Microsoft Corp said on Thursday it will offer a free downloadable video game to users of its Xbox online gaming service after the network was plagued with connection troubles over the holidays. Games sold on Continue reading “Microsoft promises free game after online woes”.
Micro-Star International (MSI) is preparing to introduce a low-cost PC product line in June at the earliest, according to Sambora Chen, director of Greater China sales. The first low-cost PCs from the company will be Continue reading “MSI prepping launch of low-cost PCs in June”.
Well, that was short: Intel has announced it is leaving the One Laptop Per Child project. The news, first reported Thursday by The Wall Street Journal in an e-mail alert, comes just six months after Continue reading “Intel leaves the OLPC after dispute”.
SanDisk Corporation and PNY Technologies today announced that PNY has signed a patent cross-license agreement with SanDisk to settle patent cases filed by SanDisk last year in Federal District Court and the International Trade Commission Continue reading “PNY Signs License Agreement with SanDisk to Settle Patent Litigation”.
Corsair announced today that it is expanding its Flash Voyager and Flash Survivor USB family lines with new 32GB capacity offerings. The new Corsair 32GB Flash Voyager and Flash Survivor USB drives will be debuted Continue reading “Corsair Introduces 32GB High-Density USB Flash Drives”.
Bill Gates is spending $30 million on the U.S. presidential campaign for a cause, not a candidate. The world’s richest man plans to make education the No. 1 domestic priority with voters. The Gates foundation, Continue reading “Bill Gates Donates $30 Million to Make Education a Campaign Issue”.
VIA Technologies merged its PC chipset division under that of CPUs in the fourth quarter of last year. Going forward the division will mainly focus on supporting the company’s own-brand CPU platforms and will slowly Continue reading “VIA merges chipset division under CPU”.
Chinese website Yeston has a ton of pictures posted of the upcoming GeForce 8800 GS 384MB and GeForce 8800 GS 768MB graphics cards. The site reports that it will cost less than the NVIDIA GeForce Continue reading “NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS 384MB and 768MB Video Card Pictures Leak Out”.
Lexar Media today announced its line of Crucial solid state drives (SSD). Crucial SSDs are more durable, require less power, and offer greater overall system performance than traditional hard disk drives. The SSDs will be Continue reading “Lexar Media Announces Crucial Solid State Drive (SSD) Product Line”.
Happy New Year, everyone! Here’s hoping for a year of awesome reviews! Take a look at the reviews from the end of last year and the first of this year by visiting our forums! Check Continue reading “January 2 News from Around the Web”.
If you like to hear about rumors, this is a good one for you. NVIDIA is rumored to be acquired by Intel! Stalk talk site Optionetics was the first to point out something was up Continue reading “NVIDIA Takeover? Rumors Spread About Intel Buying NVIDIA”.
Crude oil rose to $100 a barrel for the first time in New York, reflecting an industry struggling to find deposits at a time of record demand. Oil touched $100 today, extending last year’s 57 Continue reading “Crude oil rose to $100 a barrel for the first time in New York”.
A newly created company called SolarReserve intends to commercialize a solar power plant capable of generating electricity and storing it in molten salt. The venture was created by investment firm US Renewables Group, which has Continue reading “Generating Electric – SolarReserve stores solar power with molten salt”.
Wireless chipmaker Qualcomm Inc. said on Wednesday an unfavorable ruling in a patent dispute with Broadcom Corp would hurt its business in the short term, sending its shares lower. A federal judge in California ruled Continue reading “Qualcomm says Broadcom ruling to hurt in short term”.
ASRock has recently launched its first high-end motherboard, the 4Core1600P35-WiFi+ adopting Intel’s P35 chipset. Although the P35 will only support up to 1333MHz FSB officially, ASRock has enabled support for up to 1600MHz, according to Continue reading “ASRock launches the first high-end motherboard – 4Core1600P35-WiFi+”.
