With the June 4 launch date of Intel's Haswell CPUs at Computex a matter of weeks away, we can now reveal the launch model lineup and theoretical graphics performance. Although core architecture of Haswell graphics has been known for some time, what has been kept under wraps was how each class of graphics would be segmented and which parts are aimed at which markets.

Haswell will offer optional higher performing graphics in its Desktop, Mobile and Ultrabook segments across the board compared to Ivy Bridge which offered a single class of graphics in mainstream mobile. Haswell is claimed to have a up to 3x improvement on graphics performance alone however raw numbers are not the complete story.

Intel has also though to sees eye-to-eye with its competition by giving its new graphics a brand name to make it as identifiable as AMD Radeon, NVIDIA GeForce and Qualcomm Adreno. That name is Intel Iris.

We will be live tweeting and posting from CeBIT AUSTRALIA 2012 on 22 to 24 May 2012  !

We expect some major announcements, first looks and new products from a variety of Tier 1 hardware vendors, some of which we have managed to obtain exclusives for.

Dell, Fujitsu, HP, Lenovo and Samsung will be announcing and demonstrating their new product line-ups for 2012 to support new generation computing platforms that have just launched such as AMD's Trinity APU and Intel's 'Ivy Bridge' 3rd Generation Core Processor. Some of these product updates are hush hush so we cant talk about them just yet and we will be bringing you these exclusive unveils as soon as possibly allowed.

Sennheiser is announcing some new gaming headsets and sound cards while Western Digital will be demonstrating Thunderbolt connectivity. Will D-Link and other network vendors have any good N900 or 802.11ac routers ? We will find out.

The National Broadband Network (NBN) Truck may give us a practical glimpse into how the consumer will access the NBN via the Customer Premises Equipment (CPE) and what end user speeds will be possible. Spotify, the popular cloud music streaming service has also taken the opportunity to launch in Australia at this time.

Our hardware centric coverage this year is supported by Blackberry Australia and Toshiba Ultrabook

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We look at a rather unique external hard disk enclosure that promises to be technically advanced as well as eco-friendly called Bytepac.

This cardboard product does not mean we have to skimp on capacity or performance however, we paired the BytePac kit with Seagate's new power efficient yet speedy Barracuda 3TB drive.

We also discuss the pros and cons of external drive enclosures.

Want a high end CPU, graphics card, large storage and full functionality yet not in a 65 CM tall PC tower case that weighs 20 KG? Well suffer no longer, Zotac the specialist vendor of Mini-ITX motherboards and Small Form Factor PCs as well as a main NVIDIA partner has shown off their concept for a PC that can prove otherwise. The system combines Intel's fastest 3rd generation Core i7 CPU and Zotac's fastest NVIDIA GTX 680 graphics to deliver the best performance possible from a small cube PC let alone a large tower. We preview Zotac's "Inner-Beauty" demo system and analyze the pros and cons that come with such a small system.

The AMD Radeon HD7970 is marketed as the 'World's fastest single-GPU graphics Card' and many reviews have compared it against the GTX580 which is its competitor. What about everyone else? Not everyone owns a GTX580 and many users have older cards, some in SLI or Crossfire who are quite happy with their setups. Not all gamers play at 2560x1600 or higher either.

When a user upgrades their CPU and Motherboard, they will likely keep their old cards especially if they support DirectX 11. To find out how the HD7970 fares against such older cards we compared it pair of NVIDIA GTX460s in SLI

This review combines the best gaming platform Intel has to offer - the i7-3690X CPU and DX79SI motherboard with the best graphics technology AMD has to offer, the Radeon HD7970 to create one of the fastest systems on the market. Can a single Radeon HD7970 from 2011-12 beat two mid end GeForce GTX 460 in SLI from 2010? The results we found were quite interesting.

AMD have made some bold claims about their 'Fusion' architecture, especially their A-Series 2011 mainstream computing product range. The industry leader went as far to make some very big claims by declaring their A-series APU as the company's most important product in their history and a computing game changer as it saw the future of computing being visually and graphically rich.

This raises several questions: Is AMD's new mainstream computing solution - their A-Series 'Fusion' APU, hero or hype? How relevant is graphics performance with modern software especially integrated graphics? Which 2011 mainstream PC is a better choice for the consumer - AMD or Intel?

To answer these questions we put AMD's A6-3650 APU and its competitor - Intel's 2nd Generation Core i3-2100 CPU through their paces with the full spectrum of tests ranging from everyday audio/video applications, to industry standard benchmarks, popular 3D games, Professional Digital Content Creation software and Web browsing.

To show the relevance of graphics performance in a mainstream computer in 2011 we also included two other systems. A high-speed Intel Core 2 Duo system fitted with a High Performance graphics card from NVIDIA to show the boost powerful graphics can give an older CPU in everyday applications and a low-speed Intel Core 2 Duo system with older Integrated Graphics to show how far 'integrated' graphics has changed in just a few years.

Are you are finding that your inkjet printer ink is being used up quicker than you like? There is valid explanation for this. The ink is going down the drain, literarily. This is not neccessarily a bad thing however. Read on to learn how the ink in your printer is used in your inkjet printer.

This is the missing manual you have been looking for…

This article relates to Modern RAID controller cards made by LSI 3ware that do not work with Microsoft Windows 2008 R2 or Windows 7 out of the box. This article will explain and illustrate the process to enable these cards to work correctly with these operating systems by installing a required firmware update to the RAID card. This article is aimed towards IT professionals

When things do not work as expected it is often due to standards not being followed. Hardware or software can often be non-compliant. If you cannot hear any audio via your front audio ports and you have a relatively modern system there is a easy fix for the problem.

If your computer contains a Realtek High Definition Audio system from Realtek semiconductor, you can enable a free feature to dedicate the front audio ports of the system chassis as a dedicated headset connection for applications such as voice communication and enhance your Voice-over-IP experience.

Part 1 - Configuring the headset feature avalible with Realtek High Defintion Audio

We evaluate aigo’s McLaren MP4-22 2GB USB disk and determine whether it lives up to its namesake.

Since aigo’s announcement to Sponsor the Vodafone McLaren Mercedes F1 Racing Team, keen computing users and motor racing enthusiasts have waited for a branded USB storage product to complement this sponsorship, aigo has finally delivered.

Lian-Li finally announces a much anticipated computer chassis that offers the best in design, expandability and acoustic/thermal performance - are Lian-Li's 'TYR' product the 'holy grail' of computer chassis or just another case in a jungle that is the computer chassis industry. Read on to find out.

With ultra fast hard disk drives now available, is the asking price for SSD technology justified?

We report on the Solid State Drive market and Mtron’s presence at CeBIT, one of the major players in this market as well as head to head benchmarks of SSD versus HDD.

Expensive toys for the gadget and car lover or the start of an In-Car navigation and tele-matics revolution?

Or so the vendor claims… The real test will be if this product is intuitive enough to be used without referring to any instructions or documentation.

IEEE-1394 Users who have installed XP Service Pack 3 may notice a change in functionality in their operating system especially if a FireWire hub is being used.
 
Symptoms of this problem are that the '1394 Network Connection' icon and the '1394 Net Adapter' driver will no longer be visible once SP3 is installed.

In this article we go through the steps required to recover this functionality

We at NitroWare offer our own build of Firefox , known as Firefox Community Edition which contains additional features and fixes for FREE download.

Our event coverage of AMD's Australian market launch event for Athlon 64, Athlon 64-FX and Athlon 64 Mobile processors and platforms.