Super Bowl viewers in Tucson, AZ, got bonus coverage at a pivotal point in last night’s game when when cable provider Comcast showed a short and extremely graphic porn clip during the final moments of Continue reading “Porn Interrupts Superbowl TV Coverage”.
DRAM spot prices have trended upwards since Qimonda filed for bankruptcy last week. The German DRAM maker’s insolvency announcement is expected to reduce supply growth, helping to stabilize pricing and mitigate the oversupply-driven downturn. “Qimonda’s Continue reading “Qimonda insolvency improves oversupply-driven downturn; DRAM spot prices up”.
ASUS today announced its most powerful and long-lasting Eee PC yet the 1000HE. Available for pre-order from selected online E-tailers, the Eee PC 1000HE netbook offers more power, longer battery life, and increased comfort. It Continue reading “ASUS Announces the Upgraded Eee PC 1000HE Netbook For Pre”.
Kurt Warner fumbles the ball in the final seconds of Super Bowl XLIII and the ball was recovered by the Pittsburgh Steelers. Game over for the Cardinals. Pittsburgh wins, 27-23, to become the only team Continue reading “EA Sports Predicts Super Bowl XLIII Correctly – Pittsburgh Steelers Win By 4 Points”.
The Legit Reviews Folding Team (#38296) has reached another major milestone today as it has surpassed the 55 million point barrier. The team currently has 48 active members with 307 processors running daily, which is Continue reading “Legit Reviews Folding Team #38296 Breaks 55 Million Points – Ranked 86th”.
Lenovo IdeaPad Y530 Notebook @ HotHardware.com and other reviews from around the web cab be found by visiting our forums! Lenovo’s IdeaPad series of notebooks is quite different than the company’s popular line up of Continue reading “January 30 News from Around the Web”.
I must have missed this story, but on Wednesday NVIDIA named the chairman of Stanford University’s computer science department as its new chief scientist, a particularly important position for the world’s largest graphics chip supplier Continue reading “NVIDIA Hires Bill Dally as new chief scientist”.
This afternoon I received an e-mail from Gilbert Fiorentino, the CEO TigerDirect, and he wanted to clear the air on the various reports regarding the reason that EVGA products are no longer being sold on Continue reading “TigerDirect CEO Says ‘We decided to discontinue the relationship [with EVGA]””.
ELSA Japan and Lucidlogix have announced an an agreement to deploy Lucids HYDRA based chip in ELSA Japan High Performance products. The companies have teamed up to transform high performance computing in the Japanese marketplace. Continue reading “ELSA Japan and LucidLogix Launch Computing Products in Japan”.
In the business world, that amorphous concept called “consumer confidence” is measured in dozens of metrics, algorithms, and white papers. In the real world, there are Super Bowl ads. So, unsurprisingly, if you look at Continue reading “Tech ads on the sidelines at this year’s Super Bowl”.
apanese electronics maker Hitachi Ltd. predicted it would post a massive net loss this fiscal year and said it will slash about 7,000 jobs as part of a global restructuring plan. Battered by plunging demand, Continue reading “Hitachi forecasts $7.7 billion loss, cutting 7,000 jobs”.
Dell Inc is plotting a foray into the cell phone arena as early as next month, making and selling smartphones to revitalize a business walloped by crumbling PC sales and pitting the firm against Apple, Continue reading “Dell Thinking About Making A Smartphone – Watch Out Applie iPhone”.
Our story yesterday about TigerDirect.com dropping EVGA products from their retail site made it all over the internet yesterday, but today we have cleared up part of the mystery. One of our contacts at EVGA Continue reading “EVGA Products Not Listed on TigerDirect.com Was a Business Decision”.
ATI has just released Catalyst 9.1 for Windows Vista, Windows XP and Linux platforms on http://ati.amd.com/support/driver.html. This software suite includes Radeon display driver 8.573 and full OpenGL 3.0 extension support. It also fixes numerous bugs Continue reading “ATI Releases Catalyst 9.1 Video Card Drivers for Windows and Linux”.
An effort to delay the February 17 deadline for a nationwide switch to digital television failed in the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday after Republicans blocked the move. The legislation is backed by President Continue reading “House fails to pass digital TV delay bill”.
