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Sony is studying scaling down its plasma television business and may withdraw from it completely by the end of next year, industry sources said yesterday.
Intel informed its channel partners in Taiwan that it plans to stop manufacturing four desktop-use Pentium D processors (model numbers 830, 840, 930 and 940) by the end of 2006, according to channel sources. The latest date to accept orders for these four Pentium D CPUs is set on December 15, 2006, with the latest delivery to be done on March 9, 2007, the sources said, noting that Intel also promised help distributors in clearing inventories.
Westlake Village (CA) - 2006 is on track to become the most interesting year for the processor industry since the end of the Gigahertz race. With Intel prepping a new architecture and AMD set to defend its lead with its AM2 platform, customers should see a wave of innovation that goes well beyond clock speed. Tom"s Hardware got a first impression of the capability of the AM2 platform.
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Recently the "in progress" operating system hit Milestone 3 (Build 6780) and has a street date of June 3, 2009. But many web sites that posted videos showcasing cool features discovered in the latest build have up and vanished since early this morning. While there are plenty of screenshots to go around, watching Milestone 3 in action seems out of the question.
It seems as though Microsoft is taking complaints about bloating in Windows Vista seriously and has decided to leave a few features off the plate for Windows 7.
On Tuesday, Dell launched its new line of OptiPlex commercial desktop solutions, including the OptixPlex 960, OptixPlex 760, OptixPlex 360 and OptiPlex FX160. The OptiPlex FX160 is Dellň€™s very first thin client.
San Jose (CA) - Dell today announced the most expensive consumer PC the company has offered in several years. The XPS 600 Renegade comes with any feature a computer enthusiast could desire these days. There"s a heavily overclocked dual-core Pentium processor, four graphics processors with 2 GB of memory, a standalone physics processor and a 30" display. Dell has been trying for some time to attract the attention of computer enthusiasts with its XPS series gaming PCs. Despite latest technology, the success of the high-end XPS machines has been meager and could not hide the fact that any XPS is a mass market product with limited appeal to enthusiasts.
Internet Explorer rivals are opposing the company"s proposal for a ballot screen that would allow users to choose which browser they want to use.
A-DATA is forced to use an invisible numbering system on all of its DRAM modules.
Round Rock (TX) - Several notebook builders are expected to announce the first wave of Core 2 Duo systems today. This includes Dell, which has deployed the new processor, previously code-named "Merom", across its product family of XPS, Inspiron and Latitude notebooks as well as Precision mobile workstations. The company promises that it will begin shipping the new notebooks within a week.
Claiming a worlds-first product, LG has out a Blu-ray burner into a new NAS machine.
Canadian memory outfit Concord Idea gave us a sneak peak at their new FB-DIMM modules at Computex. Designed for use in mission critical servers and performance workstations, Concerned tells us that their new SyncMAX modules can provide a high-speed data transfer rate with 533, 667 or 800 Mb/s DDR2 components, with a throughput peak of a whopping 6.4 GB/s.
San Clemente (CA) - Legacy Electronics is offering a 4 GB DDR2-667 fully buffered dual in-line memory module (FB-DIMM) with certification for Intel chipsets and Computer Memory Test Labs (CMTL) requirements.
Following a rebound in contract prices last month, Nanya Technology predicts that the average contract price should grow 5% on tighter DRAM supply, according to Nanya vice president of global sales and marketing, Pei-lin Pai, as quoted in the Chinese-language Apple Daily News
Microsoft this week announced its second-quarter results, which must have the company fairly happy as it hit record revenue at $19.02 billion for the second quarter ended Dec. 31, 2009, a 14 percent increase from the same period of the prior year.
The ACSI study for the second quarter of this year indicates an increasing frustration of users with Windows Vista. Users mostly complain about poor usability, compatibility problems, slower performance compared to Windows XP and substantial hardware requirements. The dissatisfaction with Vista also affected most major Windows-PC vendors. Apple continues to improve its reputation while Google and Yahoo lead the e-business satisfaction index.
After seeing NAND flash contract prices begin to fall again in the second half of November,as bit growth from memory makers began to hit the market research firm, InSpectrum is maintaining a conservative forecast for the upcoming first half of December contract prices, with the market research company expecting low-density parts to drop the most.
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San Francisco (CA) - In one of the more elaborate technology demonstrations of this year"s Spring IDF, Intel devoted part of one of its Tuesday afternoon keynotes to premiere its "Robson" Flash cache technology, which will be used to accelerate boot time of operating systems as well as applications. According to Intel, the technology may also bring some power saving benefits to Merom- and Conroe-based systems.
Miami (FL) - It appears that one lucky customer has finally received his Psystar Open Computer and he made a video to prove it. The video of the Mac clone shows the machine booting up and running Mac OS X Leopard.
Pre CES 2007 coverage - Sunnyvale (CA) - Fujitsu has developed what is calls the industry"s first H.264 format video-processing IC for HD recording and playback, which it will demonstrate at next week"s Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas.
Chatsworth (CA) - PC component manufacturer Diamond Multimedia today announced that it has begun shipping the HDTV100, a USB PC TV tuner that can receive HD signals, in addition to UHF/VHF and analog cable channels.
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Wrapping up our Computex 2006 coverage for this year, Tom"s Hardware just published a video interview with Jeff Hsieh, chief executive officer of performance memory maker GEIL. Hsieh provides insight not only in the history of his company but also talks about the challenges of catering to overclockers and upcoming technologies, such as DDR3 memory as well as memory modules that integrate their own power supply.
Although the overall DRAM market is rebounding, DRAM makers are now voicing concerns about a potential DRAM inventory buildup, according to industry sources. DRAM makers indicated that present DDR inventory pressure (with both upstream and downstream players) is escalating and a continued drop in DDR prices should further aggravate the issue.
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Bellevue (WA) - The prequel to the first-person shooter Stalker will be available exclusively as a digital download on Valve"s content delivery service Steam.
Santa Clara (CA) - Nvidia has released a free version of its Gelato GPU assisted rendering software. Gelato 2.0 will be available for both Windows and Linux operating systems for free, though users requiring more features can purchase a professional version. The program uses the GPU as a secondary math coprocessor to speed up frame rendering in 3D applications like Maya and 3d Studio Max.
After much anticipation, Wix.com has just launched a new and improved version of its Flash website builder. Wix is introducing a series of new improvements to its editor that will make the customization process of its free website templates better.
Earlier this week, users of AVGň€™s virus scanner accidentally got asked to ň€˜removeň€™ user32.dll, a core system file for the Windows operating system ň€“ by mistake of course.
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The very essence of a netbook is portability. Besides being just small and light, one other key point to portability is battery life -- something that Asus intends to take to the next level with its just-announced Eee 1000HE.
Las Vegas (NV) - Asus today announced that it is introducing a new line of "Wireless for HDMI" products, including accessory devices and embedded designs to simplify connections between home audio and video electronic components. The new products use Tzero ultra wideband and Analog Devices JPEG2000 technologies and are aimed at distribution of high-definition video streams around the home.
Asus is reportedly preparing a late June shipment for its upcoming 11-inch Eee PC netbook, priced at roughly ň‚¬400 or $555.
Attendees of IDF this year were treated to a demonstration of Intelň€™s and DreamWorksň€™ current partnership in 3D movie making
Although the increase in DRAM spot pricing slowed in the week from July 26 to August 1, overall pricing still rose within a 2% range, while in the NAND flash segment, all segments drew attention, with 2Gbit parts enjoying the greatest price increase at 5.5% last week.
Last week Asus announced that it was discontinuing the 8.9-inch Eee PC, reports have emerged that say all netbook vendors are dropping the price of their 8.9-inch models in order to clear inventory. Is this the end of the 8.9 inch netbook?
Softec Brings Fleet Management To A New Level With Altair
IBM continues to dominate the supercomputing industry, according to the Top500 Organization"s latest list of the most powerful computers in the world. Altogether, Big Blue"s systems comprise 219 of the 500 systems included in the bi-annual survey.
Several reports today say that IBM is in talks to purchase Sun Microsystems for a rumored $6.5 billion dollars.
AMD has shown off its first working demonstration of its counter punch to Intel, a six-core Opteron processor code-named ň€śIstanbulň€ť.
Yesterday Craigslist announced that it had filed a lawsuit suing Henry McMaster. Jim Buckmaster also revealed that a restraining order was part of that lawsuit. Henry McMasterň€™s response? Something along the lines of, ň€śFinally!ň€ť
Hollywood (CA) - While Blu-ray has pretty much officially won the high definition media war, the HD DVD release of American Gangster beat out all of its Blu-ray contenders in the last full week of February.
Microsoft wants you to pay to play.
What kind of supercomputer can pre-render HD content, temporarily store it in a virtual cloud, and then stream it across the Internet to numerous portable devices? Why, AMD"s upcoming Fusion Render Cloud, of course!
Everybody has some form of home entertainment system. Ranging from standard televisions with mediocre DVD players to the latest high-definition LCD or plasma displays with custom built HTPCň€™s. Regardless of what you might have in your home right now and what you have paid for it, I bet it doesnň€™t even come close to some of the offerings from Life|ware.
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Eindhoven (The Netherlands) - John Kessels from the technical university of Eindhoven claims that a relatively simple software update as well as the addition of a cable could reduce the fuel consumption of virtually any car on the road today.
Gigabyte United, a joint-venture of Gigabyte Technology and Asustek Computer, has launched its GA-N680SLI-DQ6 high-end gaming platform, featuring the Nvidia nForce 680i SLI MCP chipset, supporting Intel Core 2 Extreme Quad-Core processors, and delivering what the company calls Gigabyte 6-Quad technologies. The board is based around the Nvidia nForce 680i chipset and offers native 1333 FSB support for the latest Intel Core 2 Extreme Quad-Core processors, the company claims.
Vicinity"s formula manufacturing software selected by America"s leading national dairy supplier.
Last week news hit the wire that Microsoft was planning on launching its own antivirus software in the immediate future. The company announced yesterday that weň€™ll see a beta of the software this coming Tuesday.
Raleigh (NC) - AMD scored another design win today with Lenovo announcing that it will build Athlon 64 and Sempron processors into a business-targeted desktop PC: After the J series for home users, the Thinkcentre A60 series is the second model to offer AMD"s CPUs as an alternative to Intel processors.
Steve Jobs took the stage in San Francisco thirty minutes ago and after a few updates about iPods, MacBooks and Apple stores, he made with the goods: Ladies and gentlemen, the incredibly disappointing iPad.
The worldwide storage software market experienced its 12th consecutive quarter of on-year growth in the third quarter of 2006 with revenues of $2.5 billion, representing a 10.7% on-year growth, according to International Data Corporation (IDC). IDC noted that storage replication, one of the largest storage software markets, once again proved to be a major factor driving the sector"s growth.
STMicroelectronics on August 30 announced a new and enhanced version of its 32 Mb flash memory chip that is intended specifically for the automotive market.
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UPDATE 26 July 3:20 PM EST: Samsung"s 4 GB Vista flash SSD to be priced under $200
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New Version of Customer Loyalty Program Provides More Than 15 New Features Inspired by Users
Los Angeles (CA) - At the E3 Expo last week, Jodi Geniesse from Intel showed us the upcoming Arima entertainment PC which is basically a computer integrated into a nice LCD panel. The PC will be Viiv-branded and able to stream video and music across networks. A wireless keyboard is included and is slide under the computer when not in use. A webcam is intergrated into the top of the unit.
Blizzard may already be handing out keys to the highly-anticipated StarCraft II Beta.
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Barcelona (Spain) - Flash memory cards reach the next stage with finger nail-sized MicroSDHC cards hitting the 4 GB mark.
Nvidia recently placed additional orders for wafer starts at 0.14-micron for its AGP8x-based NV34 (FX5200) graphics chips at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), as demand in the entry-level segment remains strong, according to sources. The orders will provide about two million graphics chips per month, the sources indicated.
A new study released by NPD Group today says that the average price for Macs are twice as expensive as those for the "average PC." According to NPDň€™s study the average price for a Windows laptop has dropped from $877 to just $700 today. Although at this point, NPD Group did not reveal what laptops it was referring to.
Time Warner Cable will soon be expanding its bandwidth capping plans to more cities.
Mountain View (CA) - Google"s somewhat underwhelming chat feature inside Gmail has now been energized with integration with the most popular IM service.
In an effort to keep up with other green-leaning manufacturers, Dell has announced that all of its laptops will be LED-backlit by 2010. LEDs, which are mercury-free, are quickly being adopted by laptop and desktop monitor makers in an effort to stay on the good side of environmentalists.
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Chicago (IL) - According to Microsoft, Windows Vista is on a path of success and the operating system is flying off OEM and retail shelves. However, a new survey questions how many of those actual Vista licenses are actually in use, as a new survey claims that a substantial portion of PC buyers chooses to downgrade to Windows XP.
Westlake Village (CA) - A flurry of new computer announcements based on Intel"s latest dual-core processor is hitting the Internet. Several computer companies are releasing specs on business and gaming desktops that use the Intel Core 2 Duo and Core 2 Extreme processors. The processor was official launched today and several companies including Alienware, Dell, Gateway, Velocity Micro and Voodoo PC are introducing new computers.
Silicon Integrated Systems (SiS) today announced the SiS662 chipset, which is targeted at mainstream computer systems based on Pentium 4 and dual-core Pentium D processors. The chipset replaces the 661 model with improved 3D graphics features and one x16 PCI Express interface.
Although Dell doesnň€™t appear as keen in the netbook market as its Taiwanese OEM competitors, the Mini 10 does appear to be just as competitive as anything out there.
Following a recent up-tick in the contract pricing of DRAM and Samsung Electronics" observation of a DRAM shortage, Nanya Technology is echoing the general mood of optimism, indicating that recent demand from PC OEMs is indeed strong.
If you are into first person shooter games, then Crysis is without question the title to watch out for. We had a chance to interview Crytek at E3 and get a first look at the gameplay of Crysis. The storyline isn"t surprising, but the detail and the physics capability of the game that set the game apart from everything we have seen so far.
Orlando (FL) - Fuji, Konica Minolta and Eastman Kodak today released the final specification of "Everplay," a set of rules that promises users to ensure compatibility of today"s digital pictures and movies with future storage media. Formerly known as "picture archiving and sharing standard (PASS)," the group hopes that Everplay makes its way into media post-production and eventually into digital cameras and playback devices thereafter.
Mirchev Ideas Ltd announces the launch of its latest ecommerce software, Summer Cart version 3.0. Newly added features are set to bring tremendous benefits to online merchants.
The Asus Eee brand has transformed into many things. What started out as a moniker for the value-oriented and focused netbook line that sparked a massive trend is now a label for consumer-oriented nettops, monitors and even keyboards.
Markham (ON) - More and more we see graphics cards manufacturers touting the GFLOPs capability of their cards, hinting to the potentially enormous processing power that is hiding in those graphics processors. But those numbers, which recently hit 1 TFLOPs, aren"t exactly comparable with TFLOPs rankings on the Top500.org list, since there are different instructions and there are different ways to calculate these numbers. An example for this dilemma is AMD"s RV670.
Armonk (NY) - An open source initiative led by IBM, Novell and Parity aims to provide users more control of how various tiers of their personal information is shared with different parties on the Internet. Named "Higgins," the project will compete with Microsoft"s InfoCard, which will debut with Internet Explorer 7 and Windows Vista and will allow users to configure multiple ID tiers.
Santa Clara (CA) - Intel is gearing up for its Spring Developer Forum, which will open its doors on April 2 in Shanghai. Senior vice president Pat Gelsinger gave a first outlook what attendees will be able to see in China: Judging by this first presentation, Intel isn"t slowing down and will present a full line of new products ranging from a new Itanium on the high-end, to a six core MP Xeon, more details about the next-gen Nehalem micro architecture, first information about the succeeding 32 nm Sandy Bridge architecture as well as its discrete graphics card and FP accelerator Larrabee.
In various global markets - DRAMeXchange is reporting that first quarter buying activity may be enough to bring the DRAM industry out of its projected slump. According to reports published today at DigiTimes, both Kingston and Samsung"s believe the slump will continue beyond Q1 2008. However, DRAMeXchange believes the industry may rebound in Q1 2008 thanks to "annual facility maintenance" whereby large corporations upgrade their equipment.
Former IBM and BEA executive Christoph Rau joins eZ Systems
Can love bloom on the battlefield? For 16-year-old Andrew Kane of Barrie, Ontario and 42-year-old Lauri Price of Texas, the answer might be yes.
LG.Philips LCD announced that it has developed the world"s slimmest TFT LCD panel, measuring only 1.3 mm in thickness (including the module), for mobile phones. The breakthrough will enable manufacturers to produce mobile phones slimmer than the 6.9 mm-thick models available today. This panel will also make it possible to create slide-up phones that break the 10mm barrier.
Haifa (Israel) - This one did not take long: We already knew that Nvidia is working on a CUDA version for x86 CPUs, but said it would leave a modification for ATI GPUs to others. Eran Badit of ngohq.com told us that he has done it already and was able to get the Nvidia PhysX layer to run on ATI Radeon cards.
Microsoft Windows is now powering the British Royal Navy"s nuclear-armed submarine fleet; giving all new meaning to the Blue Screen of Death.
Chicago (IL) - The Internet rumor mill suggests that Nvidia may be cancelling future developments of new nForce media and communication processors, commonly referred to as chipsets. There is no official confirmation from Nvidia and we donň€™t expect such a confirmation anytime soon. But the sheer number of reports and quotes from industry sources certainly is reason enough to keep a close eye on Nvidia.
Taipei (Taiwan) - Asus today launched the MK241H, a new PC monitor with a built-in webcam and video conferencing functionality, along with an HDMI input and full 1080p high definition resolution. The 24" monitor also uses Asus"s Color Rich Technology which it says offers an above average color gamut.
San Francisco (CA) - AMD has published two YouTube videos that show off its voxel-based rendering technology.
Bedford (NH) - Segway, makers of the famous self-righting scooter of the same name, is rolling out two new models that have longer range and can even go off the beaten path. The i2 model can travel up to 24 miles on a single charge, while the x2 has rugged tires to take on trails and rough terrain. Both models also have a new wireless remote which functions like a car remote.
The netbook class of mobile computing is quickly becoming the most lucrative of the computing world, and along with that comes fierce competition to win over the customers, MSI is now showing off a sleek pair of X-Slim netbooks.
Faithful to its calling, the company reminded us its goal was still to provide solutions that gave something more to consumers than the basic existing products. Practically, Matrox didn"t have anything new destined to the mass market, the Millennium P690 being launched recently. The manufacturer was showing two new solutions meant for prosumers, which testifies of the increasing importance of this market.
Gigabyte is expanding its line of power supplies into the Kilowatt range. The ODIN Pro and ODIN GT series now include models offering up to 1000 and 1200 Watts.
ASUS is introducing three new motherboards for the AMD platform at this year"s CeBIT - the M3N-HT Deluxe/Mempipe, the M3A32-MVP Deluxe/WiFi-AP and the Crosshair II Formula. All three boards use socket AM2+.
Foxconn is branching out more into motherboards and graphics cards markets by showing off several new models at the Cebit trade show in Hannover Germany. Foxconn is known for their component level products, but could see higher profit margins from more integrated solutions. The company is debuting several Windows Vista-compatible motherboards at the show.
Those of you who were planning a little trip to Portland, Oregon in July for the Ubuntu Live conference will be a little disappointed to learn that it has been cancelled.
Reports from Taiwan"s graphics card manufacturing industry are revealing that AMD"s recently announced delay of its upcoming flagship graphics processing unit (GPU), the R600, was not just a shock and disappointment to fans of the former-ATI, who have been waiting for graphics cards based on the new chip, but also to AMD"s partners, who were set to introduce products based on the chip at CeBIT in March. AMD and its partners were arranging to launch R600-based products at CeBIT, according to industry sources, and live demos were being planned by individual partners.
San Jose (CA) - Digital videographers know the pain and drudgery of rendering video. Even on the fastest processors, rendering high definition H.264 footage can take minutes, even hours, but an upcoming product by Elemental Technologies promises to cut that time dramatically. Using the stream processing power of Nvidiaň€™s CUDA-enabled graphics cards, the Badaboom media converter will transcode video faster than real-time. But thereň€™s a lot more work that needs to be done because in a demonstration at the NVISION conference in San Jose, Badaboom and the upcoming Elemental Technologies plug-in for Adobe Premiere crashed frequently and sometimes refused to process AVCHD video.
Mountain House (CA) - AMDň€™s Radeon 4850 and 4870 have been widely praised in the media and put the ATI team back on the map. But it appears that we have just seen a small portion of what the ATI guys have in space for users. The new boards are actually running at well below the clock speed they can support and there is every reason to believe that these cards will be challenging Nvidiaň€™s very best.
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OCZ today announced new versions of their DDR1 memory offerings. OCZ launched 1 GByte modules of its "DDR PC-4000 Platinum Enhanced Bandwidth Edition" with 3-3-2 timings. The company offers the 500 MHz memory in 2 GByte kits
IBM and Hitachi have signed an agreement to work together on analyzing semiconductor devices and structures to get a better understanding of transistor variation and device physics. The joint research effort will be conducted at IBM"s Thomas J. Watson Research Center in Yorktown Heights, N.Y. and at the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering"s Albany NanoTech Complex. The focus will be on semiconductors manufactured in 32 nm and smaller.
San Jose (CA) - Sandisk announced new Flash memory products targeting to replace micro harddrives in consumer electronics applications. The company will ship the chips in 256 MByte and 2 GByte capacities in October, a 4 GByte chip will follow in March of 2006.
Los Angeles (CA) - ABC announced this week that it will bring some of its most popular television shows to free on-demand video services, but viewers won"t be able to skip the commercials.
Crytek"s Carl Jones said that the future of gaming will harbor massively multiplayer communities.
It"s the last day of deals for 2009! Time to party like it"s.. a decade ago! As usual, thanks Logic Buy for sponsoring this post!
According to several reports, Microsoft plans to limit which netbooks can run Windows 7 and which canň€™t with a list of maximum hardware specs for little machines running the OS.
Asus today officially launched its new Eee PC 901 and 1000 of ultra mobile PCs (UMPCs). The new units come equipped with solid state drives that range from 12GB to 40GB depending on the model. The new models take on the success of last Eee PC models, which have gained a huge level of popularity among serious users, travelers and casual users alike.
Just when you thought hard drive prices couldn"t get any lower, certain Costco stores are selling 400 GB internal hard drives for $99.97. The Western Digital 7200 RPM drives have been available for a few weeks and the price thankfully does not include any coupon or rebate hassles.
Tom"s Hardware has updated its interactive CPU charts with the latest processors from Intel and AMD. Intel"s Core 2 Duo has reshuffled the ranking, which lets you compare two processors in 38 different benchmarks side-by-side. The Core 2 Extreme X6800, the Core 2 Duo models E6700 and E6600, as well as AMD"s socket AM2-based processors have joined the listing.
Las Vegas (NV) - It wasn"t officially the first day of the show, but it was the first day (if not the second) of events all around Las Vegas, including product announcements, exclusive previews, and the Bill Gates keynote address. With the hot-button issues of the week now engrained in our minds, Wednesday brought with it the opening bell of the next round in the Blu-ray / HD DVD fracas, as well as the culmination of a new and equally pressing debate: How are all these experientially-immersive digital home media experience vehicles, such as Intel Viiv and AMD LIVE! devices, supposed to communicate with one another? You"d think there"d be an interface somewhere.
Flycast displayed its mobile application at CES "09, showing how its application streams satellite-radio quality music and talk radio to devices such as the iPhone, Blackberry and more.
The Intel-NVIDIA war heeds warning from CRT Captial Group, saying NVIDIA maybe providing motivation to the chip giant. CRT Captial Group analyst Ashok Kumar issued a warning stating the recent tirade by NVIDIA CEO, Jen-sun Huang may have adverse effects ň€“ angering a ň€śhuge, rich, motivated design powerhouse.ň€ť
An Adobe developer revealed in his blog that his company will not offer a Flash Player 8 for Linux. Instead, Adobe, which recently acquired Macromedia, plans to release version 8.5 for the open source operating system. Tinic Uro explains the decision with Adobe"s intention to avoid further delays of the Flash Player 8.5 for Windows and Mac.
Is the Magic Wand the answer to the Nintendo Wii?
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Despite Nvidia"s launch of its DirectX 10-compliant GeForce 8800 GPU last week, demand for high-end graphics cards supporting DirectX 10 may not pick up until Microsoft"s Vista operating system (OS) hits the market, according to industry sources. The sources claimed that despite Nvidia"s head-start, it may not be too late for ATI to launch its R600 that supports DirectX 10 in the first quarter of 2007 because insufficient software support currently is hampering demand.
Taipei (Taiwan) - During Computex 2008 we had a chance to visit Corelň€™s suite at the Grand Hyatt hotel, which featured, at least as far as we know, the first third party demonstration of Toshibaň€™s SpursEngine 1000 (SE1000), an accelerator board based on the Cell BE processor. Despite the fact that Toshiba has trimmed down the chip, the performance potential is impressive.
Last week reports around the web exploded in regard to a Foxconn employee who apparently committed suicide over a misplaced iPhone prototype.
NPD numbers released today place Apple in first place when it comes to the sale of premium computers.
With the hype around Windows 7, PC enthusiasts are paying close attention to each new build of the operating system in-the-making.
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Gateway has announced a new NV series of affordable laptops based on AMDđ€™s Athlon 64 and Intelđ€™s Core 2 Duo CPUs.
AMD introduced the budget-friendly ATI Radeon HD 4830 graphics card this week to fill in the gaps of its new line of Radeon HD series.
Back in August, Many rumor sites noted that Nvidiaň€™s ForceWare 180 drivers will introduce several major changes.
Taipei (Taiwan) - With falling demand for entry-level discrete graphics cards, and even mid-range cards in some cases, due to improvements in motherboard IGP performance, several graphics card makers have taken steps to enter the motherboard market.The makers who have started to launch motherboard products include PowerColor (Tul), XFX, Sapphire, BFG, Gainward, Inno3D, Galaxy and Zotac.
Las Vegas (NV) - Toshiba is showing off its newest Qosmio notebook computers at CES. The 17" notebook with Centrino Duo processor looks to be the first on the block with an HD DVD-ROM drive. To take advantage of upcoming titles, its NVIDIA GeForce Go 7 chip can output 1080p resolution. Notebooks usually have anemic audio, but the new Qosmio will have Dolby Home Theater sound, two 2-watt 30 mmm Harmon Kardon speakers and surround sound.
Back at the beginning of March we wrote about Always Innovatingň€™s Touch Book, the netbook with a super cool design and a battery life of a whopping 15 hours. Today it looks like weň€™re getting closer to seeing that baby on e-shelves.
Imagine an operating system that would boot in two seconds -- thatň€™s what Intel is aiming for with Moblin.
Thermaltake was showcasing its upcoming Toughpower XT series of power supplies at CES 2009, along with its new 750-watt EVO_Blue power supply.
It seems like Macs are subject to the most mocked-up photos when it comes to visualizing the rumors. Mac fans donň€™t do anything half way and these pictures of the more than likely fake MacBook Mini are a perfect example.
ATI"s fabrication partner, TSMC, has begun punching out graphics chips for the company that use 45÷° diagonal interconnections rather than the more common right-angled wiring pattern.
Blizzard revealed a new character in a recent episode of Jace Hall.
Nvidia will introduce its first integrated graphics processor (IGP) chipset (MCP 73) for the Intel platform in the first quarter of 2007 at the earliest, according to industry sources. Although Nvidia will be able to grab an opportunity to increase its revenues by becoming a player in the entry-level chipset segment, a report from Pacific Growth Equities indicated margins will be an issue.
Montreal (Canada) - Matrox will be shipping a new version of its TripleHead2Go device, which enables users to connect up to three monitors to one graphics port. The new "Digital Edition" integrates DVI interfaces and offers a new feature that smoothes transitions between multiple screens.