The New Intel Celeron Processor (But Why?) As a computer enthusiasts, I tend to think of the Celeron name as what you stamp on CPU's no one wants to own. While I can't say the general public is of the same opinion, I just don't see the viability of a new Celeron processor based on Sandy Bridge. If these chips expect to compete against AMD in a market segment that is all about price/performance, then I wish them luck.
ZOTAC Kicks off StarCraft II Cup for North America Zotac is proud to bring StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty players a place to impose your will. Zotac has created a dedicated server just for the Blizzard StarCraft II Cup. Every Saturday starting as of May 7th, you can compete to win $100.
Computer OS Install Made Easy with Ninite Ninite is more of a tool disguised as a website. It was built for 1 purpose and it does that 1 purpose very, very well. Ninite is a mass installer/updater; however, that can be far more usefully than you might think.
GIGABYTE’s G1.Assassin to Receive Taipei Award for Design and Innovation The Gigabyte G1.Assassin motherboard has received the Design and Innovation' award from TAITRA (Taiwan External Trade and Development Council), the organizers of Computex 2011, in cooperation with iF International Forum Design. When you turn your computer off and all your components go to sleep, this is what your motherboard dreams of being. The Design and Innovation Award presented by TAITRA and iF is well deserved for arguably the best gaming motherboard period.
Sony Rolls Out Red Carpet for Their Users’ Return Now to apologize for their complete and utter failure to maintain security, all PSN users will receive 30 day unlimited access to Qriocity music, 30 day trail of Playstation Plus, and selected Playstation entertainment download for free (content will vary based on your region). This too is only Phase 1 and Sony stated they expect to release additional "Welcome Back" gifts in the coming weeks.
IE9 Will Have to Resort to Force to Gain Market Share Essential Microsoft has admitted the only way people will use their browsers is when they are forced to use it. Tom's Hardware's Douglas Perry believes the issue is IE9 does not support Windows XP and I completely agree. If you are going to target people who you can "force" to use your browser by virtue of an OS update, WinXP users are who you want.
Hard Drives Get 3D Towers to Double Density Standard HDD still have a few tricks up their sleeve it seems. A research team in France have come up with a way to double the areal density of HDD by creating "3D towers" to store data. This discover could lead to a number of HDD improvements to maintain their place in the market for years to come.
Windows Phone 7 is Now One of the Big Dogs China has effectively took the phrase "Cheap Chinese knockoff" and made it there own. In some areas, particularly technology, China even tries to one up the real counter parts in specs. I personal use this fact as a measurement for how well cell phones are doing, because you are not doing well until China sells a cheap knockoff of your product.
Multi-Billion Dollar Companies Behaving Like 9-Year-Olds… Again You may have read about Apple's lawsuit filed against Samsung last week. I personally would like Samsung to pick up a phone, call Apple, schedule a meeting, and sort this whole thing out. I am an optimist t... Continued
Worlds Only True Doomsday Weapon Breaking World Records Well the LHC is running and has complete its first round of testing by setting a new world record for beam intensity at 4.67 Χ 1032cm-2s-1 or approximately 7 trillion electron volts; which is honestly not that much power. It is equal to the power of the energy 7 mosquito need to fly, but don't let the small figure confuse you. This is the first step if the real world moving closer to Star Trek who used ship engines that lasted for centuries, moved ships faster than the speed of light, and did it all with a reaction from a crystal the size of a cabbage.
Zalman to Extend the V-Line with the CNPS7X LED The newest member of the V shaped cooler club, joins its brothers the CNPS5X and CNPS10X. The CNPS7X LED has Zalman's new composite heat pipes for up to 1.5 times the heat transfer capacity, direct touch heat pipe base, and their V-shape design with a 92mm blue LED fan.
Apple Suing Samsung for Copying Samsung’s Design Apple Inc. has decided to sue Samsung for copying the iPhone "look and feel" in their latest phone the Samsung Galaxy S. There is no shortage of phones that resemble the Apple iPhone in shape, color, screen layout, icons, etc; however, Apple is only suing Samsung and only for this 1 device. To me this all seems a little strange since Samsung introduced a fully touch screen phone a full year before Apple, only to have Apple copy their design.
