IBM said it developed a system that can reach the latest holy grail of supercomputing – it has designed a supercomputer that can surpass a sustained performance of one quadrillion operations per second, also known Continue reading “IBM to show its new fastest supercomputer today – BlueGene/P”.
Although Microsoft may not have the first service pack for Windows Vista ready at the end of this year as some expected, financial analysts say that a delay should not have a negative effect on Continue reading “Microsoft Windows Vista SP1 delay won’t hurt enterprises”.
Dell Inc. introduced new notebook computers on Tuesday available in eight different colors with advanced features as it tries to grab a bigger slice of the consumer PC market Dell’s new notebooks, to be unveiled Continue reading “Dell adds new notebook PCs to boost consumer sales”.
Despite its relatively late presence in the NAND flash sector, Kingston Technology, which is well known for its DRAM module business, sees its late presence as giving the company a clearer direction to pursue that Continue reading “Q&A with Kingston NAND flash director, Darwin Chen”.
The Gennum nX6000 Bluetooth headset features Gennum’s patented FRONTWAVE Extreme acoustic processing that allows you to hear your caller clearly and an unusual dual microphone array that helps isolates your voice, so you can be heard clearly. Your communications deserve the power and performance of the nX6000. With 120 MIPS DSP performance and a battery life that will let you talk for up to 6 hours this small Bluetooth 2.0 headset might be what you are looking for.
There is always a trade-off between power consumption and performance in the world of 3D graphics cards. If one solution delivers high framerate per second, it most probably consumes significant amount of power, whereas another, Continue reading “Nvidia Readies Hybrid SLI Technology”.
Web Reviews for June 20th through 25th The Foxconn A690GM2MA 8KRS2H MicroATX motherboard offers with the new AMD 690G chipset an onboard graphics solution with DVI and Sub-D VGA ouput, as well as internal TV-Out Continue reading “June 20th through June 25th News From Around the Web”.
Sony has released the latest firmware update for its PSP handheld console that will boost the its processor’s clock speed from 266MHz to 333MHz. Most people didn’t even know their processor was rated this fast. Continue reading “Sony PSP Firmware Upgrade Boost Processor Speed”.
Apple, this weekend, has issued a second slew of security updates for the Windows Safari browser less than two weeks after its launch. The four security fixes are part of a larger Safari 3.0.2 beta Continue reading “More Fixes for Windows Safari”.
The decision by Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. to suspend distribution of the violent video game “Manhunt 2” could actually end up boosting demand from curious gamers, industry analysts said Friday. “It’s free publicity,” Sebastian said. Continue reading “Analysts say ‘Manhunt 2’ suspension could boost interest”.
IBM will work with the German chemical company BASF Group to produce a new generation of chips with feature sizes of 32 nanometers, the companies said Friday. IBM is also using the new deal to Continue reading “IBM pushes 32-nm chips with BASF”.
AMD’s family of high-end desktop CPUs Phenom (Agena) is scheduled to start appearing in November, according to sources at Taiwan-based motherboard makers. Four products are set to be available in 2007, which will be followed Continue reading “AMD Phenom Processors to launch in November”.
Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. said on Thursday that it has suspended plans to sell “Manhunt 2” after the title was given the restrictive rating of “Adults Only” for its extreme violence in the United States Continue reading “Release of Manhunt 2 suspended”.
Early this year Intel showcased media creation platform demo machine that was to be known as ‘V8’. It was a system that was prepared by Intel just to show the media that consumers could go build a dual-socket platform with Intel retail products just like what AMD was doing on their QuadFX system. We have built one of these systems with a pair of Intel Xeon X5365 processors and the performance is something you have to see otherwise you wouldn’t believe it.
Apple’s much-vaunted iPhone received a ringing endorsement from Google CEO Eric Schmidt, who said the handset is a perfect platform for the search specialist’s hosted applications. Could it be true? “What you are really asking Continue reading “Google CEO Eric Schmidt says the iPhone will be the perfect mobile platform”.
