According to the website cdrinfo.com, a mod chip for the Microsoft Xbox 360 is likely to show up “within weeks.” This is of course bad news for Microsoft, but good news for the millions of Continue reading “Microsoft Xbox 360 mod chips almost available”.
Fellow tech writer Kristopher Kubicki has posted an interesting bit over at anandtech about the ATI X1900 and how he has figured out it is being lauched next month. It is interesting to see if Continue reading “Rumor: ATI to launch Radeon X1900 next month”.
Microsoft has settled its lawsuit with rival Google over the hiring of Kai-Fu Lee, an expert in speech recognition technology and the man who founded Microsoft’s China research lab in the late 1990s. Time will Continue reading “Microsoft settles with Google over executive hire”.
A US judge has blocked a law that made it illegal to sell or rent violent games to children. It looks like GTA: San Andreas may have changed the way the World looks at video Continue reading “Judge blocks law on violent games”.
NVIDIA has released brand new NVIDIA ForceWare drivers today for both 32-bit and 64-bit Windows operating systems. If you are using an NVIDIA card and a dual core processor then you should download these drivers Continue reading “nVidia Forceware 81.98 WHQL Drivers Released”.
Falling memory prices took a toll on Micron’s (MU) bottom line, as the company reported a nearly 60% drop in profit from the year before. Shares are down a bit for the day, but have Continue reading “Micron Loses Some Memory Income, But Sales Level”.
Corsair Memory today announced that it has furthered its commitment to the gaming community by hosting the first Corsair BattleField 2 (BF2) Infantry Cup online tournament. It seems that the top teams will get $5000 Continue reading “Corsair Announces BattleField 2 $5000 Tournament”.
ATI Technologies’ (ATYT) first-quarter earnings dropped from a year ago due to lower revenue, lower margins and a charge. ATI said revenue from its personal computer division fell 10% from a year ago to $466 Continue reading “ATI Tech Earnings Drop: PC Division Down 10%”.
Today we have an editorial by Nathan Kirsch on the future of computer memory and what he believes is the right memory for you. With Windows Vista due out in 2006 and time running out in 2005 his recommendations for system memory has changed for professional users, gamers, and enthusiasts. Read on to see what made him change his mind.
Gecube just announced the world’s first AGP RADEON X1000 Series Graphics products with the launch of the ATI Radeon X1300 and RADEONR X1600 AGP based graphics cards. ATI told us they didn’t think anyone was Continue reading “ATI X1000 Series GPU’s Available in AGP Video Cards!”.
Here is a new twist in the DVD format war! Hewlett-Packard has announced it will support both contenders to be the next generation of DVDs, a change of tack that could raise the chances of Continue reading “HP to support HD-DVD and Blu-ray”.
THe guys over at The Inq. (We don’t sign NDA’s) have announced that they have seen a Presler processor hit 4.26GHz with only an extra 0.025 Volts on the reference board and heat sink. I’m Continue reading “The Intel Pentium Presler XE Overclocks Easily to 4.26GHz”.
The EU plans to impose a 14% import duty on imports of larger LCD screens, leading analysts to forecast a huge hike in sticker prices. I don’t see how people can just go out and Continue reading “Europe: 19″ and Larger LCD Screens Recieve 14% Import Duty”.
After introducing its 80nm DDR2-800 memory during June, Japan-based Elpida Memory today announced it is shipping 80nm made 2Gbit DDR2 SDRAM samples. I’m sure servers will be happy to see these 800MHz modules coming down Continue reading “Elpida samples 2Gbit 80nm DDR2 for server applications”.
The holiday season keep an eye out for Dasher… Dasher.B the computer worm that is. Dasher.B is another Windows-targeted worm that drops spying software on vulnerable PCs is spreading across the Internet. Computers running Windows Continue reading “Dasher.B Reindeer Worm Hits the Internet”.