AMD today announced it is expanding its signature education initiative, AMD Changing the Game, beyond North America, by co-sponsoring a digital game development and design workshop at the Malaysian Cybergames Festival. The festival aims to Continue reading “AMD Changing the Game Education Initiative Expands Beyond US”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Feb. 23, 2010 at 8:05am
It looks like the Chinese website it168.com has leaked out AMD’s internal marketing slides that are under NDA for the ATI Radeon HD 5830 graphics card that comes out later this week according to rumors. Continue reading “ATI Radeon HD 5830 Video Card Specs & Pictures Leak Out”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Feb. 23, 2010 at 7:54am
I guess we missed it last week, but Sid Meier’s Civilization V has been announced and it would appear that it will be hitting store shelves this fall. They haven’t released system requirements yet, but Continue reading “Sid Meier’s Civilization V is Arriving Fall 2010 & is PC Only”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Feb. 22, 2010 at 5:36pm
The Micron RealSSD C300 SSDs are the first SSDs in the World designed for the SATA 6 Gb/s interface. Because moving to SATA 6 Gb/s removes the bandwidth bottleneck, the 256GB drive that we are Continue reading “Micron RealSSD C300 256GB SATA 6Gbps SSD Review”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Feb. 22, 2010 at 2:16pm
NVIDIA’s big announcement this morning was that the NVIDIA GF100 ‘Fermi’ series of video cards would be launched at PAX 2010 in Boston, Massachusetts on Friday March 26, 2010 at 6pm. They are also doing Continue reading “NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 Will Be Launched At PAX 2010 in Boston on March 26th”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Feb. 22, 2010 at 11:11am
MAINGEAR Computers has officially announced the Relief for Haiti Charity Auction in benefit of Save the Children to help support the victims of the earthquake in Haiti. This special edition SHIFT will feature one of Continue reading “MAINGEAR Announces Relief for Haiti Charity Auction PC”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Feb. 22, 2010 at 10:57am
Thermaltake today announced their latest addition to the Litepower series of entry-level power supplies. The Thermaltake Litepower 350W, 450W and 550W are specifically targeting energy efficient PC systems with lower overall power consumption in application Continue reading “Thermaltake Launches Litepower HTPC Power Supply Series”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Feb. 22, 2010 at 7:49am
If you wanted to have the first unauthorized Apple store wedding on Valentines Day you missed your chance! This crazy Valentine’s Day wedding took place at the Fifth Avenue location in New York City and Continue reading “Couple Gets Married at Apple Store in New York on Valentine’s Day”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Feb. 21, 2010 at 10:54am
NVIDIA has been using Facebook to announce new information about Fermi graphics cards for months. Actually, it was on Facebook where they announced that GeForce GTX 480 and GeForce GTX 470 will be the names Continue reading “Will NVIDIA Announce GeForce GTX 480 ‘Fermi’ Graphics Cards Monday?”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Feb. 21, 2010 at 8:43am
OCZ Technology recently unveiled the highly anticipated Vertex Limited Edition (LE) Solid-State Drive and we have run our benchmark suite on it and are ready to show you what it can do. The Vertex LE Continue reading “OCZ Vertex LE (Limited Edition) 100GB SSD Review”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Feb. 20, 2010 at 1:10pm
SAPPHIRE Technology is now shipping two new graphics cards the SAPPHIRE HD 5850 TOXIC Edition and the SAPPHIRE HD 5850 Vapor-X model. The SAPPHIRE HD 5850 TOXIC Edition and the SAPPHIRE HD 5850 Vapor-X models Continue reading “SAPPHIRE Launches Toxic and Vapor-X Radeon HD 5850 Video Cards”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Feb. 19, 2010 at 9:39am
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and MAPPER Lithography today revealed that a pre-alpha MAPPER tool located on TSMC’s Fab 12 GigaFab is repeatedly printing features previously unachievable using current immersion lithography technology. Over the past Continue reading “TSMC has expanded its Maskless Lithography team”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Feb. 19, 2010 at 9:29am
OCZ Technology has unveiled the highly anticipated Vertex Limited Edition (LE) Solid-State Drive (SSD). Based on a cutting-edge new architecture, OCZs Vertex LE is the epitome of innovation for power users seeking to integrate a Continue reading “OCZ Launches Vertex Limited Edition Solid State Drive (SSD)”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Feb. 18, 2010 at 12:53pm
Corsair today announced the availability of its new Flash Padlock 2 secure USB flash drive. This unique USB flash drive is very cleverly and comprehensively designed to protect your critical business or personal data from Continue reading “Corsair Announces Flash Padlock 2 Secure USB Flash Drive”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Feb. 18, 2010 at 12:14pm
Kingston today announced the release of DataTraveler 310, the first 256GB USB Flash drive in the United States. The DataTraveler 310 replaces the 256GB DataTraveler 300, released in July 2009 to the Asia/Pacific and Europe, Continue reading “Kingston Ships First 256GB USB Flash Drive – DataTraveler 310”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Feb. 18, 2010 at 10:31am