As CPU core count goes up, communications between the cores begin to hit significant bottlenecks. This is because these cores are still using the decades old data bus model of transferring data between each other, Continue reading “The CPU Multicore Bottleneck: Solving it With Internet-Style Networks”.
New iPad, eat your heart out: this monitor from Eizo makes the iPad’s 2048 x 1536 display look positively low resolution and is enough to make many a geek’s heart flutter. The Eizo FDH3601 sports Continue reading “Eizo’s Ultra High-Res Monitor to Showcase at NAB 2012”.
Well-known fabless company, MediaTek, responsible for putting their chips in everything from DVD drives to smartphones is to acquire Coresonic, a Swedish company founded in 2004, which specialises in digitial signal processing (DSP) technology for Continue reading “MediaTek Set to Acquire Coresonic”.
It’s Patch Tuesday and Microsoft has released security updates to patch 11 vulnerabilities in Windows, Internet Explorer, Office and several other products. However, the most interesting patch is MS12-027. This is because it’s a zero-day Continue reading “Microsoft Patch Tuesday: Patch for Critical Zero-Day Vulnerability Released”.
Ardent fans of the acclaimed Bulletstorm first person shooter will be disappointed to hear that Electronic Arts have unceremoniously dumped the sequel, blaming it on a less than perfect console to PC port and piracy Continue reading “Bulletstorm Sequel Unceremoniously Dumped”.
It’s nice to see free DLC, especially if it’s from the likes of Electronic Arts, who like to charge for it. EA have just released the Mass Effect 3 Resurgence Pack DLC for free, which Continue reading “Mass Effect 3 Resurgence Pack DLC Released”.
After Capcom’s recent insult to customers who complained about on-disc ‘DLC’, we now have a top game developer justifying this practice, calling it an ‘ugly truth’. According to Gears of War design director Cliff Bleszinski, Continue reading “Top Games Developer Admits That On-Disc DLC is an ‘Ugly Truth’”.
Philips have launched a new addition to their Brilliance range of monitors in Singapore, priced at S$399. Their new monitor (model 248X3LFHSB) looks much like any other TN-based W-LED 1080p Full HD 23.6″ display, except Continue reading “Philips Launches New Brilliance Monitor with LightFrame Technology”.
Microsoft’s lifecycle fact sheet shows that mainstream support for the much-loved (sorry) Windows Vista ends today. This means that only security updates will now be available under extended support, until April 11, 2017, when that Continue reading “Vista Mainstream Support Ends Today, XP Extended Support Ends 2014”.
Downloadable content (DLC) has been used by games companies for a while now to discourage sales of used games, because they don’t see a cut of the sales, which they think they’re entitled to. One Continue reading “GameStop to Slap DLC Warnings On Used Games, Compensate Victims”.
Fans of Lost Planet 1 & 2 have a new instalment to look forward to. Capcom has announced Lost Planet 3 at its Captivate showcase event. The game is to be developed by California studio Continue reading “Lost Planet 3 On the Way”.
Those of us who were around in the 1970’s and 80’s will know the name Jack Tramiel well. This was the man who founded Commodore, the company that went on to make such iconic computers Continue reading “Jack Tramiel, Commodore Founder, Dead At 83”.
It looks like NVIDIA are making major enhancements to their GeForce drivers, “An essential upgrade for all GeForce users, these drivers enable NVIDIA FXAA, NVIDIA Adaptive VSync, and NVIDIA Frame Rate Target on all GeForce Continue reading “NVIDIA 301.24 Beta Drivers: Major Gaming Features Added and Skyrim Performance Increased Up To 20%”.
MSI will soon release their overclocked, non-reference GTX 680, called the GTX 680 Twin Frozr III (model number: N680GTX Twin Frozr 2GD5/OC). It features a stylish silver twin 70mm fan 5-heatpipe cooler and a small Continue reading “MSI GTX 680 Twin Frozr III Has Its Picture Taken”.
A research team at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln lead by Alexei Gruverman and in collaboration with researchers in Spain and at the University of Wisconsin have discovered a new way of writing data to ferroelectric Continue reading “New Data Storage Method Discovered: Mechanically Pressing Data Onto a Ferroelectric Surface”.
