For those of you who missed the press release in the forums Kingston Technology has released a new USB key flash drive called the DataTraveler II Plus MIGO Edition. This “Smart” flash drive synchronizes your Continue reading “Kingston’s USB Flash Drives Become”.
Hynix Semiconductor announced it stopped supplying NAND flash to the spot market on July 8, amid strong demand from consumer electronics customers, according to market sources. Looks like NAND prices might be going up, but Continue reading “Hynix stops shipping NAND flash to spot market”.
One out of four Koreans can be categorized as cell phone addicts that need treatment, according to a local consumer research outfit Tuesday. I got a good laughfrom this line right here: “The worst-case scenario Continue reading “Korea: Mobile Phone Addiction Emerging as New Problem”.
The early venture capital backers of Google have invested $16 million in Zazzle, which customizes postage stamps, clothing and other items. I for one don’t see myself buying personalized stamps, but maybe they have something Continue reading “Google Backers Put $16M into Start-up Zazzle”.
Computer maker Hewlett-Packard Co. on Tuesday said it will cut 14,500 jobs, about 10 percent of its full-time staff, as part of a restructuring plan designed to save $1.9 billion annually and boost business performance. Continue reading “Hewlett-Packard to cut 14,500 jobs”.
Verizon Wireless, the No. 2 U.S. mobile provider, will sell video games from Electronic Arts Inc. to its customers in coming weeks, the companies said on Monday. This should be an interesting move and I Continue reading “Verizon Wireless to sell Electronic Arts games”.
When I read this CNET News article about consumers throwing away their PC instead of fixing it I didn’t even flinch. Americans are used to consumable goods and it looks like the low prices on Continue reading “Corrupted PCs find new home in the Dumpster”.
Samsung SDI will commercialize a new fuel cell capable of using retail butane gas to generate power for portable electric and electronic devices by 2007. The butane fuel cells will power an average notebook 20 Continue reading “Butane Fuel Cell to Hit Market in 2007”.
Micro-Star International (MSI) yesterday announced the availability of the Mega Book S270, a wide-screen notebook that supports 64-bit AMD Turion 64 mobile technology. The Mega Book S270 will come in tow configurations, priced at US$1,499 Continue reading “MSI launches 64-bit AMD Turion Mega Book S270”.
After the making the biggest driver changes in years, ATI is back again with CATALYST 5.7 drivers. The drivers are a tad over 25MB and have a 1080p display support option for those of you Continue reading “ATI CATALYST 5.7 Released”.
Intel is on track to release a second family of desktop processors using the technology in early 2006, according to a new road map. This is good news for all PC users as Intel is Continue reading “Intel Readying Second Line Of Dual-Core Desktop CPUs”.
US Senator Hillary Clinton has called for a federal investigation into the Grand Theft Auto (GTA) sex scene controversy. This is going to be bad PR for the gaming community. The controversy started when the Continue reading “Hillary Clinton Calls for a Federal Investigation into GTA”.
It seems that the bottom has finally been found on DDR1 modules as contract prices increase for the first time in 2005 for certain modules. Kingston raised up prices at the end of last week Continue reading “DDR400 Module Prices Increase for the 1st Time in 6 Months”.
With expectations of higher spot and contract prices in the third quarter, the US investment bank Morgan Stanley said investors could buy more shares of Taiwan’s dynamic random access memory (DRAM) chip makers. Looks like Continue reading “Morgan Stanley promotes Taiwan DRAM-maker stock shares”.
Politicians want to ban the sale of analog TVs soon–and set a firm date for all-digital broadcasts. Under current law, analog television would be cut off on Dec. 31, 2006 and analog signals would stop Continue reading “Digital TV switch in 2009?”.
