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HP Voodoo Firefly concept gaming notebook gets hands-on

By Chris Davies on Friday, Jan 2nd 2009 No Comments

As monstrous beasts of laptops go, HP Voodoo’s prototype Firefly certainly stomps its way near the top.  Intended to demonstrate some of the innovation coming out of the hardcore gaming team, the Firefly pairs a 17.1-inch 1920 x 1200 main display with a 4.3-inch 800 x 480 sub-display underneath (similar to the Fujitsu N7010), together with Intel’s 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Extreme Quad Core processor, 4GB of RAM, a pair of ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3870 GPUs running in CrossFire mode, and a 7,200rpm 250GB hard drive.  That’s comfortably enough to run Far Cry 2 with its graphics set to max.

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HP planning to ‘re-landscape high performance computing’ at CES 2009

By Chris Davies on Monday, Dec 22nd 2008 No Comments

Given that for the last couple of months our inbox has been full of companies screaming at us that they’re bringing “the next big thing” to CES in January, maybe I should be more cautious about Rahul Sood’s hints for what HP are planning to unveil.  Then again, as Chief Technology Officer for the HP Global Voodoo Business Unit, Sood certainly sits at the helm of some of the more interesting hardware the company puts out.  So when he says to expect something with “the potential of re-landscaping the high performance computing space”, our collective ears prick up.

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VoodooPCs get a price cut by HP

By Brenda Stokes on Tuesday, Nov 4th 2008 No Comments

Even though there were rumors awhile back that HP would be shutting down VoodooPC, it seems the gaming PC maker is very much so still on the roster.

In fact, HP is lowering the price tag on several VoodooPC products in an effort to really get them to move. For instance, the Envy 133, an ultra-thin notebook, used to cost $2,100, but it now will cost $1,900. And thrown into the deal is a free extra battery until the end of the month. Not too bad.

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HP might shut down VoodooPC

By Brenda Stokes on Tuesday, Sep 23rd 2008 1 Comment

voodooA rumor is currently going around that HP will soon be shutting down VoodooPC, which was only acquired by the company two years ago.

It seems an internal email at HP indicated some VoodooPC employees would be laid off. But, as those at the Gadget Lab note, since VoodooPC is rather small to begin with, a lay off could result in the shutting down of the entire company.

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HP and Voodoo team up for laser mice

By Brenda Stokes on Tuesday, Sep 16th 2008 No Comments

Awhile back, HP bought out Voodoo. But now they’ve teamed up on some laser mice that are sure to catch the attention of avid computer users. However, gamers will especially take note of these slick and functional devices.

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Voodoo IOS (aka Splashtop) video demo on Envy 133

By Chris Davies on Wednesday, Jul 16th 2008 No Comments

While plenty has been made of the Voodoo Envy 133’s skinny dimensions, superlative performance and general aggression toward the MacBook Air, Voodoo are also rightly proud of their Splashtop implementation.  A secondary Linux OS, Splashtop allows users to quickly access internet, messaging and VoIP apps without needing to go through the hassle of booting Vista.  Laptop Magazine had some hands-on time with Splashtop on the 133 and came away impressed; check out the demo video and highlights after the cut.

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Voodoo Envy 133 laptop breaks cover, poses

By Chris Davies on Friday, Jun 27th 2008 3 Comments

Talk about accurate naming.  You may not be too keen on the particular paint-job this specific example of Voodoo’s Envy 133 notebook is sporting – I have to admit, insipid-orange it wouldn’t be my first choice of color – but you have to agree that it’s a slickly designed machine.  The images come courtesy of The Next Bench, chief hanging-out spot of Voodoo aficionados.

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SlashGear Week in Review – June 15th

By Chris Davies on Sunday, Jun 15th 2008 No Comments

Unsurprisingly the iPhone 3G has overshadowed just about all other news this week, with Steve Jobs taking to the Keynote stage at WWDC 2008 on Monday and announcing Apple’s updated cellphone.  Packing 3G, GPS, improved software and more into an only slightly thicker (and curvier) chassis, the iPhone 3G is destined to make waves when it launches on July 11th, especially given the lower price of $199 (for the 8GB model).  We live-blogged the Keynote and many of you were good enough to join us; check out our coverage here, and click over to iPhone Buzz for more up-to-the-minute iPhone news.

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Voodoo Envy and MacBook Air size up

By Chris Davies on Tuesday, Jun 10th 2008 No Comments

Hang on, surely this isn’t Microsoft putting a new Voodoo Envy in with Apple’s MacBook Air and expecting the two to fight like savage monkeys?  I can’t imagine they’d stoop to such cruelty, so I can only think that the Air showed up to see how the new “thinnest ultraportable notebook” measures up.  As you can see, it’s night and day (unless you choose the silver Envy, in which case it’s basically day and day) in terms of obvious styling. 

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Voodoo Omen PC is $7k water-cooled gaming behemoth

By Chris Davies on Tuesday, Jun 10th 2008 1 Comment

After announcing the super-slick Envy ultraportable earlier on today, Voodoo have also unveiled their new gaming PC, the Omen.  Conclusively proving that hard edges are back in style (and that minimalism never really went away), the monolithic 22-inch tall Omen was designed in-house.  Based on an ASUS Striker Extreme II (NVIDIA 790i) motherboard, CPUs up to Intel’s Core 2 Extreme Quad-Core 3.20GHz QX9770 (with 12 MB of L2 cache; 1600 MHz FSB) and up to 8GB of 1600 MHz Corsair PC-14400 DDR3 SDRAM can be specified.  Graphics options include the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 ULTRA with 768MB of GDDR3 SDRAM and the ATI Radeon HD3870 series.

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