This is funny, because I was just looking at my old BYTE magazines from 1989 this week. It was fun to look back and see what they thought the future was going to hold. If Continue reading “Intel gives man $10,000 for old magazine”.
Asustek has a price-cutting plan in place for socket 754 platforms that will bring these single memory channel boards down to only US $82 in Asia. Not a bad price at all for an Asus Continue reading “Asustek goes down-market with K8 mobos”.
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) will begin pricing its dual-core Opteron processors at the same level as its high-end single-core versions, Taiwan-based motherboard makers indicated. It will be interesting to see what computer enthusiasts around the Continue reading “Entry level dual-core Opterons to be priced same as high-end single-core parts”.
Wimax isn’t ground breaking news, but it looks like Intel officially unveiled the new wireless chipset that is supposed to bring the net to rural areas. Tech giant Intel has unveiled a chip that gives Continue reading “Intel reveals Wimax wireless chip”.
Big news today in the multimedia software industry as Adobe is looking to purchase Macromedia for 3.4 billion dollars. Both companies offer solid software that I personally use! Desktop publishing specialist Adobe Systems is buying Continue reading “Adobe to buy Macromedia for $3.4 billion”.
Looks like Apple is having strong iPod sales, but stock value is still going down. Apple sold more than five million iPod digital music players in the first three months of 2005, helping it to Continue reading “iPod sales fuel Apple profit leap”.
Looks like Firefox 1.0.2 is doing pretty damn good, because in two months they gained a million visitors to their website and everything seems to be going good. More than 2.6 million people visited the Continue reading “Firefox draws 2.6 million surfers in March”.
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) plans to lower the unit prices for Socket 754 Sempron processors in early May, with the maximum cut being 15%, according to Taiwan motherboard makers. Good news to those looking for Continue reading “AMD may cut Sempron prices in early May”.
Looks like Intel is showing off some new chipset technology over at IDF Taiwan this week. The first hot item shown off was a bunch of products using the Intel 854 chipset. This chipset is Continue reading “Intel debuts 854 chipset for CES Market”.
AMD’s exclusive hold on SLI (Scaleable Link Interface) came to an end last week with NVIDIA’s release of it C19 solution. Will Intel fans be jumping for joy, or considering a major shift in their next hardware purchases? LR puts NVIDIA’s newest chipset solution to the test against the upcoming Intel i955X chipset and reveals some surprising, and some not so surprising results.
Big news today for all the console gamers as May 16, 2005 looks to be the date that the embargo lifts on the consoles. Can you say PS3 and Xbox 2 ownage? Head on over Continue reading “PlayStation 3 & Xbox 2 to debut on May 16th”.
Looks like the Microsoft software test purchase program really does work! I don’t think these eight lawsuits are going to reduce the 22% of pirated software currently being used by consumers. “Microsoft Corp., the world’s Continue reading “Microsoft Files 8 Counterfeit Lawsuits”.
After doing standard benchmarking on the Intel Dual Core system, Legit Reviews tests the multi-tasking abilities of the Intel 840 versus the Intel 640. Both processors are 3.2GHz, have 2MB cache, and are built on the 90nm manufacturing process. Let’s see how they perform when running common applications at the same time.
By using the just released Corsair XMS PC-5400UL modules Legit Reviews has managed to surpass the 1000MHz memory barrier by a hair. This was done by running at 500.3MHz or 1000.6MHz DDR2 at loose 5-5-5-15 timings. Did we mention that this was also done on the new Intel Dual Core CPU?
Today Intel is letting Legit Reviews show off one of the first Dual Core Intel desktop processors. The Intel Pentium Processor Extreme Edition 840 is rated at 3.2GHz and boasts four threads. Dual core, four threads, EMT64 support, and a new chipset to support it. What more could an enthusiast want?
