Consumers about to face a confusing and expensive choice between two conflicting standards for high-definition DVDs will need to upgrade their cables if they want to enjoy all the benefits of the new movie players. Continue reading “Extra costs a worry for next-gen DVD adoption”.
Toshiba Corp.?s U.S. unit may delay the launch of its next-generation DVD player for several weeks to coincide with the April debut of movies that play in the new HD DVD format, the company said Continue reading “Toshiba may delay HD-DVD?s U.S. launch”.
[H]ardOCP evaluates the PC Club ENP612 Laptop. Find this and other reviews by visiting the Legit Forums! PC Club is back, but our experience with them our third time around is drastically different. We take Continue reading “Thursday Reviews from Around the Web”.
Alexei Oreskovic has a great piece up today about how Dell bought Alienware not only to gain high end market share, but to also be able to get access to AMD processors. Dell has yet Continue reading “Rumor: Dell Bought Alienware To Get AMD Processors”.
Sony has confirmed that its next generation Playstation three will be region free, at least for gaming. This is awesome news for all and something that wasn’t expected by many. In a QA session following Continue reading “Sony Playstation 3 (PS3) will be region free”.
The Inq thinks that they are the first to report that gamers need 2GB of system memory to run Microsoft Vista today, but that is not the case. Legit Reviews posted an editorial back in Continue reading “Vista gamers need 2GB plus of memory”.
The Register says that AMD will release its first batch of dual-core Turion 64 mobile processors on 9 May, lining up seven chips clocked between 1.6GHz and 2.2GHz, and accompanied by low-voltage variants, according to Continue reading “AMD confirms Athlon 64 X2 5000+”.
Taiwan?s notebook manufacturers expect Intel?s price reduction on dual-core Yonah processors to arrive in advance of the planned date of May 28, with the aim of stimulating the worldwide notebook PC market, despite Microsoft?s delayed Continue reading “Microsoft’s Vista delay could pull Intel?s price-cut schedule forward”.
Elitegroup Computer Systems, Inc.(ECS), the world’s leading computer component and notebook manufacturer, today unveiled the new RoHS-compliant 945G-M3 motherboard designed for the new generation of digital home users. Based on the new Intel Viiv technology, Continue reading “ECS Launches The 945G-M3 Motherboard”.
The Tech Report reviews Intel’s Pentium Extreme Edition 965 processor. Find this and other reviews from around the web by visiting the Legit Forums! WHAT HAPPENS WHEN you pack a quad-SLI graphics subsystem, a Sound Continue reading “Wednesday Reviews from Around the Web”.
NVIDIA Corporation today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Hybrid Graphics Ltd., the leading developer of embedded 2D and 3D graphics software for handheld devices. This acquisition will enable the customers Continue reading “NVIDIA Corporation to Acquire Hybrid Graphics”.
Microsoft will delay the consumer version of Vista, the next version of Windows, until January 2007, the company announced Tuesday. But a version for business will be released in November of this year. Shares of Continue reading “Microsoft Puts Vista Operating System on Hold”.
It looks like the upcoming AMD F core revision, which are known as Windsor (dual-core) and Orleans (single-core) are coming along just fine and are slated for release on July 11th, 2006. The F core Continue reading “AMD Socket F boards slated for July 11, 2006”.
Japan-based Elpida Memory on March 22 announced the availability of 512Mbit XDR DRAM devices in sample quantities. XDR DRAM is based on the XDR memory interface architecture developed by Rambus, and the new Elpida device Continue reading “Elpida begins sampling 512Mbit Rambus XDR DRAM”.
Mobile phones will deal a final blow to makers of music devices and video camcorders, having already hit the photo industry, a senior executive at handset maker Nokia told the Financial Times newspaper. I have Continue reading “Nokia Claims End near for MP3 players and video camcorders”.
