German chipmaker Infineon has been named as the culprit for Microsoft?s inability to supply enough Xbox 360s. Did you know the Microsoft XBox 360 has more than 1,700 components? I sure didn’t, but it’s a Continue reading “Infineon Technologies blamed for Microsoft Xbox 360 shortage”.
Upset that AMD is moving over to DDR2 memory because it’s slower? I bet you didn’t know that AMD would be running DDR2 800MHz from the start! I think now is a good time to Continue reading “AMD’s Socket AM2 to support DDR2 800MHz Memory”.
ATI will launch its R590 chip early next month as the Radeon X1800 GTO with support for 256MB of graphics memory, according to internal roadmap information. The data suggests the part is an X1900 with Continue reading “ATI R590 said to ship next month called the X1800 GTO”.
With PC OEMs significantly raising their DDR2 adoption rate, supply of DDR2 is lagging demand and the shortage has reached 15-20%, according to industry insiders. The respective DDR2 adoption rate among first- and second-tier PC Continue reading “DDR2 shortage to remain over 10% in 1Q”.
Futuremark is hard at work on a new Vector Graphics Benchmark called VGMark07! Acccording to Futuremark VGMark07 will be a good benchmark of OpenVG API performance on Handheld Devices and that active recruitment of key Continue reading “VGMark07: Futuremark Makes Vector Graphics Benchmark”.
Intel Corporation today provided extended lifecycle support for the Intel Core Duo processor used by developers of embedded solutions, such as industrial control, test and instrumentation, aerospace, defense and medical imaging systems. Two independent processing Continue reading “Intel Core Duo Delivered to Embedded Market”.
Did you know that MySpace now does 2-1/2 times the traffic of Google Inc? I sure didn’t, but the Chicago Sun-Times says it does! The free, ad-supported site has gotten so popular among teens — Continue reading “MySpace has 2-1/2 times the traffic of Google Inc.”.
After weeks of speculation, Microsoft’s latest subscription service for small-business users is set to enter wide-scale testing February 15. As expected, Microsoft is unveiling test versions of three different Office Live offerings: Office Live Basics, Continue reading “Microsoft Office Live Beta Is Going Live Feb 15th”.
An update to Microsoft anti-spyware incorrectly labeled two versions of Symantec’s anti-virus software as Trojan horse malware last week. Users of Windows AntiSpyware beta 1 were mistakenly warned that Symantec AntiVirus Corporate Edition and Symantec Continue reading “Microsoft anti-spyware software labels Symantec as Trojan”.
AMD’s Socket AM2 is now official and will be launched during Computex according to Fudo. The new platform will use DDR2 memory, but at what speed the memory will run is still all rumors. At Continue reading “AMD’s Socket AM2 Scheduled To Launch June 6th, 2006”.
Activision announced yesterday that it is laying off about 150 workers, which is just under 7% of their entire staff. Dyer did not specify the number of workers that Activision is laying off, but said Continue reading “Activision to Lay Off 150 Workers”.
After helping send a man to jail for eight years Yahoo! releases a written statement that talked about a free and unrestricted internet. Too little, too late? We think so, and so does Shi Tao Continue reading “Yahoo! Deeply Concerned Over Chinese Internet Censorship”.
Corsair Memory today launched ValueSelect 667MHz DDR2 SO-DIMM memory to support the latest Intel mobile technology. These modules are available immediately in 512MB and 1GB modules. Based on carefully selected component and individually tested at Continue reading “Corsair Launches DDR2 667Mhz Notebook SO-DIMM Memory”.
Super Talent just sent out a press release stating they have the “World’s Fastest 2GB DDR2 Kits”. The new memory kit (Part Number: T800UX2GC4) is rated at PC2-6400 (800MHz) with 4-3-4-8 latencies. In our last
Blizzard Entertainment has officially apologized to the guild recruiter, saying the warning about gay-friendly guilds should never have been issued. It looks like Sara Andrews won her battle and paved the way for others to Continue reading “Blizzard Entertainment: Gay rights win in World of Warcraft”.