Anemic U.S. growth didn’t prevent computer makers from posting another double-digit gain in shipments worldwide in the first quarter, according to two technology research firms that said the increase beat their forecasts. The competition between Continue reading “Global demand lifts PC sales”.
At a high-end computer store in Brazil, you’ll find the same kinds of Dell, HP, and Sony models you’d see anywhere in the world. But in the department stores where Brazil’s middle class do their Continue reading “In Brazil, PC buyers accentuate Positivo”.
Ocinside has posted a review on Crucial Ballistix Tracer Red DDR2-800 4GB Kit BL2KIT25664AR804 Memory! Find this and other reviews from around the web by visiting our forums! Sure, for most of us DDR2-800 RAM Continue reading “April 17 News from Around the Web”.
In light of the sudden surge of NAND flash prices, Kingston Technology, which procured a considerable amount of NAND flash during the price lows, is said to be the biggest beneficiary. Spot prices for NAND Continue reading “Rumor: Kingston the biggest beneficiary of NAND flash price recovery”.
International Business Machines Corp reported higher-than-expected quarterly earnings on Wednesday despite a weakening U.S. economy, helped by strong revenue from technology services and consulting, sending its shares higher. First-quarter net income rose 26 percent to Continue reading “IBM profit rises on services, software strength”.
Hard-drive maker Seagate Technology’s third-quarter profit jumped 62 percent from a year ago, though the company acknowledged weakness in the market for drives used in notebook computers. In the quarter ending March 28, Seagate earned Continue reading “Seagate profit rises 62 percent, but key notebook market weakens”.
Intel Corp on Tuesday affirmed its profit-margin target for 2008, reassuring investors concerned about falling memory chip prices and the impact of a weak U.S. economy, sending its stock up 7.4 percent. The world’s largest Continue reading “Intel firm on margin target for year, shares jump”.
Nothing has been posted on Microsoft Technet as of yet and the latest releases notes for XP SP3 are still pointing to a release candidate. Nevertheless, Neowin has gotten its dates right before, so all Continue reading “Windows XP SP3 now set for April 29 debut”.
Armed with an nForce 780i SLI motherboard and a set of GeForce 9800 GTX 512MB video cards in 3-way SLI, we push the limits of graphics technology on our 30″ Dell monitor at a resolution of 2560×1600. A couple of months ago we showed you 3-way SLI with a set of GeForce 8800 GTX graphics cards, but today that is old news. Sit back and see what 3-way SLI looks like with a set of GeForce 9800 GTX graphics cards!
As we get closer to the launch of 3DMark Vantagewe will start seeing new screenshots from inside the benchmark and we see another one today. This is the first screenshot release since January when Futuremark Continue reading “New Futuremark 3DMark Vantage Screenshot Out”.
Carlyle-controlled Japanese handy-phone firm Willcom Inc rolled out the world’s first phones featuring Intel Corp’s Centrino Atom microprocessors, as it fights for new users in a saturated market. Willcom, which held 4 percent of Japan’s Continue reading “Japan Willcom shows off world’s 1st Intel Atom phone”.
Some more news has come out today about the upcoming GeForce 9800 GT and when the new GPU will arrive. It seems that the March/April launch is out of the question and July is the Continue reading “NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT Coming in July with 55nm Goodness”.
Walton Chaintech has introduced the performance enhanced CHAINTECH GSE96GT Overclocking Edition video card that is part of the NVIDIA GeForce 9600 series with the G94 GPU. The overall performance of new CHAINTECH 9600GTC 512MB has Continue reading “Walton Chaintech Announces the Overclocked GeForce 9600GTC 512M Video Card”.
Blockbuster Inc, the No. 1 U.S. movie rental chain, said on Monday it has offered to buy electronics retailer Circuit City Stores Inc in an all-cash offer in the range of $6 per share to Continue reading “Blockbuster offers to buy Circuit City”.
In Win has been developing some pretty interesting cases lately and the B2 Stealth Bomber is the latest ATX tower from the Xtreme Series. With an auto-sensing front door and a touch sensitive mechanism to activate the front cover this case is far from what one would expect in a computer case. Join us as we see if this tool-free case can be as stealthy as the plane its named after!
