SAPPHIRE Technology is equipping two of its new product lines with exclusive near silent cooling solutions developed specially by Swiss cooling solution provider ARCTIC COOLING. The new cooler known as Accelero L7 was developed in Continue reading “Accelero L7 – Exclusive ARCTIC COOLING Solution for Sapphire”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Sep. 1, 2009 at 8:47am
WD (NYSE: WDC) today announced that it is now shipping desktop 7200 RPM 2 TB hard drives and is qualifying with OEMs enterprise-class hard drives based on WDs 500 gigabytes-per-platter technology. The popular family of Continue reading “Western Digital Launches 2TB Caviar Black and RE4 Hard Drives”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Sep. 1, 2009 at 8:23am
VIA Technologies today announced the VIA ACE-CNX security service, helping customers harness the power of the Advanced Cryptographic Engine (ACE) embedded at the core of all VIA processors. The Advanced Cryptographic Engine provides a range Continue reading “VIA Launches ACE-CNX Customized Security Service”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Sep. 1, 2009 at 8:18am
Legit Reviews just found out that Keith Suppe, who was one of our writers back in 2005, recently passed away due to some health issues. Keith wrote a number of reviews for LR back in Continue reading “A Moment of Silence For Keith Suppe Who Passed Away”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Aug. 31, 2009 at 4:10pm
Cadence Design Systems, Inc., the leader in global electronic design innovation, and GLOBALFOUNDRIES Inc., a leading-edge semiconductor manufacturing company, today announced that the two companies have entered into a multi-year software and services agreement for Continue reading “Cadence and GLOBALFOUNDRIES Announce Technology Agreement”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Aug. 31, 2009 at 11:15am
A-DATA Technology today introduced its latest USB Flash Drive. The A-DATA C905 USB Flash Drive has a unique arc-shaped and grooved contour that distinctly stands out from the rest of the conventional USB drives. The Continue reading “A-DATA Announces The C905 cap-type USB Flash Drive”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Aug. 31, 2009 at 9:30am
Noctua today presented the latest version of its successful NH-U12P series of premium quality quiet CPU coolers. The new NH-U12P SE2 now supports Intel’s upcoming LGA1156 based Core i5 and Core i7 “Lynnfield” CPUs while Continue reading “Noctua presents NH-U12P SE2 cooler with LGA1156 support”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Aug. 31, 2009 at 9:16am
Asustek Computer plans to launch two new ultra-thin notebooks using Intel’s upcoming 45nm Celeron 743 and SU2300 CPUs on September 7, 2009, according to industry sources. The new models will initially ship to areas including Continue reading “Asustek set to launch ultra-thin notebooks using new Intel CPUs”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Aug. 31, 2009 at 8:49am
AMD today announced the immediate availability of the new Six-Core AMD Opteron EE processor at 40W ACP. Delivering up to 31 percent higher performance-per-watt over standard Quad-Core AMD Opteron processors, the Six-Core AMD Opteron EE Continue reading “AMD Announces 40W Six-Core AMD Opteron EE processor – Istanbul”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Aug. 31, 2009 at 8:35am
PhotoFast sent us word today that they have released the G-Monster CF533x series of CompactFlash for those looking for some insanely fast flash memory. The 32GB G-Monster CF533x has up to 90MB/s read speeds and Continue reading “PhotoFast G-Monster CF533x – Compact Flash with 90 MB/s Read Speeds”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Aug. 31, 2009 at 8:28am
As a result of stronger than expected demand for microprocessors and chipsets, Intel Corporation now expects revenue for the third quarter to be $9.0 billion, plus or minus $200 million, as compared to the previous Continue reading “Intel Raises Third-Quarter Revenue and Gross Margin Expectations”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Aug. 28, 2009 at 2:22pm
The iPhone now has an official ticket to China. Mobile phone operator China Unicom plans to start selling two versions of the iPhone in China in the fourth quarter, under a three-year deal, an Apple Continue reading “Apple inks deal to sell iPhone in China”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Aug. 28, 2009 at 10:10am
At Siggraph Johan Andersson, Rendering Architect at DICE, talked about the latest version of the Frostbite engine used for Battlefield games. In his presentation Andersson also talks about Compute Shader in DirectX 11 and how Continue reading “The Frostbite 2 Game Engine For The Battlefield Series Might Go DirectX 11”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Aug. 28, 2009 at 9:26am
Japanese researchers say they can crack the second generation of Wi-Fi security within a minute, according to an article on yahoo.com. WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access) was thought to be secure, and has been used since Continue reading “WPA Wi-Fi encryption can be cracked in under a minute”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Aug. 28, 2009 at 8:41am
Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS) has posted consolidated revenues of NT$36.72 billion (US$1.12 billion) for the first half of 2009, a drop of 7% on year, while net profits grew 88% on year to NT$690 million, Continue reading “Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS) sees drop in 1H09 revenues”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Aug. 28, 2009 at 8:15am