Apple has won a patent dispute against Motorola Mobility regarding a “slide-to-unlock” feature on smartphones. The judgement marks Apple’s first patent victory over Motorola in any part of the world. Patent consultant Florian Mueller said Continue reading “Apple Wins Patent Suit Over Motorola in ‘slide-to-unlock’ Fiasco”.
First identified in 2008, it would appear nomophobia the fear of being out of mobile phone contact, is sharply increasing in the UK. A recent survey of 1,000 people in employment, conducted using OnePoll, discovered Continue reading “UK Study Finds 66% of the Population Has Nomophobia – Fear of No Phone”.
CyberpowerPC recently announced its Zeus series — a powerful new line of desktop computers that offer the power of thunder with Intels new i7-3820 CPU; the speed of AMDs lightning fast FX CPUs; the refined Continue reading “CyberpowerPC Announces Zeus Desktop Systems”.
Antec introduced a new EarthWatts Platinum power supply series today. These power supplies are available in moderate 450W ($109.95), 550W ($119.95) and 650W ($129.95) desktop models and are aimed at consumers that are environmentally-conscious and Continue reading “Antec Launches EarthWatts Platinum PSU Series”.
NZXT just announced the immediate availability of the Switch 810 hybrid chassis. Meticulously crafted for the hardcore PC enthusiast, Switch 810 introduces unparalleled versatility, cooling capabilities, and an industry-first adjustable hybrid fins. The Switch 810 Continue reading “NZXT Switch 810 Hybrid Full Tower Chassis Now Available”.
Ubisoft will be releasing Far Cry 3 on September 4th, 2012 and the latest game trailers is looking great! The original Far Cry game was graphically amazing and it looks like Far Cry 3 will Continue reading “The Far Cry 3 Stranded Video Game Preview is Awesome”.
Intel recently notified its partners about plans to postpone mass shipments of its upcoming Ivy Bridge processors. Despite that the company will still announce the new products and ship a small volume of the processors Continue reading “Rumor: Intel Ivy Bridge Processor Mass Availability Delayed Till June 2012”.
As you more than likely noticed, AMD released the Radeon HD 7700 series this morning and the new Cape� Verde 28nm GPU core is official. We noticed that AMD posted up a viral marketing video Continue reading “Verdetrol: The Natural PC Performance Enhancement”.
Canada’s government Tuesday introduced a bill to give law enforcement authorities sweeping powers to probe online communications that has a number of people upset. The legislation would require telecommunications service providers to set up systems Continue reading “Canada Unveils New Cyber Monitoring Rules”.
AMD today announced the arrival of its AMD Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition and HD 7750 graphics cards. The AMD Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition is the first graphics card equipped with a reference engine Continue reading “AMD Radeon Breaks GHz Barrier”.
DICE came out with a minor PC patch for Battlefield 3 on Feb 14th that should be interesting to our community. The update includes support for the upcoming Intel ‘Ivy Bridge’ product line and performance Continue reading “Battlefield 3 Patch Adds Ivy Bridge Support & Radeon HD 7000 Series Tweaks”.
Last month AMD introduced the Radeon HD 7000 series (Southern Islands) of graphics cards. These new cards are based on the 28nm manufacturing process and use a new core architecture called Graphics Core Next (GCN). Many assumed that AMD would be doing a top-to-bottom launch for the AMD Radeon HD 7000 product line, but that is not the case. AMD decided skip over Pitcairn, the Radeon HD 7800 series, and introduce Cape Verde along with the Radeon HD 7700 series.
OCZ Technology today announced the Z-Drive R4 CloudServ PCI Express (PCIe) flash storage solution, designed to dramatically accelerate cloud computing applications and significantly reduce operating expenses in the data center. The new Z-Drive R4 CloudServ Continue reading “OCZ Launches Z-Drive R4 CloudServ 16TB Solid State Solution”.
DonanimHaber has posted up a specification chart that details six upcoming AMD APUs (Accelerated Processing Units) based on the ‘Trinity’ core architecture. The AMD Trinity A10/A8 quad-core APU series is rumored to be launching in Continue reading “AMD Getting Six Trinity APU’s Ready For Launch”.
A new version of GPU-Z is out! Grab it here if you want to use the latest and greatest version! GPU-Z is a lightweight utility designed to give you all information about your video card Continue reading “TPU Releases GPU-Z v0.5.9 w/ Radeon HD 7700 Series Support”.
