Thermalright is a name that has defined high end cooling for years. Focusing their efforts towards the HTPC, Thermalright looks to bring much needed cooling and silence to a niche that has only a few to choose from. Does the 900 gram AXP-140 have what it takes to keep your HTPC cool and quiet?
Rumors circulated earlier this year that the iPhone might be headed to Verizon, but it looks like the hopes of people hoping to get off AT&T have been dashed. According to the Wall Street Journal, not only does AT&T have iPhone exclusivity through 2010, it wants to add another year, through 2011. Of course, no one has publicly stated the actual dates of AT&T iPhone exclusivity, but these numbers come through “sources familiar with the matter,” said the WSJ. Of course, I’ve always said Apple made
Recently, it was reported that the founders of Skype, Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis, were attempting to buy the company back from eBay. They can forget about that, however. eBay announced on Tuesday it will spin off Skype into its own company, beginning with an IPO in the first half of 2010. They said, however, that: Specific timing of the IPO will be based on market conditions. Translation: still in a recession? No IPO. This news comes a day after eBay sold StumbleUpon back to its founders. In that case,
San Jose, California – April 15, 2009 – Super Talent Technology, a leading manufacturer of Flash storage solutions and DRAM memory modules, today launched a new Chrome Series of extreme performance triple channel DDR3 kits for Intel Core i7 based enthusiast motherboards. The new Chrome Series is Super Talent’s highest performance line of DDR3, which supports extremely high memory clock speeds at a relatively low 1.65 volts to match the requirements of the new breed of Core i7 based motherboards. The first
Just a few weeks back, Lite-On introduced its very own 8X Blu-ray Disc reader; today, Pioneer is one-upping that with its 8X Blu-ray Disc burner. The BDR-2203 picks up where the others have left off by adding in 8X BD writing (the fastest currently available for the format) as well as the traditional CD-R and DVD-R burning capabilities. Aimed at professional authoring gurus and choosy HTPC owners, this new internal optical drive provides users with a solid brand name, top-notch burn support and the ability to
UMD movies — remember those? Yes, they’re the little discs that slide into the rear of Sony’s PlayStation Portable, and it’s been ages since a major motion picture was released on the format. In a crazy, wild world just years from now, we could be saying the very same thing about games.In what Sony is describing as a “one time test case,” the outfit is releasing the forthcoming title Patapon 2 as a digital-only title. In other words, the only way you’re playing this game is if you download it. In case that’s
It’s that time again folks! In conjunction with our friends AMD we have assembled an assortment of cool prize packages, including five AMD Phenom II X3 720 processors and a complete gaming system built around one of the CPUs! As usual, we’ll be giving away the prizes and full rig away to randomly selected contributors to our on-line forum and discussion systems, but this time there is an added twist that we’ll explain a little later. The complete break-down of the
Intel Corp.'s first-quarter net income dropped 55% on lower sales and margins, but Chief Executive Paul Otellini said personal computer sales bottomed out during the quarter and the industry is returning to normal seasonal patterns. I guess it is a good sign that patterns are returning to normal!
Intel, which didn't provide official guidance citing economic uncertainty and limited visibility, said for internal purposes it was planning for second-quarter revenue to be flat compared with the first quarter. That view is in line with analysts' estimates. The world's largest computer-chip maker reported net income of $647 million, or 11 cents a share, down from $1.44 billion, or 25 cents a share, a year earlier. The results included a loss of $113 million on equity investments, compared with a loss of $59 million a year earlier. Revenue dropped to $7.1 billion from $9.67 billion. In January, Intel projected about $7 billion in revenue.
The sequel to the incredibly popular Wii Sports and an improved Wii controller are set to come out this summer, Nintendo announced today.According to VentureBeat.com, the companywill release the Wii MotionPlus, which makes the controller even more able to sense motion and translate that into video game play, on June 8; the Wii Sports Resort will come out July 26.Wii Sports Resort will even come with one Wii MotionPlus, so if you plan to buy it, hold off on the purchase of one of the latter, which will cost $19.99.
Not long ago, we heard that Dell’s smartphone prototypes were being frowned upon by an undisclosed amount of carriers. Today, Reuters is reporting that Dell is taking its phones elsewhere in hope of gaining ground, impressing pundits and eventually moving into the US and Europe in the future. If a pair of apparently in-the-know analysts are to be trusted, Dell will launch smartphones (plural, as in multiple phones) in the Chinese market by the year’s end, though actual details about the design and functionality