Week of January 17, 2010

We've all heard about Ferrari, the very powerful and equally expensive racing car manufacturer off in Italy. Well, strangely enough, Ferrari has joined teams with Thrustmaster, a manufacturer of PC and console accessories to bring us their new Ferrari Motors Gamepad F430 Challenge Limited Edition. So, how does this gamepad differ from a regular PS3 controller? Other than a sleek new look, a couple more buttons, and the Ferrari brand name, there isn't much difference. However, with a price point $10 below that of a Dualshock 3 controller and support for both the PC and PS3 - the Ferrari Motors Gamepad becomes a direct contender in the gamepad market.

Quick view of the specifications suggest that the Asus UL30A is another accessible model in a series of small notebooks based on Intel CULV processors. A little closer study reveals that the list of components is not all that common, but after a few seconds of work it is obvious that UL30A differs from the competition for several very important parameters. However, the UL label itself, which comes from the word "Unlimited", sounds promising…

Since 1999, we have been developing the BIOS Optimization Guide, affectionately known as the BOG. From a meagre beginning of a single page, it now covers over 400 BIOS options. As old BOG readers will know, we started offering two editions of the BOG since Revision 8.0 - a simplified edition and the complete edition.

Normally, the complete edition is only available to subscribers who help sponsor the development of the guide through a small fee. However, that changes today! From now on, we will post a BIOS option from the complete edition of the BIOS Optimization Guide every weekend.