32: HotHardware's Two and A Half Geeks Webcast - Aug. 19, 2011

by Marco Chiappetta — Friday, August 19, 2011, 11:00 AM EDT

In this latest episode of HotHardware's Two and Half Geeks, Dave, Iyaz and Marco talk about Id Software's upcoming game Rage and the tech behind the Id Tech 5 game engine, the Alienware Aurora R3 gaming system, Intel's Sandy Bridge-E chips reportedly shipping without heatsinks and HP's stockpile of tablets at Best Buy that nobody wants, along with their departure from the tablet space and webOS...

Show Notes:
00:47 - Rage: The Tech Behind Id Tech 5
04:46 - Alienware Aurora R3 System Autopsy
10:44 - Intel's Sandy Bridge-E To Ship Without Stock Cooler, Thermal Conclusions Questionable
14:09 - Best Buy Stuck with a Stockpile of HP Tablets Nobody Wants
18:39 - HP Killing WebOS Phones And Tablets; May Spin Off PC Business
25:10 - Upcoming Contest Hints

Tags: Intel, HP, podcast, Geeks, Alienware, Sandy Bridge, rage

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