Looking for the performance of a notebook in the size of a netbook? At just 11.6-inches wide, 1 inch tall and weighing just 3.1lbs, the Acer Aspire 1551 could be the ultra portable computing device you’ve been dreaming about. The Acer Aspire 1551 notebook is powered the AMD Turion II Neo K625 Dual-Core processor that runs at 1.50GHz and a discrete ATI Radeon HD 4225 video card handles the graphics!
BitFenix sent us word that they have released the Colossus Venom and Colossus Window, two new variants of its Colossus enthusiast full tower PC chassis. BitFenix says that these new additions to the Colossus series Continue reading “BitFenix Unleashes New Colossus Cases – Venom and Window”.
Silicon Power today announced a brand new 2.5″ SATA solid-state drive (SSD) called the E20. The new E20 challenges SSD limitations with uniquely developed technology to boost read speeds up to 250MB/s and write speeds Continue reading “Silicon Power Announces E20 SSD with up to 230MB/s Write Speeds”.
WikiLeaks, the website that published a quarter-million sensitive diplomatic cables on Sunday, is using Amazon.com Inc. servers in the U.S. to help deliver its information. The choice of Amazon, a U.S. company, seems strange given Continue reading “WikiLeaks Using Amazon.com Servers After DoS Attack”.
The U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear a case brought against a Texas teen for illegally acquiring 37 songs through a file-sharing service. Whitney Harper was found guilty of copyright infringement and ordered to pay Continue reading “Court Rejects Appeal For Music Sharing By 16 Year Old – Owes $27,750”.
It is being reported that Google are very close to finalizing its largest acquisition in their history. Google has offered between $2.5 and $6 billion for the online daily deal site Groupon. If true, Google’s Continue reading “Google Close to Acquiring Groupon”.
Dice and Electronic Arts announced that the long-awaited Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Vietnam multiplayer expansion will be available on Steam and the EA Store on December 18. With the new Frostbite engine, first-person shooters will Continue reading “Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Vietnam Expansion Coming December”.
Level 3 Communications, a central partner in the Netflix online movie service, accused Comcast on Monday of charging a new fee that puts Internet video companies at a competitive disadvantage. This is a prime example Continue reading “Comcast Wants Fee From Level 3 For Netflix Traffic”.
If you are a social media junkie and who is conscious about the cultural climate, Jumo may interest you. Started by Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes, it enables people to follow and support causes and organizations Continue reading “Facebook co-founder launches social network Jumo for social good”.
Sony announced that sales of the their PlayStation Move motion controller for the PS3 has reached over 4.1 million units worldwide. This is a pretty remarkable for a device that was just released 2 months Continue reading “Sony PlayStation Move Hits 4.1 Million Sales”.
Google continues to gobble up smaller companies and the latest in rumors is the acquisition of Groupon. Why is this significant? Well, if it goes through, Google will be in a superior position in regards Continue reading “Google offering $5.3 billion for Groupon?”.
Microsoft today announced that strong demand over the Black Friday weekend has helped boost retail sales of Kinect for Xbox 360 to more than 2.5 million units worldwide since it launched just 26 days ago Continue reading “Microsoft Xbox 360 Kinect Sensor Sales Pass 2.5 Million Units”.
Corsair today announced the Vengeance series of high performance DDR3 memory modules for enthusiasts and system builders. The new Corsair Vengeance modules are equipped with a brand new aluminum heat spreader design that helps give Continue reading “Corsair Launches Vengeance High-Performance DDR3 Memory Modules”.
A couple weeks ago we got an e-mail from ASUS that caught us a bit off guard. ASUS wanted to know if we were interested in a second sample of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 graphics card for SLI based testing. Of course we jumped at the opportunity as we would love to see what a pair of NVIDIA flagship video cards has to offer in SLI and we are sure you would love to see the numbers as well. Read on to see how this setup does!
ASUS GTX 580 Review @ OCC and other reviews from around the web can be found by visiting our forums! “The 10MHz improvement in base clock speed does offer up a small boost in games. Continue reading “November 29 News from Around the Web”.
