It's pretty clear both Intel and AMD envision a future where CPUs with integrated graphics play a big role in the entry-level and mainstream markets. So how does Nvidia feel about this? In short, the graphics chip maker isn't sweating it. [......]
The latest browser market share statistics are out from Web analytics firm Net Applications, and of all the browsers, only Google's Chrome made any kind of notable gain. Chrome bumped up its position from 7.52 percent in August to nearly 8 percent in September, which is more than twice the market share it held one year ago. [......]
Everywhere you turn it's 3D this and 3D that, but despite the marketing blitz, 3D technology isn't winning over consumers in droves. That includes the mobile PC market where 3D is having a tough time getting established. According to reports , global sales of 3D notebooks in 2010 will only reach 150,000 to 200,000 units, which is partly the result of targeting mainly high-end gamers. [......]
A 27-year-old Venezuelan convicted of pillaging and subsequently reselling more than 10 million VoIP minutes has been sentenced to 10 years in prison . [......]
There are desktop replacements, like Asus' G73Jh series, and then there are desktop replacements , like the new Clevo X7200 gaming notebook introduced by AVADirect. The X7200 is the successor to the Clevo D900F, and like its predecessor, the X7200 isn't aimed at the average notebook user. [......]
Sony's latest PS3 firmware update is sure to please those PS3 owners who have already bought into the 3D hype. Firmware v. 3.50, which the company began rolling out today, brings 3D Blu-ray support to the console , turning it into a 3D Blu-ray player[......]
Holy smokes, we can hardly believe it's already been 25 years since Super Mario Bros. first launched[......]
In a blog post on Thursday, Capcom announced that Dead Rising 2: Case Zero has claimed the crown as the fastest selling Xbox Live Arcade game of all time. [......]
We did a double take when we saw the ATI label on AMD's newest professional graphics card, the FirePro V9800. Wait, haven't you heard[......]
Logitech, like McDonalds of long ago, can now claim "over 100 million served," only Logitech is referring to wireless mouse shipments and not the number of flipped burgers. [......]
The tablet market continues to inch closer to a competitive field instead of just a one-man show dominated by Apple. ExoPC, for example, is now taking preorders for its upcoming Windows 7-based slate. [......]
Let's cut right to the chase -- according to security firm Panda Security, the infamous Nigerian scam ranks as the decade's most popular online ploy to swindle victims. "This was the first type of scam to appear on the Internet and continues to be widely used by cybercriminals today," Panda Security says. Coming in second are lottery-based scams, in which potential victims receive an email claiming that they won the lottery. [......]
Maybe we should put out a tablet -- we could call it the MaxiPad -- because at this point, it seems like we're the only ones who have yet to announce an upcoming slate. All the cool kids are doing it, which now includes Hannspree . Come November, Hannspree promises to launch a 10.1-inch multi-touch slate with a capacitive screen sporting a 1024x600 resolution[......]
MSI's latest Fermi-based graphics card is a tweaker's dream, assuming you sit around dreaming about cranking voltage knobs on your hardware. That's exactly what you can do with MSI's new N460GTX Hawk , supposedly the world's first videocard with a triple overvoltage function to support core voltage, memory voltage, and PLL voltage adjustments. MSI says the N460GTX Hawk is also the only model on the market to have successfully achieved 1GHz on air, a feat made possible in part by the 7+1 PWM power design, V-Check Points (which allows users to measure voltage on the graphics card with a multimeter), active phase switching (APS), and the dual-fan Twin Frozr II heatsink[......]
IBM on Wednesday lifted the curtain on what Big Blue claims is the world's fastest computer chip, the new zEnterprise 196 (z196) processor. Minus 10 million geek points to the first person who asks, "Yes, but can it run Crysis," or any variant. What it can do is race along at 5.2GHz, the fastest stock clockspeed ever in the world of microprocessors[......]
