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A Moment of Silence For Keith Suppe Who Passed Away
Legit Reviews just found out that Keith Suppe, who was one of our writers back in 2005, recently passed away due to some health issues. Keith wrote a number of reviews for LR back in 2005 and he passed away before 50, which is way too young. Keith often told me about his crazy life when he worked at Studio 54 in New York at it's peak and how it changed his life forever. He was a good guy and his mark on the hardware industry will live on.
I started life late, as I left school at a young age, due to some family problems, and I guess wanting to rebel against my family's belief money meant everything. Being young and wild I loved the NYC nightlife, and ended up working lighting systems, and sound systems at various dance-clubs. I awoke at 24-years old, from what was really 10-years of addiction, and trauma associated with it. I guess hanging out in NYC after-hour night clubs, i was living in a surreal world. A lot of Artists, and people with money, all wanting to escape in music, drugs, and drinking. It took it's toll, and I knew I was getting old, and feeling very bad about myself. I got into some very intense therapy, and immediately pursued my education.
Posted by | Mon, Aug 31, 2009 - 04:10 PM
Cadence and GLOBALFOUNDRIES Announce Technology Agreement
Cadence Design Systems, Inc., the leader in global electronic design innovation, and GLOBALFOUNDRIES Inc., a leading-edge semiconductor manufacturing company, today announced that the two companies have entered into a multi-year software and services agreement for advanced semiconductor design. As part of the agreement, GLOBALFOUNDRIES has adopted a comprehensive suite of Cadence technologies to aid in the design, verification and manufacturing of complex semiconductor devices targeting process technologies of 45 nanometers and below.
“Cadence technology and services will be important tools to help ensure that GLOBALFOUNDRIES has the enablement infrastructure necessary to support complex customer designs,” said Mojy Chian, senior vice president of design enablement at GLOBALFOUNDRIES. “Our customers are operating at the leading edge of technology, and it is absolutely critical to offer them a standardized and seamless flow that facilitates working silicon. Cadence’s expertise in custom design is an important addition as we build a global partner ecosystem to efficiently bring the world’s most sophisticated chip designs to market.”
Posted by | Mon, Aug 31, 2009 - 11:15 AM
A-DATA Announces The C905 cap-type USB Flash Drive
A-DATA Technology today introduced its latest USB Flash Drive. The A-DATA C905 USB Flash Drive has a unique arc-shaped and grooved contour that distinctly stands out from the rest of the conventional USB drives. The aluminum body coated with vivid colors brings out a sleek and smart look that would easily catch people’s attention. The A-DATA C905 USB Flash Drive is available starting today with capacities in various sizes up to 32GB.
Other than its eye-catching look, C905 also features a handy snap-on cap design on the rear end of the device to prevent loss of cap, as well as a strap hole that could turn this USB drive into a charming accessory. With capacities up to 32GB, it is ideal for everyone to carry and access valuable data across platforms with much convenience and ease. Available in dazzling red and silver grey, this creatively-designed mobile storage will surely add a colorful twist to the everyday digital life.
Posted by | Mon, Aug 31, 2009 - 09:30 AM
Noctua presents NH-U12P SE2 cooler with LGA1156 support
Noctua today presented the latest version of its successful NH-U12P series of premium quality quiet CPU coolers. The new NH-U12P SE2 now supports Intel's upcoming LGA1156 based Core i5 and Core i7 "Lynnfield" CPUs while maintaining compatibility with LGA1366, LGA775 and AM3 processors. The NH-U12P SE2 will be available in stores in mid September at a recommended retail price of EUR 56.90 / USD 64.90.
"Users loved our LGA1366 special edition of the NH-U12P cooler, but many asked whether they could get the same premium package with dual fans for other sockets as well", explains Mag. Roland Mossig, Noctua CEO. "We thought that the impending launch of Intel's new Lynnfield CPUs would be a great opportunity to come up with a new special edition that not only supports the new socket but also offers the multi-socket compatibility of the original NH-U12P, so the NH-U12P SE2 was born."
Posted by | Mon, Aug 31, 2009 - 09:16 AM
Asustek set to launch ultra-thin notebooks using new Intel CPUs
Asustek Computer plans to launch two new ultra-thin notebooks using Intel's upcoming 45nm Celeron 743 and SU2300 CPUs on September 7, 2009, according to industry sources. The new models will initially ship to areas including Taiwan, China and Europe.
Intel's Celeron 743 and SU2300 CPUs are priced at US$107 and US$134 in thousand-unit tray quantities, respectively, and both target the entry-level market. In additional news, Asustek president Jerry Shen recently noted that ultra-thin models will account for 10-20% of the company's total notebook shipments in the third quarter of 2009.
Posted by | Mon, Aug 31, 2009 - 08:49 AM
AMD Announces 40W Six-Core AMD Opteron EE processor - Istanbul
AMD today announced the immediate availability of the new Six-Core AMD Opteron EE processor at 40W ACP. Delivering up to 31 percent higher performance-per-watt over standard Quad-Core AMD Opteron processors, the Six-Core AMD Opteron EE processor is tailored to meet the demands of customers who need strong performance, but must trim out every watt possible in a server system and reduce the datacenter’s power draw.
“It’s important for our industry to look at how technology is being used and where customers have emerging needs,” said Patrick Patla, vice president and general manager, Server and Workstation Division. “The AMD Opteron EE processor enables OEMs to deliver energy-sipping servers that don’t compromise on power management, virtualization or performance features. It is specifically designed to help address the challenges that are generating a great deal of discussion these days - building and running very dense data centers for Web services, while doing more with less.”
Posted by | Mon, Aug 31, 2009 - 08:35 AM
PhotoFast G-Monster CF533x - Compact Flash with 90 MB/s Read Speeds
PhotoFast sent us word today that they have released the G-Monster CF533x series of CompactFlash for those looking for some insanely fast flash memory. The 32GB G-Monster CF533x has up to 90MB/s read speeds and 80MB/s write speeds. The 64GB G-Monster CF533x has up to 90MB/s read speeds and 40MB/s write speeds. The 32GB model has twice the write performance and looks like the better choice for those looking for some fast CompactFlash memory for a boot drive or for a high-end DSLR camera.
- 533X performance with dual-channel support
- Density:4GB/8GB/16GB/32GB/64GB
- Read: 90MB/sec(Max)
- Write: 80MB/sec(Max)
- Multi-platform compatibility
- RoHS compliant
- Conforms to CF Type I standards
- Supports Ultra DMA mode 0-6
- Support high-end DSLR
- CompactFlash 4.1 compliant
- Built-in hardware ECC technology for detecting and correcting errors
- ATA interface
Posted by | Mon, Aug 31, 2009 - 08:28 AM
August 31 News from Around the Web
GIGABYTE GA-GC330UD Mini-ITX - Dual Core Atom Tested @ TweakTown and other reviews from around the web can be found by visiting our forums!
"First generation Atom processors were based around a very simple x86 core with a 512K L2 cache designed to focus on power savings rather than raw speed. The N270 clocked at 1.6GHz was able to do a very good job for many companies in their Nettops and Netbooks. Power consumption was reduced significantly, but the problem was that more demand was being placed on the core than it could keep up with. Even simple video play back would cause problems if you attempted to do any multi-tasking on them and HD video playback? Don't even bother trying. Neither the CPU nor the IGP could handle the amount of cycles needed for decoding. Atom has now got a boost to its design. Originally it was designed with a single core using hyper threading; the same technology Pentium 4 used to turn a single physical core into two logical processors. But it still wasn't enough. It seems that there is no real substitute for a true second core. Atom 330 is Intel's answer to a dual core low power CPU based around the Atom architecture."
Posted by | Mon, Aug 31, 2009 - 07:44 AM
Intel Raises Third-Quarter Revenue and Gross Margin Expectations
As a result of stronger than expected demand for microprocessors and chipsets, Intel Corporation now expects revenue for the third quarter to be $9.0 billion, plus or minus $200 million, as compared to the previous range of $8.5 billion, plus or minus $400 million.
The gross margin percentage for the third quarter is expected to be in the upper half of the previous range of 53 percent, plus or minus two percentage points. All other expectations are unchanged. Intel's third-quarter Business Outlook was originally published in the company's second-quarter 2009 earnings release, available at intc.com. The company is scheduled to report its third-quarter financial results on Oct. 13.
Posted by | Fri, Aug 28, 2009 - 02:22 PM
Apple inks deal to sell iPhone in China
The iPhone now has an official ticket to China. Mobile phone operator China Unicom plans to start selling two versions of the iPhone in China in the fourth quarter, under a three-year deal, an Apple representative confirmed Friday morning.
China Unicom didn't say what it will charge for the iPhones or what the service plan will include, but it does plan to keep the price modest by offering subsidies to customers, according to The Wall Street Journal, which first reported the deal earlier Friday. The agreement does not include revenue sharing, the newspaper said.
Posted by | Fri, Aug 28, 2009 - 10:10 AM
The Frostbite 2 Game Engine For The Battlefield Series Might Go DirectX 11
At Siggraph Johan Andersson, Rendering Architect at DICE, talked about the latest version of the Frostbite engine used for Battlefield games. In his presentation Andersson also talks about Compute Shader in DirectX 11 and how Deferred Shading is done using Compute Shader. However, the implementation in Frostbite 2 has only been experimental so far.
There will be two versions of the Frostbite Engine: Version 1.x is used for Battlefield: Bad Company 1, Battlefield 1943 and Battlefield: Bad Company 2. It supports Xbox 360, PS3 and DirectX 10. DICE is working on the Frostbite 2 engine at the moment that will support DirectX 10.1 and DirectX 11 as well. DICE is very proud of the parallelized engine since 2-8 parallel threads are supported for using full capacity of a Core i7 e.g..
Posted by | Fri, Aug 28, 2009 - 09:26 AM
WPA Wi-Fi encryption can be cracked in under a minute
Japanese researchers say they can crack the second generation of Wi-Fi security within a minute, according to an article on yahoo.com. WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access) was thought to be secure, and has been used since the first generation of Wi-Fi security, WEP, was found to be crackable. This means that you should use the third generation of wireless security standards - WPA2.
The previous method of attacking WPA devices took up to 15 minutes to be successful, and didn't always work. The new method is said to work on far more devices and, obviously, much more quickly. However, as with the old attack, the new one only works on WPA devices that use the TKIP (Temporal Key Integrity Protocol) algorithm, which is a setting in your router and device setup. WPA devices that use the newer AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) algorithm, plus devices that use WPA2 -- the third generation of wireless security standards -- are still safe for now.
Posted by | Fri, Aug 28, 2009 - 08:41 AM
Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS) sees drop in 1H09 revenues
Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS) has posted consolidated revenues of NT$36.72 billion (US$1.12 billion) for the first half of 2009, a drop of 7% on year, while net profits grew 88% on year to NT$690 million, translating into an EPS of NT$0.57.
For the first half of 2009, the company's notebook shipments were flat at 1.6 million units compared to the same period last year, whereas motherboard shipments declined 22.06% on year to 8.4 million units, the company said. ECS pointed out that inventory was digested smoothly in the first half helping to significantly increase net profits despite unsatisfactory performance in both notebook and motherboard shipments. Currently, ECS's motherboard and graphics cards business accounts for around 30% of the company's revenues, while desktops contribute around 30% and notebooks 40%.
Posted by | Fri, Aug 28, 2009 - 08:15 AM
Microsoft cuts Xbox 360 Elite Price By 25 Percent - $299
Microsoft Corp plans to slash the price of its high-end Xbox 360 video game console by $100, or 25 percent, stepping up the price war in the video game console market. Effective Friday, Microsoft will drop the price of the Xbox 360 Elite to $299.99 in the United States, just days after Sony Corp cut the rival PlayStation 3 to $299 from $399.
Analysts have said the cuts will pressure Nintendo Co Ltd to lower the price of its best-selling Wii console, which retails for $249, but for now the company is standing firm. "We don't have such a plan," Nintendo spokesman Yasuhiro Minagawa said when asked about a price cut. Among this generation of game consoles, the Xbox is No. 2 in the United States behind the Wii. But U.S. sales of the Xbox are up 17 percent this year, the only console to show growth.
Posted by | Fri, Aug 28, 2009 - 08:12 AM
August 28 News from Around the Web
Aquatuning compares water with air cooling and other reviews from around the web can be found by visiting our forums!
The Question: Why using water-cooling? Isn’t air-cooling not as well as water? These and other fundamental questions to these two cooling principles, tried our partner tech-review.de to work out. Where are the pros and where are the cons? The answere is in the following review.
Posted by | Fri, Aug 28, 2009 - 07:12 AM
Corsair Launches DDR3 Memory for Intel Core i5 & i7 Processors
Corsair announced a new set of high density products for Intel's Core i5 and Core i7 processors. These DIMMs are available in dual and triple channel configurations and are specifically tuned for Intel CPUs. There was also a "white paper" released with this announcement basically showing that the more memory you have in your system, the faster your system will perform.
“Windows 7 early adopters and other power users have recently been demanding 8GB and 12GB performance memory solutions to optimize their computing experience,” stated John Beekley, Vice President of Technical Marketing at Corsair. “These 8GB and 12GB configurations will allow these advanced users to get the most out of their high performance rigs, particularly if they often switch between demanding tasks like gaming and video production.”
Posted by | Fri, Aug 28, 2009 - 02:36 AM
Tritton's New Headset Cranks Up the Volume
Today, Tritton Technologies, a leader in gaming audio technology, announced two headsets, the AX 180 and AX 720 will be available through consumer electronics retailer, Best Buy. Both headsets are optimized for computer gaming with a USB connection for PCs and MACs, and can be used as MP3 headphones as well through the use of a "breakaway cable". The new AX 720 is pictured below:
Delivering superior voice communication and precise audio, the AX 720 takes full advantage of the Dolby 5.1 audio found on Xbox360, PS3 and PC games by replicating the individual audio details as they were meant to be heard. During crucial gaming moments, the inline audio controller featuring independent voice and volume controls provides a seemingly true-to-life aural environment - when clearly communicating with teammates can change one’s fate from annihilation to victory. By using Dolby headphone technology the AX 720 delivers a simulated 3D audio encounter that transitions the gaming experience from the virtual to the real world.
Posted by | Thu, Aug 27, 2009 - 04:31 PM
August 27 News from Around the Web
Wacom Bamboo Fun Digital Pen Tablet Review @ Benchmark Reviews and other reviews from around the web can be found by visiting our forums!
The mouse has become the standard method of navigating graphical user interfaces, but it leaves something to be desired when you want more free-form control of your cursor. The pen tablet provides the the control that a regular mouse lacks. The Wacom Bamboo Fun Tablet is meant to be an introductory foray into the world of pen tablets, featuring a 5.8" x 3.7" active area, 512 levels of pressure sensitivity, battery-less pen and mouse, 4 function buttons and a scroll pad. In this article Benchmark Reviews will test how well the Wacom Bamboo Fun Tablet CTE450K holds up in Photoshop Elements.
Posted by | Thu, Aug 27, 2009 - 01:11 PM
ASUS plans to launch e-book reader under Eee family
Asustek Computer plans to launch an e-book reader under its Eee brand by the end of 2009 at the earliest, according to company president Jerry Shen. The sources pointed out that the requirements for entering the e-book reader market are even lower than for netbooks, but the key to success lies in establishing a content delivery platform.
Currently, demand for e-book readers is mainly concentrated in North America and Europe, with penetration in Asia markets low due to differences in reading habits, the sources noted. The sources said they are conservative about the business potential e-book readers can bring to Taiwan's PC vendors and content publishers. Meanwhile, Micro-Star International (MSI) is also evaluating the e-book reader market, according to industry sources.
Posted by | Thu, Aug 27, 2009 - 07:53 AM
VIA Launches Stackable Multi-Story Chassis for EPIA Boards
VIA Technologies today announced its latest additions to the VIA AMOS series of universal chassis products; the VIA AMOS-1000 and VIA AMOS-2000 chassis are specially designed to work with VIA EPIA Mini-ITX and Nano-ITX boards and feature unique multi-story stackability.
The VIA AMOS-1000 and VIA AMOS-2000 chassis designs are ideal for a wide range of VIA AMOS-2000 with Nano-ITX boardindustrial and commercial applications including digital signage, healthcare, industrial control and automation, kiosk, POI/POS, gaming and surveillance. The modular and fully customizable nature of these chassis designs means that customers can bring products to market faster, using fewer resources. All VIA AMOS chassis are designed to be user friendly, making system maintenance as simple as possible.
Posted by | Thu, Aug 27, 2009 - 06:15 AM
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