Well Duh, their cheapest Dual core processor is twice as expensive as Intel’s…..their FX-57 is not really much better than the FX-55 it was supposed to replace and doesn’t O/C very well….. and their whole Continue reading “AMD sales flat, profit falls from ’04”.
Remember when dual layer DVDs was the next big thing? whatever happened to that? No one wants to back the losing team. And today’s consumers are savvy enough to know they don’t want to be Continue reading “The Next-Generation Disc: What Should It Be?”.
I bought a Dell 2005FPW a couple of months ago, had some issues with it and tried really hard to work with people who couldn’t speak or understand English for several hours rtrying to RMA Continue reading “Dell Closes Longtime Customer Message Boards”.
A British hacker facing possible extradition to the United States says poor security was a major factor in his ability to have wandered through the IT systems of some key defense establishments. Gary McKinnon, who Continue reading “Hacker: U.S. defense sites poorly secured”.
I’ve already been contacted by a couple of companies who have boards ready to go……now I just need the ATI “Master”card so I can actually use Crossfire. Boards are getting readied, ATI is working on Continue reading “ATI’s Crossfire to arrive in August”.
Despite the penetration rate of DDR2 growing 11 percentage points through the first half of 2005, a conservative outlook for further growth had pushed memory makers into delaying their DDR2 volume production schedules. Powerchip Semiconductor Continue reading “Memory makers still not bullish on DDR2”.
The Mozilla Foundation Tuesday updated its Firefox stand-alone browser to version 1.0.5, fixing several vulnerabilities that have popped up since the last minor upgrade two months ago. Firefox 1.0.5, which has been in testing for Continue reading “Mozilla Foundation Unleashes Firefox 1.0.5”.
Can Antec take one of their most popular cases and make it better? We take a look and the new Sonata II from Antec and try to figure out if they made it better or worse. With a 450W power supply and improved cooling methods you may be pleasantly surprised to see that Antec did with the original design!
On the heels of introducing support for extended memory 64 technology (Intel EM64T), or 64-bit memory addressability, to its Celeron line with the its Celeron D 351, Intel plans to cut the prices of its Continue reading “Intel to cut Celeron D processor prices 5.4-13.5%, AMD to follow suit”.
Customers of XM Satellite Radio aren’t the only ones who appreciate its digital quality and nationwide coverage. The U.S. military might draft XM’s service for homeland security purposes. XM and Raytheon have jointly built a Continue reading “Military might draft XM Satellite Radio”.
Listen up you benchmarking geeks, futuremark has released the latest in their series of fine benchmarks….. make sure to check it out and let us know what you think. PCMark05 is the latest version of Continue reading “Futuremark releases PCMark2005”.
Looks like the entertainment industry secured a major win in the battle against online P2P sites. Could BitTorrent be next? The Supreme Court has handed movie studios and record labels a sweeping victory against file Continue reading “Supreme Court rules against file swapping”.
Yahoo is planning to overhaul its free Web-based e-mail service to make it work more like a desktop e-mail program, the company announced late Monday. The service will feature e-mail caching to shorten response time, Continue reading “Yahoo overhauls free Web e-mail service”.
Taiwan-based DRAM makers expect the upcoming price cuts for Intel 945 chipsets will speed the market?s migration to DDR2-667, while motherboard makers may be hoping the drop in price will provide a needed jolt to Continue reading “Intel seeing weak dual-core sales, but memory makers remain hopeful”.
The world?s largest chipmaker Intel Corp. has quietly added several Intel Pentium 4 500-series processors with 64-bit capability turned on into its price-list. The company did not specifically announce the chips, but their addition to Continue reading “Intel Adds Affordable 64-bit Pentium 4 Processors into Price-List”.
