a wealth of internet content and access to any and all functions of a typical home computer. Read the rest of this entry »
Our most recent project has been to build the smallest gaming machine possible. We wanted a computer with at least a Core 2 Duo and a full height graphics card, but also being aesthetically pleasing, quiet, and saving desk space. These requirements were going to limit us to a Mini-iTX system, as well as making the case build difficult in terms power management and fitting everything in. Sounds like a fun challenge right!?
Laptopmag have done the first benchmarks of the HP Mini 311 with the Nvidia ION LE chipset.
As the first netbook with the Nvidia ION and Geforce 9400M graphics the Mini 311 looked like it could be the fastest netbook yet released.
Well we can confirm that it does score very well in the standard PC Mark 05 and 3D Mark 06 tests:
It takes a lot to stand out in the Netbook crowd these days. With so many devices available and the vast majority of them having very similar specifications, users really are spoiled for choice.
The EEE PC 1005HA is the second device to be released in ASUS' new 
Seashell form factor. The Seashell netbooks are slim line with curved edges, and to their credit ASUS have managed to fit the exact same specs as the 1000HE into a significantly smaller and more stylish package.
An enterprising German modder has hacked up an EEE PC 701 for use in a kitchen cupboard door. The simple but brilliant design required an EEE PC 701 and a 7" touch screen, both available on eBay.
They then simply cut a hole in the door, placed a frame around it, and then made compartment for the computer at the back.
The M-Audio Torq Xponent is an advanced MIDI controller for a comptuer based DJ. Unlike a lot of cheaper devices in this space, the Xponent comes with a high quality, 4-channel sound card. Note that a 4-channel sound card is required if the DJ wants to play one track and listen to another. MIDI controllers that don't have a sound card are limited to simply controlling mixing software, and typically require a more complicated setup.
The Sony DAVDZ870w is a 5.1 Channel, Surround Sound Home Theater System with wireless rear speakers. 'Home Theater' system in this regard simply means that the amplifier has a built in DVD/CD player. The Sony DAVDZ870w includes:
- 4 x tower speakers (left front, right front, left rear, right rear)
- 1 x center speaker
- 1 x sub woofer
- 1 x amplifier
- 1 x remote the
The Genius 300 Universal Remote is a clone of the original Microsoft Media Center remote. The Genius 300 comes with 2 x AAA batteries, User Manual, and a USB Infrared Receiver. It has 44 programmable buttons and 4 different device modes: PC, TV, AV, AUX.
If you have arrived at this page looking for a user review we are sorry to say that there is nothing here!
The Digitek site was hacked and taken down a few months ago. After much soul searching we have decided to bring it back bigger and better than ever.
Unfortunately our backups have been lost so we are going to be re-writing each article from scratch so bare with us while we get the content back up.
Regards,
The Digitek Team
