A disk-free application for Netflix will finally be available for the Sony PlayStation 3 on Monday, October 18. Sony has announced that the PS3 will be the first device to support 5.1 surround sound for Continue reading “Disk-Free Netflix PS3 App Launches October 18”.
AMD just dropped us a quick note to share that that AMD has just released an updated Catalyst Application Profile 10.9a on AMD Game. The update has CrossFire multi-GPU performance updates for nine game titles, Continue reading “ATI Catalyst 10.9a Video Card Application Profile is Now Available”.
Another set of leaked AIB slides have leaked out over at Chiphell and they reveal some very interesting details about a new feature on the upcoming Radeon HD 6000 series cards. It appears that the Continue reading “AMD Radeon HD 6800 Series Cards Support Up To Six Monitors and Blu-ray 3D”.
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) will launch their new Radeon HD 6000 series of video cards next Friday according to rumors and today we have more proof that is true. It appears that pictures of an Continue reading “XFX Leaks AMD Radeon HD 6870 Video Card Pictures”.
Microsoft has been granted a patent for a technique to accelerate video encoding called “Motion Compensation”. In this technique, the CPU encodes the video while the GPU performs motion compensation calculations improving the overall process Continue reading “Microsoft Granted Patent for GPU Video Encoding”.
The Choiix Power Fort is a very handy device, and with seemingly infinite battery life as a flashlight (70 hours per charge, and 500 charges before it only charges up to ~85% means about 35,000 hours of flashlight time) it is simply a great buy. Even at its steep $49.99 price tag for the standard models I have to say the Choiix Power Fort is well worth the money, and if you travel frequently I would have to consider it a necessity.
Valve today announced Dota 2, a massive sequel for one of the most played games in the world. This game title will be the sequel to Defense of the Ancients (Dota). The company states that Continue reading “Valve Announces New Game Called Dota 2”.
Parents are ever vigilant about what their kids see and hear on TV, in movies and on the computer. Once they leave their house with cell phone in hand however, that control and oversight evaporates. Continue reading “Apple patents anti-sexting technology”.
On October 20th, Apple will host a “Back to the Mac” event where they are expected to unveil details of the next iteration of OS X, among other things. Typically, these events are preceded by Continue reading “Apple hosting Mac OS X event next week”.
Razer just sent us word that they just announced the launch of updated Razer Naga Epic mouse that our readers might be interested in. The Razer Naga Epic has been a hit in the MMO Continue reading “Razer Naga Epic MMO Gaming Mouse Goes Wireless”.
The ECS Black series of graphics cards is similar to the XFX Black Edition line with huge factory overclocks, though the ECS line also features massive Arctic Cooling heatsinks for huge cooling capacity for their Continue reading “ECS Black Series GeForce GTS 450 1GB Video Card Review”.
If you have been waiting for the AMD Radeon HD 6870 and 6850 video cards to come out before your next upgrade we have some good news for you. A number of sites are stating Continue reading “AMD Radeon HD 6870 and 6850 Video Cards Launching on October 22nd”.
Samsung today the industrys first production of a 3-bit-cell (3bit), 64 gigabit (Gb) NAND flash using 20 nanometer (nm)-class process technology. The highly advanced new chip can be used in high-density flash solutions such as Continue reading “Samsung Now Producing 20nm-class 64-gigabit 3-bit NAND Flash Memory”.
GLOBALFOUNDRIES today introduced three newly certified design services companies as part of its GLOBALSOLUTIONS partner ecosystem. Infotech Enterprises Limited, Verisilicon, and Wipro Limited have joined GLOBALSOLUTIONS, further strengthening the companys ability to help customers accelerate Continue reading “GLOBALFOUNDRIES Expands Design Services Ecosystem with Three New Partners”.
The ECS Black GeForce GTS 450 1GB PCI Express 2.0 video card comes with 192 CUDA cores that are factory overclocked to 850MHz on the core clock, which is a nice boot from the 783MHz used on the NVIDIA reference design. ECS didn’t stop there, though, as they added a dual fan Arctic Cooling GPU cooling solution to make sure the card operates quietly and to ensure a long service life. Read on to see how it performs against four other NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 video cards!
