Other World Computing announced today the ‘Triple Interface’ model of its award-winning OWC Mercury On-The-Go Pro bus-powered portable storage solution now features a USB 3.0 ‘SuperSpeed’ port which is also USB 2.0 backwards compatible. Complemented Continue reading “OWC Mercury On-The-Go Pro Bus-Powered Portable Drive”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Aug. 7, 2012 at 10:08am
GUNNAR Optiks just announced a new addition to their computer eyewear line – the Vinyl. The sleek, black frames bring fresh style to the company’s optical lens technology that lets workday warriors protect their eyes Continue reading “GUNNAR Optiks Announces Vinyl Eyeware for PC Users”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Aug. 7, 2012 at 9:41am
It appears that someone over on the Coolaler forums have gotten their hands on an Engineering Sample of AMD’s upcoming Piledriver FX-8300 series processor (Vishera) that has eight physical processor cores. AMD is reportedly working Continue reading “AMD FX-8300 Vishera ‘Piledriver’ 8-Core CPU Benchmarked”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Aug. 7, 2012 at 9:13am
MSI has been focused on making overclocking mainboards in recent years and today announced what they believe is a huge step forward with the MSI Z77 MPOWER motherboard. Each and every MSI Z77 MPOWER motherboard Continue reading “MSI Introduces OC Certified Mainboards – MSI Z77 MPOWER”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Aug. 7, 2012 at 8:59am
Democratic Ohio Congressman Dennis J. Kucinich has introduced a bill that would require cell phones to warn consumers how much radiation is coming from their phones, saying that until science can disprove a link to Continue reading “Congressman Introduces Bill For Cell Phone Radiation Information”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Aug. 7, 2012 at 8:46am
Qualcomm recently announced that Anand Chandrasekher has joined the Company as chief marketing officer (CMO). In the role of CMO, Chandrasekher will oversee global marketing and external communications. Chandrasekher will report to Steve Mollenkopf, president Continue reading “Qualcomm Appoints Anand Chandrasekher as Chief Marketing Officer”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Aug. 7, 2012 at 8:32am
AMD just announced that the company has launched the AMD FirePro A300 Series Accelerated Processing Unit (APU) for entry-level and mainstream desktop workstations. Featuring AMD Eyefinity multi-display technology, the new AMD FirePro A300 Series APUs Continue reading “AMD Launches First-Ever AMD FirePro APU”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Aug. 7, 2012 at 8:27am
Today, AMD launched its latest line of workstation graphics, leading with the AMD FirePro W9000 Graphics Processing Unit- the most powerful workstation graphics card ever created1. The AMD FirePro W9000 GPU features incredible compute, increased Continue reading “AMD Launches FirePro W9000, W8000, W7000 and W5000 Workstation Graphics Cards”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Aug. 7, 2012 at 8:23am
Mimoco has released the second USB Drive in the Legends of MIMOBOT series, Bruce Lee MIMOBOT. The Legends of MIMOBOT series debuted with the release of Einstein MIMOBOT in early 2012. The new Bruce Lee Continue reading “Bruce Lee Now Available as USB 2.0 Flash Drive”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Aug. 7, 2012 at 8:19am
Microsoft has forced users to boot to the new tiled Start screen interface formerly known as Metro, in its final RTM build of the new operating system. While previous beta builds of Windows 8 allowed Continue reading “Windows 8 RTM: Microsoft Blocks Booting Straight To Desktop”. …more
By michaels •
Aug. 6, 2012 at 7:55pm
The packaging for Microsoft’s upcoming Windows 8 operating system, due for general release on October 26, has been leaked. Since the new OS comes in two flavours, Windows 8 and Windows 8 Pro, the packaging Continue reading “Windows 8 Packaging Leaked: More Abstract Art Than Serious Business”. …more
By michaels •
Aug. 6, 2012 at 7:02pm
Activision Blizzard, already a massively successful company, in part due to the extreme success of its Call of Duty series of games, may see an increase in its share price of around 50%, jumping to Continue reading “Activision’s Share Price May Jump 50 Percent”. …more
By michaels •
Aug. 6, 2012 at 6:37pm
In a video interview with CVG, Industrial Light & Magic’s Kim Libreri has predicted that computer game graphics will become near photoreal within ten years, stressing that telling reality from CGI will difficult to distinguish. Continue reading “Photoreal Game Graphics Within 10 Years Claims Industrial Light and Magic”. …more
By michaels •
Aug. 6, 2012 at 6:17pm
Dell suffered a little snafu on its website today on the driver page, accidentally releasing some details of its upcoming 27″ U2713M monitor. The leak has now been plugged, but not before the blurry picture Continue reading “Upcoming Dell U2713HM Monitor Details Leaked… By Dell”. …more
By michaels •
Aug. 6, 2012 at 5:14pm
NVIDIA has recently gained a fairly substantial order for it’s Tegra 3 chips. The order, which is for at the very least 3 million chips, are for use in Google’s Nexus 7 tablet PC. As Continue reading “NVIDIA Lands Google Nexus 7 Order For 3 Million Tegra 3 Chips”. …more
By rlemar •
Aug. 6, 2012 at 4:45pm