A Navy SEAL sacrificed his life to save his comrades by throwing himself on top of a grenade Iraqi insurgents tossed into their sniper hideout, fellow members of the elite force said. Monsoor, a 25-year-old Continue reading “Navy SEAL falls on grenade to save comrades”.…more
After months of deliberation and a crucial flight test, the Federal Aviation Administration cleared Armadillo Aerospace on Thursday to compete for a share of the $2 million Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge. The rocket-powered, remote-control Continue reading “Lunar lander prototype passes test – Armadillo Flies!”.…more
deo game console leader Sony Corp. on Thursday demonstrated the online service for its upcoming PlayStation 3, which will let players compete and chat online and download games, music and movies. Gamers have long been Continue reading “Sony gives PlayStation 3 online service details”.…more
NVIDIA Corporation today announced NVPerfKit 2.1, a comprehensive suite of next-generation performance tools for the debugging and profiling of OpenGL and Direct3D software applications for Windows and Linux. Developers working on 32- and 64-bit Linux Continue reading “NVIDIA Announces NVPerfKit 2.1 Suite of Tools”.…more
Visa International and MasterCard Inc. have stopped accepting credit card transactions for purchases of online music made on a Russian Web site accused of selling music illegally, officials for both payment systems said Wednesday. Now Continue reading “Credit card firms cut off AllofMP3.com”.…more
Executives of Samsung Electronics and Hynix Semiconductor have been indicted as part of a U.S. government investigation into price fixing in the memory chip business, the Department of Justice said. A federal grand jury in Continue reading “Samsung, Hynix execs indicted over price fixing”.…more
Advanced Micro Devices said Wednesday that it grew its sales sequentially 9% in the third quarter, beating Wall Street estimates and matching rival Intel’s pace of growth during the same period.But the ongoing price war Continue reading “Margin Woes Crush AMD – Fell 4%”.…more