Dell Inc. introduced new notebook computers on Tuesday available in eight different colors with advanced features as it tries to grab a bigger slice of the consumer PC market Dell’s new notebooks, to be unveiled Continue reading “Dell adds new notebook PCs to boost consumer sales”.
Despite its relatively late presence in the NAND flash sector, Kingston Technology, which is well known for its DRAM module business, sees its late presence as giving the company a clearer direction to pursue that Continue reading “Q&A with Kingston NAND flash director, Darwin Chen”.
The decision by Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. to suspend distribution of the violent video game “Manhunt 2” could actually end up boosting demand from curious gamers, industry analysts said Friday. “It’s free publicity,” Sebastian said. Continue reading “Analysts say ‘Manhunt 2’ suspension could boost interest”.
IBM will work with the German chemical company BASF Group to produce a new generation of chips with feature sizes of 32 nanometers, the companies said Friday. IBM is also using the new deal to Continue reading “IBM pushes 32-nm chips with BASF”.
AMD’s family of high-end desktop CPUs Phenom (Agena) is scheduled to start appearing in November, according to sources at Taiwan-based motherboard makers. Four products are set to be available in 2007, which will be followed Continue reading “AMD Phenom Processors to launch in November”.
Early this year Intel showcased media creation platform demo machine that was to be known as ‘V8’. It was a system that was prepared by Intel just to show the media that consumers could go build a dual-socket platform with Intel retail products just like what AMD was doing on their QuadFX system. We have built one of these systems with a pair of Intel Xeon X5365 processors and the performance is something you have to see otherwise you wouldn’t believe it.
Apple’s much-vaunted iPhone received a ringing endorsement from Google CEO Eric Schmidt, who said the handset is a perfect platform for the search specialist’s hosted applications. Could it be true? “What you are really asking Continue reading “Google CEO Eric Schmidt says the iPhone will be the perfect mobile platform”.
Dell is allowing its customers to decline the unwanted software applications loaded on new PCs, after hundreds of users complained about such “bloatware” on a company blog. “Would love the ability to have a clean Continue reading “Dell lets users avoid ‘bloatware’”.
Samsung Electronics has announced its one terabyte (TB) F1 series hard disk drive (HDD), which features the highest recording density in a 3.5-inch HDD using only three disks. The new Serial ATA 3.5-inch F1 series Continue reading “Samsung announces one terabyte Hard Drive for $399 US”.
Video-game publisher Take-Two Interactive is on the hot seat again. Two years after it faced a barrage of criticism from consumer advocates and even Sen. Hillary Clinton for hidden graphic pornographic content in its Grand Continue reading “Take-Two’s ‘Manhunt’ Gets Manhandled – Adult Only Rating”.
With Flash memory prices being more than affordable one can find 2GB USB keys for just over $20, which is a heck of a bargain compared to what a couple of years ago. The first thumb drive Legit Reviews wrote about was the $39 Trek ThumbDrive Secure 16MB back in 2003! This drive was capable of 700kB/sec read speeds, which is nothing compared to the latest drives that are pushing over 30,000kB/sec!
This week you will start to see the GeForce 8400 GS hit retail. GeForce 8400 GS graphics cards are ideal for cost-conscious users who dont want to sacrifice features. The card is pretty basic looking, Continue reading “NVIDIA Set To Release GeForce 8400 GS Video Cards This Week”.
Without any sort of fanfare, AT&T Inc. has started offering a broadband Internet service for $10 a month, half the price of its cheapest advertised plan. The service provides download speeds of up to 768 Continue reading “AT&T quietly introduces $10 DSL plan”.
IBM is introducing a high-performance computer system that is intended to rapidly analyze data as it streams in from many sources, increasing the speed and accuracy of decision making in fields as diverse as security Continue reading “IBM to unveil stream computing system”.
Google on Monday turned on the solar panels covering nearly all the roof space on its corporate campus and announced that its philanthropic arm plans to dole out over $10 million in grants to support Continue reading “Google turns on solar panels”.
