VIA Technologies today announced the VIA EPIA EX-Series Mini-ITX mainboards, the first of VIAs compact platforms to feature the new VIA CX700M2 system media processor. Powered by the highly efficient 1.5GHz or fanless 1.0GHz VIA Continue reading “VIA Announces EPIA Mini-ITX Platform for x86 Consumer Electronics”.
News from around the Web is back and better than ever! “The Cyber Snipa Dog Tags take the simplicity of a USB flash drive and turn it into quite the geek chic multipurpose gadget while Continue reading “News From Around the Web”.
Technology industry experts meeting in Silicon Valley recently said broadband Internet access in the U.S. needs to improve for the “YouTube generation” to really flourish. An improved broadband network will better serve users of sites Continue reading “YouTube generation needs more broadband speed”.
Kingston Technology’s revenues hit a record high of US$3.8 billion for 2006, with US$800 million coming from NAND flash products, according to company vice president David Sun. The 2006 revenues, which represent a 26% on-year Continue reading “Kingston revenues reach US$3.8 billion in 2006”.
Samsung claims it has developed the first 1-gigabit DRAM (dynamic random access memory) chip for mobile products, using 80-nanometer process technology. The new chip is at least 20 percent thinner than existing chipsets that use Continue reading “Samsung develops new mobile memory chip”.
ECS continues their trend of trying to produce enthusiast motherboards and is getting ready to release an nVidia 590 SLI motherboard for Intel users. Do they succeed with their Core 2 Duo board based on the Nvidia 590 chipset? With a simple motherboard layout and support for SLI this motherboard should be budget friendly and pack a mean punch. Let’s take a look and find out just how Extreme this board is.
No surprise here, but EA is claiming the crown of best selling video game of 2006. With more than 5 million copies for 10 different gaming platforms sold, Madden 07 will finish the year in Continue reading “Madden NFL 07 Named Best Selling Game of ’06”.
A 3-foot-high tsunami was rolling toward the east coast of the Philippines Tuesday after a large earthquake hit off the shores of Taiwan. Officials in Taiwan said the earthquake had a magnitude 6.7. The U.S. Continue reading “Chipmakers TSM and UMC Not Impacted By Tsunami in Taiwan”.
Elpida Memory announced that it has begun mass production of DDR2 SDRAMs in 1Gbit and 512Mbit density on 70nm technology at its main fab facility, Hiroshima Elpida Memory. First product shipments are expected to begin Continue reading “Elpida begins mass production of DDR2 on 70nm”.
Socket AM2 will account for 95% of AMD’s CPU shipments in the first quarter of 2007, but the chip supplier will begin shifting its focus to AM2+ in the third quarter, according to AMD’s product Continue reading “AM2 to account for 95% of AMD shipments in 1Q”.
Microsoft Corp. is extending its warranty on the Xbox 360 video game console to one year from the previous limit of 90 days. The change announced Friday applies to future and present owners. Customers who Continue reading “The Microsoft Xbox 360 gets a longer warranty”.
Incoming Dell Inc. vice chairman and chief financial officer Don Carty, the former American Airlines chief who left three years ago when American’s parent was struggling to remain solvent, will earn $700,000 when he starts Continue reading “Incoming Dell CFO will receive $700,000 salary”.
Sony BMG Music Entertainment’s botched attempt to stop unauthorized music copying has cost the company another $4.25 million. Two days after reaching settlements worth $1.5 million with Texas and California, Sony agreed on Thursday to Continue reading “Sony rootkit payouts hit $5.75M”.
Despite that Nvidia recently launched its DirectX 10-compliant GPUs (graphics processing units), demand for DirectX 10 graphics cards will not pick up in the market in the first half of the year because of a Continue reading “DirectX 10 will not take off until 2H 2007, AMD executive says”.
A group of US record labels has started legal action against Russian music download site Allofmp3.com. The lawsuit was filed in New York on behalf of Arista Records, Warner Bros, Capitol and UMG recordings. They Continue reading “Record firms sue Russian MP3 site – Allofmp3.com”.
