In the wake of all the NASA/JPL coverage of the agency’s latest landing on Mars, many have overlooked some of the technical marvels that are being used by the mission engineers. One of the more Continue reading “NASA Drives Mars Rover Like a NVIDIA-Powered 3D Game”. …more
By Ken Brown •
Aug. 13, 2012 at 8:32pm
Hightech Information Systems (HIS) has introduced its HD 7970 X 3GB graphics card featuring the GHz chipset. The GPU is therefore clocked at 1GHz, with the 3GB GDDR5 memory at 6GHz (effective). Being an ‘X’ Continue reading “HIS Introduces The HD 7970 X 3GB Graphics Card With GHz Chipset”. …more
By michaels •
Aug. 13, 2012 at 7:43pm
With the case against MegaUpload and its founder Kim Dotcom on increasingly shaky ground, it looks like MegaUpload may be back sooner than you think. This includes its previously upcoming Megabox music service, which was Continue reading “MegaUpload’s Megabox Might Launch After All”. …more
By michaels •
Aug. 13, 2012 at 6:57pm
As if the whole takedown of MegaUpload back in January couldn’t be any more shady or farcical, the FBI has just topped it: why exactly was Kim Dotcom’s mansion raided? Because the FBI believed that Continue reading “Dotcom’s Mansion Stormed Over Fears of ‘Internet Doomsday Device’”. …more
By michaels •
Aug. 13, 2012 at 6:08pm
According to unconfirmed rumours and inside leaks, it looks like the next version of, Windows, “Windows 9”, is going to be codenamed “Windows Blue”. Also, it looks like the operating system may be released in Continue reading “Windows 8’s Successor To Be Codenamed Windows Blue?”. …more
By michaels •
Aug. 13, 2012 at 5:39pm
New features announced each day this week, beta access available soon August 13, 2012–Valve, creators of best-selling game franchises (such as Counter-Strike and Team Fortress) and leading technologies (such as Steam and Source), today announced Continue reading “Steam Announces Major Update to Steam Community”. …more
By michaels •
Aug. 13, 2012 at 5:09pm
Thecus has announced the availability of the M7510, a new high-value 7-bay NAS, which they have added to their “Vision” series of towers. Making use of Intel’s Atom CPU, 2GB DDR3, HDMI output, along with Continue reading “Thecus Launches N7510 7-Bay NAS”. …more
By rlemar •
Aug. 13, 2012 at 2:02pm
GLOBALFOUNDRIES and ARM today announced a multi-year agreement to jointly deliver optimized system-on-chip (SoC) solutions for ARM processor designs on GLOBALFOUNDRIES 20-nanometer (nm) and FinFET process technologies. The new agreement also extends the long-standing collaboration Continue reading “ARM and GLOBALFOUNDRIES Sign 20-nanometer Agreement”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Aug. 13, 2012 at 7:19am
Eurocom Corporation is now launching the EUROCOM Scorpius ultra high performance notebook with support for dual graphics technology using NVIDIA GeForce, Quadro or AMD Radeon graphics solutions, powerful Intel Core i7-3920XM Processor Extreme Edition, up Continue reading “Eurocom Launches Scorpius UHP Notebook With Dual Graphics Cards and 8GB Video Memory”. …more
By michaels •
Aug. 12, 2012 at 11:03am
The noose continues to tighten against those sites branded by the wealthy content industry as aiding and abetting piracy, all in the name of huge alleged (not proven) losses, all the while racking up ever Continue reading “Google To Depress Rankings Of Sites Hit By Valid Copyright Claims”. …more
By michaels •
Aug. 10, 2012 at 7:54pm
Apple products are very popular nowadays, but sometimes the desire to own one can go way too far, such as in this unfortunate case of criminals duping the gullible. Five people are now on trial Continue reading “Student Sells Kidney To Buy Apple iPad and iPhone – Chinese Trial Begins”. …more
By michaels •
Aug. 10, 2012 at 7:18pm
The NVIDIA GTX 660 Ti is due to tbe released on August 16, however it’s been spotted for sale on the shelves of Best Buy several days early. Presumably Best Buy are doing this to Continue reading “NVIDIA GTX 660 Ti Goes On Sale Early At Best Buy For $299”. …more
By michaels •
Aug. 10, 2012 at 6:26pm
Mike Morhaime of Blizzard Entertainment has issued a security update detailing an intrusion into their network, which managed to steal private user information. The information taken consisted of email addresses for global battle.net users outside Continue reading “Blizzard’s Battle.net Servers Accessed By Hackers, Successfully Steal User Data”. …more
By michaels •
Aug. 10, 2012 at 6:19pm
Gigabyte has released its first mATX motherboard to feature two thunderbolt high speed ports, the Z77MX-D3H-TH. The board is based on the Intel LGA1155 socket, which can accept Ivy Bridge and the older Sandy Bridge Continue reading “Gigabyte Releases the Z77MX-D3H-TH, Its First Dual Thunderbolt mATX Motherboard”. …more
By michaels •
Aug. 10, 2012 at 5:57pm
A new version of GPU-Z is out! Grab it here if you want to use the latest and greatest version! GPU-Z is a lightweight utility designed to give you all information about your video card Continue reading “TPU Releases GPU-Z v0.6.4 w/ Support For GeForce GTX 660 Ti”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Aug. 10, 2012 at 9:03am