Acer, the world’s third largest PC vendor, has signed an agreement to buy handheld device maker E-Ten Information Systems of Taiwan. The acquisition will put Acer in the position to market and further develop a Continue reading “Acer acquires smartphone maker E-Ten for $291 million”.
Dell will let the entry-level segment of its consumer-based Inspiron and enterprise-based Vostro notebooks tackle the low-cost PC market, according to Stephen Felice, president of Dell’s operations in Asia Pacific and Japan. As for products Continue reading “Dell to push its entry-level notebooks in low-cost PC market”.
In a further sign that Sony Corp.’s Blu-ray has won the high-definition format war, Paramount Pictures home entertainment unit said Friday it will release its last HD DVD titles on Tuesday. Paramount said it is Continue reading “Paramount to end HD DVD releases next week”.
We’ve had ATI CrossFireX running the past couple days here at Legit Reviews and while the drivers are not public yet, things are looking very good from what we have seen. We have slapped together a Radeon HD 3870 X2 with a Radeon HD 3870, which in turn creates a Triple CrossFireX platform with just two x16 PCI Express slots. Read on to see what CrossFireX is all about!
The Game Audio Network Guild (G.A.N.G.), the non-profit organization dedicated to the advancement and recognition of game audio, announced the winners for the 6th Annual G.A.N.G. Awards which honor outstanding creative, technical and artistic audio Continue reading “BioShock Sweeps Awards With an Unprecedented 8 Awards”.
U.S. and Canadian law enforcement authorities seized more than $78 million in counterfeit Cisco Systems network hardware during a continuing operation targeting illegal distribution of phony products made in China. Code-named Operation Cisco Raider by Continue reading “U.S., Canada seize $78 million in fake Cisco hardware”.
Microsoft Corp said on Thursday it plans to cut prices of its Windows Vista operating system sold at retail outlets in a move aimed at pushing customers to switch to the newest version of Windows. Continue reading “Microsoft cuts Vista prices to urge upgrades”.
Electronic Arts is not alone in its interest in buying Grand Theft Auto publisher Take-Two, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal. SEC filings show that Take-Two says it has received other offers, Continue reading “Take-Two says it has more takeover offers”.
Intel has set the pricing for its upcoming 4-series chipsets which are to be launching in the second quarter this year, while also adding one more member, the P43, to the lineup, according to sources Continue reading “Intel sets pricing for 4-series chipsets; adds P43 to lineup”.
Just got word that the engineers over at Kingston Technology created a Kingston HyperX DDR3 overclocking video. It seems they have reached 2.133GH on some HyperX memory kits using nVidia’s 790i SLI reference board. Kingston Continue reading “Kingston Technology HyperX DDR3 Memory Reaches 2.13GHz!”.
Corsair today announced the HX1000W power supply unit (PSU), the worlds first 1000 watt PSU to be certified under the newly-created 3-way NVIDIA SLI Technology Certification Program from NVIDIA Corporation. The Corsair HX1000W will be Continue reading “Corsair Announces 1000W Power Supply for Triple NVIDIA SLI Ready PCs”.
Two decades ago, Hewlett-Packard launched a printer that would create global demand for what would become one of its most profitable products: ink. HP marks the 20th anniversary of the Deskjet today and is seeking Continue reading “HP refocuses as Deskjet turns 20”.
Sprint Nextel upped the ante in the $99.99 all-you-can-eat rate plan battle Thursday by introducing a service that includes unlimited voice as well as unlimited data and slew of premium services. The company announced the Continue reading “Sprint raises stakes in the $99.99 unlimited battle”.
Nintendo Co Ltd’s Wii game console outsold Sony Corp’s PlayStation 3 nearly 4-to-1 in Japan in February as Wii software titles dominated the best seller list, a game magazine publisher said. Nintendo sold 331,627 units Continue reading “Nintendo Wii outsells PS3 4-to-1 in Japan”.
Kingston Technology Company, Inc., the independent world leader in memory products, today announced that memory is a key factor to unlock the trove of features available from Windows Server 2008, SQL Server 2008 and Visual Continue reading “Kingston Stresses Role For Performace with Win Server ’08”.
