AMD has set an internal guidance to gain back a 15% share of the global notebook market, according to sources at notebook vendors. The company’s next-generation Tigris platform has already landed orders from Hewlett-Packard (HP), Continue reading “AMD aims to gain back 15% share of notebook market”. …more
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Jun. 25, 2009 at 9:40am
GLOBALFOUNDRIES today announced the appointment of Norm Armour as vice president and general manager and Eric Choh as vice president of operations to lead an expanding team dedicated to developing Fab 2, the companys next Continue reading “GLOBALFOUNDRIES Announces New Fab 2 Executive Team”. …more
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Jun. 24, 2009 at 2:19pm
ZeniMax Media Inc., parent company of noted game publisher Bethesda Softworks, today announced it has completed the acquisition of legendary game studio, id Software, creators of world-renowned games such as DOOM, QUAKE, Wolfenstein, and its Continue reading “ZeniMax Media Acquires id Software”. …more
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Jun. 24, 2009 at 12:48pm
One of our readers directed me to a thread over at OCZ this morning where it seems that Tony from OCZ has announced a new Turbo Vertex Series is about to launch. Tony confirmed that Continue reading “OCZ Announces Turbo Vertex MLC SSD Coming Soon with 278MB/s Read”. …more
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Jun. 24, 2009 at 12:15pm
SanDisk Corporation today introduced the fastest 32-gigabyte (GB) SDHC card on the market. The 32GB SanDisk Extreme SDHC card at up to 30 megabytes per second (MB/s) read and write speeds combines industry-leading performance with Continue reading “SanDisk Unveils World’s Fastest 32GB SDHC Card – 30MB/s”. …more
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Jun. 24, 2009 at 12:05pm
WD today introduced its newly redesigned My Book World Edition II dual-drive network storage system in capacities of up to 4 TB. With the double protection of two Mirrored (RAID 1) drives and continuous backup Continue reading “WD Announces newly redesigned My Book World Edition II dual-drive network storage systems”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Jun. 24, 2009 at 11:43am
The new My Book World Edition II network storage systems came out today and we have the 2TB model (WDH2NC20000) on the test bench to see how it performs. Read on to see how to map the drive, configure the backup software, and to see how fast files can transfer on a gigabit network.
By Nathan Kirsch •
Jun. 24, 2009 at 12:00am
Matrox Graphics today announced the availability of the Matrox M9138 and Matrox M9148 DisplayPort graphics cards. Expanding the M-Series product line, these new triple- and quad-monitor cards offer a remarkable 1 GB of memory, and Continue reading “Matrox Graphics Unveils Triple and Quad Monitor DisplayPort M-Series Graphics Cards”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Jun. 23, 2009 at 11:38pm
Further uniting the Internet with mobile phones and computers, Intel Corporation and Nokia today announced a long-term relationship to develop a new class of Intel Architecture-based mobile computing device and chipset architectures which will combine Continue reading “Intel and Nokia announce strategic relationship for Mobile Products”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Jun. 23, 2009 at 11:00am
ASUS today announces the availability of the long-lasting Eee PC 1005HA Seashell in North America. The new model is the first Eee PC to offer over 10 hours of battery life for true all-day computing. Continue reading “ASUS Eee PC 1005HA Seashell Has 10.5 Hours of Battery Life”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Jun. 23, 2009 at 10:50am
Active Media Products, manufacturer of unique USB drives including the Obama drive, today introduced the new Predator GT series of 2.5-inch Serial ATA solid state drives that support outrageously fast data transfer speeds and include Continue reading “Active Media Products Introduces Predator GT SATA-II SSDs”. …more
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Jun. 23, 2009 at 10:43am
If you happen to have a crane and some extra cash laying around it seems you can now purchase and setup your own WiMAX transmitter with the Tortoise. Tortoise is a portable, rugged, high-power transmitter Continue reading “Build Your Own WiMAX Network – Just need a Tortoise Transmitter and a Manitowoc Crane”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Jun. 23, 2009 at 8:50am
ZOTAC has announced the latest addition to its GeForce GTX 275 line up this morning – the new ZOTAC GeForce GTX 275 1792MB. The new graphics card pairs the award-winning GeForce GTX 275 graphics processor Continue reading “ZOTAC Announces GeForce GTX 275 Video Card With 1792MB of Memory!”. …more
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Jun. 23, 2009 at 8:38am
Solid State Drive (SSD) has been the killer application in NAND Flash market due to higher content per system consumption and more popular applications. According to DRAMeXchange, SSD market penetration rate in standard NB market Continue reading “SSD penetration rate in notebooks to be about 1.5% in 2009”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Jun. 23, 2009 at 8:18am
Kingston’s family of DataTraveler USB Flash drives are among the most recognized around the world and are always being updated. Read on to check out the DataTraveler 101, a stylish cap-less swivel design USB 2.0 drive that is available in a variety of colors (cyan, pink and yellow) and in capacities of up to 16GB.
By Nathan Kirsch •
Jun. 23, 2009 at 12:00am