The Google Android 4.0 operating system, otherwise known as Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS), has been released for x86 platforms! We found out this week that the ICS x86 branch based on Android 4.0.1 was recently Continue reading “AMD Brazos Tablets Running Ice Cream Sandwich – Android 4.0.1”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Dec. 8, 2011 at 7:19am
Looks like those Motorola users who have a DROID RAZR, DROID Bionic, or XOOM, might have to wait until summer 2012 to get your Ice Cream Sandwich upgrade. That seems an awful long time to Continue reading “No Ice Cream Sandwich Upgrade for Motorola Until Summer 2012?”. …more
By Ken Brown •
Dec. 8, 2011 at 3:16am
EVGA has released its Precision Overclocking Utility v2.1.1 for download. The latest version of this program allows you to fine tune your EVGA graphics card for the maximum performance possible, with Core/Shader/Memory clock tuning, real Continue reading “EVGA Precision 2.1.1 Overclocking Utility Released”. …more
By Ken Brown •
Dec. 8, 2011 at 3:00am
The internet and blogosphere are buzzing about the possible release of Half-Life 3 after a picture of a Valve employee wearing an HL3 t-shirt at a local gaming event. The previous big rumor was that Continue reading “Half-Life 3 Unofficially Announced…Sort Of”. …more
By Ken Brown •
Dec. 8, 2011 at 2:42am
It looks like Johnathan Wendel has approved a deal between the Fatal1ty Brand and GamerFood, Inc. that has paved the way to launch a line of energy gaming food products that caters to the needs Continue reading “Jonathan ‘Fatal1ty’ Wendel Signs Snack Food Deal With GamerFood – Fatal1ty Gaming Snacks”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Dec. 7, 2011 at 1:25pm
Antec sent us an e-mail letting us know that they including a USB 3.0 to USB 2.0 Internal Adapter for the recently announced P280 and Eleven Hundred cases. If you already bought one of these Continue reading “Antec Now Includes Internal USB 3.0 to USB 2.0 Adapter on P280 and Eleven Hundred Cases”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Dec. 7, 2011 at 1:09pm
AMD today announced that AMD Fusion Developer Summit 2012 (Fusion12) will be held on June 11-14, 2012 in Bellevue, Washington. The company’s annual developer summit will return to the Meydenbauer Center and the Hyatt Regency Continue reading “AMD Announces Fusion12 Developer Summit”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Dec. 7, 2011 at 9:12am
Thecus is releasing a new line of network attached storage that takes on a quickly growing part of the market: high-capacity, high-value storage. The value, or V, line, supplement Thecuss existing full lineup of NAS, Continue reading “Thecus Introduces New ‘V’ Series of NAS Servers”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Dec. 7, 2011 at 8:58am
SiSoftware just sent over word that they are releasing Sandra 2012 SP1 today. This new version does contain fixes and performance optimizations for Intel Sandy Bridge-E processors and AMD FX Bulldozer processors, among others. SiSoftware Continue reading “SiSoftware Releases Sandra 2012 SP1 w/ Fixes For Bulldozer and Sandy Bridge-E”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Dec. 7, 2011 at 8:47am
ASUS recently held a global sales meeting on December 5th and during this meeting the company set the shipment goals for its four major product lines for 2012. ASUS wants notebooks and netbook sales to Continue reading “ASUS Plans on Selling 25 Million Motherboards in 2012 and Passing Dell in Laptop Sales”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Dec. 7, 2011 at 8:32am
It appears that AMD is preparing to release a new graphics card based on its Cayman Pro Core called the Radeon HD 6930. The AMD Radeon HD 6930 video card would directly compete against NVIDIAs Continue reading “AMD Radeon HD 6930 Video Card Coming Out Later This Month”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Dec. 7, 2011 at 7:29am
It appears that computer Giant HP has made a mistake and disclosed one of AMD’s upcoming Radeon HD 7000M series GPUs before AMD did. HP made the mistake of listing the Radeon HD 7690M XT Continue reading “HP Announces Notebook with Radeon HD 7000M Series Graphics Cards”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Dec. 7, 2011 at 7:20am
Lenovo has announced the ThinkPad X130e laptop, specially ruggedized for education and with the features needed to help students in grades K-12 and their schools get the most out of their PC technology. Equipped with Continue reading “Lenovo Announces Ruggedized ThinkPad X130e Laptop”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Dec. 7, 2011 at 7:12am
BenQ recently launched its first 3D Full HD home cinema projector the W7000. It is also the first projector in the world to be accredited with the TUV Rheinland 3D Full HD Certification. Powered by Continue reading “BenQ Launches Its First 3D Full HD Home Cinema Projector”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Dec. 7, 2011 at 7:08am
The Library of Congress and Twitter have signed an agreement that will see an archive of every public Tweet ever sent handed over to the library’s repository of historical documents. The Library of Congress has Continue reading “Library of Congress to Receive Entire Twitter Archive”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Dec. 6, 2011 at 4:02pm