NASA on Thursday delayed the flight of space shuttle Atlantis until late January or, more likely, February to replace a suspect connector in the fuel tank. The connector is believed to be responsible for back-to-back Continue reading “More delays for shuttle Atlantis – Launching in February Likely”.
Microsoft Corp said on Thursday it will offer a free downloadable video game to users of its Xbox online gaming service after the network was plagued with connection troubles over the holidays. Games sold on Continue reading “Microsoft promises free game after online woes”.
Micro-Star International (MSI) is preparing to introduce a low-cost PC product line in June at the earliest, according to Sambora Chen, director of Greater China sales. The first low-cost PCs from the company will be Continue reading “MSI prepping launch of low-cost PCs in June”.
Well, that was short: Intel has announced it is leaving the One Laptop Per Child project. The news, first reported Thursday by The Wall Street Journal in an e-mail alert, comes just six months after Continue reading “Intel leaves the OLPC after dispute”.
SanDisk Corporation and PNY Technologies today announced that PNY has signed a patent cross-license agreement with SanDisk to settle patent cases filed by SanDisk last year in Federal District Court and the International Trade Commission Continue reading “PNY Signs License Agreement with SanDisk to Settle Patent Litigation”.
Corsair announced today that it is expanding its Flash Voyager and Flash Survivor USB family lines with new 32GB capacity offerings. The new Corsair 32GB Flash Voyager and Flash Survivor USB drives will be debuted Continue reading “Corsair Introduces 32GB High-Density USB Flash Drives”.
Bill Gates is spending $30 million on the U.S. presidential campaign for a cause, not a candidate. The world’s richest man plans to make education the No. 1 domestic priority with voters. The Gates foundation, Continue reading “Bill Gates Donates $30 Million to Make Education a Campaign Issue”.
VIA Technologies merged its PC chipset division under that of CPUs in the fourth quarter of last year. Going forward the division will mainly focus on supporting the company’s own-brand CPU platforms and will slowly Continue reading “VIA merges chipset division under CPU”.
Bigger and better than the rest, the P190 has room to handle even the biggest hardware: Extended ATX, multiple graphics cards, quad-core processors, and liquid cooling are all no problem for the P190. Powering all your hardware in this case is the unique 1200W Neo-Link dual power supply system. Read on to see if this new offering from Antec’s performance series is what you need for your next system. With Intel SkullTrail platforms coming out soon this case might be perfect for it!
Chinese website Yeston has a ton of pictures posted of the upcoming GeForce 8800 GS 384MB and GeForce 8800 GS 768MB graphics cards. The site reports that it will cost less than the NVIDIA GeForce Continue reading “NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS 384MB and 768MB Video Card Pictures Leak Out”.
Lexar Media today announced its line of Crucial solid state drives (SSD). Crucial SSDs are more durable, require less power, and offer greater overall system performance than traditional hard disk drives. The SSDs will be Continue reading “Lexar Media Announces Crucial Solid State Drive (SSD) Product Line”.
Happy New Year, everyone! Here’s hoping for a year of awesome reviews! Take a look at the reviews from the end of last year and the first of this year by visiting our forums! Check Continue reading “January 2 News from Around the Web”.
If you like to hear about rumors, this is a good one for you. NVIDIA is rumored to be acquired by Intel! Stalk talk site Optionetics was the first to point out something was up Continue reading “NVIDIA Takeover? Rumors Spread About Intel Buying NVIDIA”.
Crude oil rose to $100 a barrel for the first time in New York, reflecting an industry struggling to find deposits at a time of record demand. Oil touched $100 today, extending last year’s 57 Continue reading “Crude oil rose to $100 a barrel for the first time in New York”.
A newly created company called SolarReserve intends to commercialize a solar power plant capable of generating electricity and storing it in molten salt. The venture was created by investment firm US Renewables Group, which has Continue reading “Generating Electric – SolarReserve stores solar power with molten salt”.
