It seems that AMD didn’t like the media calling their upcoming socket “Socket M2” and have changed the name over to “Socket AM2”. Be sure to out geek your fellow buddies today at work by Continue reading “AMD Drops Socket M2 for the Socket AM2, Because it Sounds Better”.
One day after Japanese reports came out talking about the future of HD-DVD and Xbox 360, Microsoft has issued an official response saying they have no plans to support HD-DVD. “Microsoft, in both America and Continue reading “Microsoft has no plans to add HD-DVD technology to the Xbox 360”.
Australian record industry initiates contempt proceedings against the masterminds behind the file-sharing software. Looks like the legal system might make an example of the owners by putting them in jail for a short stint. Record Continue reading “Kazaa owners may face time in jail”.
What is going on with video game sales these days? Video game-software sales plunged 18% in November, according to a new research report, marking the third straight month of weak sales! I’m sure sales will Continue reading “Video game-software sales plunged 18% in November”.
I’m sure that if you are reading this you have used our shopping.com pricing service or pricegrabber.com at least once as every hardware review site uses them. It turns out that UK retail group GUS Continue reading “GUS buys Pricegrabber for $485 Million”.
Vonage, a VoIP company, has released a mobile WiFi phone that resembles a cell phone. You can connect to WiFi hotspots anywhere in the world with the internet phone via an 802.11b wireless connection. Vonage Continue reading “Vonage releases WiFi Phone”.
Quanta, the world’s largest laptop manufacturer, will make the low-cost $100 crank laptop designed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. It is no suprise that Quanta got the contract as the only other company with Continue reading “Quanta to build the $100 laptop”.
NVIDIA has announced plans to acquire ULi electronics, a leading developer of core logic technology. This is amazing news and I find it ironic that at lunch yesterday I was talking about how Nvidia is Continue reading “NVIDIA to Acquire ULi Electronics For U.S. $52 Million”.
Also, today [H]ardOCP has posted 2 reviews, one is the ASUS Extreme N6600GT Silencer Video Card Evaluation, and the other is New Valve Source Engine Rendering Effects. Check them out by visiting the LegitForums! The Continue reading “Tuesday Reviews from Around the Web (update)”.
Could the first line of data security be in hardware? Intel researchers have developed a way to detect rootkits and other malware. Although still in the research stage, it could be added to future Intel Continue reading “Intel Researchers Find Hardware Fight Rootkits and Malware”.
Did you know that over 20 million PCs worldwide are equipped with a tiny security chip called the Trusted Platform Module (TPM)? The TPM will do something never before seen on the Internet: provide virtually Continue reading “Is the TPM chip the end of anonymity on the Internet?”.
Intel has an answer for AMD’s Hypertransport and thinks its technology stacks up pretty well. In fact, Intel is telling customers that it has AMD beat, starting in 2008. While this is still over two Continue reading “Intel’s CSI to outperform AMD’s Hypertransport”.
AMD has sent out a press release saying that Intel has lost their dual-core duel as Intel refused to step into the ring. AMD originally issued the challange back in August and Intel said they Continue reading “AMD Claims Victory Over Intel in The Dual-Core Duel”.
ECS Elitegroup and Legit Reviews is giving away FOUR great processor and motherboard combos this month. The contest is open to all of our forum members (If you are not a member don’t worry as Continue reading “Monthly Forum Contest: Four ECS Motherboard and Intel 830 CPU Combo’s”.
The next version of Internet Explorer will ship with significant default setting changes to the security zones, including the scrapping of the “Intranet” zone for home users. For Microsoft to keep up in the browser Continue reading “Microsoft planning to make IE7 more secure… Thank Goodness!”.