Apple’s next-generation iPhone will have a faster processor and will begin shipping in September, three people with direct knowledge of the company’s supply chain said. The production of the new iPhone will start in July/August Continue reading “Apple iPhone 5 Coming in September”.
Other World Computing today announced its latest 2.5″ SSD called the Mercury Extreme Pro 6G. This drive uses SandForce Driven SATA Revision 3.0 6Gb/s controllers that are designed to run at their full potential on Continue reading “OWC Announces Mercury Extreme Pro 6G SSDs w/ SandForce Controller”.
Over the weekend a few sites posted up that Gigabyte was canceling their Intel P67 boards in favor of the new and upcoming Intel Z68 boards. With the chipset pricing difference between the Z68 and Continue reading “Gigabyte Is Not Canceling Intel P67 Boards, But Z68 Will Be New Flagship”.
Intel Corporation today reported record EPS and revenue on both a GAAP and non-GAAP basis. On a non-GAAP basis, revenue was $12.9 billion, operating income was $4.3 billion, net income was $3.3 billion, and EPS Continue reading “Intel Q1 Blows Away Estimates – Quarterly Revenue Rises 25%”.
MSI has announced an extension of its lasting partnership with Lucid through the inclusion of the Virtu GPU virtualization technology with the upcoming MSI Z68 Mainboards. Lucid and MSI have enjoyed a fruitful collaboration ever Continue reading “MSI Z68 Mainboards To Offer LucidLogix Lucid Virtu Support”.
Nokia today announced photorealistic 3D models of 20 metropolitan areas for the web version of Ovi Maps. This immersive and free feature adds a new dimension to the Ovi Maps experience and enables people to Continue reading “Nokia Launches Photorealistic 3D Models of 20 Cities”.
Transcend today introduced two new high-capacity portable hard drives: the SuperSpeed USB 3.0-powered StoreJet 25H3P and the standard USB 2.0-powered StoreJet 25H2P. Both models boast 1TB of storage capacity, and come bundled with Transcends advanced Continue reading “Transcend Launches 1TB USB 3.0 & USB 2.0 Portable Hard Drive”.
It looks like the rumors yesterday were partly true! Seagate Technology and Samsung Electronics today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Seagate and Samsung will significantly expand and strengthen their Continue reading “Samsung Sells Hard Drive Business to Seagate for $1.375B”.
On paper one USB Flash drive might be faster than another, but you can’t believe everything a company tells you when they are marketing a product they are trying to sell you. Since security is such a big deal to corporations these days we decided to order in some FIPS 140-2 validated drives and do some testing of our own. We didn’t want to get ‘cherry picked’ samples, so we ordered in as many drives as our $1000 self-prescribed budget would allow.
Five men have been charged in a $37 million armed heist at a technology firm that authorities called the largest computer chip robbery ever in the San Francisco Bay area — one of the nation’s Continue reading “Five Men Charged in $37M NAND Flash Heist at Unigen Corp”.
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Samsung Electronics Co. is considering selling its money-losing hard-disk-drive business to raise cash to invest in new growth areas. If Samsung sells the unit to one of the Continue reading “Samsung Wants To Sell Hard Drive Business For $1.5 Billion”.
Smartphone processors are evolving from 1GHz to 1.2GHz dual-core power lately, but Samsung plans to step things up considerably by next year. It is being reported that Samsung is planning to release a smartphone powered Continue reading “Samsung expected to debut 2GHz dual-core smartphone by 2012”.
NVIDIA today posted their first Release 270 WHQL-certified driver for GeForce GPUs, including an equivalent Verde driver for notebook PCs. Version 270.61 is available for download on GeForce.com. We tried to download the drivers this Continue reading “NVIDIA Releases GeForce Video Card Driver v270.61 for Download”.
Verizon Wireless and Novatel Wireless today announced that the MiFi 4510L 4G LTE Mobile Hotspot that runs on the Verizon Wireless 4G LTE Mobile Broadband network is available online today at Verizon! The MiFi 4510L Continue reading “MiFi 4510L 4G LTE Mobile Hotspot Available at Verizon Today”.
Twenty-five years ago IBM scientists, J. Georg Bednorz and K. Alex Muller altered the landscape of physics when they observed superconductivity in an oxide material at a temperature 50 percent higher, (-238 deg C, -397 Continue reading “IBM Honors the 25th Anniversary of High-Temperature Superconductivity”.
