Now that Intel has created a fix for the “Cougar Point” flaw. Many companies have begun shipping new systems. Cyberpower is among the companies to introduce products featuring the new B3 stepping chipsets. One of Continue reading “CyberPower Reintroduces Sandy Bridge Desktop Line For Visibly Smart Next Generation Gaming”. …more
By Dan Stoltz •
Feb. 25, 2011 at 9:13pm
The initial developer build of Mac OS X Lion appears to have a golden nugget. If it makes it through to be present in the final release, it appears that OS X will finally support Continue reading “Mac OS X Lion to support TRIM”. …more
By Joe Evans •
Feb. 25, 2011 at 8:02pm
What may look like Hollywood special-effects makeup or a good Photoshop fake is nothing but the actual physical decline of people whom drugs have taken a terrible toll. By advertising images reminiscent of a Dr. Continue reading “Photoshopped? Nope, It’s Drugs!”. …more
By Joe Evans •
Feb. 25, 2011 at 7:49pm
With the announcement of the newly revamped MacBook Pro laptops on the Sandy Bridge platform, we discovered that Apple has also made a change in the discrete graphics cards by moving to AMD Radeon HD Continue reading “AMD Powers the Graphics On New MacBook Pros”. …more
By Joe Evans •
Feb. 25, 2011 at 5:19pm
Now that Apple has officially announced the revised MacBook line, you know accessories and upgrades are soon to follow. Other World Computing (OWC) is jumping out of the gate with memory upgrades for said laptops Continue reading “OWC Announces Memory Upgrades For New Apple MacBook Pro Models”. …more
By Joe Evans •
Feb. 25, 2011 at 12:26pm
AMD has announced a university kit to help any university establish a semester-long course on OpenCL. Seems many universities steer away from bleeding edge technologies to focus on the basics, so it will be interesting Continue reading “AMD Helps Advance Parallel Computing with OpenCL University Kit”. …more
By jw •
Feb. 25, 2011 at 11:57am
MSI has released Afterburner V2.1.0 and Kombustor V2.0.0 for graphics enthusiasts. MSIs Afterburner is already on of the most popular overclocking tools available. MSI says that the V2.1.0 of MSI Afterburner has gone beyond an Continue reading “MSI Releases Afterburner V2.1.0 Overclocking Software”. …more
By Ken Brown •
Feb. 25, 2011 at 9:27am
I’m sure this wasn’t an end result envisioned by the app developer when they were designing the app but it appears the data collected by the app was able to oust a lucky motorist from Continue reading “Android App ‘Google My Tracks’ Saves Driver From Speeding Ticket”. …more
By Joe Evans •
Feb. 25, 2011 at 7:35am
AMD Radeon HD 6950 1GB Performance Review @ [H]ardOCP and other reviews from around the web can be found by visiting our forums! We are pitting the new Radeon HD 6950 1GB video card against Continue reading “February 25, 2011 News from Around the Web”. …more
By amy •
Feb. 25, 2011 at 7:33am
Patriot announced today that they will be soon shipping their new SSD Wildfire Series featuring the SandForce SF-2200/SF-2100 controllers and will be available in Q2. Capacities are announced as 64GB, 128GB and 256GB. The Wildfire Continue reading “Patriot Announces New SandForce Powered Wildfire Series SSDs”. …more
By Joe Evans •
Feb. 24, 2011 at 6:41pm
Ubisoft is definitely betting that sex sells in this interesting trailer for their upcoming (Europe-only) game release, We Dare, for the Nintendo Wii and Sony PS3 gaming consoles. The trailer shows players “teaming up” in Continue reading “Ubisofts We Dare Trailer Raises Eyebrows with Adult Theme”. …more
By Ken Brown •
Feb. 24, 2011 at 4:50pm
Apple has announced their new MacBook Pro family which have been updated with next-generation Intel Sandy Bridge Core i5 & i7 processors. The newest Apple notebooks will also have AMD Radeon HD 600M graphics processors, Continue reading “Apple Updates MacBook Pro with Sandy Bridge Processors”. …more
By Ken Brown •
Feb. 24, 2011 at 3:10pm
Today Intel announced their vision of the next generation of connectivity for high speed display and peripheral devices. Formerly codenamed “Light Peak” this new technology runs at 10Gbps and supports both data and display on Continue reading “Intel Announces Thunderbolt Technology”. …more
By brian •
Feb. 24, 2011 at 2:06pm
Hot on the heels of OCZ and likely to be followed up by a number of other manufacturers, Corsair has announced their upcoming Force Series GT line of SSD’s featuring the new SandForce SF-2xxx controllers Continue reading “Corsair to Preview Force Series GT SSDs at CeBIT”. …more
By Joe Evans •
Feb. 24, 2011 at 12:31pm
As you may have read in today’s preview, OCZ has released the goods on their Vertex 3 line of solid state drives featuring the new SandForce SF-2xxx controllers and 6Gbps interface. This is the first Continue reading “OCZ Technology Unveils the Vertex 3 SSD Line”. …more
By Joe Evans •
Feb. 24, 2011 at 12:17pm