Digital Storm released a vertically cooled gaming PC called the Black|OPS Assassin this afternoon. The Assassin is special since it has three 180mm cooling fans positioned at the bottom of the chassis, cold air is Continue reading “Digital Storm Black|OPS Assassin Vertically Cooled PC”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
May 10, 2010 at 4:04pm
TSMC today announced its net sales for April 2010: on an unconsolidated basis, net sales were approximately NT$32.68 billion, an increase of 6.0 percent over March 2010 and an increase of 50.3 percent over April Continue reading “TSMC April 2010 Sales Up Over 50% From April 2009”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
May 10, 2010 at 1:03pm
Adaptec announced today that on May 8, 2010, it signed a definitive agreement with PMC-Sierra, Inc. to sell to PMC certain assets and for PMC to assume certain liabilities connected with the Company’s data storage Continue reading “Adaptec Announces $34 Million Sale of RAID Storage Business”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
May 10, 2010 at 11:30am
OCZ Technology announced today that the company has become an official LSI Alliance Partner. OCZ enterprise class Intrepid SSDs are now qualified for use with LSIs MegaRAID controllers, ensuring optimal compatibility, performance, and reliability. “OCZ Continue reading “OCZ Become An Official LSI Alliance Partner w/ Intrepid SSDs”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
May 10, 2010 at 9:27am
Right after release the High IOPS SATAII interface solution at Cebit in March, RunCore announced that they will release the Kylin II SAS Series of Solid State Drives in May. The Kylin II SAS are Continue reading “RunCore Announces Kylin II SAS SSD with 30000 IOPS”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
May 10, 2010 at 8:42am
Inno3D has gone been back to the drawing board and developed their own NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470 video card design with outstanding results according to the company. The GTX 470 Hawk is equipped with two Continue reading “Inno3D GeForce GTX 470 Hawk Video Card Announced”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
May 10, 2010 at 7:22am
GALAXY releases the world’s first non-reference NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470 video card with the GALAXY GeForce GTX 470 GC! The card comes factory overclocked with a custom fan that flips down for easy heat sink Continue reading “GALAXY Announces GeForce GTX 470 GC – Non-Reference Video Card”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
May 10, 2010 at 7:13am
Rumor has it that Seagate is working on releasing a 3TB Constellation ES hard drive with a 6Gbit/s SAS interface for a launch that will happen later this year. The rumor mill also believes that Continue reading “Seagate Plans To Launch 3TB Constellation ES Hard Drive in 2010”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
May 10, 2010 at 6:56am
Apple recently announced that iPad will be available in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Switzerland and the UK on Friday, May 28. Customers can pre-order all iPad models from Apples online store in Continue reading “Apple iPad Pre-Orders Available in Nine More Countries Today”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
May 10, 2010 at 6:51am
US President Barack Obama lamented Sunday that in the iPad and Xbox era, information had become a diversion that was imposing new strains on democracy, in his latest critique of modern media. Obama, who often Continue reading “President Obama Says iPads and PlayStations Put Pressure on Democracy”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
May 9, 2010 at 10:31pm
Computerized sell programs triggered by global events-rather than trader error or “fat finger”-appear to have caused Thursday’s unprecedented market swing, according market pros who are reconstructing the nearly 1,000-point stock selloff. These experts think the Continue reading “Computers, Not Human Error, Likely Caused Market Meltdown”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
May 8, 2010 at 8:35am
ASUS sent over some pictures of their upcoming Crosshair IV Extreme Motherboard that are worth a look this Saturday morning. It looks like ASUS is nearly ready to release the Republic of Gamers (ROG) Crosshair Continue reading “ASUS Crosshair IV Extreme 890FX Motherboard Preview with Pictures”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
May 8, 2010 at 7:14am
GIGABYTE announced that the GA-870A-UD3 is the worlds first motherboard for the AMD platform to receive SuperSpeed USB certification from the USB Implementers Forum (USB-IF). More GIGABYTE USB 3.0 motherboards are SuperSpeed USB certified than Continue reading “GIGABYTE First with AMD USB 3.0 Motherboard Certification – GA-870A-UD3 Motherboard”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
May 8, 2010 at 6:44am
The digital era has arrived, in peoples everyday life, whether it is your favorite music, memorable photos or movies, most of them are now stored as digital files. As these files continue to increase in Continue reading “Thecus NAS + DLNA TV = The Ultimate Combination”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
May 8, 2010 at 6:39am
It looks like some folks have discovered (and released) pictures and maps from the upcoming World of Warcraft: Cataclysm expansion. Right now it appears that depsite Blizzard’s best efforts to keep the “Friends and Family Continue reading “Blizzard’s World of Warcraft: Cataclysm Alpha Client Leaks”. …more
By Ken Brown •
May 7, 2010 at 2:20pm