Microsoft has made claim that the Xbox 360 enables the user to transfer MP3’s from any MP3 player, including the very popular (and very proprietary) Apple iPod. However, that compatibility is only for MP3 and Continue reading “Xbox 360 and iPod interoperability? Sort of”.
Dell’s spurning competition amongst PC manufacturers in the notebook department. Dell has added the XPS M140 to its line of XPS notebooks, driving it down into the sub-$1000 market. With a Pentium M 740 processor, Continue reading “Current Analysis: Dell sub-US$1,000 models to drag down Media Center notebook ASPs”.
According to Anandtech, it looks like the release of socket M2 will be a delayed reaction. The promising DDR2 platform will not launch until early second-quarter of 2006 (around April or so). So, for those Continue reading “Socket M2 Processor Roadmap; FX-62 and Athlon 64 X2 5200+”.
Further deepening the online software apps that Microsoft will be providing soon, they bought FolderShare from Texas-based software company ByteTaxi. The software allows the sender to send attachments that would otherwise be too large due Continue reading “Microsoft buys FolderShare”.
Asustek, a widely-known manufacturer of motherboards and other wares such as optical drives and video cards, plan to launch their brand of LCD TV’s either at the end of the month or near the beginning Continue reading “Asustek to launch own-brand LCD TVs this month and 3G handsets next year”.
Corsair Memory just minutes ago announced that it has became the first company in the memory category to receive the NVIDIA SLI Ready certification. As a part of the SLI certification process, each component must Continue reading “NVIDIA Selects Corsair as First Certified SLI Ready Memory Company”.
Web sites that use certain custom applications won’t display as expected in Internet Explorer after installing two Microsoft security updates. To fix the situation one can download Mozilla Firefox 1.0.7 or developers can recompile the Continue reading “Microsoft patches may break Web sites — again”.
The first full works to be scanned and put online as part of Google’s Print project have been unveiled. If you have not been over to the Google Beta Print site we suggest that you Continue reading “First Google Print books launched”.
S3 Graphics Unveils Chrome S20 Series PCI Express Graphics Processors. Advanced 90nm lead-free manufacturing enables unprecedented 700Mhz core frequency for Chrome S27 and industry-leading performance per watt across the series, enabling silent yet powerful 8 Continue reading “S3 Graphics Launches Chrome S20 PCIe GPU’s”.
The insiders at Kingston seem to think that PC demand this quarter will be lack luster again even with the upcoming holiday season right around the turn. While DRAM is slowing down right now NAND Continue reading “Kingston Technology: PC demand to remain flat this quarter”.
In terms of notebooks they have advanced greatly over the past couple years. They have gone from bulky black suit cases to small wireless workstations that can easily play current game titles. If you say “Centrino” everyone knows what you are talking about, but are notebooks worthy enough to be considered by enthusiasts?
Remember the story posted about Ajax, an online office application company, entitled Web-based software challenges Windows? Well, Microsoft is giving Ajax their answer by unpinning their Office apps from the PC and placing them online. Continue reading “Online versions of Windows, Office unveiled”.
Announced today, Fujitsu has teamed up with graphics processor maker S3 to roll out their new line of GPU’s featuring the 90nm process technology. Perhaps we’ll see a little competition with ATI and Nvidia, who Continue reading “Fujitsu and S3 Graphics tie up to make 3D graphics processors”.
Crossfire is here people! MSI has introduced their newest motherboard today, which supports ATI’s CrossFire technology: the RD480 Neo2. Shipments start at the middle of this month. Micro-Star International (MSI) today introduced the RD480 Neo2, Continue reading “New MSI CrossFire motherboard to hit market in mid-November”.
The first release candidate of Mozilla Firefox 1.5 is now available for download. There will be at least one more release candidate before the final launch of 1.5, but for those who want to try Continue reading “Firefox 1.5 Release Candidate 1 is available for download!!”.