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Some quick updates on what you’ve missed this weekend:

Video card wars! Intel vs. Nvidia vs. ATI - Tom’s Hardware
Motherboards with dual-core Atom processors are being made! - Guru3D
Intel’s new processors to be called “Core i7″ - Guru3D
MIT hackers break down subway fare system - Techdirt

Fudzilla announced yesterday, via Engadget, that Intel’s dual core Atom processor will be released sometime in late September with full product launch sometime in the 4th quarter of 2008, mainly due to the CPU’s high demand. But what is special about Atom? And how will it be the new mobile CPU of future laptops [...]

So Just the other day Corey informed us that Solid State Drives were tested to consume just as much if not more power than it’s oldschool platter-based counterparts.. well now Engadget is reporting that Samsung has begun mass production of it’s 64 and 128 GB SSD Drives in both the 1.8″ and 2.5″ form factors… [...]

Although this story falls more under the business side of technology that the truly “geeky” side (unless you’re one of those business geeks who drools over spreadsheets, business models and risk/reward analysis), it is still worth noting.  It looks like Apple has finalized their decision to not use Intel’s line of microprocessors in the next [...]

Ok, so some of you didn’t get the late 90’s Gangsta Rap reference, but it was all I got…
NAS, as in Network Attached Storage, is probably something you heard about by now, as it’s finally starting to become popular. One company in particular, Data Robotics, it trying to become the face of NAS. Thankfully, they [...]

Will the energy-efficient harddrive please take a step forward? Not so fast, SSD!
For those who are unaware, SSDs (Solid State Drives) are the latest thing in storing your data. As their name suggests, they contain no moving parts. This is great when it comes to stability. How many times have you [...]

Intel has plans to release the new Nehalem-based processors by the end of 4Q08 first found on Tom’s Hardware with the full story at Digitimes. What is so important about these new CPUs? The removal of the existing FSB which will be replaced with the QuickPath Interconnect (QPI) on an X58 NorthBridge chipset. [...]

So a while back, Corey informed us about the new netflix player that allows you to stream your Netflix movies straight to your TV, instead of having to sit in front of you PC like a geek. This was new territory Netflix and was a step in the right direction, but as you read (or [...]

Gizmodo has a nice writeup on the new generation of Qosmio laptops from Toshiba. The Qosmios (pronounced KOZ-me-o) come in three flavors:

The F55 is the traveler’s companion. It includes built-in GPS with navigation and mapping software provided by Garmin. With a 15.4″ screen, it’s priced at $1,150.
The X305 is the gamer of [...]

Here are some of the stories of interest this past weekend!

New Transformers 2 pictures here, first found on Digg
Intel releases news on a new quad core processor for budgeted computers
Google will be developing software to let you know if your ISP (internet service provider, such as Comcast, Verizon FiOS, Charter, etc) is slowing down your [...]

First brought by extremetech and reported by Engadget, rumors of PCI Express 3.0 have surfaced touting data transfer speeds of 8.0 gigatransfers (1 billion transfers) per second, just shy of doubling speeds from PCI Express 2.0 (5.0 gigatransfers per second). Good news is that the physical slot will remain the same but the voltage [...]

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Hope everyone has had a relaxing and wonderful long holiday weekend. There are a couple of stories this long weekend that we found interesting and noteworthy. Read them after the jump!

Welcome to the first big installment of technewsmadesimple.com. One major piece of technology that most people are afraid of touching is the hardware of a computer. While there are many of us who enjoy building computers, the majority of the people can’t even understand some of the terminology let alone the hardware components. Here in [...]