Ding, Ding, Ding… Ladies and gentlemen. Your attention please. In this corner, fighting in the mainstream market, GeForce 7600 GS of Santa Clara, California. And in this corner, Radeon X1600 XT of Ontario Canada. After our GeForce 7600 GS preview yesterday ATI came running and ready to fight… see why!
Elitegroup Computer Systems, Inc.(ECS), the world’s leading computer component and notebook manufacturer, today unveiled the new RoHS-compliant 945G-M3 motherboard designed for the new generation of digital home users. Based on the new Intel Viiv technology, Continue reading “ECS Launches The 945G-M3 Motherboard”.
NVIDIA Corporation today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Hybrid Graphics Ltd., the leading developer of embedded 2D and 3D graphics software for handheld devices. This acquisition will enable the customers Continue reading “NVIDIA Corporation to Acquire Hybrid Graphics”.
With the hard launch of the GeForce 7600 GS we find that NVIDIA is bringing even more performance to the $129-$149 video card market. NVIDIA claims that the 7600 GS delivers better performance than the ATI Radeon X1600 XT at a price comparable to X1600 Pro. Read on as we take a look at the card and see what can be had for $129.
Microsoft will delay the consumer version of Vista, the next version of Windows, until January 2007, the company announced Tuesday. But a version for business will be released in November of this year. Shares of Continue reading “Microsoft Puts Vista Operating System on Hold”.
It looks like the upcoming AMD F core revision, which are known as Windsor (dual-core) and Orleans (single-core) are coming along just fine and are slated for release on July 11th, 2006. The F core Continue reading “AMD Socket F boards slated for July 11, 2006”.
Japan-based Elpida Memory on March 22 announced the availability of 512Mbit XDR DRAM devices in sample quantities. XDR DRAM is based on the XDR memory interface architecture developed by Rambus, and the new Elpida device Continue reading “Elpida begins sampling 512Mbit Rambus XDR DRAM”.
Mobile phones will deal a final blow to makers of music devices and video camcorders, having already hit the photo industry, a senior executive at handset maker Nokia told the Financial Times newspaper. I have Continue reading “Nokia Claims End near for MP3 players and video camcorders”.
French MPs are set to vote on a law that could lead to big changes in the way digital music is sold online. The proposed measures would force companies like Apple and Microsoft to share Continue reading “French push to free digital MP3’s as Apple cringes”.
Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday said it plans to boost shipments of its Xbox 360 video game console by “two to three times” this week to address shortages that have crimped game sales across the industry. Continue reading “Microsoft to boost Xbox 360 shipments this week”.
If you have been wanting to but a Dell enterprise server or a Latitude notebook today might be your luck day! Dell slashed prices on many systems this morning to keep their market share up Continue reading “Dell Lowers Server and Notebook Prices Again”.
Samsung has launched the world’s first 32GB NAND Flash-based hard disk drive replacement unit. The company claimed the so-called “solid state disk” can access data three times faster than an HDD can and write files Continue reading “Samsung unveils 32GB Flash-based ‘HDD killer’”.
Demand for Microsoft?s Ultra-Mobile PCs (UMPCs) will really depend on whether technical issues such as excessive power use can be resolved, sources at Taiwan PC manufacturers indicated, who hinted that Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) may Continue reading “AMD may provide CPUs for Ultra-Mobile PCs (UMPCs)”.
Notebook computer sales, the bright spot in a challenging PC market, will grow significantly less than expected in the current quarter, according to a new Wall Street report. And the transition to Microsoft’s forthcoming Vista Continue reading “Strong Notebook Sales Slow PC Growth Rate”.
Today, ABIT Computer Corporation and Universal Scientific Industrial Co. Ltd. (USI) completed the transfer of the ABIT motherboard brand and related intangible assets to a new joint venture company established by both ABIT and USI. Continue reading “ABIT-USI merger in effect”.
