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Broadcom to Acquire Digital TV Business from AMD

Broadcom Corporation and AMD today announced that the companies have entered into a definitive agreement for Broadcom to acquire AMDs digital TV (DTV) business.

The acquisition of AMDs DTV business, which will become the core of Broadcoms DTV line of business, will enable us to significantly scale and accelerate the completion of our digital TV product portfolio while also expanding our tier one customer base and positions us to achieve leadership and long-term growth in this important market segment, said Daniel Marotta, Senior Vice President & General Manager of Broadcoms Broadband Communications Group. We believe our combined DTV team will be in an excellent position to grow and thrive in this burgeoning market by bringing best-in-class people, technology, solutions and support to our customers.

Amazon: Release-Day Delivery for Hot Video Games

In a Monday press release, Amazon.com announced that buyers who want to get their hands on some upcoming hot games can upgrade their shipping to be assured they’ll get them on release day: Gamers have been asking for it and Amazon has answered the call. Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) today announced that it will offer release-date delivery for “Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09,” “Star Wars: The Force Unleashed,” “Fable 2” and “Gears of War 2.” For $5.98, Amazon customers can upgrade their shipping option for guaranteed

August 25 News from Around the Web

Advanced Overclocking Championship Berlin 2008 @ NordicHardware and other reviews from around the web can be found by visiting our forums!

“This time ASUS had gathered nine teams from around Europe. This time our team consisted of resident writer Robert “crotale” Kihlberg and NordicHardware fellow Marcus “Kinc” Hultin. The three times Swedish national champions were hoping do at least as well as Robert and Jon did back in Hong Kong.”

Broadcom to Acquire Digital TV Business from AMD

Broadcom to Acquire Digital TV Business from AMD- Acquisition Expected to Bring Broadcom Scale, a Complete Product Line to Address All Segments of the Digital TV Market and Expand Tier One Customer Base -IRVINE and SUNNYVALE, Calif. — August 25, 2008 — Broadcom Corporation (Nasdaq: BRCM), a global leader in semiconductors for wired and wireless communications, and AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced that the companies have entered into a definitive agreement for Broadcom to acquire AMD’s digital TV (DTV) business.The

New Benchmark for Virtualization Set by AMD

Quad-Core AMD Opteron CPU Sets New Benchmark for VirtualizQuad-Core AMD Opteron™ Processor Sets New Benchmark for Virtualization Performance on the VMware Platform —Power efficient AMD Opteron Processors improve system availability, control costs and drive business flexibility across the enterprise —SUNNYVALE, Calif. — August 25, 2008 — AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced it has achieved the top spot on the VMware® VMmark™ virtualization benchmark for x86 servers with the Quad-Core AMD Opteron™

IDF In Pictures, A Video Slide Show

Last week’s Intel Developer’s Forum was packed with enough sites and sounds to keep any self-respecting Tech Geek’s head turning. So, we’ve put together a video slide show for you, as sort of a final wrap of the event. Enjoy!

Newegg.com Stops Collecting NY State Sales Tax

You’ll probably remember the portent of things to come: New York State’s new sales tax on Internet retailers, which went into effect in June. Both Amazon.com and Overstock.com have sued over the tax, in fact, which was written so as to apply “physical presence” to retailers who had affiliates (generally, web sites advertising for the retailer) based in New York. Formerly, only retailers which an actual brick-and-mortar presence in a state were required to collect sales tax. New York legislators went so far as

iPod Line Revamp? iPod Nano Redesign Revealed

According to retailer reports, an almost certain iPod line revamp is coming in September. That seems pretty likely, as Apple seems to favor September for iPod launches. At the same time, reports of actual iPod nano details have arisen. Mid-week reports arose of retailers such as Target showing current models of iPods as discontinued when scanned through their PDAs. Finally Lehman Brothers analyst Ben Reitzes restated his claim that the iPod Touch needs a repositioning (it clearly does, with the new subsidized

NVIDIA NVISION 08 Pre-Show Coverage

NVIDIA NVISION 08 Pre-Show Coverage

NVISION 08 is a first-of-its-kind mega-event that has been designed to take attendees behind the scenes of the visual revolution. Legit Reviews is already at the show to bring you coverage, so we headed over to the venue and took a peak at what the show will be like. If you happen to have some free time this week you should consider checking out the event. General admission is only $10 to get in and registration is still open.