Microsoft Corp plans to cut the price of its best-selling Xbox 360 Pro model by $50, to $299 in the next few weeks, the Hollywood Reporter reported citing anonymous sources. The price cut for the Continue reading “Microsoft reportedly to cut price of Xbox 360 to $299”.
AMD was busy last month with the launch of the ATI Radeon HD 4850 and Radeon HD 4870 graphics cards, which have both proved themselves to be price versus performance winners. This month, AMD is starting off by launching three new processors: the Phenom X4 9950 processor and the energy-efficient Phenom X4 9350e and 9150e processors. Read on to see how these new processors do!
Antec today announced the Signature Series, its newest and most advanced family of power supply units. Available in 850 Watts and 650 Watts, the Signature Series features several cutting-edge innovations that set it above the Continue reading “Antec Introduces Super-Premium Line of Power Supplies – Signature Series”.
Microsoft Corp. is scheduled to stop selling its Windows XP operating system to retailers and major computer makers today, despite protests from a slice of PC users who don’t want to be forced into using Continue reading “Microsoft to stop selling Windows XP today”.
Mozilla’s Firefox 3.0 browser uses memory much more efficiently than its rivals, according to an independent tester who wrote a memory-monitoring utility to track usage by Firefox, Internet Explorer (IE), Flock, Opera and Safari. The Continue reading “Firefox 3.0 wins memory battle – uses less system memory”.
South Korean display maker Samsung SDI Co said on Monday it would boost production of next-generation organic displays to six times the current level by mid-2009, spending $529 million in the process. The move comes Continue reading “Samsung SDI to invest $529 million to up OLED output”.
Asustek is planning to launch new Eee PC models, the 904 and 905, which have an 8.9-inch panel but use a similar chassis and keyboard as the company’s 10.2-inch models, according to sources at channel Continue reading “Asustek to launch new Eee PCs with bigger keyboards”.
The Toshiba Qosmio x305 notebook will be released in mid-July and is already making ripples in the industry ever since it was announced and posted on the Toshiba website. The graphics on the Qismio x305 will be powered by the yet to be announced NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTX graphics card, which has 1GB of video memory. NVIDIA hasn’t said much about this un-released graphics card, but they did have the Toshiba Qosmio x305 notebook on display at a Microsoft event this week called the Games for Windows Presents: The Big Picture.
With AMD’s ATI Radeon HD 4800-series graphics cards successfully cutting into the US$200-300 mainstream market forcing Nvidia to cut the price of its previous generation GeForce 9800 GTX down to US$199, sources at graphics card Continue reading “AMD expected to grab 40% discrete graphics card market share in 3Q08”.
Microsoft on Thursday released its Hyper-V virtualization technology, a day after it was widely reported the software was about to go into final release. People can now download Hyper-V for Windows Server 2008 on Microsoft’s Continue reading “Microsoft Hyper-V now available”.
Lian-Li Industrial Co. Ltd has launched the Tyr X500 chassis designed as a stylish midi-tower HTPC/Gaming chassis. Combining the usual toned down profile of HTPC cases with the arresting larger profile of traditional Lian Li Continue reading “Lian-Li launches the all new Tyr X500 HTPC/Gaming Chassis”.
VIA Technologies today announced the VIA EPIA P700 Pico-ITX board that couples more features within a streamlined, ultra compact footprint designed for low profile systems, with extended I/O port options through two companion boards. Now Continue reading “VIA Pico-ITX Goes Low Profile, Integrates Power Supply”.
Sony has lost over $3 billion on the PS3, Mario and Master Chief seen hi-fiving. Think you paid too much for your Playstation 3? Don’t expect any sympathy from Sony. In the company’s fiscal 2008 Continue reading “Sony PS3 losses in the Billions!”.
The GeForce 9600 GT has been on the market for some time now and prices seem to keep dropping. The ASUS EN9600GT series feature a 10% core clock frequency boost and improved cooling for those looking to push the limits of their graphics. The ASUS EN9600GT Series uses the Glaciator Fansink, which reduces temperatures and is ultra quiet with operating levels of only 25dB. If your budget doesn’t allow you to get a $229 GeForce 9800 GTX+ then check out this card as it’s $100 less at $129 after rebate.
Corsair announced today that the recently relaunched Alienware Area-51 ALX high performance gaming platform now includes 4GB of Corsairs award winning overclockable DOMINATOR DDR3 memory. Using Corsairs DOMINATOR memory modules, the Alienware Area-51 ALX runs Continue reading “Corsair Memory Used in New Alienware Area-51 ALX Desktops”.
