Archive for December, 2008
DFI announces two more X58 motherboards
Challenging the big boys (Asus, Gigabyte, MSI) in terms of number of X58-powered motherboards, DFI has now introduced two new Core i7-ready LANParty boards, the DK X58-T3eH6 (ATX) and the little giant (that could),
Intel launches five new 45nm mobile Penryn CPUs
According to a new Intel Processor Pricing list dated December 28, the company has just recently expanded its 45nm Core 2 Duo and Core 2 Quad product lineups with five new mobile CPUs.
At the top of the list is the mobile quad-core Q9000 processor, which runs at 2.00GHz, a 1066MHz FSB and a 45W TDP […]
Microsoft getting ready to lay off 17% of staff
The rumor that Microsoft was set to lay off people on January 15th, 2009 is no longer a rumor but a fact. Staff at Microsoft have been informed that the company is readying major layoffs to its worldwide operations and its not a small cut, either.
Quad-core MacBook Pro on the way?
Intel sneaked out a new low-cost quad-core mobile processor on Monday, prompting some observers to wonder if Apple will finally release a quad-core laptop.
The lack of fanfare surrounding the 2.53GHz Core 2 Quad Mobile Processor Q9000s introduction–it was merely added to Intels CPU price list–is certainly interesting.
New York’s New Year’s Celebration Goes Green
This New Year’s Eve celebration in Times Square — like everything else these days — is going green. The “ball” has had all its bulbs replaced with highly efficient LEDs, and will use 20-percent less power than last year’s.
BlackBerry 8900 Coming to T-Mobile February 18th
More news regarding the wickedly awesome BlackBerry (NSDQ: RIMM) 8900. Seems as though a snapshot taken of a T-Mobile (NYSE: DT) roadmap seems to confirm what Simon reported way back on Christmas Day!
30GB Zunes mysteriously begin to fail at 12AM, December 31st — day of reckoning to follow
Do you have a Zune 30? If so, does the thing look something like the above? That is to say, stuck at a loading bar and completely non-functional? If so, you are not alone. We’ve been flooded with tips about users whose 30GB players started locking up at midnight last night, essentially bricking themselves without […]
Motorola to Cut 400 More Jobs
In a saddening trend, I just read news that Motorola (NYSE: MOT) has plans to cut another 400 jobs on top of the 1,500 job cuts announced back in October. Not good. Back in October things didn’t look so rosy… The writing was on the wall:
GeForce GTX285 Gets Reviewed
After the paper launch of dual-GPU GeForce GTX295, lots of reviews on it have popped up. Conversely, NVIDIA’s another flagship card GeForce GTX285 catches much less attention. As to now, only some specifications of GTX285 are unveiled, while we can hardly find reviews on its performance.
ATIs first 2009 card is RV740
Nvidia is currently winning the last batch of benchmarks with its re-launched GTX 260, as it pulled a magic driver out of its sleeve and Radeon HD 4870 is currently the slower one.
