AMD is planning to launch mid-range ATI Radeon HD 4000-series GPUs (the ATI Radeon HD 4600-series) this month and two 45nm quad-core CPU by the end of this year, according to sources at motherboard and Continue reading “AMD to launch new GPUs this month and 45nm CPUs by the end of 2008”.
HP today announced an unprecedented milestone in mobile computing: up to 24 hours of continuous notebook operation on a single battery charge. As measured by an industry-standard benchmark, the new HP EliteBook 6930p configured with Continue reading “HP Breaks the 24-hour Battery Life Barrier For Laptops”.
AMD today announced the availability of robust new virtualization solutions powered by a combination of technologies from AMD and Microsoft Corp. This new deployment model uses AMD Opteron processors with AMD Virtualization (AMD-V) technology together Continue reading “AMD Delivers Optimum Platform for Virtualization”.
Intel Corporation continues to expand its 45-nanometer (nm) manufacturing chip portfolio with the launch of its first four halogen-free Intel Xeon processors, signaling another step in Intel’s march toward minimizing the environmental footprint of its Continue reading “Intel Ships New Eco-Friendly Intel Xeon Server Processors”.
Solid State Drives (SSD) have been around for over 25 years, but only recently have SSDs started to prove ready for the mainstream computing market now that performance is getting better and the price is coming down. It’s been no secret that Intel has been working on a SSD for some time now and today they have finally released the new drives! Read on to see the X25-M in action!
Are you looking for a five-bay hot swappable network attached storage server that can handle RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10 and JBOD arrays? If so, the Thecus N5200BR might be the right server for the job. With a built-in 4 port Gigabit switch with IP sharing and support for 802.3ad based load balancing and failover the N5200BR packs a mean punch to say the least.
SanDisk Corp., the world’s largest maker of memory cards used in digital cameras, surged the most in almost eight years in Nasdaq trading after Samsung Electronics Co. said it may buy the U.S. company. Samsung Continue reading “Rumor: Samsung Considers Acquisition of SanDisk”.
During the conference call reporting on second quarter financial results, Dell’s new CFO Brian Gladden said several times that the company has “more work to be done,” to improve profitability and decrease costs. He wasn’t Continue reading “Dell planning to ditch factories”.
AMD is planning to launch two low-power desktop CPUs Athlon 2650e and Athlon X2 3250e under its UVC (Ultra-Value Client) product line targeting OEMs in November, according to sources at motherboard makers. The Athlon 2650e Continue reading “AMD to launch two low-power desktop CPUs for low-cost PC market in November”.
Dell today officially unveiled the Inspiron Mini 9. This small, easy-to-carry device stands ready to connect teens, tweens, travelers and Tweeters to their online world be it surfing the Web, chatting with friends, blogging, streaming Continue reading “Dell Announces the Inspiron Mini 9 Netbook”.
Kingston Technology recently announced it is the first to release high performance, ultra low-latency 800MHz notebook memory. Shipping immediately in 4GB memory kits, the HyperX PC2-6400 CL4 SO-DIMMs offer the additional benefit of Serial Presence Continue reading “Kingston launches Ultra Low-Latency HyperX DDR2 SO-DIMMS”.
Sony Corp. is recalling 440,000 Vaio laptop computers worldwide because of a wiring flaw that could cause overheating. Sony said Thursday the recall involves 19 models in the Vaio TZ series manufactured between May 2007 Continue reading “Sony recalls laptops for possible overheating”.
Apple and its U.S. wireless partner AT&T are being sued for selling too many iPhones by a customer who says the high-speed phone network has been “overloaded” and unable to deliver promised performance. The iPhone Continue reading “Apple, AT&T sued for too many iPhones on ‘overloaded’ network”.
The Linksys SD2008 10/100/1000Mbps Gigabit switch has been around since 2004 and is one of the most popular and widely available switches on the market. Many owners have noticed that the Linksys SD2008 version 2.x switches have been failing after several months of use. Our Linksys SD2008 switch also started having issues recently and we replaced it with a version 3.0 switch and the problems were solved.
Microsoft will lower prices Friday on its popular Xbox 360 game console, which was already priced to break even. The Xbox 360 Arcade will sell for $200, $80 less than its current price. And Microsoft Continue reading “Microsoft Will Lower Xbox Prices on Friday”.
