With the once-resilient videogame industry mired in a slump, investors are looking to big-name titles and potential price cuts for game consoles in the second half of the year to help spur a rebound in Continue reading “Videogame industry looks for second-half comeback”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Jul. 31, 2009 at 7:40am
AVADirect recently announced that they are now selling the world’s most powerful gaming notebook, the Clevo M980NU. AVADirect started taking pre-orders on the notebook as of mid-June and has begun receiving stock of the item Continue reading “AVADirect Selling Clevo M980NU 18.4″ Gaming Notebooks – Claimed as World’s Fastest”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Jul. 31, 2009 at 6:09am
OCZ Technology Group today announced the immediate availability of the Z-Series power supplies, the latest high-end enthusiast offering excelling in both performance and ultimate efficiency. Featuring industry-leading 80+ Gold Certifications, the Z850 and Z1000 PSUs Continue reading “OCZ Announces Z-Series Gold Power Supply Series”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Jul. 30, 2009 at 10:09pm
I was running some errands yesterday and stopped by a new smoothie place here outside St. Louis, Missouri and my jaw dropped when I saw an ASUS Eee Top sitting on the counter. This local Continue reading “ASUS Eee Top For a Point of Sale Solution?”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Jul. 30, 2009 at 12:23pm
Micron Technology, Inc. today announced that it has produced the industrys first DDR3 load-reduced, dual-inline memory module (LRDIMM) and will begin sampling 16-gigabyte (GB) versions this fall. By reducing load on the server memory bus, Continue reading “Micron Announces Load-Reduced Memory Module For Servers – LRDIMM”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Jul. 30, 2009 at 11:03am
Silicon Integrated Systems (SiS) has been suffering from tight supply of its entry-level chipsets since April due to its manufacturing partner United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) giving priority to its major clients, according to industry sources. Continue reading “SiS suffering chipset shortage”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Jul. 30, 2009 at 9:08am
What happens when you take the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275 with Forceware 190.38 drivers and the ATI Radeon HD 4890 with CATALYST 9.7 drivers and see how they do on odd ball game titles like Velvet Assassin and Wall-E? That is what we tackle this time around between these two popular gaming graphics cards.
By Nathan Kirsch •
Jul. 30, 2009 at 12:00am
Corsair today announced the new Dominator GT line of ultra-high performance DDR3 memory modules, designed specifically for AMD Phenom II processor-based platforms using Socket AM3 motherboards. The new 4GB (2 x 2GB) Dominator GT memory Continue reading “Corsair Announces Dominator GT Memory Kits For AMD Phenom II Processors”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Jul. 29, 2009 at 10:26am
GLOBALFOUNDRIES today announced a strategic customer relationship with STMicroelectronics. One of the worlds leading suppliers of semiconductor solutions, ST will partner with GLOBALFOUNDRIES to produce products based on 40nm Low Power (LP) bulk silicon technology. Continue reading “GLOBALFOUNDRIES Partners with STMicroelectronics”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Jul. 29, 2009 at 10:20am
Besides company co-founder Jen-Hsun Huang, Derek Perez is more than likely Nvidias most visible person in the media. Derek is has been in charge of Nvidias public relations for many years and has been credited Continue reading “Derek Perez, Director of Public Relations for Nvidia, Calls It Quits After 11 Years”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Jul. 28, 2009 at 7:24pm
Super Talent Technology has succeeded in squeezing 32GB of NAND Flash storage into a thumbnail sized USB drive that is water resistant and supports data transfer speeds up to 200X (30MB/sec). Six new models of Continue reading “Super Talent Unveils World’s Smallest 32GB USB Drive”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Jul. 28, 2009 at 7:08pm
For fiscal year 2009, the company posted revenue of $7.5 billion, net income of $470 million, or $2.08 per share, compared to $8.1 billion in revenue, and net income of $867 million, or $3.84 per Continue reading “Western Digital Announces Q4 Revenue of $1.9 Billion”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Jul. 28, 2009 at 4:57pm
HDTV owners placing plasma on the newest slim profile mounts proliferating the market are faced with issues when connecting standard HDMI cables to rear-facing HDMI ports. The average HDMI cable connector combined with limited cable Continue reading “Atlona Releases HDMI and DVI cables with swivel connector”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Jul. 28, 2009 at 2:03pm
ATI just posted a video on YouTube that shows StudioGPUs MachStudio Pro software being used with the ATI FirePro 3D workstation accelerator for those of you that are interested in real time Hollywood production with Continue reading “Real Time Hollywood Production – StudioGPUs MachStudio Pro and ATI FirePro”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Jul. 28, 2009 at 9:10am
T-Mobile and Research In Motion (RIM) yesterday announced the new BlackBerry Curve 8520 smartphone, a new addition to the BlackBerry Curve series of smartphones, with availability expected on August 5. The BlackBerry Curve 8520 smartphone Continue reading “T-Mobile USA and RIM Introduce the New BlackBerry Curve 8520”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Jul. 28, 2009 at 8:57am