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HP Beats Dell By 0.2%

Having trailed Dell in worldwide PC sales for four years, Hewlett-Packard has surpassed its rival during the third quarter of this year. According to a report from iSuppli, HP now leads the ranking with a global market share of 16.5%, while Dell fell behind with 16.3%. Add comment

AMD Demo’s First Native Quad-Core CPU

AMD today offered a first glimpse at a 4-way, quad-core Opteron processor system during its annual analyst conference. As Intel was the first out of the gate with a quad-core processor, AMD will be the first out fo the gate with a native quad-core chip - four processors that are integrated in one piece of silicon. Add comment

Wii Sensor Bar Roundup

Have you hacked, modded, or disassembled your Wii Sensor Bar yet? Get started with our roundup of options. Add comment

Apple Patches 31 OSX Holes

Apple has today patched up 31 security flaws in various versions of its Mac OS X operating system. Twelve of the 22 patched software components suffer from flaws that could allow for remote code execution. Other fixes deal with vulnerabilities ranging from denial of service attacks to system privilege escalation. Add comment

PS3 Update 1.11 Mysteries

PS3 users have been left scratching their heads over Sony's firmware upgrade for the PS3. According to Gamespot there are a number of bugs which the PS3 has, but Sony's version 1.11 upgrade did not seem to fix any of them. Add comment

Futuremark Patches 3Dmark, & PCMark

It seems Futuremark took the opportunity of tweaking its code for Vista to iron out a few bugs in the various routines it produces, and with this opportunity 3DMark06, 3DMark05 and PCMark05 have all been updated. Add comment

Lord of the Rings Expansion Battles Its Way To The PC

Entertainment software giant Electronic Arts today announced that it has shipped The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II: The Rise of the Witch King, the latest expansion to the company's movie game franchise. Add comment

Quad Core Processing: Over-simplified, demystified, and explained

The quad core chips that will first replace dual cores are going to merge two dual core dies into a two-die, four-core package OR one die with four cores. Confused? We'll explain it in plain English. Add comment

Ebay’s Black Friday Console List

Ebay released its traditional Black Friday sales numbers, which included sales of next-generation game consoles and highlighted the frenzy around the Playstation 3 and Wii. Add comment

Nintendo Sales 600,000 Wii Consoles

In plain shipment numbers, Nintendo's Wii can claim to have had the most successful launch week. The manufacturer today said that more than 600,000 consoles were sold in the first eight days after launch, generating sales of more than $190 million. Add comment

Router Chip Can Stop Viruses

But cost is a problem - for now. Add comment

Changes To The DMCA Good For Cellphone Users And Gamers

The Library of Congress has made several changes to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act allowing amongst other things, legal "cracks" to cell phone software and older non-supported games. Add comment

AMD’s R600 Die Revealed

Details are beginning to surface regarding AMD's first stand alone GPU marchitecture. Add comment

Symantec $100K – Pirates Zip

Avast! Add comment

A Wii Experience

A "gaming dad" tells how he got screwed by Toys R Us, how a console filled his house with laughing kids and adults, and why he can't play his Xbox 360 without moving the controller around anymore. Boo on you, Toys R Us. Add comment

The Last Of The Big GPU’s

ATI's R600 may be the last of it's breed, the monolithic GPU. Add comment

Wii Claims First Victim – A 60 Inch TV

Excited Wii users take heed! Add comment

Pentium Price Cuts Coming?

Price drop expected early next year. Add comment

AMD To Cut 375 Jobs

Merger with ATI to blame. Add comment

MPAA Sues Over DVD To iPod Transfer

Does anyone really own [i]anything[/i] anymore? Add comment

Microsoft Vista Cracked

Despite their best efforts and anti-piracy measures, cracked copies of its Vista operating system are apparently already doing the rounds on torrent sites. Add comment