At its iPhone SDK event last month, Apple touted an adaption of AOL’s instant-messaging client for the iPhone. Now comes news of Apple’s own patent application for a chat feature. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Continue reading “Apple looks toward iPhone chat app”.
I was looking at Pricegrabber this morning and it seems more stores are carrying the upcoming AMD Triple Core Phenom 50-series processors are up for sale! The AMD Phenom 8650 Triple Core Processor is currently Continue reading “AMD Triple Core Phenom Processors For Sale At More Retailers”.
Last week Diamond Multimedia launched one of the first 1 gigabyte, overclocked versions of the ATI Radeon HD 3870 graphics card. Diamond claims that the performance matches against Nvidia’s new GeForce 9xxx series, as well against
the Radeon HD 3870 X2. We fire up the Dell 30″ to test out this claim at 2560×1600 to see just how the larger frame buffer does on a number of games. We then overclock the card and give you our thoughts!
Intel has some very nice price moves going into effect today and the Intel Core 2 Quad Processor Q6700 has had a 50% price cut! On April 2nd the Q6700 was $530 and starting today Continue reading “Intel Drops Prices on Q6700, Q6600, E6850 and E4600 Processors”.
ASUS Eee PC 4G pre-installed with Microsoft Windows XP is available immediately in selected Best Buy retail stores in the United States. The wide availability in Best Buy retail stores will provide a hands-on experience Continue reading “ASUS Eee PC 4G Windows XP Hits Selected Best Buy Stores”.
Intel Corp said on Monday it will invest $500 million in Taiwan over the next five years, with a large amount of the investment targeted at the island’s WiMax sector. The chip giant said there Continue reading “Intel to invest $500 mln in Taiwan, most in WiMax”.
With Hewlett-Packard (HP) said to have ordered 100,000 C7-M ULV processors for its initial mini-note low-cost PC launch, (which is expected to reach 500,000 units in total in 2008) while Gigabyte Technology’s new M700 series Continue reading “VIA CPUs to stage comeback in low-cost PC market”.
WD announced today that it is now shipping WD VelociRaptor hard drives, the next generation of its 10,000 RPM SATA “Raptor series of drives. Designed with an enterprise-class foundation, the new WD VelociRaptor hard drive Continue reading “WD Announces 300GB VelociRaptor Hard Drives”.
The Western Digital 300GB VelociRaptor is the newest member of WD’s 10,000 RPM SATA hard drive series for enthusiasts and gamers. The VelociRaptor still has the same DNA as the Raptor series, but it offers a whole new level of performance. WD also has something new called the IcePAK that helps keep the drive temperatures down and still allow this 2.5″ HDA drive to mount in a standard case.
On August 2, 2007 at the opening of QuakeCon 2007, GameRail announced the official launch of its private high-performance network exclusively for online games. The network was designed to give gamers an advantage through substantially Continue reading “GameRail Network discontinued”.
The slowing U.S. economy did not seem to slow down Google, which reported a surprisingly strong surge in first-quarter profit Thursday. Google’s net income jumped 31 percent to $1.31 billion and revenue swelled 42 percent Continue reading “Google earnings ‘silenced the cynics’”.
Advanced Micro Devices Inc posted its sixth consecutive quarterly net loss on Thursday as the chip maker continued to lose market share to far larger rival Intel Corp. But shares of the company ticked higher Continue reading “AMD posts sixth straight quarterly net loss”.
An earthquake measuring magnitude 5.4 with an epicenter in Southeastern Illinois rattled the Tri-State in the early morning hours Friday. The shaking, which started at about 4:35 a.m. CDT, lasted about 10 seconds. I’ve been Continue reading “5.4 Magnitude Earthquake Rattles The Midwest At 4:35am”.
The Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300 processor is the entry level 45nm quad-core processor from Intel, but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t perform well! This 45nm quad-core ‘Yorkfield’ processor is operates at 2.50 GHz with a 1333MHz FSB and 6MB L2 cache. The Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300 processor should be a decent overclocker as it has a 7.5 multiplier. Just how high can you get the FSB is the question as the multiplier is a bit low to reach much higher than 4GHz.
Universal Studios, once Hollywood’s top backer of the doomed HD DVD video format, will soon release all its new videos on the victorious Blu-ray rival at the same time as its standard DVDs. The studio Continue reading “Universal joining Blu-ray bandwagon in the summer”.
