Kingston today announced the release of DataTraveler 310, the first 256GB USB Flash drive in the United States. The DataTraveler 310 replaces the 256GB DataTraveler 300, released in July 2009 to the Asia/Pacific and Europe, Continue reading “Kingston Ships First 256GB USB Flash Drive – DataTraveler 310”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Feb. 18, 2010 at 10:31am
Blizzard Entertainment announced today that the closed beta test for its highly anticipated real-time strategy game, StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty, has begun. Thousands of gamers around the world have started to receive invitations from Continue reading “Closed Beta Testing of StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty Begins Today”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Feb. 18, 2010 at 10:03am
NVIDIA Corp. today reported revenue of $982.5 million for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2010 ended Jan. 31, 2010, up 9 percent from the previous quarter and more than double the $481.1 million reported in Continue reading “NVIDIA Reports Financial Results for Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2010”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Feb. 18, 2010 at 6:56am
Capcom has announced the first downloadable episode for Resident Evil 5, “LOST IN NIGHTMARES” is now available on Xbox Live and will be made available on PlayStation Network tomorrow, February 18. Consumers who download “LOST Continue reading “Resident Evil 5: LOST IN NIGHTMARES Now Available”. …more
By Ken Brown •
Feb. 17, 2010 at 6:34pm
Electronic Arts has announced that all pre-orders of Battlefield: Bad Company 2 will automatically be upgraded to ‘Limited Edition’. The free upgrade will also be available at launch, although quantities will be limited and once Continue reading “EA Announces Battlefield: Bad Company 2 – Limited Edition Upgrade”. …more
By Ken Brown •
Feb. 17, 2010 at 5:39pm
Three employees of Tesla Motors died this morning when their Cessna 310 crashed in a residential neighborhood in East Palo Alto, California. Company CEO Elon Musk confirmed those aboard the planes were employees of the Continue reading “3 Tesla Execs Dead In Palo Alto Plane Crash”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Feb. 17, 2010 at 3:35pm
Corsair is getting ready to announce its second PC case, the Obsidian 700D. The new 700D is positioned slightly lower than the 800D which the company debuted last year. We found the 800D to be Continue reading “Corsair Obsidian 700D PC Case Pictures and Details Leaked”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Feb. 17, 2010 at 2:22pm
AMD has released the ATI Catalyst 10.1 video card drivers to the public for download. This release of ATI Catalyst brings performance improvements in four game titles along with numerous resolved issues and new features Continue reading “ATI Releases Catalyst 10.2 Video Card Drivers for Download”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Feb. 17, 2010 at 2:00pm
A marketing director for Santa Clara-based Nvidia is facing a misdemeanor charge after he allegedly told a flight attendant at San Francisco International Airport that he had a bomb in his jacket, prosecutors said Monday. Continue reading “Nvidia Marketing Director Makes Bomb Threat On Airplane – Lands In Jail”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Feb. 17, 2010 at 12:10pm
OCZ has been busy working on their next generation SSD products, and rather than using last year’s Indilinx Barefoot controller they found a new controller series that they liked from an upcoming SSD controller company Continue reading “OCZ Vertex 2 Pro 100GB SandForce SF-1500 SSD Preview”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Feb. 17, 2010 at 11:48am
Joystiq is reporting that there may be a Rock Band: Jimi Hendrix in the works over at Electronic Arts. EA, the publisher of the Rock Band franchise, is said to be talking to Janie Hendrix Continue reading “Rumor: Jimi Hendrix Getting Rock Band Treatment”. …more
By Ken Brown •
Feb. 17, 2010 at 11:47am
SemiAccurate is reporting that production parts have been coming back from TSMC for several weeks now, and the outlook for them is grim for NVIDIA on their GeForce GTX 480 and GTX 470 graphics cards. Continue reading “Nvidia GeForce GTX 480 and GTX 470 Video Card Yields Are Poor”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Feb. 17, 2010 at 11:34am
The Federal Communications Commission has an impressive goal in their “100 Squared” broadband plan, suggesting that 100 million homes will enjoy 100 Mbps connection speeds. 100Mbps is significantly higher than Americas current average speed of Continue reading “FCC Wants High-Speed Internet for the Masses”. …more
By austin •
Feb. 17, 2010 at 11:08am
Facebook’s newest interface changes(which 95% of users hate, like every interface update brought out by the social giant) are getting some serious heat for having a difficult layout which forces users to go to multiple Continue reading “Facebook Hit With Class Action Over Privacy Changes”. …more
By austin •
Feb. 17, 2010 at 10:56am
HBO is continuing work on their own streaming site(currently in Beta), HBO Go, which is currently only available to subscribers of HBO AND Comcast or Verizon FiOS. HBO expects to win over the pay-consumers through Continue reading “HBO’s Streaming Site to Compete With Hulu?”. …more
By austin •
Feb. 17, 2010 at 10:44am