HOT HEADLINES
It has been predicted that existing manufacturing materials used in microchips will eventually hit a wall that no amount of R & D can overcome. As a result researchers are looking into several other technologies such as Graphene."When current silicon transistor technology goes below 10 nanometers in size, it's predicted it will run into...
Read more...
Video:NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2 @ Modders-Inc.comPalit GeForce 9800GTX Review @ GamepyreZotac GeForce 9800GTX AMP Edition @ t-breakMotherboards and Chipsets:MSI P7N SLI Platinum Motherboard Review @ NVNewsGigabyte GA-X48T-DQ6 Mainboard Review @ X-bit LabsProcessors:Intel Core 2 Duo E7200 - The New Budget Superstar? @ TechgageMemory and Storage:Sans...
Read more...
Microsoft continues to purchase smaller companies with intriguing technologies while they wait for Yahoo. The latest of such acquisitions, Farecast, has managed to slip by without so much as an official press release from Microsoft.So who is Farecast and why did Microsoft find them irresistible?"The Seattle startup tries to predict whether...
Read more...
As hard as it may be to believe, Windows XP SP3 has finally shipped to manufacturing. Users will be able to download it on 4/29.Keroack confirmed that date today. "We are also in the final stages of preparing for release to the Web on April 29, via Windows Update and the Microsoft Download Center," he said.Users will be able to update...
Read more...
On Monday Skype, announced new subscription plans that allow flat-rate unlimited calling to 34 countries. It should be noted that for Skype defines unlimited as 10,000 minutes / month; after that standard fees apply. Of course, 10,000 minutes equates to about 5 hours a day, so what the...
Read more...
While the rest of the world tries to figure out if this company is legit or not, Psystar keeps chugging along. And now, they say their first PCs are shipping!So, is it a hoax or not? Mac clone builder Psystar has experienced in just one week all the good and bad today’s Internet has to...
Read more...
WD ANNOUNCES WD VELOCIRAPTOR -- THE WORLD’S FASTEST SATA HARD DRIVE Next-generation 10,000 RPM, 2.5-inch, 300 GB SATA Hard Drive, WD VelociRaptor is 35 Percent Faster and Twice the Capacity of the Previous Performance King LAKE FOREST, CALIF. - Apr. 21, 2008 - WD (NYSE: WDC) announced today that it is now shipping WD VelociRaptor hard drives,...
Read more...
Google is the the most powerful brand name in the world according to survey firm Millward Brown, with an estimated value of $86 billion. Google is one of those companies whose name becomes synonymous with the product or service it provides, and even becomes a verb. If you don't believe me...
Read more...
Western Digital is unveiling a brand new enthusiast-class hard drive today, the 10K RPM Velociraptor WD3000GLFS. Like the previous generation WD Raptors that came before it, the 300GB WD Velociraptor shares the aforementioned 10K RPM spindle speed, and they have the same 16MB buffer...
Read more...
It was almost inevitable that China or India would eventually surpass the US in the total number of Internet users. Both countries have about four times the population of the United States. China already has the most cellphone users, and now it has the most people online as well. The number of Chinese on the Internet hit more than 220 million...
Read more...
Western Digital's Raptor line of high performance hard drives has been a long-time favorite of PC enthusiasts since its introduction several years ago. When WD's Raptors first hit, their 10K RPM spindle speeds allowed for much lower access times than the more common 7200...
Read more...
The proposed cyber-attack against CNN has been called off, but it probably just goes to prove their initial point regarding basic rights issues such as freedom of speech & freedom of the press. If you haven't followed the story up until now, here's a little background:"Pro-China hackers had called for the attack in protest of the news...
Read more...
Apple's latest incarnation of OS X, Leopard, apparently has had a hard time making the grade when it comes to accessing the New York City Department of Education's WiFi network."Apple is scrambling to address the WiFi connectivity issue within its Leopard operating system. The fix appears set to be included in the bug fixes of the upcoming...
Read more...
Not news gamers or uber-geeks are likely to take well, as NVIDIA has admitted that their 790i chipset may cause data corruption if overclocked.Apparently, when computer enthusiasts overclock processor system bus (PSB) and memory clock-speeds on systems that are based on Nvidia nForce...
Read more...
At the Ad:Tech conference in San Francisco this week George Kliavkoff, Chief Digital Officer at NBC Universal, discussed their interest in returning to digital distribution via 3rd parties. They didn’t name any names, but it seems clear that they were talking about Apple because they already distribute digitally and via third parties,...
Read more...
Psystar, the maker of the so called “Open Computer” series, is now being actively investigated by various web communities. One of which has dug up some fairly interesting information:"First, let's revisit what we already know. Not only does the Miami Chamber of Commerce and BBB not know anything about any company named Psystar (confirmed...
Read more...
The next-generation Eee PC is due to hit shore shelves on May 12th and carry a price tag of $549, a rather modest hike over current models which top out at $499 for the 8GB SSD/1GB RAM model. So what does the extra $50 buy? Quite a lot actually: "The Linux version of the Eee PC will come with a 4GB SSD + an additional 16GB internal flash...
Read more...
Video:Inno3D Geforce 9800GTX Overclock (512MB DDR3) @ CPU3DASUS EN8800GT 1GB Graphics Card @ TweaktownXFX 8800 GS XXX Alpha Dog Video Card Review @ I4UPowerColor AX3650 512MD2 @ Overclockers OnlineMotherboards and Chipsets:MSI P35 Platinum Combo Review @ [H]ASUS P5E3 Premium WIFI Ap@n @ Bjorn3DProcessors:Intel's Core 2 Quad Q9300 and Core...
Read more...
Vista certainly had a less-than-smooth delivery, and there are still lingering issues that keep some away. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer recently addressed the issue in a speech he gave at Microsoft’s Most Valuable Partners conference.Here’s an excerpt:“Windows Vista: A work in progress. [Laughter, applause.] A very important piece of work,...
Read more...
It's been bandied around for some time: a subscription-based version of Microsoft Office, and on Friday, Microsoft launched just such a service, code-named Albany, in private beta form. Albany includes more than just Office, however.“Albany” is the codename for a new all-in-one...
Read more...
Many have written about how Apple was using iTunes Update to push Safari onto PCs. It was listing Safari as an update even if Safari wasn't on the computer originally. Humorously, since then stories have emerged about IT departments having to scramble to remove Safari as the default browser on...
Read more...
We had an interesting press release from NextComputing cross the news wire recently that we wanted to share with you all. If you're unfamiliar with NextComputing, they specialize in field deployable distributed computing appliances designed for a number of different types of work environments, that are also compatible with off-the...
Read more...
