Although there’s no hard-and-fast rule for what portion of its budget a company should devote to R&D, some analysts say Apple is approaching minimal levels. As a portion of sales, the amount Apple has spent Continue reading “Should Apple Spend More On Rearch and Development?”.
The release of the much awaited PlayStation 3 (PS3) games console has been postponed until November, Japanese electronics group Sony has announced. Technical hitches related to the console’s Blu-ray disc drive had forced the delay. Continue reading “Sony delays PlayStation 3 launch”.
Fudo over at The Inq put a news post up today saying that the only way to see any memory performance increase on the AMD Socket AM2 platforms is to run at least 800MHz DDR2. Continue reading “AMD Socket AM2 CPUs three to five per cent faster”.
CNET recieved this morning news from what they claim is a very reliable source, that Dell has acquired Alienware, makers of custom built gaming and workstation computers. When contacted about the rumor, Alienware neither denied Continue reading “Alienware, America’s favorite PC?”.
VIA, best know for its chipsets, has begun mass production of its ultra low voltage C7-M processor. Now, when we think ultra low voltage, the thing that pops into most of our minds is either Continue reading “Three can play the ULV game.”.
CNN has a story today about the founders of Alienware Corp. that is very interesting. It seems that the company is owned by childhood friends and was started with a budget of $10,000. Doesn’t look Continue reading “Alienware Corp. Gets Press Coverage on CNN”.
Retail sales fell a larger-than-expected 1.3 percent in February as auto sales plunged and consumers took a breather after spending big in January, a government report showed on Tuesday. The drop in sales in February Continue reading “February retail sales drop more than expected”.
It seems that our friends over at OCZ Technology have some memory running at 1.1GHz in a test system over at CeBIT this week. These PC2-8800 modules run at 5-5-6 timings and are out in Continue reading “OCZ Shows Off PC2-8800 Platinum Extreme Edition DDR2 Memory”.
The Chinese-language Economic Daily News (EDN) reported today that Asustek Computer has secured orders for Sony’s PlayStation 3 (PS3) and PSP (PlayStation Portable) game consoles, with mass shipments slated for this Christmas season. if this Continue reading “Rumor: Asustek Computer Gets Sony Play Station 3 (PS3) Orders”.
What’s there to say? If you’ve got the money, this is certainly a very nice setup. You get all the speed you’ll need for months to come, and you get to enjoy it all in Continue reading “Innovatek + eVGA = 7900GTX SLi Watercooling”.
AMD fans will love to hear that the upcoming Socket AM2 platforms may support DDR3 memory if there is no socket change. Since the JEDEC council sets the standards the ultimate say is up to Continue reading “Rumor: AMD Socket AM2 might support DDR 3”.
The Register has posted on their site that they believe Intel will have a price cut on their processors next month and launch a new processor on their desktop line. The new processor was said Continue reading “Rumor: Intel Pentium D 960 Launching April 30th”.
amsung Electronics announced today that it is the first maker to begin mass producing DDR2 512Mbit DRAM chips on an 80nm process. With 80nm process technology, Samsung claims to be able to increase its production Continue reading “Samsung Starting To Make 80nm DDR2 Memory At Speed”.
ATI’s partners have now finally managed to persuade big red to let them overclock. We are finally going to be able to get the faster-than-the-reference-design cards. The Inquirer
I have learned that I should never say never… Popular maker of operating systems, Microsoft has said that Vista will not support EFI booting for Windows Vista on its launch. Speaking at Intel Developer Forum Continue reading “Never say never!”.