Eugene Polley, inventor of the TV remote control, died Sunday at age 96 in a hospital in Downers Grove, Illinois. He was an accomplished inventor that worked for Zenith Electronics from 1935 to 1982. He Continue reading “Eugene Polley Dies at 96; Inventor of The TV Remote Control”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
May 23, 2012 at 2:34pm
RunCore today announced the launch of their Xapear Solid State Disc drive. RunCores Xapear is a smart USB 2.0 connected SSD solution with RFID protection, allowing you to split your data into a freely accessible Continue reading “RunCore Launches Xapear SSD w/ Remote Data Deletion & RFID Protection”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
May 23, 2012 at 2:16pm
Blizzard Entertainment today announced that as of the first 24 hours of Diablo III’s release, more than 3.5 million copies had been sold, setting the new all-time record for fastest-selling PC game. That number does Continue reading “Diablo III Sets PC Game Launch Record”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
May 23, 2012 at 2:09pm
SSDs may be the fast and cool storage devices to own, but hard disc drives are not becoming obsolete anytime soon, due to their shear amount of storage capacity which SSDs can’t touch. Technology research Continue reading “IHS Predicts HDD Capacity Will Double By 2016”. …more
By michaels •
May 23, 2012 at 1:43pm
Asus Z77 Roundup @ LanOC Reviews and other reviews from around the web can be found by visiting our forums! When doing all of our Ivy Bridge launch prep we spent a LOT of time Continue reading “May 23, 2012 News from Around the Web”. …more
By amy •
May 23, 2012 at 10:41am
Seagate and LaCie today announced an exclusive agreement with the intent for Seagate to acquire a controlling interest in LaCie. Seagate has offered to purchase from Philippe Spruch, LaCies chairman and CEO, and his affiliate, Continue reading “Seagate to Acquire Controlling Interest in LaCie”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
May 23, 2012 at 9:01am
Intel’s Q77 chipset, aimed at “professional” business applications is due to be formally launched in a week or so. However, this hasn’t stopped AsRock from starting to sell their Q77M vPro mATX motherboard that’s based Continue reading “AsRock Starts Selling Intel Q77 Chipset-Based Q77M vPro Motherboard Before Chipset Is Released”. …more
By michaels •
May 22, 2012 at 6:09pm
The much anticipated Samsung Galaxy S III smartphone has now gone on sale – but only in Dubai for now. The customer who bought the one shown in the photos below, apparently in Dubai, paid Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S III Now On Sale – In Dubai Only”. …more
By michaels •
May 22, 2012 at 4:48pm
It looks like Microsoft wants to revamp and improve multi-monitor support with their release of Windows 8. They decided on this course of action after seeing the data collected through the Windows Feedback Program showing Continue reading “Microsoft Revamps Multi-Monitor Support For Windows 8”. …more
By rlemar •
May 22, 2012 at 3:11pm
Seems Blizzard’s Diablo 3 is the new game to hack and its only been out for one week. The issue is widespread enough that is has happened to a writer over at Eurogamer. Christian Donlan Continue reading “Diablo 3 Accounts Hacked, Looted Like Demon Corpses”. …more
By rlemar •
May 22, 2012 at 2:36pm
MSI today announced the Z77A-GD80 mainboard, which just happens to be the world’s first mainboard with Thunderbolt support. The Z77A-GD80 is equipped with the newest Intel Z77 chipset with support for the new generation 22nm Continue reading “MSI Debutes Z77A-GD80 Motherboard With Thunderbolt”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
May 22, 2012 at 1:25pm
Team Group today announced a series of memory modules that have been designed for overclocking called Team Vulcan. Team Group says this memory series was named after the god of fire in Greek mythology and Continue reading “Team Group Announces Team Vulcan Series Overclocking Memory – 8GB Modules”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
May 22, 2012 at 11:16am
Intel previewed its first DOCSIS 3.0 cable gateway solution that is capable of 1 gigabit per second (Gbps) by bonding 24 DOCSIS 3.0 channels together (up from eight bonded channels in a typical deployment today). Continue reading “Intel Previews 1Gbps DOCSIS 3.0 Cable Internet Gateway”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
May 22, 2012 at 11:05am
Qualcomm Atheros today announced that Alienware will be the first to launch the Killer Wireless-N 1202 high-performance Wi-Fi module with Bluetooth on the Alienware line of high-performance gaming laptop computers. The high-performance 2×2 802.11n MIMO Continue reading “Killer Wireless-N 1202 Wireless Cards Now Available in Alienware Laptops”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
May 22, 2012 at 10:50am
VIA Technologies today unveiled the $49 APC Android PC system. Powered by a WonderMedia ARM 11 800MHz processor, APC integrates memory, storage, and a full set of consumer I/O features in a small footprint Neo-ITX Continue reading “VIA Launches $49 Android PC w/ ARM 11 Processor – APC”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
May 22, 2012 at 8:15am