Chip giant Intel is looking to revamp its compensation plan as the tech bellwether attempts to control its costs and weather the economic storm. The plan, which must be approved by shareholders, includes a freeze Continue reading “Intel Freezes Salaries for Top Executives”.…more
Bigfoot Networks, the networking technology company behind the Killer(tm) line of gaming network cards, today launched Killer Xeno, the company’s next-generation voice chat-enabled network interface card for online gamers. The new product comes with more Continue reading “Bigfoot Networks Launches Killer Xeno – Gaming NIC”.…more
The Asus Rampage II Extreme X58 LGA 1366 motherboard was deisgned to be the ultimate gaming/overclocking platform for the Intel Core i7 processor series. Based on the Intel X58 chipset, the Asus Rampage II Extreme supports Intel’s new QuickPath Interconnect, 12GB of DDR3 triple-channel memory, and multiple graphics cards!
The U.S. software industry is pushing for a greater role as government officials develop a policy to ward off attacks on the nation’s communications infrastructure, a trade group said on Friday. The Business Software Alliance, Continue reading “Software lobby seeks greater role in U.S. security”.…more
Google has removed dozens of photos from its new UK Street View service. The street-mapping facility launched amid a fanfare of publicity but now the firm has been forced to pull some of the images Continue reading “Google pulls some street view images”.…more
A whistle-blower organization claims a secret list of Web sites that Australian authorities are proposing to ban includes such innocuous destinations as a dentist’s office. Australia’s government denied that the list published by renegade Web Continue reading “Australian Internet blacklist prompts concern”.…more
The Seagate Momentus 7200.2, 200GB hard drive offers 7200 RPM performance, 200GB of storage capacity, and mobility in a 2.5″ form factor. With a price tag under $55 this notebook hard drive is a quick and easy way to boost storage space and improve performance on older notebooks.
Memory makers expect Windows 7 to drive demand for NAND flash chips because the new OS is optimized to take advantage of solid-state drives (SSD). At the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC) in November 2008, Continue reading “Windows 7 expected to spur NAND flash demand”.…more
Hardware Canucks posted their G.Skill Titan 256GB SSD Review! Find this and other reviews from around the web by visiting our forums! While we have been looking at quite a few SSDs lately, it just Continue reading “March 20 News from Around the Web”.…more
Today I have something special for everyone! I’ve spent the past couple of weeks playing with one of the NVIDIA Ion reference platforms and get to bring you my thoughts on this new innovative platform. Read on to see how the NVIDIA Ion does when it comes to 1080P movie playback, gaming and much more!
Microsoft Corp is set to publicly launch Internet Explorer 8 early on Thursday, the latest version of its market-dominating Web browser. IE8, as it is commonly referred to, has been in public beta testing for Continue reading “Microsoft releases Internet Explorer 8”.…more