SAPPHIRE Technology just announced a new mainboard developed to support the latest Trinity family of APUs from AMD. The SAPPHIRE Pure Platinum A85XT is a full ATX sized board that supports the latest generation AMD Continue reading “SAPPHIRE Launches PURE PLATINUM A85XT Motherboard”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Oct. 2, 2012 at 8:34am
AMD today announced retail and distribution channel availability of its second generation AMD A-Series Accelerated Processing Units (APUs) for desktop, small form-factor and home theater PCs. These new APUs target do-it-yourself (DIY) PC builders, mainstream Continue reading “New AMD A-Series Processors Released For Socket FM2 Platforms”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Oct. 2, 2012 at 7:47am
The widespread rumors that Apple is to launch a smaller and cheaper iPad ‘mini’ look to be gaining weight as time marches on. A major Apple investor who wished to be remain anonymous, has said Continue reading “Rumor: Apple To Send iPad ‘Mini’ Invitations on October 10”. …more
By michaels •
Oct. 1, 2012 at 5:20pm
The launch of Windows 8 is now just under four weeks away, on October 26, yet all the signs are there that this is a product that’s going to bomb. Californian analytics firm Net Applications Continue reading “Poor Windows 8 Prelaunch Showing Suggests It’s Going to Bomb”. …more
By michaels •
Oct. 1, 2012 at 4:55pm
Japan looks to be cracking down on illegal downloads when it comes to music and movies. This is due in part to the fact that unauthorized downloads have surpassed legitimate downloads by nearly 10 to Continue reading “New Anti-Downloading Law In Japan, Illegal Downloaders Beware”. …more
By rlemar •
Oct. 1, 2012 at 3:45pm
Amazon today announced that the all-new Kindle Paperwhite and Kindle Paperwhite 3G begin shipping today. Kindle Paperwhite is the most advanced e-reader ever constructed with 62% more pixels and 25% higher contrast, a patented built-in Continue reading “Amazon Begins Shipping Kindle Paperwhite Today”. …more
By michaels •
Oct. 1, 2012 at 3:39pm
The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) today made electricity data more accessible than ever before with the release of a new online service. The agency’s first-ever Application Programming Interface (API) allows developers to design web Continue reading “API Released That Allows Access To U.S. Electric Power Data”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Oct. 1, 2012 at 1:53pm
Patriot Viper 3 Intel Extreme Masters Memory Limited Edition PC3-15000 16GB Kit Review @ TweakTown and other reviews from around the web can be found by visiting our forums! “Not the easiest model name in Continue reading “October 1, 2012 News from Around the Web”. …more
By amy •
Oct. 1, 2012 at 8:20am
The AMD A10-5800K APU 3.8Ghz Processor and many other new AMD A-series ‘Trinity’ APUs are up on Amazon before being officially released by the company! The AMD A10-5800K retail boxed processor (AD580KWOHJBOX) appears to be Continue reading “AMD A-Series Trinity APUs Already Available at Amazon”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Oct. 1, 2012 at 8:16am
Early this morning Hewlett-Packard announced the new ElitePad 900 tablet with Windows 8 that is targeted to business users. The tablet has a 10.1-inch diagonal display and runs an Intel Atom Z2760 dual-core processor (Clover Continue reading “HP Unveils Windows 8 Business Tablet – HP ElitePad 900”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Oct. 1, 2012 at 8:02am
During the JavaOne 2012 Strategy Keynote, AMD announced its participation in OpenJDK Project Sumatra in collaboration with Oracle and other members of the OpenJDK community to help bring heterogeneous computing capabilities to Java for server Continue reading “AMD & Oracle to Collaborate w/ OpenJDK Community for Java”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Oct. 1, 2012 at 7:50am
Adobe Systems today unveiled Adobe Acrobat XI software with cloud services, a powerful new solution that rises to todays complex document challenges. The industry standard for PDF software will now feature complete PDF editing and Continue reading “Adobe Unveils Next Generation Acrobat XI w/ Cloud Services”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Oct. 1, 2012 at 7:34am
A year after the Thailand flooding disaster partially derailed production, the global hard disk drive (HDD) industry has fully recovered, with shipments to the computer market expected to hit a record level this year, driven Continue reading “Hard Drive Shipments Rebound to Record Level in 2012”. …more
By michaels •
Sep. 28, 2012 at 8:38pm
2K Games has sponsored a competition to find the most human-like gaming artificial intelligence, offering a prize of $7000 to the winner. One important goal was to try and find an AI that was considered Continue reading “Gaming AI So Human-Like it Fools Panel of Judges!”. …more
By michaels •
Sep. 28, 2012 at 8:15pm
IO Interactive, developer of upcoming the Hitman: Absolution action game, are introducing a new online mode called with the game called CONTRACTS, offering custom hit challenges within the game. They explain this on their YouTube Continue reading “Hitman: Absolution Hit With Contracts Mode Online Gameplay”. …more
By michaels •
Sep. 28, 2012 at 7:38pm