Blu-ray high-definition movie discs outsold films on the rival HD DVD format by 2-to-1 in the United States in the first half of 2007, Home Media Research said this week. The division of Home Media Continue reading “Blu-ray outpaces HD DVD in U.S. 2-to-1”.
IGN Entertainments GameSpy, a leader in multi-platform online gaming technology, today announced a licensing deal to incorporate GameSpys multiplayer online technology into Cryteks upcoming sci-fi, first-person shooter game, Crysis. Under the terms of the agreement, Continue reading “GameSpy Announces “Crysis” Agreement With Crytek”.
News and financial services company Reuters will outsource almost its entire internal IT operations to Fujitsu under a 10-year deal valued at 500 million ($1 billion). Reuters will transfer more than 300 staff and 200 Continue reading “Reuters inks $1 billion deal to outsource global IT ops to Fujitsu”.
Adobe’s two biggest products for mobile are Flash Lite and Flash Cast and they are pushing them hard in the mobile market. Flash Lite, which is being updated this fall, makes it easier for phone Continue reading “Adobe Flash may be good for cell phones”.
Take-Two Interactive Software announced Wednesday that the Securities and Exchange Commission may file charges and seek monetary penalties against the game maker, in connection with the investigation into the company’s stock option granting practices. Take-Two, Continue reading “SEC may file charges against Take-Two”.
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC), the world’s top contract chip maker, said on Thursday Microsoft Corp. has started using TSMC’s 90-nanometre-embedded-DRAM process technology for the production of the Xbox 360 game console. “Microsoft’s selection of Continue reading “TSMC says Microsoft to use its 90nm DRAM process for Xbox 360”.
ASRock recently launched its 2Core1333-2.66G and 2Core1333DVI-2.66G motherboards bundled with Intel dual-core processors that support a 1333MHz FSB (front side bus) and 2.6GHz overclocked core frequency, according to sources at ASRock. The two motherboards adopt Continue reading “ASRock pushes motherboards bundled with Intel CPUs”.
In its second foray into the DDR3 overclocking market, Kingston’s ultra low-latency 1375MHz, CL5 product is the first production DDR3 module to achieve CL5 at PC11000 frequencies (1375MHz). Today we compare this kit to four other DDR3 memory kits from Corsair, Kingston, OCZ and Super Talent to let the performance conscious enthusiast know how the modules fair against each other. If you are moving over to a DDR3 system in the months ahead this is a must read.
Microsoft has released what security experts are calling one of it most significant security fixes this year. On Tuesday morning, the software maker pushed out nine sets of patches, called updates in Microsoft parlance, fixing Continue reading “Microsoft releases super bundle of security patches”.
A 128-bit version of Nvidia’s GeForce 8400GS chip which was not in Nvidia’s original roadmaps has recently been reported to have surfaced in the China market, according to sources at graphics card makers. The 128-bit Continue reading “Nvidia reportedly selling 128-bit version GeForce 8400GS”.
Nokia warned Tuesday that up to 46 million batteries used in some of the company’s cell phones could be faulty and pose a risk of overheating. The advisory applies to batteries manufactured by Matsushita between Continue reading “Nokia Claims 46 Million Cell Phone Batteries May Be Faulty”.
Intel has officially launched its X5365 and L5335 quad-core Xeon processors containing new virtualization capabilities. Designed for companies running performance-critical server and workstation applications, the X5365 is the industrys first 3.0 GHz quad-core processor to Continue reading “Intel launches two quad-core server processors – X5365 and L5335”.
ATI has just released Catalyst 7.8 on ati.amd.com for Windows Vista, Windows XP and Linux platforms. The driver has a number of fixes and it is worth a download if you own a recent ATI Continue reading “ATI Releases Catalyst 7.8 Video Card Drivers For Download”.
Yahoo Inc may be struggling to convince Wall Street of its future prospects, but for the first time its users gave its services overall a better rating than what Google Inc received, according to a Continue reading “Yahoo edges Google in U.S. user satisfaction survey”.
While the hot PC selling season has arrived, end demand from the spot market has remained relatively weak. A perfect example is the lackluster sales seen in China during July, which traditionally is a period Continue reading “DRAM Prices Expected to Peak in September”.
