Coming off a good quarter for Symantec’s consumer businesses, CEO John Thompson warns against viewing Windows Vista as a solution to security woes. He goes on to say that he has never installed the operating Continue reading “Symantec CEO Says He Has Never Insalled Vista and Has No Use For It”.
Sony Corp. will cut back on future chip spending and may not produce advanced chips used in its PlayStation 3 (PS3) in-house, a senior executive said on Tuesday, in a move aimed at driving the Continue reading “Sony to slash chip spending and may move to TSMC or UMC”.
Over the weekend Intel announced that they were able to produce an 80-core processor that is able to do trillions of calculations per second. This would make it the World’s first programmable processor to deliver Teraflops performance! How does this new research chip change the future of processors? Read on to find out what this research chip can do!
Advanced Micro Devices will likely see the first fruits of its $5.4-billion acquisition of graphics chip maker ATI in 2009, according to what Paul Dal Santo told the media today. It’s amazing how long these Continue reading “AMD sees first fruits of ATI integration in 2009”.
Lots of news from AMD today capped off with them releasing detailed information on their “Barcelona” chip. This will be their native Quad-Core processor and AMD claims that there will be about a 40% increase Continue reading “AMD “Barcelona” Quad-Core Details Released”.
Today, AMD announced the AMD Imageon 2298, 2294 and 2192 media processors. These processors, available now to handheld devices makers, offers next-generation features such as high-resolution image processing, DVD-quality video and high-definition audio for mobile Continue reading “AMD Introduces Imageon Media Processors”.
AMD has published yet another set of price cuts this time for its mid- to high-end dual-core desktop CPUs, the Athlon 64 X2. A recently as January 22, AMD announced similar cuts for its lower-end Continue reading “More AMD price cuts announced, Athlon 64 X2 targeted”.
With todays introduction of GeForce 8800 GTS 320 MB graphics boards, the GeForce 8 Series line-up now offers e-tail price points ranging from $599 to $299. The only difference between the 640MB and 320MB 8800 GTS is the frame buffer size and price. The current GeForce 8800 GTS has a 640MB frame buffer, while the new card’s frame buffer is half that size. Read on to see if the 8800 GTS 320M is the right card for you.
Intel Corporation researchers have developed the worlds first programmable processor that delivers supercomputer-like performance from a single, 80-core chip not much larger than the size of a fingernail while using less electricity than most of Continue reading “Intel Advances Tera-scale Computing With 80-Core Chip”.
Samsung Electronics Co. has unveiled a new mobile phone that features some of the sleek design and functions of Apple Inc.’s much-hyped iPhone. Samsung’s Ultra Smart F700 will be exhibited at next week’s 3GSM World Continue reading “Samsung unveils Ultra Smart F700 Mobile Phone”.
Microsoft Corp. plans a launch this spring of its next-generation operating system for wireless devices, Windows Mobile 6, which is important for the company’s efforts to grab market share beyond the desktop. Microsoft is expected Continue reading “Microsoft to release next generation phone”.
Have you ever seen a setting called Trc in your motherboard’s advanced memory settings page? Today Legit Reviews looks at this parameter and what it means to system performance. By lowering the Trc value from 35 to 15 on a kit of Corsair PC2-10000C5 modules we were able to improve performance across the board. How much you ask? Read on to find out!
It was only a matter of time, but it seems that today is the day that pictures of ATI’s upcoming R600 video card got leaked for all the world to see. Head on over to Continue reading “ATI’s Upcoming R600 Video Card Pictured For the First Time”.
Microsoft plans to release 12 sets of security patches next Tuesday fixing critical vulnerabilities in a number of its products, including the company’s new security software. The bulk of the patches will fix flaws in Continue reading “Big set of Microsoft security patches coming Tuesday”.
The number of households around the world with high-definition television (HDTV) will triple over the next five years as viewers switch to its clearer, more vivid picture, according to a report on Friday. The transition Continue reading “Number of HDTV homes to triple by 2011”.
