Apple Inc. plans to begin producing this year a new iPhone that could allow U.S. phone carriers other than AT&T Inc. to sell the iconic gadget, said people briefed by the company. The new iPhone Continue reading “Apple iPhone Coming To Verizon Customers This Summer – Made by ASUSTeK!”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Mar. 30, 2010 at 8:50am
Apple Inc.’s iPad tablet computer hits U.S. shelves on Saturday, but fans who want the new touch-screen gadget shipped directly to them must wait a week. The company began taking preorders for the iPad on Continue reading “Apple pushes back shipping of new iPad pre-orders to April 12th”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Mar. 30, 2010 at 8:45am
Having trouble remembering all your passwords? Safely store your passwords, take them wherever you go, and lock up your computer whenever you leave with CHIPDRIVE MyKey, a new easy-to-use smart card USB stick from SCM Continue reading “CHIPDRIVE Announces MyKey – Smart Card-Secured USB Stick”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Mar. 30, 2010 at 8:43am
Intel Corp. spent $1.0 million on lobbying in the last three months of 2009, nearly double the amount the computer chip maker spent in the same period the year before. Intel’s spending ramped up as Continue reading “Intel spent $1M on lobbying in 4Q”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Mar. 30, 2010 at 8:35am
If you use, or plan to use an alternative OS on your PS3 – such as Linux – beware of the latest update. Sony is going to nix that functionality in an effort to mitigate Continue reading “Sony to Disable PlayStation 3 OS Feature”. …more
By Joe Evans •
Mar. 30, 2010 at 8:29am
WD today announced that it is now shipping 750 GB of storage capacity in a standard-height 2.5-inch notebook hard drive — the industrys highest capacity to date in this form factor. Designed for mainstream notebook Continue reading “WD Launches 750GB Scorpio Blue Notebook Hard Drives at $149”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Mar. 30, 2010 at 8:20am
We just received confirmation that XFX, a division of PINE Technologies, will not be releasing any GeForce GTX 470/480 series graphics cards to the market when the cards become public next month. XFX was not Continue reading “XFX Will Not Offer GeForce 470/480 Series GPUs – Says Fermi is Fermented”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Mar. 29, 2010 at 4:30pm
According to new research, Americans worry more about losing their digital valuables, such as family photos, home videos and important documents, from a computer crash than having a wallet lost or stolen and being audited Continue reading “Toshiba Introduces Canvio Portable Hard Drives”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Mar. 29, 2010 at 1:01pm
NVIDIA has released new Verde Drivers for notebook that have a model that contain GeForce 8M, 9M, 100M, 200M, and 300M-series notebook GPUs. The new driver is v196.16 and is WHQL certified. It unlocks improved Continue reading “NVIDIA Verde 197.16 WHQL Drivers Released For Notebooks”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Mar. 29, 2010 at 12:51pm
Warner Bros Entertainment is reportedly recruiting tech-savvy students to help the company with their anti-piracy efforts. During a 12 month internship, where the students can make up to $26,000, the students will have to maintain Continue reading “Warner Bros. Recruits Students to Spy on BitTorrent Pirates”. …more
By Ken Brown •
Mar. 29, 2010 at 10:49am
MSI today launched the latest beta version of the MSI Afterburner overclocking utility that has support for the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 and GTX470 video cards that were both launched last week. Afterburner 1.6.0 also Continue reading “MSI Afterburner v1.6.0 Beta 1 Released For Download – Supports GeForce GTX 480”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Mar. 29, 2010 at 10:32am
Chris Morley over at MAINGEAR has spent several days playing around with some GeForce GTX 480 video cards and has been focusing on triple SLI or 3-Way SLI performance numbers since pretty much no reviewer Continue reading “MAINGEAR Shows Off 3-Way SLI GeForce GTX 480 Video Card Performance”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Mar. 29, 2010 at 9:40am
Inno3D is showing off what they call the first non-BBN GTX470 video card. I am guessing that BBN stands for built-by NVIDIA and it looks they have a custom cooler on the card as the Continue reading “Inno3D Shows Off First Non-Reference GeForce GTX 470 Video Card”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Mar. 29, 2010 at 9:26am
Microsoft today inadvertently revealed a 64GB version of the Zune HD on their website. While not yet active, the new capacity is listed on Microsoft’s own site and is likely to be made official soon. Continue reading “Microsoft Sneaks 64GB Zune HD to Website”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Mar. 29, 2010 at 8:50am
AMD announces availability of a new server platform featuring the worlds first 8- and 12-core x86 processor for the high-volume 2P and value 4P server market. The AMD Opteron 6000 Series platform addresses the unmistakable Continue reading “AMD Announces Opteron 6000 Server Platform – 12-Core Magny-Cours Processors”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Mar. 29, 2010 at 8:33am