S3 Graphics today announced its latest S3 Graphics Chrome 440 GTX desktop cards. Boards are now available at online retail affiliate GStore, with future shipments by key European partners in addition to multiple retail partners Continue reading “S3 Graphics Announces $69 GPU – Chrome 440 GTX Graphics Card”.
Growth in Asia and strong sales of notebook computers helped Dell Inc. beat Wall Street expectations for first-quarter sales and profit. That strong report pushed shares of Dell, the world’s second-largest seller of personal computers, Continue reading “Dell shares up nearly 10 percent on report of profit, revenue jump in fiscal 1st quarter”.
Our friends at ZEROtherm have sent us their newest CPU cooler to look at, the Zen FZ120 CPU cooler. At just $39.99 the FZ120 was designed to meet and exceed competitor price vs. performance. Can ZEROtherm make an award winning cooling solution that does not send you racing to break the piggy bank? That is what we set off to figure out and the results are impressive! What did you expect from a heat sink with a 120mm fan and eight heat pipes!
VIA Technologies today announced the new VIA Nano processor family based on the VIA Isaiah Architecture. Building on the market-leading energy efficiency of the VIA C7 processor family, the VIA Nano processor family offers as Continue reading “VIA Launches VIA Nano Processor Family”.
We just got an e-mail from abit Taiwan and it seems they are not getting out of the motherboard industry, but are expanding consumer electronic lines. This statement comes after a news post yesterday by Continue reading “abit is NOT quitting from motherboard market”.
Intel is planning to start the mass production of dual-core versions of its Atom processors in the second week of July, according to sources at PC makers. Intel’s first dual-core Atom will feature a core Continue reading “Dual-core Intel Atoms to enter mass production in July”.
With Micro-Star International (MSI) expected to officially launch its 10-inch Wind series notebooks and Acer planning to launch an 8.9-inch Aspire low-cost PC in Europe priced at 299 euros (US$469.49) over the next few weeks, Continue reading “Asustek brings forward launch of 10-inch Eee PC”.
Michael Hollick never thought his big break would come in a video game, but it did and he didn’t make millions. Mr. Hollick was paid about $100,000 over roughly 15 months between late 2006 and Continue reading “The real voice of GTA IV star Niko Bellic only made $100,000”.
Funcom recently announced that Age of Conan is one of the fastest selling PC games of all time. More than 400,000 gamers have entered Hyboria over the last few days, with almost half coming from Continue reading “Age of Conan Sells Over 400,000 Copies – One of the Fastest Selling PC Games Ever”.
Super Talent Technology, a leading manufacturer of Flash storage solutions and DRAM memory modules, today announced immediate availability of DDR3 SO-DIMMs. This 204-pin module, part number W1333SA1GS, is available now at street prices under $99. Continue reading “Super Talent Launches PC3-12800 DDR3 SO-DIMMs for Laptops”.
Top contract chip maker Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd (TSMC) said on Tuesday it may raise prices for its higher-end chips as rising costs threaten to squeeze profits. Semiconductor makers face higher costs to build Continue reading “TSMC may raise prices for high-end chips”.
Glitches at chip supplier Intersil Corp. are causing delays in the rollout of Intel Corp.’s Montevina notebook chipsets, Jefferies & Co. analyst John Lau warned Tuesday. If these glitches are true that means that the Continue reading “Analyst says Intersil causing delays for Intel Montevina notebook chipsets”.
Second-tier motherboard maker Abit is reportedly considering exiting the motherboard market after evaluating its shipment performance of Intel 4 series motherboards, according to channel sources. Abit, however, maintains it does not know anything about the Continue reading “Abit Might Exit The Motherboard Market”.
VIA Technologies today introduced the new VIA OpenBook mini-note reference design targeted at the rapidly growing global market for ultra-portable notebooks. The innovative VIA OpenBook Mini-Note Reference Design paves the way for the next generation Continue reading “VIA Unveils VIA OpenBook Mini-Note Reference Design”.
ASUS claims that Gigabyte, without a full understanding of ASUS’ engineering design and methods, has made false accusations against ASUS motherboards’ EPU features and the quality of ASUS’ motherboard components. ASUS has reported such acts Continue reading “ASUS Sues GIGABYTE for ‘Defamatory and False Accusations’”.
