The 2006 World Tour organized by the Cyberathlete Professional League (CPL) has been cancelled for 2006, leaving many pro-gamers wondering how to make their lifestyle pay. This is a serious blow for gaming and could Continue reading “The 2006 CPL World Tour Has Been Canceled”.
Rambus has won its month-long patent infringement trial against South Korean rival Hynix Semiconductor. A San Jose, California jury yesterday awarded compensation to the US chip interface designer in the sum of $306.5m. “We are Continue reading “Rambus awarded $306.5m in Hynix patent case”.
A recent study showed that Internet users around the world send an estimated 60 billion e-mails every day, but many of these are spam or scam attempts. No big shock on that front! “This figure Continue reading “We Send 60 billion e-mails a day”.
Microsoft Corp plans to pay $200 million to $400 million for Massive Inc., a privately held company that places ads in videogames, the Wall Street Journal said on Wednesday. I guess in-game advertising is on Continue reading “Rumor: Microsoft Corp Plans to Buy Game Ad Maker Massive Inc”.
Digital video recorder outfit TiVo said it is launching a digital video recorder that can record two shows at once. I don’t even own a TiVo, but know that this is pretty darn cool. Now Continue reading “TiVo Rolls Out Double-Duty DVR”.
Sources at motherboard makers indicated that United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) will start sampling 90nm-made Nvidia G7 graphics chips in May! Anyone else ready for the next generation of graphics cards? United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) will Continue reading “UMC said to have Nvidia 90nm G7 graphics chips orders”.
Using the Asus A8R32-MVP motherboard that features the CrossFire Xpress 3200 chipset we ran a pair of X1600 Pro video cards to see how they performed versus a number of other graphics cards from ATI and nVidia. Read on and see what we think of ATI’s dongle free CrossFire solution.
Del Mar College students now have to use computers outside the school’s system if they want to visit the popular Web site MySpace.com. The community college has blocked the site in response to complaints about Continue reading “Del Mar College Bans MySpace.com”.
Looking to upgrade your ULI chipset driver that is found on your ATI based motherboard? Head on over to nVidia as they have started hosting ULI driver downloads. We hear that you can now download Continue reading “ULI Drivers Now On Nvidia’s Corporate Site”.
If you think you are done hearing about BlackBerry devices in the news you will be shocked to learn that a Berry battle has started in China. China Unicom, has launched it own push email Continue reading “BlackBerry Versus RedBerry in China?”.
After posting a revenue drop in the first quarter, Mitac Technology admitted that a downturn in the notebook industry has dragged down its gross margin significantly. The delayed launch of the Windows Vista operating system Continue reading “Notebook Downturn: Mitac suffers falling margins in 1Q”.
During a recent conversation with Mushkin, Inc. it was discovered that Mushkin is just a number of weeks away from launching thier own power supply series. Right now the only thing we could get Mushkin to talk about was their 650W model known as the model XP-650. Read on to see what Mushkin is coming out with.
Word on the net has a Seagate pdf showing the new 750GB 7200.10 Barracudas. The pdf document can readily be accessed on Seagate’s website at http://www.seagate.com/pdf/marketing/po_barracuda_7200_10.pdf. And even more interesting, there are rumors of a Continue reading “750GB Barracudas on the way, and 960GB in the works.”.
Hewlett-Packard Co. is recalling about 15,700 H-P and Compaq notebook computer batteries worldwide for a burn and fire hazard, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said Thursday. H-P has received 20 reports of batteries overheating, Continue reading “Some H-P, Compaq laptop batteries recalled”.
Sony has cut the price of its best-selling PlayStation 2 (PS2) by $20 in the US. The price drop was widely expected, coming ahead of the planned November launch of Sony’s new PlayStation 3. Can’t Continue reading “Sony cuts price of PlayStation 2 by 20 Dollars”.
