BM Corp. said it has shipped the first microprocessors that will be used to power Nintendo Co.’s upcoming Wii video game console. IBM earlier this year signed a multiyear agreement to supply Nintendo, based in Continue reading “IBM starts shipping Microchips for Nintendo’s Wii”.
Dell is delaying the filing of its second-quarter report with regulators because of questions raised in connection with the Securities and Exchange Commission’s informal investigation, and the subsequent probe by its board’s audit committee, into Continue reading “Dell Delays Quarterly Report”.
Asustek Computer and Micro-Star International (MSI) saw motherboard shipments rise 15% and 23.5%, respectively, on-month in August, whereas Gigabyte Technology managed only a single-digit sequential growth in shipments in the same month. Meanwhile, Elitegroup Computer Continue reading “Asustek and MSI motherboard sales up in August”.
All of the buzz this month has been about Microsoft Windows Vista RC1 so Legit Reviews got back to our roots and did a weekend of gaming on this new operating system. Using ATI and NVIDIA graphics cards we were able to compare 32-bit gaming performance on XP Pro and Vista RC1 using the latest and greatest drivers from both ATI and NVIDIA.
After a seven-month search, Gateway has a new CEO. J. Edward Coleman was named head of the third-largest U.S. PC vendor on Thursday. He replaces Rick Snyder, who had been serving as interim CEO since Continue reading “Gateway names new CEO – J. Edward Coleman”.
Microsoft Co. is set to release a cheaper, bare-bones version of the Xbox 360 video game console in Japan to boost flagging sales ahead of the arrival of new machines from rivals later in the Continue reading “Microsoft to release cheaper Xbox 360 for Japan – $255”.
Clearwire Corp., a high-speed wireless company founded by cell-phone pioneer Craig McCaw, received $1.1 billion in financing from investors including Intel Corp. and Motorola Inc. Clearwire, which said in July it planned to raise $900 Continue reading “Motorola, Intel help Clearwire by Investing”.
The National Football League and Yahoo! reached a deal to show pro football games on the Internet to fans overseas. Through a plan called NFL Game Pass on Yahoo! Sports, nearly every NFL game can Continue reading “Yahoo! to Stream NFL Games”.
Rumors are floating around the web at several motherboard makers are not going to use the RD600 series of chipsets from ATI later this year as they don’t want to strain their relationship with Intel. Continue reading “ATI’s RD600 Is Nearly Done, But Who Will Use It?”.
ASRock, an Asustek Computer subsidiary focusing on entry-level motherboards, will significantly increase the adoption of integrated graphics processor (IGP) chipsets from VIA Technologies for Intel-based motherboards while lowering the proportion of motherboards with ATI chipsets, Continue reading “ASRock to up use of VIA chipsets for Intel-based motherboards”.
OCZ Technology Group today announced the new OCZ PC2-5400 ATI CrossFire? Certified modules. The award-winning PC2-5400 gaming solutions from OCZ now feature the first ever exclusively designed heatspreaders for ATI Technologies. Co-developed with ATI, the Continue reading “OCZ Announces ATI CrossFire-Certified PC2-5400 Memory”.
A combination of consistently tight supply and strong demand is not only sustaining the firm pricing of DDR2, but it could also drive the cost of DRAM supplied with PC systems to more than 10% Continue reading “PC Memory should make up 10 percent of the total system cost”.
With most of the U.S. technology industry focused on the East and West coasts, you’d think the best place to get online would be San Francisco, or perhaps New York City. But Atlanta tops Forbes.com’s Continue reading “America’s Most Wired Cities – Atlanta Top Them All”.
Antec, Inc. has upgraded its premium power supply unit (PSU) lines to a Five-Year Warranty from the original Three-Year Warranty. Antec’s high-efficiency Neo HE and TruePower Trio lines of PSUs will be warranted for five Continue reading “Antec Announces Five-Year Warranty For Neo HE and Trio Power Supply Units”.
Samsung’s semiconductor division announced Sept. 5 that it is shipping 1GB and 2GB samples of MoviNAND?an embedded combination of NAND flash memory, a multimedia card controller and onboard firmware?to some of its mobile-product OEMs. MoviNAND Continue reading “Samsung Ships Samples of New NAND Flash – MoviNAND”.
