AMD today announced the availability of the ATI Stream Software Development Kit (SDK) v2.1, the latest update of its ATI Stream SDK supporting OpenCL industry standard-based programming on AMD GPUs and x86 CPUs. ATI Stream Continue reading “ATI Stream SDK v2.1 Update Now Available”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
May 3, 2010 at 8:26am
OWC Mercury Extreme SandForce SF-1200 100GB SSD @ TweakTown and other reviews from around the web can be found by visiting our forums! “Other World Computing (or OWC) is an Apple specialty store that also Continue reading “May 3 News from Around the Web”. …more
By amy •
May 3, 2010 at 8:26am
After a successful season of providing live cricket matches in India, Google is shopping for other events to show on YouTube in real time, a plan that could shake up the sports broadcasting world. To Continue reading “Google Wants Live Sports Broadcast on YouTube”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
May 3, 2010 at 7:13am
Check out the upcoming Gigabyte X58A-UD9 Motherboard! This upcoming motherboard will be the flagship X58A series product from the company and watching the video below we can see why! Notice the board has a 24-pin Continue reading “Gigabyte X58A-UD9 Motherboard Video and Pictures Out”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
May 3, 2010 at 7:07am
Michael Arrington of TechCrunch is reporting that a source has told him that HP has decided to cancel its “slate PC.” You know — the one that was the centerpiece of Steve Ballmer’s CES keynote Continue reading “Huge Rumor: HPs Slate PC Cancelled”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Apr. 30, 2010 at 10:35am
Peter “Shamino” Tan met up with Vince “k|ngp|n” Lucido in Detroit for some extreme benchmarks, here are the fruits of their labor, new world records for all levels of 3DMark Vantage! A new world record Continue reading “k|ngp|n and Shamino Break 3DMark World Records!”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Apr. 30, 2010 at 7:34am
The crew at Wired.com have uncovered the finder of Apple’s iPhone prototype. Brian Hogan, a 21-year-old resident of Redwood City, said through his lawyer that when he accepted $5,000 from Gizmodo for the phone, he Continue reading “Apple iPhone Prototype Finder Finally Identified”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Apr. 30, 2010 at 7:17am
Here’s a video showing you how to get the best scores on the new GTX 480 demo game, Supersonic Sled. The demo uses tessellation, PhysX and is, overall, just a cool game type demo. After Continue reading “Supersonic Sled Demo – Can You Beat the World Record?”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Apr. 29, 2010 at 7:45pm
Welcome to the twenty-first century, where feats of childhood derring-do like building teepees, backpacking, and tying square knots are about to share time with a decidedly interior activity: video gaming. That’s right, the Cub Scouts–the Continue reading “Cub Scouts Add Video Game Award!”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Apr. 29, 2010 at 4:29pm
PC microprocessor unit shipments in the first quarter of this year were 39 percent higher than in the same quarter last year, while total market revenue was up 40.4 percent, research firm IDC said Thursday. Continue reading “PC Microprocessor Shipments up 39 Percent in Q1 2010”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Apr. 29, 2010 at 10:33am
Gainward recently released their Gainward Optimized Own Design (GOOD) for the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470 video card. Gainward says that the custom design card received an optimized circuit layout on a longer PCB (10.5 inches Continue reading “Gainward GeForce GTX 470 GOOD Edition Video Card Launched”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Apr. 29, 2010 at 10:15am
Palit Microsystems announced the first custom design Palit GTX 470 this morning. The custom NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470 card features Dual Fans and 4 Video outputs which support HDMI, DisplayPort, and two Dual-Link DVI display Continue reading “Palit launches non-reference GeForce GTX 470 Video Card Series”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Apr. 29, 2010 at 10:06am
The time-consuming scientific research behind drug discovery can now be accelerated with the launch of AMBER 11, a software tool that enables bio-scientists to harness the power of supercomputing on their desktop PC. AMBER 11, Continue reading “GPU-Powered AMBER 11 Unleashes Desktop Supercomputing for Bio-Scientists”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Apr. 29, 2010 at 9:57am
HIS announced their HIS 5550 Silence 1GB DDR2 low-profile video card this morning. They claim that it is the world’s first Silent 5500 series low-profile graphics card to hit the market. The brand-new designed double-slot Continue reading “HIS introduces Radeon HD 5550 Silence 1GB Video Card”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Apr. 29, 2010 at 9:52am
After all the controversy surrounding the “lost” next generation iPhone prototype, it appears that Apple may be unveiling the real deal at the WWC just announced as being June 7 – 11. Apple on Wednesday Continue reading “Apple expected to unveil new iPhone in June”. …more
By Joe Evans •
Apr. 29, 2010 at 8:56am