Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. and ATI Technologies Inc. today announced that the Fair Trade Commission of Taiwan has cleared the proposed acquisition of ATI by AMD. This is a good start, but by far not Continue reading “AMD/ATI Merger Receives Merger Control Clearance in Taiwan”.
The M2N32-SLI Deluxe Motherboard just happens to be the high-end AM2 offering from Asus and utilizes the Nvidia nForce 590SLI chipset to make the magic happen. How does it compare with the other AM2 chipsets out there? Take a look and see how the chips fall as we look at this board and compare it to the VIA based Asrock AM2V890-VSTA and the ATI powered MSI K9A Platinum in this interesting motherboard article.
The open-source Firefox Web browser is critically flawed in the way it handles JavaScript, two hackers said Saturday afternoon. An attacker could commandeer a computer running the browser simply by crafting a Web page that Continue reading “Hackers claim zero-day flaw in Firefox”.
The Aerocool Xfire is a massive heatpipe cooling solution that can be used Intel LGA775 and AMD K8 platforms granted that the Xfire can fit. This heat sink stands at 100mm tall and 120mm wide and uses a white 120mm fan with quad white LED’s to keep the ~100 cooling fins nice and cool. Legit Reviews takes the Aerocool Xfire out for a test drive on our Intel Core 2 Duo test platform and give our honest thoughts on the Xfire.
Dell Inc. said Thursday it will launch a free computer recycling program in the U.S. on Friday. It only works on Dell systems and Legit Reviews fully supports Dell’s latest move to become green! Dell Continue reading “Dell starts free computer recycling program in the U.S.”.
Billionaire investor and dot-com veteran Mark Cuban had harsh words on Thursday for YouTube, the online site that lets people share video clips, saying only a “moron” would purchase the wildly popular start-up. Pretty harsh Continue reading “Only a ‘moron’ would buy YouTube: Mark Cuban”.
EBay’s PayPal payment division will pay $3.5 million to consumers and $1.7 million to 28 states in settlements for two different actions regarding its notification of users regarding their rights, the company said Thursday. The Continue reading “PayPal pays $5.2M to settle lawsuits”.
Verizon Wireless sued 20 unnamed data brokers for fraudulently obtaining private telephone records belonging to Hewlett-Packard board members and journalists as part of an HP investigation into boardroom leaks. The lawsuit was filed in federal Continue reading “Verizon sues data brokers linked to HP”.
The United States in 2006 is expected to maintain its lead in the worldwide electronic equipment design business, with the nation’s activities in this area driving the most semiconductor purchasing of any country on earth, Continue reading “US still leads in electronic design influence”.
So you thought the scare with Dell, Apple, and Lenovo/IBM laptop batteries was over? Think again. On Friday, Toshiba and Fujitsu said it would recall 830,000 laptop computer batteries made by Sony. Dell, meanwhile expanded Continue reading “More Problems for Sony Over Batteries”.
Today we cover some of the companies that Legit Reviews works with and brings you an update on what they had to show at IDF this time around. With companies presenting overclocking workshops and showing off upcoming products at their booths there was a bunch of friendly faces at the show! Legit Reviews is already looking forward for the next Intel Developer Forum!
HP today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire VoodooPC, a leader in the design and manufacture of high-performance and personalized gaming computer systems. Following the close of the transaction, HP will form Continue reading “HP to Acquire VoodooPC”.
Intel has allowed for controlled benchmarking of their next generation Extreme series processor and Legit Reviews was on hand to take it out for a test drive. The Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6700 Processor operates at 2.66GHz and shows some serious processing muscle even though it’s all run on pre-production hardware. Read on and see if Intel’s quad-core processor is a Quadzilla or a bunch of hype.
In a ruling that is sure to depress users and fans of peer-to-peer (P2P) networking, a federal judge in Los Angeles ruled Wednesday against the creators of the Morpheus file-swapping software. The judge said that Continue reading “Creator of Morpheus Is Found Liable”.
The director of LOTR is set to help Microsoft develop future game titles, like the next Halo, for the XBox 360 and XBox LIVE. Sounds like a good deal from a marketing perspective, but I’d Continue reading “Microsoft Signs ‘Rings’ Director for ‘Halo’”.
