Installing Windows XP Service Pack 3 sends some PCs into an endless series of reboots, according to posts to a Microsoft support forum. Jesper Johansson, a former program manager for security policy at Microsoft and Continue reading “Microsoft Windows XP SP3 cripples some AMD based PCs”.
Research in Motion officially took the wraps off the highly anticipated and much-rumored smartphone, complete with a new name. The “Bold” is in reference to the smartphone’s gorgeous display, but it’s also bold in that Continue reading “RIM unveils BlackBerry Bold/BlackBerry 9000”.
Google plans to switch some of its servers over to solid-state drive-based (SSD-based) storage supplied by Intel in order to lower electricity consumption, according to sources at memory makers. The more power efficient SSDs will Continue reading “Intel gains SSD orders from Google, say sources”.
Brooke Crothers over at CNET Networks got a chance to speak with NVIDIA CEO Jen-Hsun Huang this week about why NVIDIA is going after Intel so publicly. It seems that Jen-Hsun is upset that Intel Continue reading “Nvidia CEO discusses his beef with Intel – Larrabee Ticks Him Off”.
In what has to be mixed news for anyone who uses a BitTorrent client, Judge Florence-Marie Cooper of the U.S. District Court awarded the judgment to the Motion Picture Association of America, the MPAA announced Continue reading “Judge Hits TorrentSpy With $111M Damages”.
Playing video games does not turn children into deranged, blood-thirsty super-killers, according to a new book by a pair of Harvard researchers. Lawrence Kutner and Cheryl Olson, a husband-and-wife team at Harvard Medical School, detail Continue reading “Video games don’t create killers, new book says”.
AMD is planning to launch its 45nm server processor Shanghai in the second half of this year, which features HyperTransport 3.0, instruction-per clock enhancement (IPC) and will have its L3 cache increased from 2MB to Continue reading “AMD Reveals Its Future Server Lineup”.
Circuit City, the electronics retail chain, has effectively put itself up for sale. Circuit City announced today that it has hired Goldman Sachs & Co to help explore strategic alternatives, and would allow the video Continue reading “Circuit City Opens Its Books to Blockbuster”.
No taint of ill repute could deter the worldwide rush for “Grand Theft Auto IV,” a notoriously violent video game that racked up a record $500 million in estimated retail sales globally in its first Continue reading “Grand Theft Auto IV steals record for first-week sales: $500 million”.
One of the industry’s most scalable virtualization servers is now available from Dell and based on the Quad-Core AMD Opteron processor, AMD today announced. Enterprise customers interested in consolidating server infrastructure may turn to two Continue reading “Dell Virtualization Servers Feature Quad-Core AMD Opteron Processors”.
Mushkin just announced the launch of a new high performance line of memory modules aimed at the power gamer market. Called Ascent, the new line raises the bar on its Redline and XP premium memory Continue reading “Mushkin Announces Ascent Memory Modules With eVCI Cooling”.
Intel Corporation, Samsung Electronics and TSMC today announced they have reached agreement on the need for industry-wide collaboration to target a transition to larger, 450mm-sized wafers starting in 2012. The transition to larger wafers will Continue reading “Intel & Samsung Agree on 450mm Wafer Manufacturing”.
OCZ Technology just announced the world’s first 4GB DDR3 memory kit that operates at 2GHz. The PC3-16000 4GB (2x2048MB) DDR3 dual channel kits and are backed by an industry-leading lifetime warranty that overclockers have come Continue reading “OCZ Technology Announces First 4GB DDR3 Memory Kit at 2GHz”.
Noctua just announced its new premium class CPU cooler, the NH-C12P. Being equipped with 6 heat pipes and the award-winning NF-P12 120mm fan, the NH-C12P achieves excellent performance and outstanding quietness of operation. The down-facing Continue reading “Noctua announces the NH-C12P 6 heat pipe CPU cooler”.
Microsoft Corp walked away from its bid to buy Yahoo Inc on Saturday after the Internet company turned down its offer to raise the price by $5 billion to $47.5 billion. Microsoft’s offer was for Continue reading “Microsoft withdraws offer to buy Yahoo Inc.”.
