Activision Blizzard, with $3 billion in cash and no debt, will consider acquisitions as the recession brings down the prices of potential targets, the company's top publishing executive said.
“The combination of Activision holding a fair amount of cash and presumably prices being depressed, not only for publicly traded companies, but also likely for new intellectual property licensing rights, should certainly create opportunities,” Mike Griffith said Tuesday in an interview in San Francisco.
Mozilla on Wednesday released an update to the Firefox Web browser that its developers said fixes eight security issues found in Firefox 3.0.6, six of which were rated critical. The most serious of the vulnerabilities fixed in version 3.0.7 could allow attackers to run arbitrary code on a victim's computer, Mozilla warned in security advisories Wednesday.
The six critical flaws affect the browser's garbage collection–which monitors how Firefox modules use the computer's memory–as well as the browser's PNG libraries and in the layout and JavaScript engines. Updates for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux are available at the Mozilla site. Firefox 3 users will receive an update notification within 48 hours, or they can download the update manually by selecting “Check for Updates” from the Help menu.
Yahoo Inc Chief Executive Carol Bartz said social network sites are a key area of interest for the Internet media company, even as it tries to figure out how to boost its Web search business. Speaking at the Morgan Stanley Technology Conference in San Francisco on Tuesday, Bartz suggested Yahoo might seek to partner with social networking companies rather than build its own products in this area.
Bartz repeated her philosophy that every business in Yahoo is up for examination as the company seeks to revive growth and better compete with Google Inc. While she opened the door to negotiations with Microsoft Corp about a search partnership, she stressed the importance of search data to Yahoo's advertising customers.
Motherboard maker ASRock is showcasing new entry-level notebooks and a nettop at CeBIT 2009. The company has confirmed its 12.1-inch notebook is named the MultiBook G12, is equipped with a dual-core processor, and weighs around 1.7kg. The company also has a 15.6-inch notebook, the M15, which comes with either an Intel Pentium or Celeron processor.
The two notebooks will start shipping to Europe or China markets after CeBIT 2009 ends. The company is also showcasing the S330 nettop equipped with a dual-core Intel Atom 330 processor and 160GB hard drive
A-DATA Demonstrate High Performance, Low Voltage XPG DDR3-2133X v2.0 Triple Channel Module at CeBIT 2009Adopting 1.6V to Perform 2133MHz CL8 Killer Speed Taipei, Taiwan – March 5, 2009 – A-DATA Technology Co., Ltd., a worldwide leading manufacturer in high performance memory products, showcasing its leading triple channel module in the industry at CeBIT 2009 in Hannover, Germany, the XPG X series DDR3-2133X v2.0 2GB x 3 triple channel module, by adopting 1.6V to demonstrate its 2133MHz killer speed and cas latency
ASUS ENGTX260 HTDP 896M A Video Card Review @ motherboards.org and other reviews from around the web can be found by visiting our forums!
The ASUS ENGTX260/HTDP/896M/A video card is an interesting mix of the latest NVIDIA technology (in the form of 216 cores, 55nm version available, PhysX) and a reasonable price (239.99 after MIR as of this writing). Performance wise the card has the horsepower to outshine the ATI Radeon HD 4870 video cards in every benchmark that matters and ASUS cards come with a load of extras including a Multi-Language User Manual on CD and CD Wallet. PhysX can make a huge difference if the game supports it like Mirror's Edge. If you are looking for good VGA card, but don't want to break the bank the ASUS GTX260 is a serious card to consider.
Dell’s new XPS 625 is their latest AMD-based creation, and is the first out of the Dell labs using the relatively new Phenom II processor. Initial reviews of AMD’s new chip have been favorable, as this new quad-core processor is slated to deliver roughly the same performance as Intel’s quad-core Core 2 processors at very tolerable price points. While it’s pretty clear that the Phenom II can’t quite crack Core i7 levels of performance in most usage scenarios, the question is, do most users really need that much
Stay sharp, Toshiba, as A-DATA’s infringing on some of your territory today. Months after Toshiba proclaimed that it would be bringing the world’s first 2.5″ solid state drive to CES 2009, A-DATA has stepped in at CeBIT 2009 to also suggest that it has launhed the “highest capacity of SSD in the industry.” It’s product? The 512GB XPG 2.5″ SSD. Seems we need some clarification from both parties, no? Best we can figure, A-DATA is going to be the first to actually have these drives available to consumers and OEMs,
Today, we get to get hands on with the new case from Cooler Master – the Storm Sniper Black Mid-Tower Case. The Cooler Master Storm Sniper Black Mid-Tower chassis is loaded with all the features that enthusiasts want – great airflow, 8 expansion slots and an all black interior. Read on to see if the Cooler Master Sniper will be your next case!
Intel and NVIDIA aren’t exactly best buds right now, and this certainly isn’t going to help matters any. At the Morgan Stanley Technology Conference on Tuesday NVIDIA admitted it is considering entering the general purpose microprocessor arena, where it would compete directly with Intel. NVIDIA’s senior vice president of investor relations and communications, Michael Hara, was asked: “Can you provide a framework for us to think about whether — if or when NVIDIA would need to or want to get into the general