On Friday, Microsoft announced that a beta version of Windows Vista Service pack 2 will be available some time next week. In addition to Blu-ray, Vista SP2 will add support for Bluetooth 2.1 as well Continue reading “Vista SP2 beta out next week”.
Western Digital, one of the worlds largest hard drive manufacturers, saw their profits triple over the last fiscal quarter as the company’s sales beat expectations. The company said it earned $211 million, or 93 cents Continue reading “Western Digital earnings triple”.
Another Microsoft patch and another exploit. Microsoft responded quickly with an additional patch. Just hours after Microsoft posted details of a critical Windows bug, new attack code that exploits the flaw has surfaced. It took Continue reading “Another Critical Microsoft Bug”.
NVIDIA just dropped us a quick note to let inform LR that Badaboom is available for purchase from today for $29.99 USD from the Elemental Technologies website. A trial version will also be available for Continue reading “Badaboom Media Converter, It’s done!”.
Online DVD rental company Netflix Inc said on Wednesday that some of Samsung Electronics Co Ltd’s Blu-ray DVD devices can now play video streamed over the Web from Netflix. The Samsung/Netflix alliance is the fourth Continue reading “Netflix, Samsung in streaming partnership”.
Samsung called off its $5.85 billion offer to acquire chipmaker SanDisk on Wednesday. But the move looks less like Samsung walking away from a deal as it does the beginning of a hard-fought — and Continue reading “Media Says Samsung Isn’t Done with SanDisk”.
Intel is planning to introduce the Montevina Refresh for notebooks in April, according to sources at notebook makers. The company will launch two processors along with the new platform, the Core 2 Duo T9900 and Continue reading “Intel planning Montevina Refresh notebook platform for April next year”.
Microsoft announced today in a blog post that service pack 2 for Office 2007 will becoming between February and April of 2009. Microsoft has also confirmed that Vista service pack two will be coming, but Continue reading “Microsoft Office and Vista getting new service packs”.
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)issued preliminary guidelines today for thousands of new domain name suffixes. This is the first major change to the Internet’s 25 year old address system, and one Continue reading “Draft rules issued for new Net suffixes”.
Super Talent Technology today announced two new ultra-small solid-state drives (SSDs) that were developed using Intel technology for use in UMPC (Ultra Mobile PC) and DMB (Digital Multimedia Broadcasting) devices. The drives are just 1.0-inch Continue reading “Super Talent Develops Super Small Solid-State Drives”.
For those who do not know about Android it is an open-source mobile wireless operating system by Google (and the Open Handset Alliance). With smart phones being packed with more and more hardware it is Continue reading “Android open-source finally released”.
Driven by the falling market and investor dissatisfaction over the failed Microsoft buyout, Yahoo will fire at least 1,500 employees after their stock plummets 64% in 3Q. The purge outlined Tuesday represents a 10 percent Continue reading “Yahoo firing 1,500 workers; 3q profits fall 64pct”.
Sony releases EverQuest Seeds of Destruction, the 15th expansion pack for the gene defining online game. Seeds of Destruction is the unprecedented 15th expansion for EverQuest, and is available via digital download at www.everquest.com for Continue reading “EverQuest Franchise Reaches Video Game Milestone”.
Super Talent Technology today launched a new family of high performance, feature rich Luxio USB drives in capacities up to 64GB. All Luxio models will begin shipping this week and the64GB Luxio drives are expected Continue reading “Super Talent Announces A Massive 64GB USB 2.0 Flash Drive!”.
Corsair announced today that it is launching a full line of DDR3 performance memory products designed for Intel Core i7 processor. The kits range in price from $120 to $475 depending on what speed and Continue reading “Corsair Launches DDR3 Triple Pack Memory Kits for Intel Core i7 Platforms”.
