The $100 laptop PC at the heart of the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) initiative aimed at school children in developing countries will start rolling off production lines in the second quarter of next year. Continue reading “$100 laptops to debut in Q2, 2007”.
Today Legit Reviews took a look at the Vigor Gaming Monsoon II Active TEC CPU Cooling System and found that it cools better than air, but also that it has limitations. HardOCP also reviewed something Continue reading “Hardware Reviews From Our Affiliates”.
If SanDisk’s stock price is of any indication, 2007 is going to be a bad year for flash memory manufacturers. On Friday, SanDisk shares took a nosedive, dropping roughly 20% in afternoon trading following its Continue reading “Will 2007 be a bad year for flash memory manufacturers??”.
Apple’s iPod celebrates its fifth birthday Monday, marking a milestone for the music player that not only reinvigorated the “other” computer maker but revolutionized the way people buy and listen to music. When Apple CEO Continue reading “The Apple iPod Turns 5 Years Old on Monday”.
When a South Korean police squad cracked down on illegal computer gambling, they did it by literally smashing hard disc drives with hammers. It took more than a dozen men and an excavator to destroy Continue reading “South Korea Web cafes take hit from video gambling”.
People posting copyright material on YouTube shouldn’t be surprised if the company makes no effort to protect them in a copyright battle. The video-sharing site may hand over information on those who post video clips Continue reading “YouTube’s no friend to copyright violators – You’re Responsible For Uploads”.
A Navy SEAL sacrificed his life to save his comrades by throwing himself on top of a grenade Iraqi insurgents tossed into their sniper hideout, fellow members of the elite force said. Monsoor, a 25-year-old Continue reading “Navy SEAL falls on grenade to save comrades”.
Security vendors looking to gain insight into Microsoft’s plans for opening up the Vista operating system kernel were frustrated Thursday morning when a technical glitch kept many from joining the first online discussion of this Continue reading “Microsoft Vista security talks off to bad start – Bad URL Sent!”.
After months of deliberation and a crucial flight test, the Federal Aviation Administration cleared Armadillo Aerospace on Thursday to compete for a share of the $2 million Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge. The rocket-powered, remote-control Continue reading “Lunar lander prototype passes test – Armadillo Flies!”.
deo game console leader Sony Corp. on Thursday demonstrated the online service for its upcoming PlayStation 3, which will let players compete and chat online and download games, music and movies. Gamers have long been Continue reading “Sony gives PlayStation 3 online service details”.
CNET has an editorial posted online about one of their reporters expierences at a recent Sony PS2 prelaunch test session that they were able to attend. He thinks that while the Xbox 360 has a Continue reading “Sony PlayStation 3 shines in prelaunch test”.
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 patented Vigor Monsoon II series of CPU cooling systems with TEC. Legit Reviews compares this TEC cooler to some leading air and water coolers in this review.
Samsung Electronics has announced that it has developed the industry’s first 50nm DDR2 DRAM chip, which will increase production efficiency from the 60nm level by 55%. The new 1Gbit DRAM incorporates advanced technologies such as Continue reading “Samsung develops 50nm DRAM chip for DDR2 Memory Modules”.
NVIDIA Corporation today announced NVPerfKit 2.1, a comprehensive suite of next-generation performance tools for the debugging and profiling of OpenGL and Direct3D software applications for Windows and Linux. Developers working on 32- and 64-bit Linux Continue reading “NVIDIA Announces NVPerfKit 2.1 Suite of Tools”.
Bo Stefan Eriksson, 44, a former executive with the now bankrupt video game company Gizmondo Europe, pleaded not guilty to the charges stemming from the dramatic 160 mph (257.5 kph) crash of the rare red Continue reading “Ex-Gizmondo Exec Stefan Eriksson Pleads Not Guilty”.
