The Federal Trade Commission today sued Intel Corp., the world’s leading computer chip maker, charging that the company has illegally used its dominant market position for a decade to stifle competition and strengthen its monopoly. Continue reading “The Federal Trade Commission Sues Processor Manufacturer Intel”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Dec. 16, 2009 at 8:28am
China has banned individuals from registering internet domain names and launched a review of millions of existing personal websites in the toughest government censorship drive so far on the internet. As of Monday, people applying Continue reading “China tightens grip with review of personal websites”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Dec. 16, 2009 at 6:42am
NVIDIA will be hosting a live webinar tomorrow morning at 11am PST to teach their customers about the new Tesla GPU Compute solutions built on Fermi and the dramatic performance capabilities it will bring for Continue reading “NVIDIA Will Be Introducing New Tesla Fermi Based Products Tomorrow”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Dec. 15, 2009 at 6:42pm
Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner just moments ago took off for the very first time after years of delays. The company’s first new jetliner in almost 15 years, the plane is made of lightweight composite materials and Continue reading “Boeing 787 Dreamliner Takes Off Successfully For Its First Flight”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Dec. 15, 2009 at 12:42pm
Asetek announced today that it has raised an additional $8 million dollars in venture capital and appointed industry veteran Sam Szteinbaum as Chairman of the Board. The completion of this fund raising round caps a Continue reading “Asetek Raises $8 Million – Credits Corsair’s H50 CPU Cooler”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Dec. 15, 2009 at 9:52am
Corsair today announced a 24GB Dominator triple-channel DDR3 memory kit designed for high-performance desktop and workstation computing applications. Corsairs 24GB Dominator DDR3 memory kit has been rigorously tested in high-performance platforms based on the Intel Continue reading “Corsair Launches 24GB Dominator DDR3 Memory Kit – $1350”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Dec. 15, 2009 at 8:03am
Toshiba Corporation today announced the launch of a 64 gigabyte (GB) embedded NAND flash memory module, the highest capacity yet achieved in the industry. The chip is the flagship device in a new line-up of Continue reading “Toshiba Launches 64GB High Density NAND Flash Memory Modules”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Dec. 15, 2009 at 7:56am
Nvidia has some new Forceware 195.81 beta drivers out for desktop GPUs and notebook GPUs. This is a beta driver for GeForce 6, 7, 8, 9, 100, and 200-series desktop GPUs and ION desktop GPUs! Continue reading “NVIDIA Forceware 195.81 Drivers and Adobe Flash 10.1 beta 2 Ready for Download”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Dec. 15, 2009 at 7:32am
There was an interesting news release that went out today from Kaspersky Lab in Russia, a leading developer of secure content management solutions. Theyve announced that theyre leveraging CUDA with NVIDIA Tesla GPUs to dramatically Continue reading “Kaspersky Lab utilizes NVIDIA CUDA technology for a 360x performance boost!”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Dec. 14, 2009 at 10:46pm
Google Inc plans to sell its own cellphone direct to consumers as soon as next year, bypassing wireless operators in a rare strategic move, the Wall Street Journal cited sources as saying on Saturday. Called Continue reading “Google to produce, sell own “Nexus One” phones”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Dec. 14, 2009 at 9:28am
The video game industry just keeps on seeing its sales numbers decline, in spite of a huge month for Activision’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, and the crucial holiday month of November was no Continue reading “Video games sales drop eight percent, but still strong”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Dec. 11, 2009 at 10:32am
Graphics card makers Nvidia and AMD have both recently announced plans to demonstrate their latest 3D Blu-ray playback technologies at CES 2010. Over the last few weeks, Nvidia has successfully demonstrated playback of 3D content Continue reading “CES 2010: Nvidia and AMD to demonstrate 3D Blu-ray playback technologies”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Dec. 11, 2009 at 10:28am
The Kingston DataTraveler 200 USB 2.0 Flash drive series is available in 32GB, 64MB and 128MB capacities with each size drive coming in a different color. Today, we are looking 32GB version of the DataTraveler 200, which is the smallest capacity offered in this drive series. Read on to see how this drive performs!
By Nathan Kirsch •
Dec. 11, 2009 at 12:00am
There were more than 450 million mobile Internet users worldwide in 2009, a number that is expected to more than double by the end of 2013. Driven by the popularity and affordability of mobile phones, Continue reading “Mobile Devices on the Internet to Reach 1 Billion by 2013”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Dec. 10, 2009 at 9:17am
VIA Technologies today announced the VIA VN1000 digital media chipset for next generation desktop and all-in-one PCs, offering a world-class HD multimedia entertainment platform compatible with the advanced desktop features of Microsoft Windows 7. The Continue reading “VIA Brings Enhanced Windows 7 Desktop to Life”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Dec. 10, 2009 at 9:13am