Sony’s forthcoming 20GB version of the PlayStation 3 video game console will feature an HDMI 1.3 output, the company announced Friday at the Tokyo Game Show. The port, which had been previously announced as standard Continue reading “Sony’s 20GB PS3 to feature HDMI port”.
The Commerce Department has lost more than 1,100 laptop computers since 2001, most of them assigned to the Census Bureau, officials said Thursday night. I’m hoping that they also fired 1,100 people that lost laptops Continue reading “Commerce Deptartment lost 1,100 laptops in five years”.
Sony Corp. on Friday cut the price of its new game machine PlayStation 3 by 20 percent in Japan, in a surprise move that will attract more customers but likely widen losses in its game Continue reading “Sony cuts PS3 Japan price by 20 percent”.
Samsung Electronics has increased its DRAM output that is using a 0.11-micron process at its 8-inch fabs to meet growing demand, as it still has issues at its 80nm node, according to market sources. DRAM Continue reading “Samsung increases DRAM output on 0.11-micron node”.
Intel Ireland is a major source for Intel Core 2 Duo processors and Legit Reviews was able to peak inside FAB 24-2 to see Intel’s 65nm processors being produced. FAB 24-2 cost Intel $2 billion to get up and running at their Leixlip site and just began processor production in June 2006. Read along for a brief article about a place many never get a chance to see.
Intel announced 10,500 job cuts a few weeks ago, but was extraordinarily vague about where they were coming from. It seems that The Inq. has heard rumors that the job cuts would be focused around Continue reading “Intel job cuts become clearer”.
Microsoft Corp. said on Wednesday it would launch an HD DVD player for its Xbox 360 game console on November 22 in Japan for 20,790 yen ($177), matching rival Sony Corp.’s PlayStation 3 in high-definition Continue reading “Microsoft Xbox360 HD DVD player Japan launch in Nov”.
Micro Star International (MSI) on September 19 unveiled its P965 Platinum motherboard, which the company claims is the industry’s first motherboard based on Intel’s P965 chipsets supporting ATI Technologies’ CrossFire dual-card graphics technology for the Continue reading “MSI unveils P965 Platinum with CrossFire support”.
Yahoo! sent Internet stocks into free fall Tuesday when it warned that its third quarter is looking soft. The news comes just two months after Yahoo! disappointed Wall Street with a soft second-quarter report and Continue reading “Yahoo! sees the third quarter as looking soft”.
OCZ Technology offers gamers some serious memory bandwidth with their 2GB PC2-8800 Gold Edition memory kit as it runs at 1.1GHz. Legit Reviews gets a chance to try out this DDR2-1100 (1100MHz) kit with 5-6-6-15 timings to see how they operate on one of our test benches. The results were nothing less than impressive and give even the fastest modules on the market a run for their money.
On your office break take a look around and see if any of the copiers listed below happen to be near your cube. If they are you are at risk as these copiers might catch Continue reading “Canon recalling 800,000 photocopiers”.
pple and Dell laptop owners travelling on Virgin Atlantic international flights are being asked to remove the gadget’s batteries before take-off. This will limit laptop use as the majority of seats on Virgin jets are Continue reading “Virgin Atlantic Airways bans ‘fire hazard’ Dell and Apple laptops”.
Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday announced 20 lawsuits against resellers allegedly engaged in the distribution of infringing software and software components. The lawsuits, filed against 20 defendants throughout the United States, are against companies that allegedly Continue reading “Microsoft files 20 software lawsuits in nine states”.
An oxygen generator on the international space station overheated and spilled a toxic irritant Monday, forcing the three-man crew to don masks and gloves in the first emergency ever declared aboard the 8-year-old orbiting outpost. Continue reading “Space station crew cleans up toxic spill”.
Toshiba said Tuesday it would replace about 340,000 laptop computer batteries made by Sony, the latest in a string of Sony battery woes. The batteries, used in Dynabook and Dynabook Satellite laptops manufactured between March Continue reading “Toshiba recalls 340,000 Sony laptop batteries”.
