Bill Gates Stepping Down at Microsoft
Bill Gates has announced his intention to step down from involvement day-to-day operations at Microsoft. Add comment
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New Super Mario Bros. Frenzy Continues in Japan
The latest weeks figures released in Japan, show that the New Super Mario Bros. continues to outsell its closest competitor (another Nintendo title), Brain Training 2 by nearly 280,000 units. Add comment
Sony Schedules 7 More Blu-ray Movie Titles
Sony is quickly trying to catch-up to HD DVD by releasing a slew of movies for its new Blu-Ray player. While Sony will have its first wave of movies out by June, their Blu-ray player will not hit shelves until August. Unless you’re able to get your hands on one of Samsungs new Drive slated from June 25th. You will get to look at a handful of pretty new disks. Add comment
Direct X10 For Vista Only
Those who plan to buy Direct X 10 hardware will have to buy Vista as well if they want to use it's full potential. Add comment
Samsung Rolls Out Blu-ray Players
After the announcement from Sony that Blu-ray players will not see shelves until late August early September one company is keeping their promise. Samsung announced today that on June 25th they will roll out there Blu-ray player. According to the product's specifications, the 9.3-pound BD-P1000 supports any media ranging from the CD-ROM all the way up to BD-ROM and BD-RE discs, is compatible with MPEG-2, VC-1, H.264 and HD JPEG formats, and includes an 11-in-2 media card reader, two HDMI outputs. Add comment
Microsoft Throws Windows 98 Under The Bus
After six long years Microsoft has finally had enough of supporting Windows 98 and is abandoning it to the hackers. In the last batch of security patches, Microsoft steadfastly refused to patch a hole in Windows 98 but did so for Windows 2000, XP and Windows server. Support for Windows 98 is suppose to run until July 11th 2006 Add comment
Straight Shooting on the Next-Gen Console Wars
It goes without saying that all three developers are making compelling products, but what factors will determine the winner? Add comment
Dell To Push More AMD Systems
We all know this was going to happen once the announcement of Dell using AMD chips came forward. But we didn't know how soon Dell would implement AMD CPU's out side of the server market. Sources all over Taiwan confirm that Dell is going to launch more AMD based systems and soon. Dell can hide products until launch day, but you have to order parts some time, and there are no secrets in Taiwan. Add comment
Nvidia G80 Spotted
Nvidia is in the midst of pushing forward their first DX10 graphics card in late Quater3 or early Quarter 4 of this year. Specs are not known at this point but what we do know for sure is that the G80 will be DirectX 10 compliant of course but it won't have the full implementation of Shader Model 4.0. It won't do the unified Shader but it will be Vista ready. Add comment
Virus Spreads Among Yahoo Mail Users
Yamanner worm targets Yahoo. Add comment
PS2 Still Putting The Hurt To Xbox 360
Since the day Xbox 360 launched, Sony's Playstation 2 has dominated the market in console sells. With the PS2 Slim selling for $129.00 at Wal-mart. Microsoft is having issues pushing a $299 Core system. Add comment
Zeta Disconnect: Fetch (chapter 1)
Agent Z-4Q has no memory of the last ten years, but that's all according to plan. Add comment
Intel Digging Deep For Less Power
Intel has turned to "tri-gate" transistors for its 32nm technology, at the 2006 Symposia on VLSI Technology and Circuits in Honolulu, Hawaii, Intel indicated that the tri-gate transistor, often also referred to as "3D transistor" may in fact be a technology that will make it into production one day. Add comment
Intel Pushes Tulsa Forward
The link to put Intel back in the running for 4 to 8 core server systems has been pushed forward to 3rd Quarter 2006. Tulsa is based on Intel’s new "Core" micro architecture, and will ship as a dual core processor with a massive 16 MB of L3 cache. Quad core Tulsa processors are expected to ship in the first half of 2007. Add comment
More Problems For Sony PS3
The [url=http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=32343] Inquirer[/url] reports that rumours they have been hearing for a few months now, seem to be backed up by posts on the web site [url=http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/sony/more-ps3-downgrades-on-the-way-179863.php]Kotaku[/url]. Add comment
Spyware Dominates Malware Production
It appears that the lone coder writing a virus as an attention-grabbing ploy is being outdone by those criminals with a monetary motive. Add comment
HP Pavillion dv8000t review
Short-Media looks at the HP Pavillion dv8000t as a potential mobile gaming and digital media platform. Add comment
GTA San Andreas Game Makers Settle With The FTC
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has reported that a settlement has been reached with the companies behind the popular video game "Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas", namely Take-Two Interactive and subsidiary Rockstar Games. Add comment
Computex Coverage
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Intel’s technology branding @ Hexus
Intel's been on a mission of late. Add comment
PCApex PSU Calculator v1.2 Online @ PC Apex
Version 1.2 of the PCApex PSU Calculator is up for free download Add comment
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