Now that Computex has come and gone, it appears that hardware makers and PC suppliers are also apparently ready to enjoy some rest. For the most part, companies have only started shipping previously announced products Continue reading “Intel Plans Large Price Cut for Core i7-950 Processors”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Jun. 21, 2010 at 7:15am
Verizon Communications will let customers try its FiOS Internet and television service for a month without charging them fees for early contract termination if they switch off the service after that. The risk is that Continue reading “Verizon Offers FiOS Try-Out With No Termination Fees”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Jun. 21, 2010 at 1:40am
Sales of the iPhone 4 have been much higher than anticipated and there are a large number of people salivating at the thought of receiving their new iPhone. Will some get it early? The iPhone Continue reading “iPhone 4 begins to Ship – Delivery on June 23rd?”. …more
By Joe Evans •
Jun. 20, 2010 at 6:32pm
MTV Games and Harmonix invited us to attend the debut and hands-on demonstration of Rock Band 3. Out of the box Rock Band 3 will feature 83-track soundtrack from bands around the world including bands Continue reading “MTV & Harmonix Demos Rock Band 3 at E3 2010”. …more
By Ken Brown •
Jun. 19, 2010 at 3:36pm
The very first iPhone 4 camper has been spotted, one week early, down at the Highland Park Apple Store in Dallas, Texas. Let’s hope he got his preorder in, and that he’s not waiting for Continue reading “First Person Already Camping For iPhone 4 – One Week Early”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Jun. 18, 2010 at 8:37pm
Diamond Multimedia introduced today a new line of digital media players called the HD Media Wonder. Diamond HD Media Wonder media players easily connect to any TV providing convenient access to movies, music, photos, and Continue reading “Diamond Multimedia Introduces HD Media Wonder Media Players”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Jun. 18, 2010 at 2:49pm
A day after he was grilled by Congress, BP chief executive Tony Hayward is being demoted. According to Britain’s Sky News, BP Managing Director Bob Dudley will take over day-to-day oversight of the Gulf of Continue reading “Tony Hayward relieved of managerial duties in BP shakeup”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Jun. 18, 2010 at 12:57pm
While we were at E3 we took the time to leave the show floor to go across to the Gunnar Optiks tour bus. Gunnar has just launching a line of 3D glasses in their “3D Continue reading “Gunnar Optiks Phenom 3D Glasses Hands On at E3 2010”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Jun. 18, 2010 at 12:51pm
Today we have another one of XFX’s Radeon HD 5xxx cards, the HD 5830 1GB. This card fills the $130 pricing gap between the budget HD 5770 and higher end HD 5850. Read on to Continue reading “XFX Radeon HD 5830 Video Card Review”. …more
By austin •
Jun. 18, 2010 at 11:24am
Digital Storm has debuted a new line of high-performance yet affordable gaming PCs SPECIAL|OPS. Digital Storms SPECIAL|OPS gaming systems offer gamers overclocked machines, with quality components from vendors like Intel, NVIDIA, AMD and others, at Continue reading “Digital Storm Announces New Gaming PC Line SPECIAL|OPS”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Jun. 18, 2010 at 10:55am
Every minute, more than 24 hours of video is uploaded to YouTube indicating that image quality is an increasingly important part of the PC experience. With this in mind, AMD recently announced improvements to its Continue reading “AMD Image Quality Beats Competition By Up To 87 Percent”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Jun. 18, 2010 at 7:11am
TRENDnet yesterday announced the availability of the 2-Port USB 3.0 ExpressCard Adapter, model TU3-H2EC, and 2-Port USB 3.0 PCI Express Adapter, model TU3-H2PIE. The MSRP for the TU3-H2EC is U.S. $59.00 and the MSRP for Continue reading “TRENDnet Launches Two High Speed USB 3.0 Adapters”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Jun. 18, 2010 at 6:55am
Corsair today announced a new milestone in the affordability of Corsair Solid State Drives. For a limited time, Corsairs award-winning Nova Series SSDs are available for as little as $69.99 after mail-in rebate. Corsairs Nova Continue reading “Corsair Shatters SSD Affordability Barrier w/ 32GB SSD For $69.99 AR”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Jun. 18, 2010 at 6:42am
2K Games announced last week that Sid Meiers Civilization V will be available in North America on September 21, 2010 and internationally on September 24, 2010 for Windows PC. Sid Meiers Civilization V is currently Continue reading “Sid Meier’s Civilization V – E3 2010 Game Trailer”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Jun. 18, 2010 at 6:34am
Taiwan-based Gigabyte Technology has announced net profits of NT$2.04 billion (US$63.3 million) for 2009. Revenues for 2009 totaled NT$43.91 billion with EPS of NT$3.24. Gigabyte shipped 18 million motherboards in 2009, accounting for 65% of Continue reading “Gigabyte and Biostar announce profit for 2009”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Jun. 18, 2010 at 6:25am