GIGABYTE today announced the latest Gigabyte 7 series motherboards, the Z77X-UP5 TH and the Z77X-UP4 TH, which are the very first to offer fully certified dual onboard Thunderbolt ports. Capable of connecting up to 12 Continue reading “GIGABYTE Launches Worlds First Fully Certified Dual Port Thunderbolt Motherboards”. …more
By michaels •
Jul. 5, 2012 at 3:35pm
NVIDIA announced yesterday that Oxford University is deploying the most powerful GPU supercomputer in the U.K., which is powered by NVIDIA Tesla GPUs. Unveiled this week at the newly established Center for Innovation in High Continue reading “University of Oxford Deploys U.K.s Most Powerful GPU Supercomputer”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Jul. 5, 2012 at 12:09pm
NVIDIA announced yesterday that Oxford University is deploying the most powerful GPU supercomputer in the U.K., which is powered by NVIDIA Tesla GPUs. Unveiled this week at the newly established Center for Innovation in High Continue reading “University of Oxford Deploys U.K.s Most Powerful GPU Supercomputer”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Jul. 5, 2012 at 12:09pm
Transformers: Fall of Cybertron is an upcoming third-person shooter video game being developed by High Moon Studios and published by Activision. We just got an e-mail from Activision letting us know that a new game Continue reading “Transformers: Fall of Cybertron Game Trailer Released – METROPLEX Shown”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Jul. 5, 2012 at 9:53am
Fractal Design announced this morning that the company will begin selling a windowed side panel for the Define R3 PC case in August 2012. The new side panel features a large fully transparent window allowing Continue reading “Fractal Design Launches Window Side Panel for Define R3 PC Case”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Jul. 5, 2012 at 9:45am
GELID Solutions announced this week that the company is now going to be offering GC-Extreme thermal compound in a container with 10g of the product. Before it was only available in a 3.5g tubes. GC-Extreme Continue reading “GELID Soulutions Launches New Thermal Compound – GC-Supreme”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Jul. 5, 2012 at 9:36am
BIOSTAR today announces that its AMD FM2 motherboard Hi-Fi A85X has received the Windows 8 hardware certification from Microsoft. With the Windows Hardware Quality Labs (WHQL) certification, BIOSTAR guarantees to deliver the most reliable, performance-driven Continue reading “Biostar Hi-Fi A85X Becomes First AMD FM2 Motherboard Approved For Windows 8”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Jul. 5, 2012 at 9:22am
Corsair today announced the Force Series GS solid-state drives (SSDs). The new SSDs, which offer the fastest overall performance in Corsair’s SandForce-based lineup, will initially ship in capacities of 180GB and higher. As with other Continue reading “Corsair Announces Force Series GS SSDs”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Jul. 5, 2012 at 9:15am
A ruling by the Court of Justice of the European Union (Europe’s highest court) has declared that selling used downloaded software is perfectly legal in Europe, with the following ruling, “An author of software cannot Continue reading “EU Ruling Declares the Selling of Used Downloaded Software is Legal”. …more
By michaels •
Jul. 4, 2012 at 6:53pm
When Microsoft revealed their new ARM-based Surface tablet PC a little over two weeks ago, it appeared that they had made their own device, because they didn’t have confidence in their OEM partners building a Continue reading “Microsoft Co-Founder Reckons That New Surface Tablet Won’t Hurt OEMs”. …more
By michaels •
Jul. 4, 2012 at 5:47pm
Gigabyte has launched a second revision of its HD 7770 graphics card and given it model number GV-R777OC-1GD (rev. 2.0). However, the only difference appears to be with the clock speeds, which have gone the Continue reading “Gigabyte Launches ‘New’ HD7770 – With Lower Clocks and Same Price”. …more
By michaels •
Jul. 4, 2012 at 4:53pm
Electronic Arts is gradually moving away from a retail boxed physical media distribution model to an online only one. (Online distribution is often referred to as “digital” distribution, or “digital download”, but this is incorrect Continue reading “EA Transitioning To Download Only Business Model”. …more
By michaels •
Jul. 4, 2012 at 4:09pm
Activision Publishing Inc has decided to celebrate America’s birthday, July 4th, with DLC half price reductions for their two latest titles, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and Call of Duty: Black Ops, along with Continue reading “CoD DLC Half Price Promotion, Donation to CoD Endowment During July 4th Week”. …more
By michaels •
Jul. 4, 2012 at 3:42pm
NZXT has announced Hue, an LED configurator that grants PC enthusiasts the power to completely customize chassis illumination. With three RGB controls, Hue enables users to adjust the color fade, pulsating light effects, and brightness Continue reading “NZXT Reveals the Hue LED Controller For Hardcore Gamers”. …more
By michaels •
Jul. 4, 2012 at 2:52pm
The UEFI 2.3.1 Specification have received an update, “UEFI 2.3.1C”. This new specification was ratified by the UEFI Forum and makes some significant steps in addressing engineering change requests. Changes that were introduced with version Continue reading “UEFI Forum Rolls Out UEFI 2.3.1 Specification Update”. …more
By rlemar •
Jul. 3, 2012 at 5:59pm