The Inq has posted an article that talks about Intel’s upcoming VIIV 1.5 and 2.0 systems. Some of their comments really crack me up. Take this one for example by Charlie: “VIIV IS NOT a Continue reading “Intel VIIV 1.5 and 2.0 revealed”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Dec. 30, 2005 at 7:15am
Advansus Computer, the joint venture between motherboard giant Asustek Computer and industrial PC (IPC) specialist Advantech Computer. It took $30.4 million to start up and we should start seeing products in 2006 from them! Ke-cheng Continue reading “Advansus Computer: Formed By Asustek-Advantech Venture”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Dec. 30, 2005 at 7:12am
Legit Reviews has been gearing up for CES over the past few weeks and we are ready to tackle the long taxi lines and over priced hotels for the fourth year in a row! We Continue reading “The Tech Industry Gets Ready For CES”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Dec. 30, 2005 at 7:09am
After 14 years, the “Intel Inside” marketing slogan is being put to rest. Expect a major overhaul of Intel’s corporate logo and branding next year! The company also will move away from the Pentium name, Continue reading “Intel Drops 14 Year Old Slogan: Intel Inside”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Dec. 30, 2005 at 7:05am
It seems that a self-booting Xbox 360 kiosk demo disk ISO file has made it out on the web thanks to a group called Pi. They claim a number of games are hackable when using Continue reading “Self-booting Microsoft Xbox 360 kiosk demo disk ISO released”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Dec. 29, 2005 at 7:48am
LG Telecom, Korea?s smallest mobile operator, Thursday took the wraps off the nation?s first waterproof mobile phone, canU 502S developed under alliance with Japanese firm Casio Computer. No word on just how deep these phones Continue reading “LG Telecom Launches Water-Proof Cell Phone”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Dec. 29, 2005 at 7:43am
The National Security Agency’s Internet site has been placing files on visitors’ computers that can track their Web surfing activity despite strict federal rules banning most of them. These files, known as “cookies,” disappeared after Continue reading “NSA used banned Web data-tracking Cookie”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Dec. 29, 2005 at 7:40am
Did you know that women have been the major users of the Net since 2000? I actually didn’t and found a number of the survey findings in the latest Fallows study to be interesting to Continue reading “Women Out Number Men on the Internet”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Dec. 29, 2005 at 7:37am
Prices plummeted below $1,000 mark for large plasma TVs, and viewers gained a multitude of avenues to tap into TV content. During the course of 12 months, prices on select plasma TVs fell below $1,000 Continue reading “Price drops make it a TV year worth watching”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Dec. 29, 2005 at 7:34am
Samsung Electronics plans to further slash its DDR2 capacity and instead allocate more capacity for NAND flash production. More than likely this will lead to tighter DDR2 supplies and if DDR2 memory ever starts to Continue reading “Samsung Plans to Reduce DDR2 Memory IC Production”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Dec. 29, 2005 at 7:19am
It seems that album sales here in the United States have dropped 7% in 2005 while the download biz has doubled over the past year. I’m actually shocked that it only fell 7%! I personally Continue reading “US CD album sales show 7% slide”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Dec. 29, 2005 at 7:15am
Barbara St. Hilaire plays video games 10 hours a day and spends a good part of her Social Security check on games. The 69-year-old grandmother has become the heroine of young video-game fans and the Continue reading “69-year-old grandmother plays 10 hours of video games per day”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Dec. 28, 2005 at 9:47am
The domain registrar Go Daddy had problems with its 2005 Super Bowl ad and now it seems that the Fox network and NFL executives have issues with their 2006 Super Bowl ad. Go Daddy still Continue reading “Go Daddy’s New Super Bowl Ad Stalled By Censors”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Dec. 28, 2005 at 9:44am
nVidia has recently cancelled it’s C60 Pentium 4 chipset program although the company has already started new projects to replace the C60. Not a big deal, but it seems that it will be a bit Continue reading “NVIDIA Cancelled its C60 Pentium 4 Chipset Project”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Dec. 28, 2005 at 9:38am
ABIT was the enthusiast board of choice from the late 1990’s to 2002, but it was around this time period things started to get funky. ABIT has sold off properties to get out of debt, Continue reading “ABIT cuts debts by selling properties, but trouble remains”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Dec. 28, 2005 at 9:34am