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Kingston Ships SSDNow V300 Series Solid-State Drives
Kingston is no stranger to SSDs, in fact, over the past few years Kingston has literally offered the most diverse repertoire of solid-state drives available. By that we mean Kingston has utilized one or more generations of controllers from Toshiba, Marvell, Intel, JMicron, Samsung, and even SandForce with the high-performance HyperX series…..
Android Continues to Dominate: Smartphone Marketshare Now at 72.4%
Gartner has this week posted its Q3 mobile device sales report, and there’s quite a bit to note here. Probably most interesting but least surprising is the fact that Android now owns 72.4% of the entire smartphone market, up from 52.5% one year ago. Apple’s iOS takes second place with a share of 13.9,…..
Overclocker Christian Ney Pushes G.SKILL’s TridentX RAM to 1,950MHz
When I woke up this morning, I had already believed that the DDR3-1600 memory in my rig was slow, but here comes a couple of pro-overclockers to really stick it to me. Earlier this month, HiCookie took a kit of G.SKILL’s TridentX 4GB modules and pushed them to DDR3-3354 speeds (1,677MHz) with an…..
NVIDIA Sponsors Event to See Colleges Go Head-to-Head in CoD: BO II
Well, this is a bit different. NVIDIA, who has been a good supporter of Treyarch’s Call of Duty: Black Ops II, has just unveiled an interesting event that sees some of the country’s leading colleges go head-to-head. These teams will consist of four people each, and so far includes Cal, Standford, UCLA, USC, UNC…..
Everspin Unveils First “Spin-Torque” ST-MRAM Memory Chips
Just when we were all about content with current SSD speeds, here comes Everspin with a new non-volatile memory solution that promises to be up to 500x faster than traditional NAND. Whew. “ST-MRAM”, or “Spin-Torque Magnetoresistive RAM” for long, uses an interesting electron-spinning technology that magnetically captures data, unlike traditional NAND which electrically stores…..
WD Unveils First 802.11ac Devices: My Net AC1300 Router & AC WiFi Bridge
Considering its promises of delivering wired performance over a wireless connection, 802.11ac sure is taking a while to catch on. We learned a lot about the tech at the start of the year, and then saw NETGEAR release the first compatible router in May. Since then, products from other companies have trickled…..
Cooler Master’s LAN-bound HAF XB Supports an ATX Motherboard, Tri-GPU
Remember when micro-ATX motherboards were considered low-end, feature-less boards that provided only what was needed and little else? So do I, but thankfully the times, they are a-changin’ and mATX users want cases with smaller footprints that can also support high-end components like GPUs and power supplies. Enter the Cooler Master HAF…..
Intel Joins the HPC PCIe Fray with Xeon “Phi”
AMD and NVIDIA are not the only companies to release new “compute” GPUs this week – Intel’s getting in on the fun as well. It’s been a long time coming, but the company has finally announced its Xeon “Phi” (pronounced: fy) “co-processors”, which shares the same goals as AMD’s FirePro and NVIDIA’s…..
Breaking: Microsoft’s Windows Head Steven Sinofsky Leaves the Company
Microsoft has announced that its President of Windows and Windows Live, Steven Sinofsky, has left the company. His position is being split into two, with Julie Larson-Green being promoted to lead hardware engineering and CFO and CMO Tami Reller adding Windows business to her list of responsibilities. Since the launch of Windows…..
Intel Releases New Top-end LGA2011 Processor: Core i7-3970X
It was long expected that Intel would launch a new top-end LGA2011 part by the end of the year, and with an announcement made earlier today, the company has delivered. Replacing the Core i7-3960X at the top of the chain is the Core i7-3970X, a six-core offering clocked at 3.5GHz. For the…..
NVIDIA’s GeForce 310.54 Driver an “Essential Upgrade” for GeForce Gamers
In advance of tomorrow’s release of Call of Duty: Black Ops II and Assassin’s Creed III in a couple of weeks, NVIDIA has just rolled-out a new beta driver that it considers to be an “essential upgrade” for all GeForce gamers. It’s easy to see why, because while the 310.54 driver does…..
AMD Announces FirePro S10000 GPU, Boasts Industry-leading Performance
NVIDIA isn’t the only GPU vendor to release some new workstation / server cards today, as AMD has also announced one of its own – and it sure does pack a punch. It’s called the FirePro S10000 and features two GPUs under the hood. Though it’s designed exclusively for server use, the…..
RIM Hosting a ‘Port-a-Thon’ to Drive More Games to BlackBerry OS 10
With a desire to make sure the upcoming BlackBerry 10 OS is the best one the company has ever released, RIM is actively seeking out developers to either port or build games for it. Of course, simply asking for this will only get you so far, so to attract as many developers…..
Intel’s ‘Next Unit of Computing’ Gets a Tear-down
Remember that über-small PC that Intel showed off at IDF this past September? It’s called the “Next Unit of Computing”, and with the promise of packing a Core i processor in such a small frame, it almost seemed like the product was more of a concept than a reality. But Intel is…..
A Look at Steam’s Hardware Survey for October 2012
It’s been a couple of months since we last took a look at Steam’s hardware survey, and I’d be lying if I said a lot has changed. There seems to have been a relative slow-down in hardware adoption these past few months, no doubt due to both the Windows 8 launch and…..
Intel Readies First In-house 6Gbps Controller for the Enterprise
In 2008, Intel kick-started the SSD revolution with its X25 series which housed one of the first reliable, solid-performing SSD controllers. Intel continued to make minor adjustments to its market-leading controller over the next several years but was eventually overtaken as newer, refined 6Gbps-based SSD controllers began to emerge in the market.…..
Upcoming Origin Update Adds Twitch.tv Support, Ability to Add Steam Games
As much as EA would love us to all believe otherwise, I think it’s safe to say that most PC gamers don’t want to have to deal with Origin. Since its launch, it hasn’t offered as nice of an experience as Steam, and its features have been lacking. Wouldn’t it be nice…..
Advance Tickets for The Hobbit at 48 FPS Now Available
Advance ticket sales for Peter Jackson’s upcoming epic The Hobbit have just gone on sale. Ordinarily, I wouldn’t post news about this – especially when it involves a movie I’m not even that familiar with. However, this release is big for another, technical reason: it’ll be the first 48 FPS film to…..
Peripherals Shouldn’t Require Internet Access, But Razer’s Do
When Razer announced its “Synapse 2.0” peripheral software last fall, I was blown-away by the absolute lack of a need for it. In essence, the software replaces on-board memory with memory in the cloud. Your mouse at home will feel like your mouse at a LAN, once logged into the service. Given…..
CM Releases Compact QuickFire TK Keyboard, Features a Hybrid Numpad
When Cooler Master released its first mechanical keyboard last fall, the QuickFire Rapid, it seemed to be well-received by everyone that touched it – especially us. But for me personally, the lack of a numpad meant that it wasn’t for me, as I use one for both gaming and regular chores on…..
Microsoft Rumored to be Working on 7-inch Xbox-focused Tablet
With Windows 8 out the door, it’d make little sense to not jump right on board with another rumor, so let’s do that shall we? This time, we’re talking Xbox Surface, a 7-inch tablet that, unlike the Microsoft’s other Surface tablets, will run a modified kernel of Windows and have a major…..
Imagination Acquires MIPS Operating Business, ARM Acquires MIPS Patents
At the moment, ARM-based processors are dominating the smartphone / tablet market, and it looks like that could be the case for a while. Of course, Intel is beginning to get in on things as well with its Atom-based solutions, and certain Windows 8 tablets will feature more robust Core i CPUs,…..
Linux Steam Beta Launches Today, NVIDIA’s R310 Drivers Double Performance
Today, both Valve and NVIDIA have made announcements that give good reason for Linux gamers to get excited. First up, let’s talk about Valve. Its announcement today ushers in the initial beta for its Steam for Linux client. Yes – after that all-too-long rumor period, followed by the anticipation that lingered after…..
Microsoft a Gold Sponsor of LinuxCon Europe 2012
No, it’s not April 1st – a fact I’m all too aware of given the fact that I about freeze to death anytime I leave the house up here in east-coast Canada. April Fools’ no, but “very odd” yes. At the Linuxcon convention going on right now in Barcelona, Microsoft is listed…..
Microsoft’s 32GB Surface Tablet Offers Only 16GB of Usable Space
If you’re in the market for a Microsoft Surface tablet, consider this a PSA. Unlike Android and iOS tablets, which have rather slim OSes installed, Microsoft Surface and other Windows 8 tablets have the same OS we use on the desktop installed. Where do you think its space requirements go? Nowhere at…..