Rumors have been circulating for months about new updates to the iMac and Mac Mini desktops, and today Apple finally confirms these rumors with the announcement of updates to both consumer desktop lines. Starting with its most-affordable offering, the new Mac Mini maintains its small form-factor, measuring 6.5×6.5×2.0-inches. The Mac Mini is powered by a 2.0GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor and now uses Nvidia GeForce 9400M integrated graphics, which Apple claims offers “up to five times better graphics performance”

Casio unveiled its latest budget-friendly compact camera today, the EXILIM Zoom EX-Z29. While not a major departure from previous EXILIM Zoom cameras, the EX-Z29 adds a higher resolution sensor to the series. This new model maintains the EXILIM line’s user-friendly features and compact design. The EXILIM EX-Z29 will feature a 10.1 megapixel sensor, 3x optical zoom lens, and a 2.7 inch LCD. Targeting casual photographers, the camera features 23 Best Shot modes with pre-programmed settings for a variety of shooting

Roku’s Digital Video Player Instantly Connects Consumers To Over 40,000 New Titles. Roku, Inc., maker of the popular Roku digital video player, today announced that customers can now watch movies and TV shows from Amazon Video On Demand. With Amazon Video On Demand, Roku customers can for the first time purchase or rent new release movies the same day they are released on DVD and watch commercial-free TV shows the day after they air– all from Amazon’s extensive selection of more than 40,000 movie and TV

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This morning at the Cebit tradeshow, NVIDIA announced the new GeForce GTS 250 1GB graphics card. As many of you know, the GeForce GTS 250 1GB is an update to the highly popular GeForce 9800 GTX+ graphics card. What many thought was just a re-launch of the GeForce 9800 GTX+ graphics card isn't quite the full story.

This morning at the Cebit tradeshow, NVIDIA announced the new GeForce GTS 250 1GB graphics card. As many of you know, the GeForce GTS 250 1GB is an update to the highly popular GeForce 9800 GTX+ graphics card. What many thought was just a re-launch of the GeForce 9800 GTX+ graphics card isn't quite the full story.

At the annual CeBit trade show in Hannover, Germany today, NVIDIA introduced a number of new mobile GPUs– the GeForce GTX 280M, GTX 260M, and GTS 160M. When they arrive, the new GeForce GTX 280M, GTX 260M, and GTS 160M will be NVIDIA’s highest performing notebook GPUs to date and will offer up to 50% more performance than the previous generation in addition to support for both PhysX and CUDA technologies.    The new GeForce GTX and GTS series of notebook GPUs utilize a refined 55nm variant of NVIDIA’s

Back during the Consumer Electronics Show this past January, AMD announced a host of new Mobility Radeon GPUs in the ATI Radeon HD 4600 and HD 4800 families. And today, from the CeBIT trade show in Germany, AMD is announcing a few more additions to their mobile GPU line-up, the Mobility Radeon HD 4860 and HD 4830.The Mobility Radeon HD 4860 and HD 4830 are not based on a brand new architecture, but one aspect that makes them standout from all of AMD’s other mobile GPUs is that they are manufactured using a more

NVIDIA has gotten a lot of mileage out of their G92 GPU architecture. Starting with the GeForce 8800 GT, which featured a 65nm variant of the G92 GPU, on up through the GeForce 9800 GTX+, which used an updated version manufactured on a more advanced 55nm process. The G92 GPU has been featured on no less than seven different GeForce branded desktop graphics cards, not to mention the slew of mobile GeForces based on the G92 that are also in production.Although it has been around for quite some time now, NVIDIA

AMD today announced it has closed its Asset Smart strategic transaction with the Advanced Technology Investment Company (ATIC) and Mubadala Development Company of Abu Dhabi, setting the stage for the formal launch of the worlds only U.S.-headquartered semiconductor foundry, temporarily called The Foundry Company. The Foundry Company is expected to formally launch and disclose its new name and visual identity later this week.

With the close of this historic transaction, AMD and its committed partners have conceived two strong industry-leading companies capable of charting future courses that will dramatically improve the technology industry, said Dirk Meyer, president and chief executive officer of AMD. “Our Asset Smart strategy is about more than providing AMD with long term access to world-class, leading-edge semiconductor manufacturing that is foundational to our growth strategy. It is about transforming the industry. ATIC is the ideal partner to help scale AMDs forty years of semiconductor expertise, and provide a manufacturing foundation for the entire industry to produce the next generation of semiconductor innovations. We are proud of our vision, the opportunities we are creating around the world, and fortunate to have astute, committed strategic partners in Mubadala and ATIC, and we are delighted to welcome Mubadala to the board of AMD. We are confident that this strategy and partnership will enable AMD to achieve long-term success based on designing and integrating industry-leading computing and graphics technologies that deliver compelling user experiences.