Microsoft Corp. said on Wednesday it would launch an HD DVD player for its Xbox 360 game console on November 22 in Japan for 20,790 yen ($177), matching rival Sony Corp.’s PlayStation 3 in high-definition Continue reading “Microsoft Xbox360 HD DVD player Japan launch in Nov”.
Micro Star International (MSI) on September 19 unveiled its P965 Platinum motherboard, which the company claims is the industry’s first motherboard based on Intel’s P965 chipsets supporting ATI Technologies’ CrossFire dual-card graphics technology for the Continue reading “MSI unveils P965 Platinum with CrossFire support”.
Yahoo! sent Internet stocks into free fall Tuesday when it warned that its third quarter is looking soft. The news comes just two months after Yahoo! disappointed Wall Street with a soft second-quarter report and Continue reading “Yahoo! sees the third quarter as looking soft”.
On your office break take a look around and see if any of the copiers listed below happen to be near your cube. If they are you are at risk as these copiers might catch Continue reading “Canon recalling 800,000 photocopiers”.
pple and Dell laptop owners travelling on Virgin Atlantic international flights are being asked to remove the gadget’s batteries before take-off. This will limit laptop use as the majority of seats on Virgin jets are Continue reading “Virgin Atlantic Airways bans ‘fire hazard’ Dell and Apple laptops”.
Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday announced 20 lawsuits against resellers allegedly engaged in the distribution of infringing software and software components. The lawsuits, filed against 20 defendants throughout the United States, are against companies that allegedly Continue reading “Microsoft files 20 software lawsuits in nine states”.
An oxygen generator on the international space station overheated and spilled a toxic irritant Monday, forcing the three-man crew to don masks and gloves in the first emergency ever declared aboard the 8-year-old orbiting outpost. Continue reading “Space station crew cleans up toxic spill”.
Toshiba said Tuesday it would replace about 340,000 laptop computer batteries made by Sony, the latest in a string of Sony battery woes. The batteries, used in Dynabook and Dynabook Satellite laptops manufactured between March Continue reading “Toshiba recalls 340,000 Sony laptop batteries”.
Intel is expected by the end of this month to officially name its Kentsfield quad-core desktop processor as the “Core 2 Quadro,” with the first model to be an Extreme version, the Core 2 Extreme Continue reading “Intel quad-core Kentsfield to be named Core 2 Quadro, expected in November”.
The Inq is reporting that they believe that the ATI R600 will be consuming an insane 250 Watts of power per card when they are released to the public. Running ATI Crossfire with this system Continue reading “Rumor: ATI’s R600 will consume over 250W (500W CrossFire)”.
Seagate’s foray into perpendicular recording technology continues to impress. At the IDEMA DISKCON, Seagate demonstrated technology featuring densities of 421 gigabits per square inch. That translates roughly to 2.5TB 3.5″ HDDs, and 500GB 2.5″ HDDs. Continue reading “2.5TB HDDs slated for 2009”.
Segway Inc. is recalling all 23,500 of the self-balancing scooters it has shipped because of a software glitch that can make its wheels unexpectedly reverse direction, throwing off the rider — and in at least Continue reading “Segway recalls all scooters; software problem can cause falls”.
The Inq is reporting on rumors that AMD has removed FB-DIMMs from their roadmap for 2008, which doesn’t shock us as Intel was the major force behing getting FB-DIMMs out the door and to the Continue reading “No Shocker Here – AMD Not Going To Use FB-DIMMS”.
Toshiba and Micron Technology have agreed to settle all pending NAND flash memory-related litigation between Toshiba and Lexar Media, which Micron acquired in June. Under the deal, Toshiba will purchase certain of Micron’s semiconductor technology Continue reading “Micron, Toshiba Settle Lexar Litigation”.
The nonprofit group behind a popular blacklist used to block spam has been hit with a multimillion-dollar judgment, but the order may not be enforceable. The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois Continue reading “Spam fighter hit with $11.7 million judgment”.