MSI, who is a popular manufacturer of everything from motherboards to video cards, announced their release of three new Radeon graphics cards, namely the R6770-MD1GD5, R6750-MD1GD5 and R6750-MD512D5.
It seems like just yesterday AMD released Catalyst 11.3, and now Catalyst 11.4 is out. There's a whole host of new features and fixes, which can be viewed here.
It's been in beta for months, and it's finally here: Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal was released. There is so much new you may as well just read it yourself. The Ubuntu team is pleased to announce Ubuntu 11.04, code-named "Natty Narwhal".
You'd think with all of the SSDs coming out that they'd be cheaper. Oh well. Crucial released their new 25 nanometer "m4" SSD in sizes from 64GB to 512GB. They boast a 415MB/s read speed and a 260MB/s write speed.
With all of the advertisers and all of the competition in the display market, there's a lot of misleading "specifications" for displays out there. Because of this, DisplayMate's Dr.
McAfee, who was recently bought by Intel, has put together a "Dirty Dozen" list of malware programs disguised as anti virus programs. As a side note, "AVG AntiVirus" is on the list.
Oh great, another SSD release. This time it's a quick addition to OCZ's recently released Vertex 3 SSD line, namely the Vertex 3 Max IOPS Sata III SSD.
A while ago Google, for the first time, showed off how parts of their data centers work, and now they're showing what security measures they have in place.
A while ago we posted about Apple negotiating unlimited downloads for users who bought songs on iTunes, so if somehow the songs got deleted then the user could simply re-download the songs.
PowerColor, a Chinese manufacturer of graphics cards, announced a single-slot Radeon HD 6850. Generally most higher-end cards take up two slots (beefier cards need beefier coolers), so this is something unique.
Just last week it was announced that AMD was going to release some entry-level GPUs, and now they have. The Radeon 6570 and the Radeon 6670 are available for $79 and $99, respectively.
The FTC recently did a study on how easy it is for children under 17 to buy CDs with the Parental Advisory label, M-rated videogames, and R-rated and unrated movies.
The DRAM market isn't completely void of all hope, as G. Skill announced a new DDR3 memory kit that, according to them, will be the fastest memory available at 2300MHz at CL9. The RAM, which is part of the Ripjaw-X series, only uses 1.65V.
It seems there will be no end to how small manufacturers can make things. SanDisk announced a 64Gb, 19 nanometer flash memory card with 2 bits per cell (like MLC, referred to as X2).
Samsung has recently been struggling in the hard drive market, and now Seagate will be buying up Samsung's hard drive department for a whopping $1.375 billion USD, half stock and half cash.
At the beginning of the year there were some talks of the Obama Administration coming up with an online identification plan. Well, the plan was released today, and I'm not quite sure what to make of it.
In a surprise move on Oracle's part, the popular Microsoft Word alternative Open Office will now be a community project and there will no longer be commercial suites.
If you're a Comcast user, or if you want to be come one, Comcast is now offering a 105Mbps Internet service. As a comparison, Verizon's FiOS tops out at 50Mbps at the highest tier. This speed is great, but it has its problems.
Just recently, Samsung showed off a 22in transparent LCD. Never to be out-done, LG debuted a 47 inch, 1080p, IPS, transparent, multitouch display reminiscent of Minority Report.
A recent paper estimated that 9.57 zettabytes (a million million gigabytes, or 10^21 bytes) of information was processed in 2008 by the world's ~27 million servers.
OCZ, who by now needs no introduction, has announced its release of the Vertex 3 SSD line. Running off of the Sandforce SF-2200 controller, the Vertex 3 has a max read/write of 550/500MB/s, respectively.
Commodore USA, whose website is has been up and down, is making a comeback with a new, revamped model. On the outside, you will see the classic machine in all of its glory. Inside, however, will be a completely new computer.
Own a copy of Dragon Age 2? Don't own a copy of Mass Effect 2? Then this post is for you! Bioware is offering a free copy of Mass Effect 2 plus the DLC to any owners of Dragon Age 2.
We all should know what Linux is. It's history, however, is not as well known. In commemoration of Linux's 20th anniversary, the Linux Foundation has made a new video outlines Linux's history and its uses today.
The hype for AMD's new Bulldozer CPUs is gradually mounting. The Bulldozer will be an 8-core processor built with a 32nm process. For Intel, a new CPU line generally means a new socket line. This is not necessarily true for AMD.
Texas Instruments, who really shouldn't need an introduction, announced Monday that, should it clear regulations and such, it will be purchasing National Semiconductor for $6.5 billion in cash.
AMD announced that their (codename) Llano APUs (accelerated processing units) have begun shipping. While the names of the companies they're shipping them to have not been released, details about the APUs has been.
Last month there was a little blip about an extremely small group of indie developers making an amazing Mech FPS shooter. Well, there's finally some gameplay footage, and it looks amazing. Remember, this is a group of 9 developers.
G. Skill, a reputable manufacturer of SSDs and RAM, has announced a new SSD. The G. Skill Phoenix EVO SSD, pictured above, uses the SandForce SF-1222 controller and 2Xnm NAND flash memory.
Today is April Fool's Day, and there's a lot of false news floating around. Here's one from the Big Wigs: NVIDIA is revamping the 3dfx Voodoo line with the 3dfx Voodoo 590.
