One day after a security company accidentally posted details of a serious flaw in the Internet’s Domain Name System (DNS), hackers are saying that software that exploits this flaw is sure to pop up soon. Continue reading “Attack code imminent for DNS flaw after details leaked”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Jul. 23, 2008 at 8:27am
Korea-based LG Electronics is planning to launch its Atom-based netbook in October this year and since most of the company’s notebooks were manufactured by Micro-Star International (MSI), the netbook is also expected to be manufactured Continue reading “MSI has chance to make netbook for LG”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Jul. 23, 2008 at 8:25am
Western Digital announced today the WD VelociRaptor 10,000 RPM enterprise SATA hard drives in an enterprise-class 2.5-inch form factor for blade servers and 1U and 2U rack servers. The newest WD VelociRaptor hard drive is Continue reading “Western Digital Announces 2.5-inch WD VelociRaptor Hard Drive for Enterprise Users”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Jul. 23, 2008 at 8:18am
OCZ Technology has announced the first memory modules available in their Fatal1ty Series after the partnership was announced last month. These high-performance memory kits were co-developed with the expertise of Johnathan Fatal1ty Wendel, 12-time World Continue reading “OCZ Launches Fatal1ty Brand DDR2 and DDR3 Memory Kits”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Jul. 22, 2008 at 9:11am
Lancool must be launching a dozen new cases as it seems I get a press release from them at least twice a week. This time around they have announced the K12 Midi-Tower Chassis. We asked Continue reading “Lancool Announces K12 Midi-Tower Chassis”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Jul. 22, 2008 at 8:17am
Any and all ATI graphics cards owners should take note that a new driver dropped late yesterday from the crew over at AMD. The latest driver is Catalyst 8.7 and there is a version for Continue reading “ATI Releases Catalyst 8.7 Video Card Drivers for Download”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Jul. 22, 2008 at 8:11am
Super Talent Technology recently announced that the company has dramatically improved the write speeds of its MasterDrive DX, MasterDrive KX and MasterDrive MX solid state drives (SSDs) thanks to a minor firmware update. These three Continue reading “Super Talent MasterDrive SSD Gets a Performance Boost Via Firmware”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Jul. 22, 2008 at 8:04am
Intel has cut processor prices up to 31 percent, though overall cuts are limited in number and degree. The desktop Core 2 Duo E8500 (3.16GHz) got the largest cut, from $266 to $183 (31 percent) Continue reading “Intel cuts desktop processor prices by up to 31 percent”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Jul. 21, 2008 at 10:08am
A long time friend in the industry tipped me off about Danamics long ago and sent me the company logo before the site was even online. Fast forward a few months and they have announced Continue reading “Danamics Liquid Metal CPU Cooling – Getting Closer To Production”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Jul. 21, 2008 at 8:23am
In order to speed up adoption of quad-core CPUs, Intel is planning to offer its upcoming 3.2GHz Extreme series Bloomfield processor at US$999 in thousand-unit tray quantities, US$500 cheaper compared to the current top-end Core Continue reading “Intel Bloomfield CPU pricing reveals pleasant surprise”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Jul. 20, 2008 at 7:49am
Nvidia is planning to start mass producing its latest Intel platform IGP chipset, the GeForce 9-Series mGPU nForce 730i MCP (MCP7A), in the middle of August with motherboards likely to appear in the market by Continue reading “Nvidia to launch Intel-based MCP7A IGP chipset in August”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Jul. 18, 2008 at 12:47pm
The TW3X2G1600C9DHXNV memory kit is the first and only Corsair memory kit that uses Samsung based memory ICs. That gives this kit a leg up over other companies as it is offering the latest in memory ICs. This specific memory kit has been verified to operate at 1600MHz at latencies of 9-9-9-24 at 1.8V VDIMM by Corsair, but as you will see later in our article you can pull off timings of 6-7-6-18 at 1600MHz with some extra voltage.
By Nathan Kirsch •
Jul. 18, 2008 at 12:00am
AMD today announced that its board of directors elected President and COO Dirk Meyer as the companys chief executive officer. Meyer succeeds Hector Ruiz, who will become executive chairman of AMD and chair of the Continue reading “AMD Board of Directors Elects Dirk Meyer President and CEO”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Jul. 17, 2008 at 4:21pm
Todays top video games use complex programming and rendering techniques that can take months to create and tune in order to get the image quality and silky-smooth frame rates that gamers demand. Thousands of developers Continue reading “NVIDIA Tools Help Game Developers Debug and Speed Up Games”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Jul. 17, 2008 at 3:56pm
AMD today reported second quarter 2008 revenue from continuing operations of $1.349 billion, a seven percent decrease compared to the first quarter of 2008 and a three percent increase compared to the second quarter of Continue reading “AMD Reports Second Quarter Results – 7th Straight Loss”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Jul. 17, 2008 at 3:51pm