AMD has sent out a press release saying that Intel has lost their dual-core duel as Intel refused to step into the ring. AMD originally issued the challange back in August and Intel said they Continue reading “AMD Claims Victory Over Intel in The Dual-Core Duel”.
ECS Elitegroup and Legit Reviews is giving away FOUR great processor and motherboard combos this month. The contest is open to all of our forum members (If you are not a member don’t worry as Continue reading “Monthly Forum Contest: Four ECS Motherboard and Intel 830 CPU Combo’s”.
The next version of Internet Explorer will ship with significant default setting changes to the security zones, including the scrapping of the “Intranet” zone for home users. For Microsoft to keep up in the browser Continue reading “Microsoft planning to make IE7 more secure… Thank Goodness!”.
Google will lead a procession of Internet and software companies into the Nasdaq 100 when the index is reconstituted next week, the Nasdaq says. It looks like Google, Activision, RedHat, and Nvidia have made it Continue reading “Google, Activision, and Nvidia to Join the Nasdaq 100”.
A Chicago woman who downloaded songs for free from the Kazaa file-sharing network violated copyright law and must pay a $22,500 fine to the record labels, a federal appeals court has ruled. I don’t like Continue reading “File-swapping fine upheld by appeals court”.
Samsung has built an 8GB fully buffered memory (FB-DIMM) module for servers. While this is interesting news Samsung failed to give a date when the 8GB modules would go on sale. The monster module packs Continue reading “Samsung Shows off 8GB Memory Module”.
Total shipments from Taiwan-based first-tier motherboard makers Asustek Computer, Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS), Gigabyte Technology, and Micro-Star International (MSI) totaled 11.01 million motherboards in November, an historical monthly high. Now that is a lot of Continue reading “New Record: 11.01 million motherboards shipped in November”.
Craig Barrett has spoken out against the hand-cranked $100 laptop that is going to be produced in the millions. Makes you wonder if the blast is because no Intel chips are used or if he Continue reading “Intel’s Craig Barrett says ‘$100 laptop’ is a ‘gadget’”.
Flash memory maker Spansion, the joint venture between Advanced Micro Devices and Fujitsu, appears set to sell shares to the public next week. If you like buying IPO’s you’re in luck as next week more Continue reading “Spansion to sell shares to the public next week”.
Asustek Computer announced the launch of its 15.4-inch widescreen Intel-based A6Vm and AMD-based A6Km notebook series worldwide on December 7. The company claimed the models are the world’s first notebooks to adopt Nvidia’s latest GeForce Continue reading “Asustek launches Nvidia GeForce Go 7300-powered notebooks”.
Intel just sent out a press release stating that they have come up with a new, ultra-fast, yet very low power prototype transistor using new materials that could form the basis of its microprocessors and Continue reading “Intel Announces New Transistor Technology Breakthrough”.
Today marks the 64th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor where 2,390 people were killed and another 1,178 were wounded. It seems that after 9/11 many people have seemed to foget what happened on Continue reading “64th anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attack”.
The Korea Fair Trade Commission has fined Microsoft $32 million (33 billion won) for abusing its market dominant position, and ordered the software giant to modify the way it packages its Windows products. Not a Continue reading “South Korea fines Microsoft $32 million”.
Richard Branson?s Virgin Atlantic Airways said on Tuesday that it is offering its frequent fliers free trips to space in two and a half years? time. I average nearly 40,000 miles a year on AA Continue reading “2 Million Virgin Atlantic Frequent-flier miles translate to spaceflight”.
In papers presented at the International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM) in Washington, D.C., IBM and AMD today detailed their progress in bringing new, advanced semiconductor process technologies and materials to the 65 nanometer technology generation. Continue reading “AMD Shows Off Their 65nm Processor Progress”.