EVGA this morning announced the EVGA GeForce GTX 580 Superclocked Special Edition Batman Arkham City Themed Graphics Card! This special edition card is obviously being released for Batman: Arkham City fan base, which is rather Continue reading “EVGA Announces Batman Arkham City Themed EVGA GeForce GTX 580 Video Card”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Oct. 28, 2011 at 10:50am
Samsung overtook Apple in the last quarter to become the worlds largest smartphone vendor amid a widening technology and legal battle between the two companies. Samsung shipped 27.8 million smartphones in the last quarter, taking Continue reading “Samsung Overtakes Apple as Biggest Smartphone Seller”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Oct. 28, 2011 at 10:37am
ARM has disclosed technical details of its new ARMv8 architecture, the first ARM architecture to include a 64-bit instruction set. ARMv8 broadens the ARM architecture to embrace 64-bit processing and extends virtual addressing, building on Continue reading “ARM Discloses Details On New ARMv8 Processor Architecture”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Oct. 28, 2011 at 10:33am
Redbox announced Thursday that it will raise the price of its nightly rentals for DVDs to $1.20 from $1.00 per night. The change goes into effect at most locations on Halloween, Oct. 31, the company Continue reading “Redbox Raises DVD Rental Fee 20 Percent!”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Oct. 28, 2011 at 10:27am
AMD recently announced revenue for the third quarter of 2011 of $1.69 billion, net income of $97 million, or $0.13 per share, and operating income of $138 million. The company reported non-GAAP net income of Continue reading “AMD Reports Third Quarter Results Were Up!”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Oct. 28, 2011 at 9:42am
Despite recent troubles, Netflix is a major force on the Internet, accounting for 32.7% of peak U.S. downstream traffic, according to a new report. Sandvine Intelligent Broadband Networks’ report analyzed 200 Internet service providers in Continue reading “Netflix Uses 32.7% of All Internet Bandwidth During Peak Hours”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Oct. 28, 2011 at 8:44am
The Hewlett-Packard blog now states that their PC business is staying put as an HP product. It looks like HP has decided against spinning off or selling its PC division a plan first brought to Continue reading “HP Won’t Spin Off Personal Computer Unit “. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Oct. 28, 2011 at 6:42am
Intel Corporation is making using a solid-state drive (SSD) easier with the introduction of its latest, Intel Solid-State Drive Toolbox 3.0! New features of this release include: The ability to make firmware updates under Microsoft Continue reading “Intel Releases Solid-State Drive Toolbox 3.0”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Oct. 27, 2011 at 11:53am
With Halloween just days away a number of really interesting geeky costumes have been found across the internet. This is one of the more interesting ones! A guy named Tyler Card built a fully-functional DSLR Continue reading “Giant Nikon D3 DSLR Camera Costume For Halloween”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Oct. 27, 2011 at 10:29am
Enermax today announced two new aluminium products that have been designed for use in offices around the world. The new products are the Aurora Lite RF Wireless keyboard and the 3.5″ HDD enclosure Brick with Continue reading “Enermax Announces Aluminium Keyboard and HDD Enclosure Brick”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Oct. 27, 2011 at 10:18am
Asustek Computer and Gigabyte Technology, facing weak market demand in Europe, the US and China, are expected to fail to achieve their motherboard shipment goals for 2011 and only ship 22 million and 17.5-18 million Continue reading “ASUS & Gigabyte To Miss Motherboard Shipment Targets For 2011”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Oct. 27, 2011 at 9:59am
Sony Corporation and Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson today announced that Sony will acquire Ericssons 50 percent stake in Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB (Sony Ericsson), making the mobile handset business a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sony. As Continue reading “Sony To Buy Ericssons Share of Sony Ericsson For EUR 1.05 Billion”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Oct. 27, 2011 at 8:47am
OCZ Technology today announced certification of the Talos 6Gbps SAS SSD products with Nexenta Systems NexentaStor unified storage solution software, and will be showcased together at the upcoming OpenStorage Summit, October 26-27 in San Jose, Continue reading “OCZ Talos SAS 6Gbps SSD Now Certified By NexentaStor Software”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Oct. 27, 2011 at 7:32am
LSI Corporation today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire SandForce, Inc., the leading provider of flash storage processors for enterprise and client flash solutions and solid state drives (SSDs). Under the Continue reading “Chipmaker LSI Plans To Buy SandForce For $322 Million”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Oct. 27, 2011 at 6:57am
AMD started a marketing campaign this week for their VISION technology and a risque video caught our attention this evening on YouTube. AMD says that with VISION Technology, AMDs multi-core CPU and GPU technology platform Continue reading “AMD Promotes VISION Technology w/ Touch my Bottom Video!”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Oct. 26, 2011 at 8:01pm