Micro-Star International (MSI) shipped 4.7-4.9 million motherboards in second quarter 2008, a slight increase compared to the first quarter due largely to performance in emerging markets.
The company also shipped 2.4-2.5 million graphics cards, according to a Chinese-language Apply Daily report. In the first half of this year, MSI shipped 9-9.5 million motherboards, an increase of 10% on year, and around five million graphics cards, added the paper.
Turn your notebook into a powerful sound machine with the Logitech 2.1 audio hub PC speakers. The Logitech 2.1delivers pure, full-sized USB digital sound from a custom-tuned, 3-chamber system that includes an integrated subwoofer. And you can disconnect your speakers and accessories with a single cable. The Logitech audio hub’s space saving, single-piece design elegantly combines a premium speaker system, USB hub and cable control. You can even adjust the speaker to fit your workspace, because the Logitech 2.1 Audio Hub works with a variety of notebook sizes or LCD monitors. It even features a removable stand that conveniently holds your webcam in the optimum position. This deal ends Tuesday at 12:00pm ET.
Microsoft and Yahoo aren’t the only companies looking to compete with Google in the search business. In fact, this morning a new startup called Cuil opened its virtual doors for the world to start using its search engine. So, on this morning we ask, how is Cuil different from all other search engines? The site claims: “Cuil (pronounced COOL) is a search engine that combines the largest Web index with content-based relevance methods, organized results, and complete user privacy. The company’s next generation
In recent months EVGA introduced the EVGA UV Plus+ UV-16 USB 2.0 video adapter. This device allows you to take any available USB port on your Desktop or Notebook computer and turn it into an additional video output for use with another display. For under $75 the UV Plus+ UV-16 can handle up to 1600×1200 resolutions and doesn't need a video card to operate!
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Since last Tuesday, we’ve sat on the sidelines as others have questioned Apple’s openness about Steve Jobs and discussed the terse answer Peter Oppenheimer, Apple’s CFO gave to Ben Reitzes (Lehman Brothers) when asked about Steve Jobs’ health. “Ben, Steve loves Apple. He serves as the CEO at the pleasure of Apple’s board and has no plans to leave Apple. Steve’s health is a private matter.”We’ll admit, at first, we thought, sure, it really is a private matter. But to be honest, we’ll also admit right off the
In a business update call earlier this month, NVIDIA CEO Jen-Hsun Huang went on record detailing the impact of certain NVIDIA notebook GPU failures that have been reported and the one time charge the company would have to take against the cost of revenue for Q2 of this year. The blank check was estimated at the time to be in the range of $100 – $150 million for coverage of anticipated warranty, repair and replacement costs of failed product with major notebook manufacturers. As
Earlier we wrote about how Microsoft used a kind of blind taste test to get die-hard Windows XP users to try Vista — and that they even liked it. They were told that they were trying a new OS, called Mojave. We also said that Microsoft hadn’t figured out a marketing campaign, but it appears that’s changed.Microsoft last week interviewed XP users who were skeptical of Vista and showed them what it called a secret new version of Windows, “Mojave.” It was in fact Vista. The results, according to Microsoft executives,
GIGABYTE Unleashes Industry’s Most Secure, Green and High Performing Intel G45 Express Chipset Motherboard Hitting Over 1100+ 3DMark 06 score for Media-Center Solution Taipei, Taiwan, – GIGABYTE UNITED INC., a leading manufacturer of motherboards and graphics cards today launched the new GIGABYTE EG45 Series motherboard – GA-EG45M-DS2H. Featuring the most secure, green and high performing integrated graphics solution on the market and powered by the latest Intel® G45 Express chipset with Intel GMA X4500HD
NVIDIA DRAMATICALLY ACCLERATES THE SEARCH FOR A CURE GeForce GPU Runs Folding@home Protein Simulations 140 Times Faster Than Traditional Processors SANTA CLARA, CA—JULY 24, 2008—Stanford University’s distributed computing program Folding@home has become a major force in researching cures to life-threatening diseases such as cancer, cystic fibrosis, and Parkinson’s disease by combining the computing horsepower of millions of processors to simulate protein folding. The Folding@home project is the latest example