Intel Corporation has discovered a limitation of the AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) encryption feature in the Intel SSD 520 Series, code-named Cherryville. Intel has published a specification update for the Intel SSD 520 Series product, Continue reading “Intel SSD 520 Series Does Not have AES 256-bit Encryption – Offers Refund”.
AMD’s latest beta drivers have an interesting surprise, they contain device IDs we haven’t seen yet. Namely 16 new device IDs make an appearance, 4x “Venus”, 3x “Oland” and finally 9x “Mars”, which will form Continue reading “AMD Radeon HD 8000 Series Appears, Codenamed: “Venus”, “Oland” and “Mars””.
Crytek is to change its business model from the current packaged product with DLC, like the Crysis series, to the free-to-play (F2P) model. Speaking on the last day of E3, Crytek CEO Cevat Yerli said Continue reading “Crytek To Embrace Free-To-Play Model For All Future Games”.
Apple has just unveiled their all new MacBook Pro with Retina display. The new 15-inch unit will use all flash storage as well as an Intel i7 quad-core CPU. All that in a small thin, Continue reading “Apple Unveils All New Next-Gen MacBook Pro Featuring Retina Display”.
We already reported on AMD having the 7970 GHz Edition in the works, as well as Powercolor and HIS both readying 7970 X2 graphics cards, now it seems AMD is working on a “Tahiti LE” Continue reading “AMD Working On Radeon HD 7930, 7970GHz Edition & 7970 X2 SKUs”.
Link_A_Media Devices (LAMD) today unveiled its flagship high-performance LM87800 SATA 6G SSD controller with proprietary eBoost technology. Designed to deliver superior performance, the architecture deploys extensive hardware acceleration, dedicated host-side and NAND-side ARM microcontrollers and Continue reading “Link_A_Media Devices Launches LM87800 SATA 6G SSD Controller”.
I just learned that Newegg has the Thermaltake WATER2.0 Performer Liquid CPU Cooler up as the sites Quick Draw Deal today. Newegg currently offers this cooler at $69.99 with free shipping. If you use the Continue reading “Thermaltake WATER2.0 Performer Water Cooler For $49.99 After Rebate”.
Cyberpower wants customers to get a jump on the upcoming release of Microsofts Windows 8 operating system. All customers who purchase a qualifying Windows 7 CyberpowerPC system direct from the company or its authorized resellers, Continue reading “CyberpowerPC Offers $14.99 Upgrade to Windows 8 Pro on Select PCs”.
Western Digital recently announced the next generation of its top-selling My Passport line of portable hard drives, offering consumers a fresh new enclosure design and the first-ever 2 TB capacity in a portable drive. We were able to get our hands on one of these 2 TB My Passport drives and put it to the test to see how easy it is to setup and how fast the hard drive inside is. Read on to see if this is the right portable product to backup and transport your critical data!
Back in 2009 I wrote an article about Gogo inflight Internet service and how I was able to get download speeds between 1.2 to 2.1 Mb/s and upload speeds of 0.1 to 0.36 Mb/s. Inflight Continue reading “Gogo In-Air Wireless Internet – Taking Off or Slowing Down?”.
In an interesting twist, it would appear ASUS plans to bring Intel’s Thunderbolt to their AMD AM3+ motherboard lineup. Apparently the ASUS ROG Crosshair V Forumla-Z, which is a refresh of the current Crosshair V Continue reading “ASUS’s AMD AM3+ Motherboards May Receive Intel Thunderbolt Support”.
HIS will most likely be the first AMD AIB partner to launch a dual-7970 graphics card. The HIS Radeon HD 7970 IceQ x2 will be utilizing a custom PCB and triple slot cooler, which has Continue reading “HIS Readies AMD Radeon HD 7970 IceQ X2”.
NETGEAR recently announced the NETGEAR NeoTV Pro HD Streaming Player (NTV200S) as the latest addition to the NETGEAR NeoTV streaming player family of products. NeoTV Pro offers high quality streaming content from a wide variety Continue reading “NETGEAR Launches NeoTV Pro HD Streaming Player With WiDi”.
Coolermaster had a fantastic range of products on display at Computex this year, everything looked great from the range of cases and coolers to headsets, gaming mice, keyboards and power supplies. The power supplies looked Continue reading “Coolermaster Shows Off Power Supplies, Keyboards, Mice, Cases & More At Computex”.
The United Nations is considering a new Internet tax targeting the largest Web content providers, including Google, Facebook, Apple, and Netflix, that could cripple their ability to reach users in developing nations. The European proposal, Continue reading “Global Internet Tax Scheduled For U.N. Debate in December”.
