The tablet market continues to hot up with competitors to Apple’s iPad, with the Asus Asus Transformer Pad 300 hitting stores on April 22, priced $399. Some vital statistics for the device are: Wi-Fi, 3G Continue reading “Asus Transformer Pad 300 to Debut April 22 for $399”. …more
By michaels •
Apr. 16, 2012 at 6:12pm
G-Technology’s new external drive, aimed at professional video editors, is now shipping. It contains two 4TB 7200RPM Hitachi Deskstar hard disc drives in RAID 0 and connects to an Apple Mac or PC via a Continue reading “G-Technology’s 8TB RAID 0 External Drive With Thunderbolt Connection Now Shipping”. …more
By michaels •
Apr. 16, 2012 at 4:05pm
We recently reported that Apple was cought with its pants down over the new iPad’s non-existent 4G capability in Australia. This resulted in the company being been successfully forced to contact customers and offer them Continue reading “Apple Refuses to Rebrand iPad Over 4G Capability Issue”. …more
By michaels •
Apr. 16, 2012 at 3:45pm
The Korean Fair Trade Commission has raided HP’s Seoul offices on Friday over suspicions of price fixing. They took various computer records, documents and questioned staff. HP is suspected of colluding with other big players Continue reading “HP’s Korean Offices Raided as Part of Price Fixing Investigation”. …more
By michaels •
Apr. 16, 2012 at 2:34pm
Electronic Arts has quietly updated its account suspension policy. Gamers with banned accounts could previously not access their games at all when they tried to log in. Now however, they can still play games by Continue reading “EA Updates Account Suspension Policy to Allow Offline Mode”. …more
By michaels •
Apr. 16, 2012 at 2:13pm
Crytek GmbH, today announced Crysis 3, the premier sandbox shooter experience of 2013. Powered by Crytek’s proprietary CryENGINE, Crysis 3 advances the state of the art with unparalleled visuals and dynamic shooter gameplay. Players take Continue reading “Crysis 3 Announced For Spring 2013 – Pre-Order Crysis 3 Hunter Edition Now!”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Apr. 16, 2012 at 11:15am
It appears that Samsung sent out invites this morning for a May 3 event that will include the launch of the next device in its Galaxy lineup. The event, Samsung Mobile Unpacked 2012, will take Continue reading “Samsung To Unveil Next Galaxy Phone on May 3rd in London”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Apr. 16, 2012 at 11:08am
Intel Corporation announced today the Intel Solid-State Drive 330 Series (Intel SSD 330 Series), a SATA 6 gigabit-per-second (Gb/s) solid-state drive (SSD) that gives consumers a more affordable entry into the accelerated storage performance of Continue reading “Intel Announces The Budget Friendly Solid-State Drive 330 Series”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Apr. 16, 2012 at 10:58am
Western Digital today announced it is now shipping the new WD VelociRaptor 1 TB hard drive, which is the largest capacity 10,000 RPM hard drive on the market today. Designed for high-performance PCs, Mac computers Continue reading “WD Launches New VelociRaptor Hard Drives – 1TB Version”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Apr. 16, 2012 at 8:24am
Patriot Memory today announced the launch of their Extreme Performance SDHC/SDXC UHS-I flash storage cards. Featuring ultra-fast transfer rates of up to 50 MB/S (read) and 35 MB/S (write) and expanded storage capacities up to Continue reading “Patriot Memory Introduces New Extreme Performance EP Series”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Apr. 16, 2012 at 8:20am
AMD today launched the Three for Free promotion, which bundling a free full copy of Dirt Showdown, Nexuiz and Deus Ex: Human Revolution with each AMD Radeon HD 7900 Series graphics card. In addition to Continue reading “AMD Announces The Three For Free Promo and Video Card Price Cuts”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Apr. 16, 2012 at 8:05am
It wasn’t long ago that a 10,000 RPM spinning VelociRaptor drive was the pinnacle of computer storage performance and enthusiasts flocked to them. Now that the SSD has proliferated, many have forgotten about these once coveted drives. Western Digital as increased the capacity to 1TB and upped the performance 25%. How will it compete with the likes of hybrid drives and the older VelociRaptor drives? Read on to see.
By Joe Evans •
Apr. 16, 2012 at 12:00am
Looks like Crytek has been busy updating their CryENGINE 3 SDK, which they have updated to version 3.4.0. The update brings more tools for users to make use of, like improved character tessellation, adaptive tessellation, Continue reading “Crytek Shows Off CryENGINE 3 SDK 3.4.0 Update”. …more
By rlemar •
Apr. 15, 2012 at 1:39pm
With NVIDIA’s release of the GeForce GTX 680, the previous flagship product, the GTX 580, has had its production halted. The GeForce GTX 580 which released back on November 9th, 2010, was the fastest single-GPU Continue reading “NVIDIA Halts Production Of GeForce GTX 580”. …more
By rlemar •
Apr. 14, 2012 at 4:19pm
In what looks to be a stroke of misfortune for Apple, the U.S. Department Of Justice (DOJ) has decided to bring a lawsuit against Apple alongside a group of publishing companies for trying to price Continue reading “Apple Sued By Department Of Justice For Price-Fixing E-Books”. …more
By rlemar •
Apr. 14, 2012 at 3:39pm