Last month Legit Reviews was invited to see the AMD Phenom II processor down in Austin and found it to be a great overclocker. After AMD showed off the Phenom II processors and the Dragon platform to the media they went one step further and did a private showing to select forum members that were able to come to a scheduled showing in Boston, Chicago and San Francisco.
During the Great Depression, Hollywood thrived because it offered Americans a cheap, communal escape from gloomy times. Now there’s the Wii. Overall retail sales are horrible, the stock market has cratered, industry giants are laying Continue reading “Game industry booms amid the economic gloom”.
With the G13 gameboard officially introduced, Logitech is apparently preparing to unveil a new gaming peripheral, the G18 keyboard. Seen below, the G18 has quite a secsi design, 12 programmable G keys on its left Continue reading “Logitech G18 Keyboard Pictured With Full Color LCD Display”.
Elpida Memory announced late yesterday that they had completed development of a 50nm process 2-gigabit Mobile RAM product using 50nm process technology with 193nm (ArF) immersion lithography and copper interconnect. The ultra low-power features of Continue reading “Elpida Completes Development of New 50nm Process 2-Gigabit Mobile RAM”.
Sony BMG, which is changing its name to Sony Music Entertainment, was sued on Wednesday by the U.S. government, which accused the music company of violating federal rules aimed at protecting the online privacy of Continue reading “U.S. sues Sony Music over children’s online privacy”.
VR-Zon leaked out the first picture of the upcoming NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295 video card this morning. The GeForce GTX 295 is slated to launch at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) this coming January. The Continue reading “NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295 Video Card Pictured”.
Intel Corporation has completed the development phase of its next-generation manufacturing process that further shrinks chip circuitry to 32 nanometers (a billionth of a meter). The company is on track for production readiness of this Continue reading “Intel Completes Next Generation, 32nm Process Development Phase”.
Office Depot says it will close 112 stores over the next three months and open fewer stores in 2009 in an effort to cut costs. I can’t locate a list of store closing, but I Continue reading “Office Depot to Close 112 Underperforming Retail Stores”.
Intel Corp. said Wednesday it is taking South Korea’s fair trade watchdog to court over a decision to fine the semiconductor giant for undercutting competitors. Intel filed a formal complaint at the Seoul High Court Continue reading “Intel takes SKorea’s fair trade watchdog to court”.
Contract prices of DRAM chips are seen to drop another 10% in the first half of December, reflecting a continuation of low order visibility and weak end-market demand, according to DRAMeXchange. During the fourth quarter, Continue reading “DRAM contract prices fall another 10% in 1H of December on weak demand”.
Japan’s Sony Corp said it will cut 16,000 jobs, curb investment and pull out of businesses to save $1.1 billion a year as the financial crisis ravages demand for its electronics products. The job cuts Continue reading “Sony to cut 16,000 jobs to reduce costs”.
Super Talent today announced a new line of UltraDrive solid state drives (SSDs) that are twice as fast as the worlds speediest SATA hard drives and are offered in capacities up to 256GB. No word Continue reading “Super Talent Announces Enterprise Class UltraDrive SSDs”.
Voltaic Systems announces the release of its new solar bag, the Generator. The bag produces enough solar power to fully charge a laptop from less than a day in the sun. The new Generator features Continue reading “Voltaic Launches Solar Powered Laptop Bag For Charging Laptops”.
Late this afternoon AMD and NVIDIA both announced their intent to rapidly adopt the OpenCL 1.0 programming standard. AMD will be integrating a compliant compiler and runtime into the free ATI Stream Software Development Kit Continue reading “AMD and NVIDIA Both Adopt OpenCL 1.0 Specification by The Khronos Group”.
You can use your laptop anywhere in your home. But what you gain in mobility, you often sacrifice in comfort. To address this pain point, Logitech today introduced the Logitech Comfort Lapdesk for Notebooks the Continue reading “Logitech Announces Lapdesk – Comfort For Notebook Users Laps”.
