Kingston Technology has stopped selling NAND flash disk drives that support U3, the platform advocated by SanDisk, due to the observed cost pressure from royalty payments, according to sources at the company. A quick look Continue reading “Rumor: Kingston stops selling U3 products”.
Intel has announced its entry into solid state drives with the Intel Z-U130 Value Solid-State Drive featuring NAND flash memory with industry standard USB interfaces. With advantages over hard disk drive (HDD) or removable USB Continue reading “Intel introduces solid state drive product line based on NAND flash memory”.
The CoolIT Eliminator CPU Cooler uses multiple TECs (also called peltiers) to chill the coolers liquid coolant. This eliminates the need for a radiator and increases thermal capacity and provides for faster heat absorption at the source. Will the Eliminator be able to cool better CPU’s better than traditional air and water coolers? Read on to see how this interesting cooler performs!
Engineers at NASA’s Microdevices Lab manufactured a quantum chip for Canadian outfit D-Wave, which claims it will start renting time on the quantum computer in 2008. If this all turns out to be true it Continue reading “NASA backs quantum computing claim by D-Wave”.
European Union consumer chief Meglena Kuneva has hit out at Apple Inc.’s bundling of its popular iPod music players and its iTunes online music store, according to German weekly magazine Focus. “Do you think it’s Continue reading “EU takes aim at Apple over iTunes”.
Seagate Technology on Monday plans to announce the first manufacturer to sell laptop PCs with Seagate’s new hard drive that has built-in encryption technology. Fremont, Calif.-based ASI Computer Technologies will start selling computers equipped with Continue reading “Seagate ships hard drives with encryption”.
The Intel Viiv logo has not achieved the word-of-mouth association that Centrino did nine months after its launch, so was it a failure? Viiv is a brand campaign and set of technologies all rolled into Continue reading “As a brand, Intel’s Viiv has failed to thrive”.
Taiwan-based industrial PC (IPC) maker Diamond Flower Electric Instrument (DFI) plans to add AMD embedded processors in its product lineup later in the year, according to sources at the company. Aside from Advantech and ICP Continue reading “DFI to include AMD embedded solutions in lineup”.
ECS adds the affordable, yet fantastic performing 650i chipset to their arsenal with the NF650iSLIT-A motherboard. We have already described this chipset as a 680i killer, but will ECS have the same results at their attempt with this chipset? Read on and find out how the NF650iSLIT-A 650i does compared to other NVIDIA and Intel chipsets!
This Weeks News from Around the Web “The In Win Alpha 360 mATX case has a lot going for it. Its unique styling features make it one of the best looking small cases on the Continue reading “March 4th to March 11th News From Around the Web”.
Used commonly in the aerospace industry, thermoelectric chips (TEC), or thermoelectric coolers, have not been integrated in the cooling of CPU due to previous humidity problems. Vigor Gaming had resolved these problems and developed the Vigor Monsoon II series of CPU cooling systems with TEC. Legit Reviews compares this TEC cooler to a leading air and water cooler in this review.
Sony Corp. is removing a chip from the European version of its new PlayStation 3 (PS3) game console, a move that cuts costs but means users cannot play some of their old games. Unlike the Continue reading “Sony dropping PlayStation 3 chip in Europe”.
The Securities and Exchange Commission has taken the drastic step of suspending trading in shares of 35 companies whose stocks have frequently been touted in mass spam campaigns. I think it’s great to see the Continue reading “SEC suspends 35 spam firms”.
Yahoo! sank 5% early Friday on reports that its DSL partnership with AT&T may be on the rocks. The Wall Street Journal, citing a person familiar with the matter, reported that AT&T is considering scaling Continue reading “Yahoo! Losing DSL Partnership with AT&T?”.
Last week the U.S. Copyright Royalty Board, an obscure arm of the Library of Congress, voted to more than double the fees Web sites that stream music must pay record companies.The higher rates will affect Continue reading “Will Web Radio Get Turned Off?”.
