Federal regulators tweaked recommendations for how websites should collect, save and share information about users, extending them to Internet service providers and mobile users. The Federal Trade Commission issued new guidance on Thursday for the Continue reading “U.S. tweaks Internet privacy guidelines”.
Midway Games has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. A recent “change in ownership triggered accelerated repurchase obligations relating to two classes of Midway debt, which Midway anticipated it would be unable to satisfy,” the company Continue reading “Midway Games presses reset with bankruptcy”.
Asustek Computer and Micro-Star International (MSI) are both planning to lay off around 10% of their workforce. Asustek its focusing cuts on its handset, optical drive and monitor departments, with an estimated 460 staff likely Continue reading “Asustek and MSI to cut workforce”.
We showed you a preview of the ASUS M4A79T Deluxe socket AM3 motherboard last month and today we will show you how it benchmarks against a socket AM2+ motherboard. Read on to find out if DDR3 memory helps boost performance over a board running DDR2 memory and if 8GB of DDR3 memory is stable on the board. If that isn’t enough we also overclock the CPU over 1.2GHz!
Charter Communications Inc., the money-losing cable-television company, said it plans to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy as part of a financial restructuring on or before April 1. Through the first three quarters of 2008, Charter Continue reading “Charter to File Bankruptcy as Part of Restructuring”.
With AMD’s new 45nm Phenom II processor boosting demand for the AMD platform, motherboard makers expect AMD’s share of the motherboard channel market will go back up to 30% in the first half of 2009, Continue reading “AMD share of motherboard channel market expected to climb back to 30% in 1H09”.
S3 Graphics today announced the latest addition to its power-efficient Chrome 500 Series graphics processor family, with the unveiling of an 850MHz clocked GDDR3 based Chrome 540 GTX. Todays users can convert an ordinary PC Continue reading “S3 Graphics Chrome 540 GTX: Worlds Most Connected HD Card”.
Today NVIDIA made it possible for notebook owners with GeForce 7 Series graphics processing units (GPUs) to upgrade their systems with the click of a button. When NVIDIA changed the way notebook GPU customers received Continue reading “NVIDIA Quarterly Driver Update for Notebooks is Now Live”.
In an effort to deliver an outstanding computing experience on small, low power PCs, NVIDIA announced today that NVIDIA ION has been Certified for Windows Vista. With NVIDIA ION and premium versions of Microsoft Windows, Continue reading “Microsoft Certifies NVIDIA ION for Windows Vista”.
NVIDIA has posted new beta WHQL-candidate drivers for GeForce 6, 7, 8, 9, and 200-series desktop GPUs up on their site today. This driver offers improvements in numerous popular PC game titles like Fallout 3, Continue reading “NVIDIA GeForce Forceware 182.05 WHQL Release Canidate Driver Posted”.
VIA Technologies today announced the VIA NSR7800 2U rackmount server for network storage solution providers. Powered by a 1.5GHz VIA C7 processor, the VIA NSR7800 offers system integrators the opportunity to provide unparalleled power and Continue reading “VIA Announces Power-Efficient 8-Bay 2U Rackmount Server”.
First-tier motherboard makers Elitegroup Computer System (ECS) and Micro-Star International (MSI) both suffered a revenue decline in January this year, according to the companies. ECS has announced consolidated revenues of NT$4.23 billion (US$124.45 million) for Continue reading “ECS and MSI see sharp on-year revenue decline in January”.
A ton of buzz is going around about the upcoming Intel 32nm Westmere processors and I tracked down a few pictures of the 32nm CPU with the Integrated Heat Spreader (IHS) removed that should be Continue reading “Intel 32nm Westmere Desktop CPU Pictures”.
Advanced Micro Devices announced Tuesday a delay to its planned spinoff, sending shares down nearly 11%. AMD shares fell 10.6% to $2.11 after the company said it would resume its special meeting of stockholders in Continue reading “AMD Plunges 10.6% on Spinoff Delay”.
NVIDIA’s claims about game compatibility are completely false Shortly after I wrote my article about the NVIDIA GeForce 3D Vision Bundle came the usual small flood reader of e-mails asking detailed questions about the product Continue reading “Is NVIDIA Marketing Pushing GeForce 3D Vision Too Hard?”.
