Blizzard Entertainment announced today that the closed beta test for its highly anticipated real-time strategy game, StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty, has begun. Thousands of gamers around the world have started to receive invitations from Continue reading “Closed Beta Testing of StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty Begins Today”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Feb. 18, 2010 at 10:03am
NVIDIA Corp. today reported revenue of $982.5 million for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2010 ended Jan. 31, 2010, up 9 percent from the previous quarter and more than double the $481.1 million reported in Continue reading “NVIDIA Reports Financial Results for Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2010”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Feb. 18, 2010 at 6:56am
Three employees of Tesla Motors died this morning when their Cessna 310 crashed in a residential neighborhood in East Palo Alto, California. Company CEO Elon Musk confirmed those aboard the planes were employees of the Continue reading “3 Tesla Execs Dead In Palo Alto Plane Crash”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Feb. 17, 2010 at 3:35pm
Corsair is getting ready to announce its second PC case, the Obsidian 700D. The new 700D is positioned slightly lower than the 800D which the company debuted last year. We found the 800D to be Continue reading “Corsair Obsidian 700D PC Case Pictures and Details Leaked”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Feb. 17, 2010 at 2:22pm
AMD has released the ATI Catalyst 10.1 video card drivers to the public for download. This release of ATI Catalyst brings performance improvements in four game titles along with numerous resolved issues and new features Continue reading “ATI Releases Catalyst 10.2 Video Card Drivers for Download”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Feb. 17, 2010 at 2:00pm
A marketing director for Santa Clara-based Nvidia is facing a misdemeanor charge after he allegedly told a flight attendant at San Francisco International Airport that he had a bomb in his jacket, prosecutors said Monday. Continue reading “Nvidia Marketing Director Makes Bomb Threat On Airplane – Lands In Jail”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Feb. 17, 2010 at 12:10pm
OCZ has been busy working on their next generation SSD products, and rather than using last year’s Indilinx Barefoot controller they found a new controller series that they liked from an upcoming SSD controller company Continue reading “OCZ Vertex 2 Pro 100GB SandForce SF-1500 SSD Preview”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Feb. 17, 2010 at 11:48am
SemiAccurate is reporting that production parts have been coming back from TSMC for several weeks now, and the outlook for them is grim for NVIDIA on their GeForce GTX 480 and GTX 470 graphics cards. Continue reading “Nvidia GeForce GTX 480 and GTX 470 Video Card Yields Are Poor”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Feb. 17, 2010 at 11:34am
NEC Corporation (NEC) announced today the development and successful demonstration of LSI technology for next-generation high-speed serial communication interfaces. This new technology allows inter-chip communication that is three times faster than modern communication interface standards, Continue reading “NEC Demos 16Gb/s Device w/ Triple SuperSpeed USB 3.0 Speeds – Death of USB and PCI Express?”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Feb. 17, 2010 at 7:17am
Remember the post about the Danamics Liquid Metal CPU Cooler that I made in 2008? More than likely you don’t, but if you do then you will remember how this CPU cooler created a ton Continue reading “Danamics LMX – Liquid Metal CPU Cooler”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Feb. 16, 2010 at 11:57pm
AMD today announced several new ATI Catalyst graphics driver features designed to enable higher performance, industry-leading stability and an even more intuitive computing experience for ATI Radeon graphics customers. Two ATI Catalyst driver updates unlock Continue reading “AMD CATALYST 10.2 and 10.3 Drivers Bring New Features To The Table”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Feb. 16, 2010 at 11:17pm
CyberPower has packed additional power and performance into its compact LAN Mini H2o V2 PC with new updates that feature the latest Intel LGA 1156 Core i3/i5/i7 CPUs with P55 chipset and super-fast and smooth Continue reading “CyberPower’s LAN Mini H2o V2 SFF Gets A Performance Refresh”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Feb. 16, 2010 at 5:50pm
MSI Computer just announced the availability of four new additions to its Classic-Series notebook line. The 16-inch CR600 and 15.6 inch CR620-030, CR620-033 and CR620-031 all feature the Windows 7 Home Premium Operating System and Continue reading “MSI Announces Four New Notebooks – CR600 and CR620 Series”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Feb. 16, 2010 at 2:52pm
Based on the Intel X58 chipset, the GIGABYTE GA-X58A-UD7 motherboard delivers all the killer next generation features that gaming enthusiasts and power users have been waiting for. The X58A-UD7 includes support for USB 3.0, SATA Continue reading “Gigabyte X58A-UD7 Motherboard Performance Review”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Feb. 16, 2010 at 9:45am
Two years ago, Thecus Technology shook up the world of enterprise storage with the release of the 1U4500 a rackmount storage server which utilized SATA technology. Today, Thecus is pleased to announce a follow up Continue reading “Thecus Introduces 1U4600 Rackmount NAS Server”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Feb. 16, 2010 at 7:03am