The Electronic Sports World Cup (ESWC) Organizing Committee today announced NVIDIA as the Worldwide and Main Partner of the Electronic Sports World Cup 2008. The ESWC is also announcing that the events Grand Final will Continue reading “NVIDIA and the Electronic Sports World Cup Now Partners”.
Last week we brought you a preview of the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT and today we bring you the numbers as we have a card in our hands. After putting the GeForce 8800 GT through eight benchmarks and power consumption testing the results are clear. The GeForce 8800 GT graphics card is priced right and performs better than more expensive graphics cards. Read on as we compare it to six leading graphics cards from ATI and NVIDIA.
Built using an entirely new transistor formula that alleviates the wasteful electricity leaks that threaten the pace of future computer innovation, Intel Corporation today unveiled 16 server and high-end PC processors. In addition to increasing Continue reading “Intel Launches 16 45nm Desktop and Server Processors Today!!”.
Amid stiff barriers from 90nm and 65nm conversion, sources at Taiwan motherboard makers do not expect AMD to roll out the highest frequency 2.6GHz version of its new quad-core Phenom CPU family before 2008. AMD Continue reading “AMD unable to introduce 2.6GHz Phenom CPU by 2008”.
Bringing his claims to Capitol Hill for the first time, former AT&T network technician Mark Klein appeared yesterday at a press conference to reiterate his astonishing claim: AT&T operated a 24 x 48-foot room in Continue reading “AT&T Maintained a ‘Secret Room’ for the NSA That Monitored Internet Data”.
Asustek Computer is developing a desktop version Eee PC which it hopes to launch in 2008, according to Jonathan Tseng, president of marketing at Asustek. Tseng noted that the PC will not include a display, Continue reading “Asustek to push desktop version Eee PC next year”.
Nvidia more than doubled its bottom line in the third quarter, as sales of notebook graphics chips continue to catch fire. Nvidia rang up $1.12 billion in sales in the three months ended October 28, Continue reading “NVIDIA Doubles Profits Without Breaking a Sweat”.
Target Corp. said Wednesday it has pulled the “Manhunt 2” video game from its stores due to particularly gruesome content that can be unlocked by hackers. It took hackers about 24 hours to figure out Continue reading “Target pulls ‘Manhunt 2’ from store shelves”.
Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE) can categorically deny that there is a 40% failure rate on the newly release 40GB PLAYSTATION 3 (PS3) as has been reported on a Dutch website. Having launched in October, Continue reading “Sony Dismisses PS3 Failure Rumors”.
Intel Capital today announced a $10 million investment in iovation, which provides online security and fraud protection services. This investment is part of a $15 million investment round led by Intel Capital. The funds will Continue reading “Intel Capital today announced a $10 million investment in iovation”.
AMD today announced the AMD FireStream 9170 Stream Processor and an accompanying Software Development Kit (SDK) designed to harness the massive parallel processing power of the graphics processing unit (GPU). AMD leveraged its unique collective Continue reading “AMD Delivers First Stream Processor with Double Precision Floating Point Technology”.
MSI has just announced two new AM2+ motherboards, the value-oriented K9A2 CF and the high-end K9A2 Platinum. The K9A2 CF motherboard will be all most people need as it supports two card Crossfire and the Continue reading “MSI Announces the K9A2 CF Motherboard – AMD 790X Chipset”.
OCZ Technology took a dive on the stock London Stock Exchange today as share prices were down over 51% on news that its full-year pretax will be significantly below market expectations. OCZ did say they Continue reading “OCZ Stock Tumbles, but CEO Ryan Peterson Buys 100,000 More Shares”.
ISA Hardware has leaked the prices on AMD’s upcoming Phenom processor series for desktop computers.It doesn’t show up under desktop processors, but if you search for 9600, 9700 or just the keyword Phenom the prices Continue reading “AMD Phenom Quad-Core Processor Pricing Leaked By Their Distributor”.
One Laptop per Child (OLPC), a non-profit organization launched in 2005 by MIT professor Nicholas Negroponte to design, manufacture and distribute affordable laptop computers to children around the world, announced that mass production of the Continue reading “One Laptop Per Child – Mass production of XO laptops kicks off”.
