Intel will launch a pricing campaign in the second quarter of 2007, with the price for the Core 2 Quad Q6600 processor falling to US$530, according to industry sources. The Q6600 processor is expected to Continue reading “Rumor: Intel to launch pricing campaign in 2Q 2007”.
FOXCONN tries their hand at a high end Intel Chipset board and came up with an 975 Express based motherboard that packs some serious punch for the price tag. The 975X7AB-8EKRS2H revision AB is an updated version of the older AA boards and supports multi-core Intel processors. Will it be a Fox or a Dog? We’ll find out as we look at the $169 Foxconn 975X7AB motherboard.
Hewlett-Packard has announced plans to acquire a software company focused on managing mobile devices, strengthening its lineup in its nascent handheld business. H-P said it had signed a definitive agreement to acquire privately held Bitfone Continue reading “Hewlett-Packard To Aquire Bitfone”.
Intel plans to launch the third model of its four-core processor in January, continuing its efforts tostay ahead of Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) on the next-generation processor family. Intel will launch the Core 2 Quad Continue reading “Intel to launch Core 2 Quad in January”.
Jim Schneider, Dell’s chief financial officer, will step down from his position by the end of January, while the SEC continues to investigate the company’s accounting practices. Donald Carty, the former chief executive and chief Continue reading “Dell CFO stepping down in January”.
The deal was supposed to give Micron a direct link to consumers. By subsuming Lexar Media in an $850 million merger six months ago, Micron acquired one of the top two brands in the market Continue reading “Micron – Lexar — Was it worth the Merger?”.
A month ago, NVIDIA unveiled the GeForce 8800 series of graphics cards and the gamers are impressed by the results that they saw with a single 8800 GTX in gaming benchmarks. Legit Reviews has a pair of production XFX 8800 GTX graphics cards and compares them to Quad-SLI, X1950 XTX Crossfire, 7900 GTX SLI and a 7950GX2 to see how past generations hang with the latest and greatest!
Google Inc. and NASA Ames Research Center said Monday that they have finalized an agreement to deliver more of the space agency’s imagery and information through the Internet’s leading search engine. The collaboration marks another Continue reading “Google, NASA finalize imagery, info deal”.
An online criminal has offered to sell software that exploits an unpatched bug in Microsoft Corp.’s Windows Vista operating system, according to security vendor Trend Micro Inc. The code was offered for sale in an Continue reading “The Windows Vista zero-day Exploit Is For Sale: $50K”.
Japanese consumer electronics maker Sharp Corp. said on Tuesday it has started the commercial production of blue laser diodes, taking aim at a market with strong growth potential. This is good news as the cost Continue reading “Sharp starts blue laser diode production”.
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) yesterday shut down production at its Fab 8 in Hsinchu briefly after a voltage drop, according to the Chinese-language Economic Daily News (EDN). Doesn’t sound like it will delay the Continue reading “Rumor: TSMC fab shuts down briefly due to power problem”.
Digg continues to crack down on users who plant phony stories on behalf of marketers, recently deleting a user who posted a story about a company that offered to compensate him. “I receive two or Continue reading “Digg continues to battle phony stories”.
The abit AW9D-MAX motherboard is based on the Intel 975X chipset and was designed by abit to destroy the competition. With support for all the latest Intel dual-core and quad-core processors the AW9D series is ready for all enthusiasts can throw at them. In this article we take the recently released Intel D975XBX2 ‘Bad Axe 2’ motherboard and pair it against the AW9D-MAX ‘Bushido’ to see which board comes out on top!
Cingular Wireless LLC, the nation’s largest cell phone provider, has made a deal with MySpace.com that will allow MySpace users to access their profiles through Cingular phones. Under the agreement, cell phone users will be Continue reading “Cingular in deal with MySpace.com”.
NEC Corp. said on Monday there had been two cases of power units inside its Japanese desktop computers catching fire, but no one was injured. Japanese electronic conglomerate NEC said an outside manufacturer provided the Continue reading “NEC says 2 desktop power units caught fire in Japan”.
