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AMD officially launches dual-GPU Radeon HD 5970

More bounce to the ounce with this dual-GPU card from the boys in Markham, ON. Add comment

Taiwan DRAM makers predict price drop

The rising prices of computer memory may be temporary according to several Taiwanese DRAM module manufacturers. Add comment

Facebook to adopt simplified privacy policy

Facebook announced on Tuesday that it will be adopting a privacy policy that will be easier to understand, and easier to find. Add comment

Google to detail Chrome OS during Thursday demonstration

Google's Chrome OS isn't coming out till next year, but they'll be officially demonstrating it to the public as early as this Thursday. Add comment

OCZ launches new Colossus high-capacity SSDs

Today OCZ announced the availability of its new Colossus-series 3.5″ form factor solid state drives. The drives range in size from 120GB up to 1TB of MLC storage and feature dual controllers for internal Raid 0 and 128MB of cache. Four models have been announced today: 120GB Read: Up to 260MB/s Write: Up to 260MB/s […] Add comment

Noctua announces new NH-D14 heatsink

It’s been a while since we heard anything new from Noctua but they finally announced a new heatsink earlier this month. They call it the NH-D14, and if it’s anything like previous Noctua products, it’ll be awesome. This is the company’s first heatsink to use a 140mm fan (hence the D14 name), but they’ve gone […] Add comment

Kingston launches 12GB DDR3 pack

Kingston is now selling HyperX DDR3-1600 in 12GB packs for Core I7 users running fat X58 desktops. Is it enough RAM or simply too much? Add comment

ATI Catalyst 9.11 released

Fresh out of the oven, AMD has just served up a brand new Catalyst driver for Radeon HD 3000, 4000 and 5000-series GPUs. Add comment

DFI HB P45-ION-T2A2 pairs ION and P45 chipsets in hilarious Engrish

DFI announced today the HB P45-ION-T2A2 motherboard which combines the Intel P45 and NVIDIA ION chipsets on a single board, a model which DFI calls "Hybrid." Add comment

Court sides with Apple in Psystar case

Apple's Mac OS X EULA holds up in court as court rules against Psystar in the ongoing copyright case. Add comment

NVIDIA GPU driver 195.55 released

Beta drivers add Flash 10.1 acceleration support, new SLI profiles and bug fixes. Add comment

ATI Radeon HD 5970 specifications and pricing confirmed

Leaked slides from an AMD presentation confirm the dual-GPU Radeon HD 5970's price, specs, and performance. Add comment

AMD in 2010, part 2: Bulldozer, Bobcat & Llano

We explore AMD's next-gen processor plans: Bulldozer, Bobcat and Llano. Part two of a four-part series. Add comment

Flash 10.1 beta hits; brings GPU acceleration

Adobe announced today the release of Flash 10.1 beta, the version which brings GPU acceleration to H.264 Flash content (think YouTube HD) on supported GPUs. Add comment

Apple patents method for ad-supported services

Apple has patented a system for subsidized hardware and software which will force users to watch ads by responding to prompts. Add comment

Icrontic update: weekend outages

On Saturday around 3pm ET we saw a massive spike in traffic. One of our articles was featured prominently on Google News which resulted in more than a six-fold increase over our normal peak. We’ve been battling some stability issues with our server related to MySQL and this traffic spike brought the site to a […] Add comment

Mind of UPSLynx for the week of November 8th

Music and singing, shotguns, rage, toast, and destruction. Add comment

Drive your car with your iPhone or laptop

The scientists over at Waterloo Labs have done the seemingly impossible: they’ve formulated a way that you can drive your car with your iPhone or laptop. The team created a mechanical device that sits on the floor of the car to operate the pedals, and to control steering through signals sent from a specially-created iPhone […] Add comment

G.SKILL joins the DDR3-2200 club

G.SKILL announced on Friday the immediate availability a DDR3-2200 kit specifically for Lynnfield-based Intel systems, though the new DIMMs should work on AM3 Phenom II rigs just as well. Add comment

Designers create LED dress

Two designers in London have crafted what is being described as the “largest wearable display in the world.” The dress has 24,000 of the smallest full color LED bulbs available. Add comment

G.SKILL launches Falcon II SSDs

Memory and SSD maker G.SKILL announced this week the impending availability of their new Falcon II line of solid state disks. Add comment