We took a quick look at the NVIDIA Community Forums this morning and it appears that consumers are having problems with the Foreceware 196.75 WHQL video card drivers that just came out on Tuesday. It Continue reading “NVIDIA Forceware 196.75 Drivers Killing Video Cards”.
The appearance of Apple’s iPad may create tight supply of NAND flash and delay the transition to solid-state drives (SSD) in PCs, according to sources from hard drive makers. Apple, which has enjoyed success with Continue reading “Apple iPad may delay transition to SSD, say hard drive makers”.
Corsair today announced the Force Series of SSDs, providing outstanding SATA II performance based on innovative SSD Processor technology from SandForce Inc. By utilizing the state-of-the-art SandForce SF-1200 SSD processor combined with MLC flash memory, Continue reading “Corsair Launches Force Series Solid-State Drives – SandForce SF-1200”.
The Thermaltake Contac 29 CPU cooler has three large 8mm copper heatpipes at its base that directly contact the CPU for highly efficient thermal conduction. This sub $40 cooler is priced right, but how does it perform? Read on to see how it performs on our Intel LGA1366 test system compared to two other CPU coolers!
Masscool has introduced an economical high-definition portable multimedia player that you can use to stream your video, photos, and music to your home theater. Not only does the MP-1370S play multimedia, it can record to an optional 3.5” HDD or connected USB drive. Read on to see if the MP-1370S media server is the most complete player/recorder on the market.
Porsche has unveiled a very sweet-looking concept car, the 918 Spyder, at the 2010 Geneva Motor Show. Introduced by President and CEO of Porsche AG, Michael Macht, the mid-engine sports car takes the “ecology vs. Continue reading “Porsche Unveils 918 Spyder Hybrid Concept Sports Car”.
Hulu, which streams television, film, and original programming has announced that media giant Viacom, which owns Paramount Pictures and MTV Networks, will remove Comedy Central content from the Hulu video portal as of March 9. Continue reading “Viacom to Pull Comedy Central Shows Down From Hulu”.
Market research firm NPD Group is reporting that the average number of hours spent playing online games each week has increased 10% since 2009, up from 7.3 to 8.0 hours per week. The report also Continue reading “Online Game Play Hours Up, Despite Fewer Players”.
The gang over at Tweakers.net has posted up several pictures of an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 reference designed video card that are worth taking a look at today. With the GPU cooler removed you get Continue reading “NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 Video Card Pictures From CeBIT”.
MAINGEAR Computers today unveils the new mX-L 15 multimedia notebook, a sophisticated mobile computing solution based off the Intel Core i5 and i7 processors and ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4570 graphics card. The base price Continue reading “MAINGEAR Launches New mX-L 15 Multimedia Notebook”.
NVIDIA recently sent us an e-mail tipping me off about a blog post that they did last night about an Optimus demo that is a must-see. With Optimus, when the discrete GPU is not in Continue reading “Cool NVIDIA Optimus Demo – Removing The GPU When Running”.
Apple today filed a lawsuit against HTC for infringing on 20 Apple patents related to the iPhone’s user interface, underlying architecture and hardware. The lawsuit was filed concurrently with the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) Continue reading “Apple Sues HTC for Patent Infringement”.
Kingston Technology today announced the release of the world’s first ultra-low voltage memory running at 1.25 volts at 1600MHz. The new offering is part of the new Kingston ‘LoVo’ (low voltage) HyperX DDR3 High-Performance memory Continue reading “Kingston Launches World’s First Low-Voltage DDR3 Memory Kit – 1.25V at 1600MHz”.
Western Digital (WD) today announced its first consumer-oriented solid state drive (SSD) with the new WD SiliconEdge 2.5-inch SSD family. With sequential read speeds up to 250 megabytes per second (MB/s) and sequential write transfer Continue reading “Western Digital SiliconEdge Blue 256GB SSD Performance Review”.
Western Digital SiliconEdge Blue 256GB Solid State Drive @ TweakTown and other reviews from around the web can be found by visiting our forums! “When it comes to solid state drives the controller is the Continue reading “March 3 News from Around the Web”.
