Out May 7, Sidewinder is releasing a waterblock to fit the new NVIDIA GTX 680 graphics card. Called the HEATKILLER GPU-X GTX 680 Hole Edition, Sidewinder claim it has “extraordinary qualities” such as low height, Continue reading “Sidewinder Announces HEATKILLER GPU-X GTX 680 Hole Edition”.
Next week, Microsoft will be releasing 7 patches as part of its monthly release cycle, often cheekily called “Patch Tuesday” by many people. There’s not many details about them yet, however three are rated Critical Continue reading “Seven Patches From Microsoft Coming Next Week”.
The nasty Conficker worm that appeared a few years ago has now been crippled and is far less effective at controlling bots than it was before security researchers drove a stake through its evil heart. Continue reading “Crippled Conficker Worm, Still a Significant Threat and Should be Eradicated”.
During this quarter, Intel will launch two new entrants in the Xeon E5 CPU families. The Xeon E5-4600 series will support quad processor servers on socket R (LGA2011), while the Xeon E5-2400 processors will fit Continue reading “Intel Extends Enterprise-Grade CPUs With New Xeons and Pentiums”.
Demand for TSMC’s 28nm chip manufacturing capability is running very high, with the company only being able to meet about 70% of that demand. Due to this and the fact that TSMC want to win Continue reading “TSMC Pulling Out All the Stops to Win Chip Orders From Apple”.
McAfee is transitioning its Encrypted USB device business to Imation, a McAfee partner and the McAfee Encrypted USB devices OEM manufacturer and supplier. Imation will sell these USB devices and the related USB management software Continue reading “Imation Announces Agreement with McAfee on Encrypted USB Devices”.
When patents are granted to companies, they are obliged to licence them under FRAND (Fair, Reasonable and Non-Discriminatory) rules to anyone that wants to use them. However, Motorola’s patents EP0538667 & EP0615384 which are central Continue reading “Motorola Abuses FRAND, Wins Permanent Patent Injunction Against Microsoft”.
It seems that there’s a whole lot of lazy (clueless?) PC gamers out there who are too inept to tweak their gaming graphics settings in order to obtain the best performance/visual quality combination possible. This Continue reading “Setting Optimal Video Game Settings: Let NVIDIA Work it Out for You”.
Windows 8 is expected to usher in a new wave of touch-enabled laptop sales, yet it looks like the makers of these laptops are going have a hard time making money. This is because they Continue reading “Windows 8 to Usher Wave of Touch Laptop Sales, Yet Vendors Struggle to Make Money”.
A fusion of steampunk, stealth, action and Half-Life 2, it looks like developer Arkane Studios and publisher Bethesda Softworks have got a winner on their hands. The game, due for a Q2 2012 launch, has Continue reading “New Dishonored Screen Shots to Tantalize”.
It’s always nice to see a budget-oriented motherboard being made around the latest chipset, bringing the cost of entry down to affordable levels. In this case, it’s Intel’s latest Z77 chipset for Ivy Bridge that Continue reading “Asus Launches Two Budget Z77 Motherboards”.
In the wake of the Ivy Bridge launch at the same price as their Sandy Bridge counterparts, Intel have now made modest price drops to the Core i7-2600K & i7-2700K enthusiast favourites. To maintain the Continue reading “Intel i7-2600K & i7-2700K Enthusiast Favourites Get Modest Price Cuts”.
Last week, Crytek’s director of creative development, Rasmus Hojengaard, was keen to kill the used games market, blaming it for much lower profits than it otherwise would have had, “From a business perspective that would Continue reading “Crytek Backpeddles Furiously on Used Game Sales Ban Suggestion”.
Activision sure know how to make their PC gaming customers feel special. Neither the paid-for nor free forms of the Call of Duty Elite service have been made available to PC gamers, despite assurances. On Continue reading “MW3 Content Collection DLC for PC Finally Available May 8”.
While the big American content companies, fronted by the RIAA & MPAA continue to press for more DRM and more oppressive laws to stamp out so-called ‘piracy’, many smaller content producers are waking up to Continue reading “Enlighted Ebook Publisher Goes DRM-Free”.
