I can’t wait to get my hands on one (or three) of these drives! Should be a nice boost in data transfer performance for many situations. And hopefully the risk of storage errors will be Continue reading “Samsung Solid-State Hard Drives Unveiled”.
The first collaborative effort by gaming industry leader XFX and the worlds No. 1 ranked gamer, Johnathan Fatal1ty Wendel debuted today. The 7600 GT Fatal1ty Professional Series Video Card is touted as quite possibly the Continue reading “XFX Launches 7600 GT Fatal1ty Professional Series – 650MHz”.
Skype, the Internet calling service owned by eBay, said Tuesday that as of January 1 it would begin charging $30 a year for unlimited calls to landline and mobile phones within the United States and Continue reading “Skype’s free call plan to charge annual fee”.
Apple shares hit a monthly low Tuesday after a report on slowing song sales in the iTunes Music Store apparently tempered investor enthusiasm, but even the author of the report said Apple shouldn’t worry too Continue reading “Apple Sales Are Off-Key on iTunes, But Don’t Worry?”.
A Christian video game has become the latest battleground in America’s “culture” wars, with its maker claiming it promotes prayer while critics charge it carries a message of violent religious intolerance. The game is set Continue reading “Christian Video Game ‘Left Behind: Eternal Forces’ Causes Controversy”.
Skype released the beta version of Skype 2.2, a software client that allows Windows Mobile smart phones to access the company’s VOIP (voice over Internet Protocol) service over Wi-Fi connections. Too bad phones like Cingular’s Continue reading “Skype releases beta for Windows Mobile smart phones”.
With Windows Vista up and coming, makers of motherboards and VGA cards are now worried they will incur losses from their inventory of low-end products that do not support Microsoft’s new operating system (OS), according Continue reading “Non-Vista-supporting motherboards and video cards are the suck”.
At the International Electron Device Meeting (IEDM) today, IBM and AMD presented papers describing the use of immersion lithography, ultra-low-K interconnect dielectrics, and multiple enhanced transistor strain techniques for application to the 45nm microprocessor process Continue reading “AMD and IBM Talk About 45NM Chips with Immersion and Ultra Low-K”.
These mods will make you look at your own case and sigh in disgust The premise is simple – take some of the mods published on the site in the past year and ask the Continue reading “Mod Of The Year 2006”.
Micron Technology has purchased the image-sensor business of privately held Avago Technologies in a deal worth at least $53 million, the memory maker announced Monday Avago’s 90-person imaging team will join Micron, which already makes Continue reading “Micron Technology (Crucial Memory) Buys Avago Tech”.
Red 5 Studios, an online video-game developer led by members of the team behind the wildly popular “World of Warcraft” game, said on Monday it has raised $18.5 million in venture capital. Mark Kern, Red Continue reading “Red 5 – Online video game studio gets cash infusion”.
Research In Motion is suing Samsung, claiming that the name of the company’s new BlackJack smart phone is too similar to that of RIM’s own BlackBerry devices. The suit was filed Friday in U.S. District Continue reading “RIM sues Samsung over BlackJack name”.
AMD has selected United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) to produce its next-generation ATI RS690 chipsets at the 80nm node, according to the Chinese-language Economic Daily News (EDN). This will be the first chipset that will be Continue reading “UMC to make AMD RS690 at 80nm, paper says”.
The Humper Flash Drive company has announced their first humping dog USB flash drive called the Hump Drive 180. Not only does it have a nice er tail, it also comes with a clean up Continue reading “Not Your Average USB Key – The Humper”.
Approximately 800,000 UCLA affiliates have been warned about their personal information, including SSN’s, being exposed by hackers for nearly a year! That’s a long time for a hacker to have control of a system! The Continue reading “UCLA Database Hacked!”.
