Could Apple Use Via or AMD Processors in Upcoming MacBook Models?

Apple might have decided its partnership with Intel doesn't mean it has to use all of Intel's products. AppleInsider reports that Apple could be using a chipset from a different company–or even an internally developed one–in the next iteration of the MacBook, expected to arrive in the next six or eight weeks.

AppleInsider thinks Apple might have contracted with Advanced Micro Devices or Via for the new chipsets, but offers no details on what might actually be inside the new systems. Given Nvidia's huge mobile chipset problem this summer, it is probably not in the running if Apple's looking at other suppliers.

Rumor: Kingston said to be planning memory card price cut

Rumor has it that consistent NAND flash price drop in the market has prompted Kingston Technology to prepare price cuts for its memory cards, which should spur fellow memory module makers to follow, said industry players.

Pressured by an intensified inventory loss, Kingston is said to be prepared for a price cut for its memory cards. Sources at the company indicated that they were prompted to initiate the price cut amid a weakening price trend, as well as rival SanDisk's previous claims for a more aggressive pricing strategy during the company's investor conference. But the sources did not reveal a concrete time frame nor a range for the discounts.

July 29 News from Around the Web

BFGTech GeForce GTX 280 OCX @ [H]ardOCP and links to other reviews from around the web can be found in our forums!

BFGTech GeForce GTX 280 OCX – BFGTech's best single-GPU video card is with us today, ready to be put through its real world gaming paces. We compare it to the stock-clocked GTX 280 as well as ATI's best offering. We had some results that we did not expect and ones that might surprise you as well!

Dell Launches a “Conscientious” PC

You’ll hear a PC labeled as many things, from “an uber-gaming system” to “budget-minded” and more, but this PC is “eco-friendly,” or as Dell calls it, its first “conscientious” desktop. It was announced (though unnamed) at Fortune Brainstorm: Green in Los Angeles on (what else) Earth Day, earlier this year, and launched on Tuesday. The idea of this desktop PC was to put laptop components into it, to reduce size and power consumption.With its ovoid-cylindrical design, the Dell Studio Hybrid is a new twist on

VIA Nano L2100 vs. Intel Atom 230: Head to Head

VIA caused quite a stir a few months ago when the company first revealed initial details regarding their low-power Nano processor. At the time, the product was referred to by its internal codename of Isaiah and the president of the design center that was tasked with making the processor was decidedly outspoken, which made for some exciting reporting. When news of the Isaiah core first broke, we hopped on the line with Glenn Henry, VIA’s Centaur design center president, and got many questions answered regarding

NVIDIA’s New GeForce 9500 GT Mainstream GPU

NVIDIA has announced the new GeForce 9500 GT today and it’s their latest addition to their sub-$100 graphics card offering. Of course the card won’t bring the same level of 3D performance as current high-end, more expensive products but its feature set is comparable to just about anything else on the market. In comparison to the recently released GeForce GTX series, the GeForce 9500 GT has only a fraction of the number of stream processors, ROPs, and texture units available, but the GPU’s configuration does

Cuil Launch Just Proves Google Is A Big Deal

Cuil, the alternative search engine, has been out for a day now, and the general consensus is that it measures up somewhere between not-very-good and epic fail. But it’s hard to recall any sort of Public Relations campaign that worked out as well as the feeding frenzy we saw in the media for what turned out to be a 404 page for a good portion of the rollout date. How on earth did Cuil manage to get everybody interesed in their product launch? It’s simple: the founders simply said they used to work at Google,

Next On HGTV? Flip That Website!

Now that buying a fixer-upper in the ‘burbs, putting in mildly radioactive granite countertops, stainless steel appliances and laminate flooring, and then selling it is a recipe for losing money instead of getting rich quick, people looking to make  a fast makeover buck have turned their attention to the Internet. They troll the tubes looking for floundering websites that might have potential, buy them for a little money, change a few fonts and get some Search Engine Optimization going, then try to sell

Next On HGTV? Flip That Website!

Now that buying a fixer-upper in the ‘burbs, putting in mildly radioactive granite countertops, stainless steel appliances and laminate flooring, and then selling it is a recipe for losing money instead of getting rich quick, people looking to make  a fast makeover buck have turned their attention to the Internet. They troll the tubes looking for floundering websites that might have potential, buy them for a little money, change a few fonts and get some Search Engine Optimization going, then try to sell

Next On HGTV? Flip That Website!

Now that buying a fixer-upper in the ‘burbs, putting in mildly radioactive granite countertops, stainless steel appliances and laminate flooring, and then selling it is a recipe for losing money instead of getting rich quick, people looking to make  a fast makeover buck have turned their attention to the Internet. They troll the tubes looking for floundering websites that might have potential, buy them for a little money, change a few fonts and get some Search Engine Optimization going, then try to sell