2.5 Geeks 1/25/18: Killer WiFi Networking, Lenovo Giveaway WINNERS, Fast SSDs, NVIDIA Crypto-No-No And More!

by Marco Chiappetta — Thursday, January 25, 2018, 10:24 AM EDT

In this episode of HotHardware's Two And A Half Geeks, special guest Bob Grim of Killer Networking joins us to chat about the new Killer Wireless-AC 1550 module co-developed with Intel for over 1.74GB of WiFi throughput, we'll also be chatting about new Intel and Samsung Solid State Drives, NVIDIA's moves to quell cryptominer sales, Spectre and Meltdown fallout strategies, and we announce the winners of our Lenovo Hot Holiday Giveaway...

Show Notes:
01:14 - Special Guest Bob Grim of Rivet Networks – AKA Killer Networking
02:27 - Rivet Networks Unveils Killer 1550 Wireless-AC Module With Intel That Delivers WiFi Connectivity Up To 1.73Gbps
24:16 - Samsung SSD 860 Pro Review: Fast, Reliable SATA Solid State Storage
32:00 - Intel SSD 760P Solid State Drive Review: Higher Performance, Lower Cost NVMe Storage
40:18 - NVIDIA Tells Retailers To Sell To Gamers, Not Cryptominers As GPU Shortage Causes Extreme Price Gouging
50:56 - AMD Ryzen 5 2600 12nm Zen+ CPU Leaks With ASUS Crosshair VII HERO X470 Motherboard
52:40 - AMD Hit With Lawsuit Over Deafening Silence On Spectre And Meltdown CPU Exploits
55:00 - Linus Torvalds Blasts Intel's Spectre And Meltdown Patches As 'Garbage And Insane'
56:40 - Dell Warns Customers Not To Install Intel Spectre BIOS Update Over Rebooting Concerns
59:32 - HotHardware And Lenovo HOT Holiday Giveaway! Win An Ultrabook, Gaming PC, Or Star Wars AR Kit Winners

Tags: Nvidia, Intel, Samsung, SSD, winners, podcast, webcast, Rivet, killer-networking

Marco Chiappetta

Marco's interest in computing and technology dates all the way back to his early childhood. Even before being exposed to the Commodore P.E.T. and later the Commodore 64 in the early ‘80s, he was interested in electricity and electronics, and he still has the modded AFX cars and shop-worn soldering irons to prove it. Once he got his hands on his own Commodore 64, however, computing became Marco's passion. Throughout his academic and professional lives, Marco has worked with virtually every major platform from the TRS-80 and Amiga, to today's high end, multi-core servers. Over the years, he has worked in many fields related to technology and computing, including system design, assembly and sales, professional quality assurance testing, and technical writing. In addition to being the Managing Editor here at HotHardware for close to 15 years, Marco is also a freelance writer whose work has been published in a number of PC and technology related print publications and he is a regular fixture on HotHardware’s own Two and a Half Geeks webcast. - Contact: marco(at)hothardware(dot)com