April 27 2011

kitguru reviewed the Sapphire HD6950 FleX 2G GDDR5

On a performance level, the card is very strong. What this specific solution brings to the table is a cheaper way to get into the multi screen gaming sector. You don't need expensive DisplayPort panels and Sapphire has included several converters in the box to get you going on the path to high resolution gaming. ....More

April 27 2011

Lenovo ThinkPad X Series Tablets news by shop.lenovo

The X220 ultraportable and the multitouch-enabled ThinkPad X220t tablet PC are the new product from Lenovo.

Mobility of a tablet, power of a laptop: We combined the same design and performance principles of our exceptional ThinkPad laptops with the flexibility of pen- and finger-based computing to create the X220 Tablet. Fueled with 2nd generation Intel® Core™ processors, lightning-fast Intel HD graphics and speedy boot times, the machine will provide convenience to anyone who consistently finds themselves outside the traditional "desktop environment" - like road warriors, healthcare professionals, students and engineers. Simply swivel the HD touchscreen to go from conventional laptop at the office to tablet mode in the field. ....More

April 27 2011

Intel Sandy Bridge E series news by anandtech

At the bottom of the SNB-E lineup is the quad-core 3.6GHz chip, which will take over from the i7-960 as well as providing a competitor to the i7-2600 in the sub-$300 market. ....More

April 26 2011

AMD Lithography news by xbitlabs

Lithography Roadmap : AMD Expects Two 28nm Tape-Outs This Quarter.

Advanced Micro Devices expects to tape-out two 28nm designs during the second quarter, the company revealed. At present it is unknown whether the firm will attempt to test manufacturing of forthcoming 28nm graphics processing units at TSMC or other 28nm chips like next-generation GPUs or accelerated processing units (APUs) at Globalfoundries. ....More

April 22 2011

AMD GPU news by hwinfo

Added support of AMD future GPUs: TAHITI, NEW ZEALAND, THAMES, LOMBOK.

HWiNFO32 freeware system information tool from Realix reveals AMD Sothern Islands GPU Codenames, being: Tahiti, New Zealand, Thames and Lombok. ....More

April 22 2011

Intel Liquid Cooling news by xbitlabs

Intel is considering to bundle a liquid cooling solution with its next-generation high-end processors, being the Intel Sandy Bridge E series (SNB- E). The liquid-based cooler will allow Intel's Extreme Edition (XE) microprocessors to work at even higher frequencies and thus offer higher performance overall. ....More

April 21 2011

Intel Sandy Bridge E series news by xfastest.com

Intel has revealed its Desktop Processor Roadmap for Q4 2011 and 1H 2012.

The new Sandy Bridge E series processors for the Premimum Performance line are a six-core CPU, clocked @ 3200MHz with 12MB shared Level 3 Cache, this six core will probably have a K extension an is fully unlocked. The second model is a limited unlocked quad-core version, which is clocked @ 3600MHz with 10MB of L3 cache. Unfortunately Turbo Frequencies are not shown in this roadmap. ....More

April 20 2011

anandtech reviewed the AMD Radeon HD 6570

AMD Turks-Architecture based video cards will be powering the Radeon HD 6670 and Radeon HD 6570, replacing the Radeon HD 5670 and Radeon HD 5570 respectively, both based on the older Redwood-Architecture.

Compared to the Radeon 5500-5600 series cards that the 6570 and 6670 replace, the performance increase is app. 10% for the 6670, while the Radeon HD6570 is very close to the Radeon HD5670. ....More

April 20 2011

gamespot reviewed the The Elder Scrolls V

The Elder Scrolls series has come a long way since its humble beginnings on the PC back in the early '90s. ....More

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Seagate Company News news by seagate

Seagate and Samsung Announce Broad Strategic Alignment

Major elements of the agreement include:

• Samsung combining its hard disk drive (HDD) operations into Seagate
• Extending and enhancing the existing patent cross-license agreement between the companies
• A NAND flash memory supply agreement under which Samsung will provide Seagate with its market-le

....More

April 20 2011

Apple iPhone news by appleinsider

Apple sues Samsung for allegedly copying look and feel of iPhone, iPad

Apple has accused Samsung of violating patents it owns related to the design and creation of the iPhone and iPad. ....More

April 19 2011

tweaktown reviewed the Gigabyte T1125N

The biggest selling point apart from the fantastic touch screen is the docking station. It saves your connectors from wear and tear and creates a desktop environment in an ultraportable device. Since the T1125N is your desktop, tablet and notebook, it saves you from buying multiple devices and having to sync data across your various gadgets. ....More

April 19 2011

hothardware reviewed the HTC Thunderbolt

This smartphone has next to 4G speeds, a large 4.3-inch display, fast 1GHz Snapdragon processor, plenty of storage space, and the ability to share its fast connection with up to eight Wi-Fi enabled devices through the Mobile Hotspot feature. ....More

April 19 2011

Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD7-B3 news by xfastest

Gigabyte's GA-Z68X-UD7 B3 is a board Based on the new Z68 chipset that has the same OC capabilities of P67 and still has the display features of the H67 chipset. Next to an EFI BIOS with a nicer interface, this board can be compared to the P67A-UD7, because it has a 24-phase VRM, the image on the package doesn't show any display outputs though. ....More

April 15 2011

pureoverclock reviewed the Cooler Master Storm Enforcer SGC-1000-KWN1

This computer case strikes a great balance between sleek simplicity and aggressive undertones. It is an aesthetic that certainly has gamer appeal, but the feature set and looks will likely appeal to a much wider audience, since a good case is a good case, whether it's marketed to gamers or not. ....More

April 15 2011

anandtech reviewed the Antec HCP-750

This maufacturer cares about quality. Anted has chosen very expensive capacitors from Rubycon. In addition, "more is better", meaning that two main caps are better than one. The ball bearing fans also last longer than cheap sleeve bearing models, which is another minor upgrade. ....More

April 14 2011

legitreviews reviewed the Antec KUHLER H2O 920

The only issue with the Kuhler H2O 920 is that in the Extreme mode the noise from the fans is ear splitting loud. The upside to this is the Chill Control V software allows you to find that sweet spot for performance/noise that fits your taste. ....More

April 14 2011

aphnetworks reviewed the Cooler Master Storm Enforcer SGC-1000-KWN1

This enclosure is really quite unique and different. The overall design and appearance is definitely appealing. The reviewer also liked how the manufacturer provides a fairly large and clean side panel window for a nice view of the internal components. ....More

April 14 2011

bjorn3d reviewed the Sapphire HD 5850 Xtreme 1GB GDDR5

This card was able to provide an outstanding performance when compared to the reference version. It falls behind the performance of lower high-end cards like the Palit GTX460 Sonic Platinum or Palit GTX560 Ti Sonic with tessellation-heavy DirectX 11 textures. For people on a budget : This video card gives you value for money. ....More

April 14 2011

hardwareheaven reviewed the Inno3D Geforce GTX 580 HAWK

As far as performance is concerned this card has app. the same speed as a standard card. Some games will not benefit from the additional GDDR5 RAM so most benchmark results will be close to the reference card. ....More

April 13 2011

MSI H61I-E35 news by msi

This new mini-ITX board based on the Intel H61 (B3) chipset for building a HTPC 'on a budget'.

There are not many expansion options, like most H61 boards it has 4 SATA2 connectors and 'normal' DDR3 RAM slots. You'll not be able to install a discrete graphics card since this mobo only has one PCIe x1 slot, there are also 2 USB2 headers for the frontside connectors on your HTPC Case. ....More

April 12 2011

tweaktown reviewed the MSI N580GTX Lightning

The GTX 580 is fast, when overclocked it's even faster! The HD 6970 Lightning has a better price/performance, while the GTX 580 Lightning is pure performance, for a high price though. ....More

April 12 2011

HP TouchPad news by youtube

HP WebOS in Action TouchPad video shows Citrix in action

HP's new WebOS is featured on the TouchPad. It allows mobile users to run their programs and manage their desktops in clever, inventive ways. This footage shows the TouchPad in action and demonstrates how this new OS has many capabilities and options to make it a fierce competitor in the mobile computing space. ....More

April 12 2011

LG 47 inch transparent IPS LCD news by oled-display

Multitouch Screen and Full HD resolution (video)

47-inch display that packs in everything a geek could want: IPS technology, 1080p resolution, multitouch screen and transparency. ....More

April 12 2011

Apple iMac news by geekwithlaptop

Man Sued by Apple Support for Complaining Now Gets a New iMac

Greek physician Dmitri Papadimitriadis was sued 200,000 Euros for describing Systemgraph's service as "shoddy" on an online forum. ....More

April 12 2011

Sony Playstaion news by blog.us.playstation

Settlement in George Hotz Case

In the action, SCEA accused Hotz of violating federal law by posting online information about the security system in the PlayStation 3 videogame console and software that SCEA claimed could be used to circumvent the security system in the console and allow the playing of pirated videogames. ....More

April 12 2011

AMD 28nm graphics news by fudzilla

No new architecture for 2012 just a die shrink.

The Southern Islands (Radeon HD 7000?) series is a new family of GPUs developed by AMD, to be released in the second half of 2011. There won't be any major architectural upgrade, when compared to previous series, just a die shrink. ....More

April 8 2011

anandtech reviewed the AMD Radeon HD 6450

This video card is an excellent HTPC card. Video decoding is good and it has the a very low TDP. Overall gaming performance is not so good though, for gaming it's better to buy a graphics card in a higher market segment. ....More

April 6 2011

Panasonic rewriteable 100GB BD-RE XL Blu-Ray disc news by Panasonic

New high capacity Blu-ray disks will be launched on the Japanes market on the 15th April.

The 100GB BD-RE XL is the companies first triple layer rewritable Blu-ray Disk and is app. the equivalent of 20 standard DVDs. ....More

April 5 2011

pcper reviewed the Thermaltake Level 10 GT VN10001W2N

The front panel of the Level 10 GT has room for four 5.25" optical drives, one 3.5" bay, and a small security lock that secures the five 3.5" hot-swappable, removable hard drive bays located on the left side of the case. ....More

April 5 2011

hardwarecanucks reviewed the AMD Radeon HD 6790

In many ways, this card acts as a perfect bridge product between the AMD Radeon HD6850 1GB and the HD5770 within AMD's lineup

One of the small issues the reviewers encountered during benchmark testing was the power consumption. Due to relatively high clock speeds, an increase in efficiency over the HD 6850 wasn't achieved. ....More

April 5 2011

tweaktown reviewed the OCZ ZX Series 850W OCZ-ZX850W Power Supply

All of the cables are modular and sleeved and the 850W version even comes with dual ATX 4+4 connectors should you need it. The ZX 850 is 80Plus Gold certified, providing great efficiency even at full load. The only thing we can find lacking is that the ZX 850 is not rated for 100% continuous output at 50C. ....More

April 5 2011

guru3d reviewed the AMD Radeon HD 6790

The Radeon 6790 is value for money and is offering good performance. It's definitely rated higher and performing better than NVIDIA's GTX 550 Ti. ....More

April 5 2011

anandtech reviewed the AMD Radeon HD 6790

After the launch of GeForce GTX550 Ti for app. $150, AMD is launching the Radeon HD6790, at app. the same pricepoint. Based on the Barts GPU that's also powering the HD6800 series, this product is a cheaper version of the HD6800 series like the 4830 and 5830 are cheaper verions of the 4800 and 5800 series respectively.

Whether or not AMD calls the Radon HD6790 the successor of the AMD Radeon HD5830, that's what it is. So 5830 comparisons are quite appropriate, both to look at what AMD did well at and where it doesn't quite escapes its ancestor. ....More

April 5 2011

AMD Bulldozer news by xbitlabs

Gigabyte Unveils Mainboards for Future AMD FX "Bulldozer" Microprocessors.

Gigabyte Launches AM3+ "Black Socket" Motherboards

Gigabyte Technology, one of the largest makers of mainboards in the world, on Monday unveiled a lineup of mainboards with AM3+ socket designed for AMD FX-series microprocessors code-named Zambezi and powered by AMD's next-generation Bulldozer micro-architecture. ....More

April 5 2011

ISP Bandwidth Usage news by arstechnica

AT&T. 150GB data caps will kick in for AT&T DSL customers as of May 2. First time over, you get a disciplinary message. Second time, "AT&T will send you a notice advising you that the next time you exceed your allowance-the third time-you will be billed $10 for each 50 GB of data over your allowance." ....More

April 5 2011

AMD ARM news by blogs@forbes

In hardware, the picture is much clearer: because of the requirement for minimal power consumption, almost all highly mobile devices are being power by chips from ARM Holdings. Intel keeps trying to position its Atom chip for this space, but the system manufacturers are not yet convinced. Meanwhile, ARM is extending its reach from phones, its traditional space, up to tablets, the new hot product market. ....More

April 4 2011

overclockersclub reviewed the Sapphire HD6950 FleX 2G GDDR5

This graphics card offers up a good solution for an entry into Eyefinity, this version is by far the most powerful, single Eyefinity capable card that does not require monitors with displayport or an active adapter. This video card is equipped with the Vapor Chamber cooling solution that does a great job of reducing the GPU core temp to manageable levels. ....More

4-2-2011

AMD Bulldozer news by realworldtech

The upcoming server products in the Orochi family are based off the novel Bulldozer microarchitecture on a 32nm SOI process. As described in an earlier article, Bulldozer is a fairly radical departure from the conventional x86 world. Each module includes a pair of integer cores which share a front-end, floating point unit and a 2MB L2 cache. ....More

4-1-2011

kitguru reviewed the Zotac GeForce GTX 580 AMP 1536 MB ZT-50102-10P

This video card is clocked higher than the Asus Geforce GTX580 Direct CU II, but the sample the reviewers received failed to manually overclock to the same levels. The price however is too high, this card is pricing itself out of the market when compared to similar video cards. ....More

4-1-2011

Microsoft Search Market news by bloomberg

Microsoft Files Complaint Over Google Dominance of Search Market in Europe
Microsoft Corp's antitrust complaint against Google Inc. may expand an existing European Union probe beyond Internet searches to online video and mobile phones. ....More

4-1-2011

Microsoft Windows 8 news by dailytech

Windows 8 launch probably in late 2012 or early 2013
Now yet another major leak has been sourced to Russia -- new screenshots of a Windows 8 test build. The info leaked on Winreview.ru, a site that in recent weeks leaked a test build of Office 15. ....More

4-1-2011

AMD Bulldozer news by arstechnica

Leaked AMD Bulldozer benchmarks
With so much riding on AMD's upcoming server architecture, codenamed Bulldozer, it's no surprise that the recent appearance of a set of benchmarks of a Bulldozer engineering sample is creating quite a stir. Interpreting these benchmarks is not easy, given their complete lack of critical context (i.e., compiler options, software versions, optimizations, etc.) and the unknown state of the sample chip that they were run on. ....More

        

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