Apacer Technology today unveiled the companies fifth-generation industrial CF card featuring a write-protection design for data storage safety. The lock switch on the bottom side of the memory card prevents data from being tampered. The Continue reading “Apacer debuts their fifth-gen Industrial CompactFlash card”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Jun. 23, 2011 at 9:42am
Taiwan-based motherboard maker Gigabyte Technology saw its motherboard shipments performance in the first half rather stable compared to its competitor Asustek Computer and has recently re-arranged its executive positions to fix the issues, according to Continue reading “Gigabyte Motherboard Sales Down in 2011 – Switch Executives To Help”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Jun. 23, 2011 at 9:36am
BBC Worldwide’s natural history division BBC Earth has teamed up with SEGA to create interactive exhibition spaces set to open in Japan and the US over the next two years. The aim is to bring Continue reading “SEGA and BBC Join Forces For ‘Multi-Sensory Adventure’ Theme Park”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Jun. 22, 2011 at 3:04pm
Silicon Power recently announced a new portable external hard drive called the Stream S20 that looks pretty nifty. The Silicon Power Stream S20 uses a 2.5inch SATA notebook hard drive for storage and then transfers Continue reading “Silicon Power Announces Stream S20 1TB USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Jun. 22, 2011 at 10:53am
Hitachi today introduced its G-CONNECT wireless storage solution, the first in a family of products providing instant, wireless storage and 802.11n WiFi Internet access for your Apple iPad, iPhone and many other mobile devices. The Continue reading “Hitachi G-Connect Wireless Storage Solution For Apple iPAD Announced”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Jun. 22, 2011 at 8:16am
TUL Corporation announced a very interesting dual GPU solution this morning that uses two AMD BART XT GPUs on a single PCB. The company is calling the graphics card the PowerColor HD6870X2. The end result Continue reading “PowerColor HD6870X2 Video Card Released – Dual AMD Radeon HD 6870 GPUs”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Jun. 22, 2011 at 8:08am
Crucial has announced two product line additions to its Ballistix high-performance memory: Crucial Ballistix Tactical and Crucial Ballistix Elite lines. Building on the recent successful launch of the Crucial Ballistix Sport memory, these new product Continue reading “Crucial Announces New Ballistix Tactical and Elite Memory Series”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Jun. 22, 2011 at 6:42am
If you are looking for an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570 video card with tons of memory then look no further than the EVGA GeForce GTX 570 HD 2560MB w/ part number 025-P3-1579-AR. This card has Continue reading “EVGA Announces GeForce GTX 570 Video Card w/ 2560MB of Memory!”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Jun. 22, 2011 at 6:24am
British police investigating with America’s FBI a series of computer hacking attacks on international companies said on Tuesday they had arrested a 19-year-old man in eastern England. London’s Metropolitan Police said they had arrested the Continue reading “UK Teenager Questioned in Global Hacking by LulzSec”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Jun. 21, 2011 at 5:15pm
We just got an e-mail from the Business Applications Performance Corporation (BAPCo) organization about why AMD is no longer a member of the consortium. We like to show both sides of the story, so be Continue reading “BAPCo Says AMD Approved 80% of the Benchmarks in SYSMark 2012”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Jun. 21, 2011 at 4:45pm
Keith McMillen Instruments (KMI) announced today the SoftStep KeyWorx multi-touch foot controller, the worlds first foot controlled digital interface, providing a new and faster way to operate a computer. Available for Mac and Windows, SoftStep Continue reading “KMI Announces SoftStep KeyWorx Foot Controller For PCs”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Jun. 21, 2011 at 2:32pm
In a rather unheard of move this morning, chip firm AMD announced that they will not endorse the SYSmark 2012 Benchmark (SM2012), which is published by BAPCo (Business Applications Performance Corporation). Along with the withdrawal Continue reading “AMD Will Not Endorse SYSmark 2012 Benchmark & Resigns From BAPCo”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Jun. 21, 2011 at 10:23am
Nokia today announced the Nokia N9 that is built using latest smartphone technology – Meego. The Nokia N9 introduces an innovative new design where the home key is replaced by a simple gesture: a swipe. Continue reading “Nokia Launches the N9 MeeGo Smartphone”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Jun. 21, 2011 at 10:09am
At the International Supercomputing Conference (ISC), Kirk Skaugen, Intel Corporation vice president and general manager of the Data Center Group, outlined the companys vision to achieve ExaFLOP/s performance by the end of this decade. An Continue reading “Intel Many Integrated Core Architecture Will Help Reach Exascal Computing By 2018”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Jun. 21, 2011 at 10:01am
ZOTAC today announced a new video card in the companies GeForce Multiview line-up called the ZOTAC GeForce GTX 550 Ti Multiview. The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 550 Ti Multiview was designed from the start for a Continue reading “ZOTAC GeForce GTX 550 Ti Multiview Video Card Announced”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Jun. 21, 2011 at 9:54am