IDF officially opens today, but that hasn’t stopped Legit Reviews from finding things to write about the day before the show opens. With Intel Quad-Core systems powered by Intel Core 2 Extreme processor QX6700’s all over the place we were able to have our cake and eat it too. We also had a chance to see the latest build of Futuremarks upcoming benchmark called Ice Storm Fighters.
Microsoft has confirmed that all versions of Vista will be shipped on a single DVD, in a feature called Windows Anytime Upgrade. The idea, said a company representative, is to let customers more easily and Continue reading “All Microsoft Vista versions to ship on single disc”.
Speaking to the press at Hewlett-Packard’s Palo Alto, Calif., headquarters, CEO Mark Hurd apologized for the company’s conduct in spying on board members and journalists, and outlined a series of actions the company was taking Continue reading “Hewlett-Packard Gets Humble About Their Conduct”.
There is a great interview with AMD’s Phil Hester over at CNET news that is worth taking a look at. Phil talks about the problems over at Intel and also what the ATI/AMD merger is Continue reading “AMD’s CTO Phil Hester says Intel messed up”.
An executive with the U.S. unit of South Korea’s Samsung Electronics agreed to plead guilty and serve prison time for taking part in price-fixing in the computer memory chip business, the U.S. Justice Department said Continue reading “Samsung Exec To Plead Guilty To Price-Fixing”.
Sony’s forthcoming 20GB version of the PlayStation 3 video game console will feature an HDMI 1.3 output, the company announced Friday at the Tokyo Game Show. The port, which had been previously announced as standard Continue reading “Sony’s 20GB PS3 to feature HDMI port”.
The Commerce Department has lost more than 1,100 laptop computers since 2001, most of them assigned to the Census Bureau, officials said Thursday night. I’m hoping that they also fired 1,100 people that lost laptops Continue reading “Commerce Deptartment lost 1,100 laptops in five years”.
Sony Corp. on Friday cut the price of its new game machine PlayStation 3 by 20 percent in Japan, in a surprise move that will attract more customers but likely widen losses in its game Continue reading “Sony cuts PS3 Japan price by 20 percent”.
Samsung Electronics has increased its DRAM output that is using a 0.11-micron process at its 8-inch fabs to meet growing demand, as it still has issues at its 80nm node, according to market sources. DRAM Continue reading “Samsung increases DRAM output on 0.11-micron node”.
Intel announced 10,500 job cuts a few weeks ago, but was extraordinarily vague about where they were coming from. It seems that The Inq. has heard rumors that the job cuts would be focused around Continue reading “Intel job cuts become clearer”.
Microsoft Corp. said on Wednesday it would launch an HD DVD player for its Xbox 360 game console on November 22 in Japan for 20,790 yen ($177), matching rival Sony Corp.’s PlayStation 3 in high-definition Continue reading “Microsoft Xbox360 HD DVD player Japan launch in Nov”.
Micro Star International (MSI) on September 19 unveiled its P965 Platinum motherboard, which the company claims is the industry’s first motherboard based on Intel’s P965 chipsets supporting ATI Technologies’ CrossFire dual-card graphics technology for the Continue reading “MSI unveils P965 Platinum with CrossFire support”.
Yahoo! sent Internet stocks into free fall Tuesday when it warned that its third quarter is looking soft. The news comes just two months after Yahoo! disappointed Wall Street with a soft second-quarter report and Continue reading “Yahoo! sees the third quarter as looking soft”.
OCZ Technology offers gamers some serious memory bandwidth with their 2GB PC2-8800 Gold Edition memory kit as it runs at 1.1GHz. Legit Reviews gets a chance to try out this DDR2-1100 (1100MHz) kit with 5-6-6-15 timings to see how they operate on one of our test benches. The results were nothing less than impressive and give even the fastest modules on the market a run for their money.
On your office break take a look around and see if any of the copiers listed below happen to be near your cube. If they are you are at risk as these copiers might catch Continue reading “Canon recalling 800,000 photocopiers”.
