Dell has lowered their financial forecast for the third quarter, saying its U.S. and British operations fell short of expectations. Not a big suprise here, because we know our readers build their own machines and Continue reading “Dell Lowers Third Quarter Guidance”.
Two small moons have been discovered orbiting Pluto, bringing the planet’s retinue of known satellites to three and leaving scientists to wonder how it could be. It’s hard to believe that we are still finding Continue reading “Pluto found to have two more moons”.
Samsung Electronics, Korea?s biggest digital products maker, aims to duplicate its dominance in memory chips to MP3 players by forging a digital media player application like iTunes of Apple Computer. A bold statement is made Continue reading “Samsung Electronics to Disclose Music Download Program”.
Jon Peddie Research (JPR), a research and consulting firm for graphics and multimedia, reports that ATI?s lead over Nvidia in the desktop segment narrowed as compared to the prior quarter. In Q305, ATI?s desktop graphics Continue reading “Nvidia narrows ATI?s lead in desktop GPU market share”.
Yahoo Inc. is doubling the price of its online music subscription service for portable MP3 players, ending a short-lived promotion that sought to lure consumers from Apple Computer Inc.’s market-leading iTunes store. We all knew Continue reading “Yahoo Spotted Doubling the Price Online Music Subscriptions”.
Photo journalist Robbie Cooper has been traveling around China and Korea trying to catch the elusive gamer on film. Some of the photos captured the fascinating and largely unseen world of workers in China and Continue reading “Artist Shows The Gamers Behind The Avatars”.
The sales volume of MP3 players in the Taiwan market have nosedived following booming sales from September to early this month, according to Taiwanese retail channels, adding that even the immensely popular iPod nano is Continue reading “iPod nano prices cut to stimulate sales in Taiwan”.
A Swedish court made the first conviction for using an online file-sharing network this week in Sweden. Twenty eight-year-old Andreas Bawer was found guilty of breaching copyright by distributing a Swedish movie online and fined Continue reading “Sweden convicts first online movie file-sharer”.
Weak gross margins pushed hard-drive maker Maxtor (MXO) into a disappointing third quarter, despite a 10% increase in unit sales. Shares of Maxtor were trading down $0.05 cents or -1.36% to $3.64 at the closing Continue reading “Margins Drive Maxtor Stock Shares Lower”.
Google Inc. has unintentionally provided a sneak peek at what appears to be a looming expansion into classified advertising — a free service that might antagonize some of the Internet search engine’s biggest customers, including Continue reading “Google leaks classified ad service”.
Looks like ATI’s X1800 XT graphics processor is very overclocker friendly as a two Finnish over-clockers broke the 1GHz mark. ATI said that once faster GDDR-4 memory arrives next year, users can expect to see Continue reading “ATI?s Radeon X1800 XT Breaks 1 GHz Speed Barrier”.
In their continuing effort to gain U.S. market share, LG USA?s IT Brand Division will be entering the Flash RAM/USB market. The transfer, storage and use of digital media is everywhere and LG is jumping Continue reading “LG Electronics Enters the U.S. Flash Ram/USB Market”.
OCZ Technology has some new patent-pending XTC (Xtreme Thermal Convection) Heatspreaders that allow increased ventilation and heat dissipation due to an innovative honeycomb design. The new design provides better air flow to the actual memory Continue reading “OCZ Technology Launches XTC Memory Heat Spreaders”.
Looks like those waiting on Intel’s new Montecito processor will have to wait a half year longer as the launch has been delayed. Looks like the entire Itanium processor family is going to get shifted Continue reading “Intel Delays Itanium “Montecito” Processor Release”.
If you haven’t stopped by the forums lately you might want to stop in and take a look at the community we have going. If you are into modding then you will want to look Continue reading “Active Forum Topics”.
