Research In Motion Ltd. said on Wednesday its BlackBerry mobile e-mail network had an interruption, and gave no time frame for restoring service. “We are currently experiencing a service interruption that is causing delays in Continue reading “RIM says it has BlackBerry outage”.
Presently employed exclusively in high-end PCs, quad-core CPU technology over the next two years is expected to spread rapidly to more-affordable computers, appearing in nearly half of all mainstream desktop systems by the end of Continue reading “Quad-core CPUs in half of all mainstream PCs by 4Q09, says iSuppli”.
Intel has allowed for controlled benchmarking of their next generation Penryn series processors and Legit Reviews brings you the numbers on how the test drive went. The Intel Yorkfield and Wolfdale 45nm processors both operated at 3.33GHz and shows some serious processing muscle. Read on and see if Intel’s 45nm quad-core and dual-core processors are on the right path!
Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (Hitachi) today announced that its Deskstar(TM) 7K1000, the world’s first one-terabyte hard disk drive (HDD), was ranked at the top or near the top across the PC World Test Center’s test Continue reading “Hitachi Delivers One-Terabyte Hard Drive”.
Intel Corporation today announced the industry’s first 2U, 12 drive, integrated quad-core storage server: the Intel Storage Server SSR212MC2. This hardware platform enables a new price/performance class for the small- and medium-sized business (SMB) market. Continue reading “Intel Unveils Quad-Core Storage Server”.
Sony Corp. said on Tuesday it is considering launching PlayStation 3 (PS3) game consoles with larger hard disk drive capacity, in a bid to cater to the needs of hardcore gamers and other heavy users. Continue reading “Sony may launch PS3 with larger hard disk capacity”.
Nokia expects to start selling mobile devices using WiMax technology in early 2008, the world’s top handset maker said Monday. Nokia’s closest rival in the handset market, U.S.-based Motorola, also plans to bring its first Continue reading “Nokia to launch WiMax phones in early ’08”.
Intel demonstrated its fastest multicore processor yet at the Spring Intel Development Forum (IDF) in Beijing on Tuesday, an 80-core processor that hit a speedy 2-teraflops (trillions of floating point operations per second) in a Continue reading “Intel processor hits 2 teraflops in demo”.
ntel may be plunging ahead with manufacturing plans in China, but its research-and-development arm isn’t moving at quite the same pace. Engineers at labs in Beijing and Shanghai are working on important research into areas Continue reading “Intel R&D on slow boat to China”.
Intel has scheduled to boost the proportion of dual-core processors in its product line up in the second quarter and will launch the quad-core Core 2 Extreme QX6850 in the third quarter, according to sources Continue reading “Intel to boost dual-core processor supplies in 2Q, will launch QX6850 in 3Q”.
The next version of Intel’s Centrino notebook platform, called Santa Rosa, will hit the market next month, but the company is already looking ahead to other products, including an updated “Santa Rosa refresh” and a Continue reading “Intel offers look beyond Santa Rosa – Centrino Notebooks”.
Sony Corp. has discontinued the 20-gigabyte PlayStation 3 game console so it can focus on a more popular – and expensive – model that has a bigger hard drive. Since the launch of the PlayStation Continue reading “Sony discontinues 20GB PlayStation 3 game console”.
Sanjay Kumar, the former chief executive of Computer Associates, has agreed to pay almost $800 million in restitution to investors who lost money because of the company’s accounting fraud. Kumar, who is scheduled to begin Continue reading “Former Computer Associates executive to pay $800 million in restitution”.
Apple has confirmed a previous report that the next release of its OS X operating system (OS), Leopard, will be delayed from its originally scheduled launch “in Spring.” Apple said it will now distribute near Continue reading “Apple confirms Leopard delayed until October – Blames iPhone”.
Bigfoot Networks has recently introduced the Killer K1, a new, more affordable version of its flagship gaming product, the Killer NIC. Legit Reviews takes the Killer NIC and Killer K1 out for a few frags on Windows XP and Windows Vista to see how it does. Instead of bounce of charts showing ping time LR invited a half dozen gamers over to see if they could tell a difference or not. The results might be shocking to some and this is a must read for any gamer.
