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AMD rejoins top 10 semiconductor suppliers

After a strong 2009, AMD has once again reclaimed a spot in the top 10 global semiconductor suppliers. Add comment

Mozilla adds hardware acceleration to Firefox 3.7

Mozilla matches Microsoft's intention to perform hardware acceleration of Internet Explorer 9 with an implentation of its own in Firefox beta 3.7. Add comment

NZXT Sentry 2 review

Almost a year ago, we reviewed the NZXT Sentry LX fan controller, and found it useful—but lacking in a few key areas. NZXT has apparently heard customer concerns and fixed almost everything that was wrong with the original. Add comment

Newegg Black Friday deals are live

Newegg's Black Friday deals have gone live, and some of them are really, really good. Add comment

Amazon outs kindle firmware v2.3

Kindle firmware v2.3 brings better battery life to international users, native PDF support to all users, and support for landscape document rendering. Add comment

Gigabyte 790FXTA-UD5 brings USB 3/SATA 6 to AMD

Gigabyte launches the world's first AMD motherboard featuring USB 3.0 and SATA 6Gbps. Add comment

NVIDIA GPU driver 195.62 released

This point release resolves outstanding issues in the November 17 release of the 195.55 ForceWare beta. Add comment

NVIDIA CEO says it will “kick Intel’s ass” in court

NVIDIA CEO Jen-Hsun Huang once again saddles up the drama llama and takes 'er for a spin 'round Intel's hood. Add comment

EFF to contest bogus VoloMedia podcasting patent

Enjoy podcasts? Yet another ridiculous money-grabbing patent lawsuit threatens to ruin a Good Thing. The EFF is taking issue with a US patent that threatens to ruin podcasting, and calls for help in their fight to overturn the filing. Add comment

FirePro driver adds 30-bit Deep Color to Photoshop

A new driver for the ATI FirePro series has improved color purity in Adobe Photoshop by boosting accuracy to ten bits per channel RGB. Add comment

Tech advances may bring cheaper FTTX

Researchers have developed a new method for inexpensive long-haul fiber optics for deployment in rural areas. Add comment

32nm Core i3 and Core i5s get listed

German vendor HPM-Computer has begun listing 32nm Core i3 and Core i5 processors well ahead of their scheduled street date. Add comment

GPU compute benchmark adds OpenCL

NGOHQ has announced today v0.35 of its DirectCompute Benchmark; the new version adds support for evaluating the performance of OpenCL workloads. Add comment

Hynix ramping NAND supply

Hynix is slowly recovering its status in the NAND market, but it may not give much benefit to consumers. Add comment

Icrontic RSS feed update

Icrontic's RSS feeds have been updated and should be stable now. Apologies for weird behavior the last few days. Add comment

Facebook photos used to deny insurance claim

Canadian insurance company Manulife inexplicably unearths private Facebook photos to deny insurance coverage to a depressed woman. Add comment

Microsoft paying news outlets to bail on Google

Microsoft offers tidy sums to news companies if they'll list their sites exclusively on Bing. Add comment

First Core i9 benchmarks appear

A first look at the Core i9, a six core Extreme Edition chip coming in Q1 2010. Add comment

Serious vulnerability found in IE6, 7

A flaw has been discovered in Internet Explorer 6 and 7 that allows attackers to crash the browser and inject malware. Add comment

eBay blames traffic surge for Saturday failure

eBay responds to outages which crippled the site on Saturday and Sunday. Add comment

Kingston says Taiwanese DRAM sector depressed

David Sun, co-founder of Kingston, offers commentary on the state of the Taiwanese DRAM industry. Add comment