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Sapphire Gives Relief to AGP Users

Starting with the Radeon X1600 Pro, Sapphire plans to release more products in both PCIe and AGP configurations. Add comment

Futuremark Releases 3DMark06

Futuremark has released a new version of their popular graphics benchmark 3DMark. 3DMark06 will include support for Pixel Shader 3.0, HDR (High Dynamic Range) & SM 3.0. Add comment

Cingular to Sell Microsoft-Powered Cell Phone

Cingular will begin selling a cellular phone utilizing Microsoft's latest mobile phone software package. Add comment

Is Dual-Core Worth It?

Many enthusiasts are asking the same questions ...Is it worth my investment to purchase dual-core over single-core? Will I get equal or better performance and overclocks with an X2? Add comment

Firefox 2 “Bon Ocho” alpha due in February

Hot on the heels of 1.5, the first alpha version of Mozilla Firefox 2 codenamed "Bon Ocho" will be available for users in February. Add comment

Orange SPV C600 Review

[url=http://www.neowin.net]Neowin[/url] have posted a review of Orange's follow up to the SPV C500 smart phone, the SPV C600. Add comment

Intel Fires Back At AMD With Core Duo

The chip giant Intel says it will ship in January more than 1 million units of the new Core Duo processor, the official name for the dual-core mobile processor that previously was code-named Yonah. Add comment

Microsoft Delays XP SP3

[url=http://bink.nu/Article5856.bink]Bink.nu[/url] has an interesting article up on his site concerning Windows XP SP3. Microsoft has apparently pushed back the scheduled release date of SP3 to the second half of 2007. Add comment

AMD To Launch FX-62 & X2 5000 With M2

AMD has shed some light on 12 of its new processors that will ship in Q2 to support the launch of the new M2 platform. Add comment

Short-Media Reports 5000 Times

News just in.... Earlier today Short-Media posted its 5000th news report. In the space of just 2½ years, that's an average of over 5 reports per day. Add comment

Seagate Launches High Capacity Hard Drives

Seagate has started shipping a notebook PC hard drive that overcomes an obstacle many feared would be a major roadblock to the further expansion of disk capacity and the overall growth of the storage industry. Add comment

Middle Earth II Goes 360

In a surprise revelation Electronic Arts announced that the much anticipated PC game "The Lord Of The Rings: The battle for Middle Earth II" will make it's XBox 360 debut when it ships in the third quarter of 2006. Add comment

Intel Macs May Boot XP After All

[url=http://www.apcmag.com]Apcmag[/url] is reporting that recent rumours suggesting Intel Macs won't be able to boot Windows XP may be inaccurate. Add comment

New Magnetic Gates for Cool Computing

Researchers at the University of Notre Dame have magnetic gates capable of performing operations like the transistors used in CPUs, but with a fraction of the power usage. Intel has already expressed interest. Add comment

World’s Tiniest PSU @ XYZ Computing

The smallest PSU on the market was released at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. XYZ Computing has a review. Add comment

Roundup for early January, 2006

[url=http://www.rojakpot.com/showarticle.aspx?artno=283]Corsair 4GB Flash Voyager[/url] [url=http://www.tech-hounds.com/article12/ArticlesPage1.html]The Quest for Lag Free Gaming[/url] [url=http://www.frostytech.com/articleview.cfm?articleID=1915]How Manufacturers Test Heatsinks & Thermal Compound[/url] [url=http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/271]All Pentium M Models[/url] [url=http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/272]All Athlon 64 Models[/url] [url=http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/273]All Opteron Models[/url] [url=http://www.frostytech.com/articleview.cfm?articleID=1914]Cooling Overview - Lower Noise, Better Thermals[/url] [url=http://www.tekbunker.com/articles/Picassa/]Picasa update from Google[/url] Add comment

The Commodore is back!

Commodore has released a new handheld product with GPS; music, image, and video playback; gaming (NES emulator), and more. Add comment

Inside Pentium M @ Hardware Secrets

Hardware Secrets has posted an article detailing the inner workings of the Pentium M. Add comment

Wanted: Short-Media News Posters

Short-Media is looking to recruit two or three new members to join and help expand its current News posting team. Applicants should be grammatically stable and keen lovers of correct spelling. If you're interested please [url=http://www.short-media.com/forum/private.php?do=newpm&u=74]PM[/url] or [url=http://www.short-media.com/forum/sendmessage.php?do=mailmember&u=74]E-mail[/url] me. Thanks. Add comment

Researchers Develop Quantum Processor

A computer chip based on the esoteric science of quantum mechanics has been created by researchers at the University of Michigan. The chip might well pave the way for a new generation of supercomputers. Add comment

Apple Files for “Mobile Me” Trademark

Apple has filed an application to trademark the phrase "Mobile Me", a moniker that could apply to a wide range of Apple's products. Add comment