Intel Corporation today announced record second-quarter revenue of $9.5 billion, operating income of $2.3 billion, net income of $1.6 billion and earnings per share (EPS) of 28 cents.

“Intel had another strong quarter with revenue at the high end of expectations and earnings up substantially year over year,” said Paul Otellini, Intel president and CEO. “As we enter the second half, demand remains strong for our microprocessor and chipset products in all segments and all parts of the globe.”

This is something you never hear of… A company wanting to give you money back for something you already bought. The price on the GeForce GTX 280 and GeForce GTX 260 have been slashed by over 35% and the crew over at XFX doesn't want their early adopters to eat the price drop as they care about their loyal customers. The have started a program to give you some money back if you bought one during the approved time period, which is between June 16, 2008 and July 11, 2008.

Sudden changes in the market have caused the price for the XFX GeForce GTX 280 and the XFX GeForce GTX 260 to drop. As a result, we want to thank you for your loyalty and for believing in the XFX brand. To show our commitment to you, we are issuing up to $120 CASH back to customers who purchased these cards between June 16, 2008 and July 11, 2008. The actual amount of cash back will be determined based on the model purchased, as well as the date and price of the purchase.

This is something you never hear of… A company wanting to give you money back for something you already bought. The price on the GeForce GTX 280 and GeForce GTX 260 have been slashed by over 35% and the crew over at XFX doesn't want their early adopters to eat the price drop as they care about their loyal customers. The have started a program to give you some money back if you bought one during the approved time period, which is between June 16, 2008 and July 11, 2008.

Sudden changes in the market have caused the price for the XFX GeForce GTX 280 and the XFX GeForce GTX 260 to drop. As a result, we want to thank you for your loyalty and for believing in the XFX brand. To show our commitment to you, we are issuing up to $120 CASH back to customers who purchased these cards between June 16, 2008 and July 11, 2008. The actual amount of cash back will be determined based on the model purchased, as well as the date and price of the purchase.

Thecus 1U4500 Passes IEC / ISO Certified Reliability Test The CE marking is a mandatory European marking for NAS products to indicate conformity with the essential health and safety requirements set out in European Directives. Thecus products are evaluated by a Taiwan Accreditation Foundation (TAF) certified independent test laboratory. CE Verifications of Compliance are issued in order to apply CE marking on Thecus products. Those verifications are to document that Thecus products meet the relevant requirements,

Toshiba today introduced three new additions to its Qosmio laptop series as well as its incorporation of the latest Intel Centrino 2 processor technology into new consumer Satellites. First up they have the Qosmio G55, which is the worlds first laptop to feature cell processor technology. They also have a Best Buy exclusive that offers premium gaming at an affordable price of $1,549.99, the Qosmio X305 also sports a fiery Fusion finish with Rogue design and a powerful NVIDIA GeForce 9700 GTS graphic processor unit. The third and final notebook is the Qosmio F55, which is outfitted with a built-in GPS system powered by Garmin. A big news day from the crew at Toshiba and thanks to Toshiba for giving us the heads up!

The Qosmio F55 is outfitted with a built-in GPS system powered by Garmin that allows users to determine their exact location within moments, as well as search for directions to million of locations. The Qosmio F55 also benefits from the support of both the Intel Core 2 Duo CPU and NVIDIA GPU.

Toshiba today introduced three new additions to its Qosmio laptop series as well as its incorporation of the latest Intel Centrino 2 processor technology into new consumer Satellites. First up they have the Qosmio G55, which is the worlds first laptop to feature cell processor technology. They also have a Best Buy exclusive that offers premium gaming at an affordable price of $1,549.99, the Qosmio X305 also sports a fiery Fusion finish with Rogue design and a powerful NVIDIA GeForce 9700 GTS graphic processor unit. The third and final notebook is the Qosmio F55, which is outfitted with a built-in GPS system powered by Garmin. A big news day from the crew at Toshiba and thanks to Toshiba for giving us the heads up!

The Qosmio F55 is outfitted with a built-in GPS system powered by Garmin that allows users to determine their exact location within moments, as well as search for directions to million of locations. The Qosmio F55 also benefits from the support of both the Intel Core 2 Duo CPU and NVIDIA GPU.

Super Talent Technology today announced the PICO-C Gold, a 24-carat gold plated, water resistant USB drive that weighs less than a nickel (~4.7 grams), is smaller than an SD card, and can store over 2,000 MP3 songs. The 8GB Pico-C Gold drive, part number STU8GPCG, is available from NewBiiz and NewEgg today for under $40. If you are bad about losing things don't even think about getting one of these!

Super Talent uses chip-on-board (COB) technology to squeeze 8GB of Flash into an impressively small 31.3mm x 12.4mm x 3.4mm gold plated steel case. The Pico-C Gold is shock resistant, water resistant, and has up to 200X (30MB/sec) transfer speeds. The Pico-C Gold includes a sturdy gold chain, and looks more like a fashion accessory than a high performance Flash drive.

HotHardware.com posted their review of the Asus Maximus II Formula Intel P45 Motherboard – find this and other reviews from around the web by visiting our forums!

We're writing to let you all know that we have just posted a new article at HotHardware in which we evaluate the features and performance of the Asus Maximus II Formula Intel P45 motherboard. The Maximus II Formula is a member of Asus' high-end “Republic of Gamers”, or RoG, series of motherboard and as such it is loaded with integrated peripherals and has an elaborate cooling setup. Head on over to the site and check it out…

For the month of May, comScore reports that U.S. users watched over 12 billion videos over the Internet–a 45 percent increase in the number of videos viewed online a year ago. Not surprisingly, YouTube garnered the lion’s share with almost 35 percent of May’s videos viewed online–that’s roughly 4.1 billion YouTube videos watched just in the month of May.”Nearly 142 million U.S. Internet users watched an average of 85 videos per viewer in May. Google Sites [mostly from YouTube] also attracted the most viewers

For the month of May, comScore reports that U.S. users watched over 12 billion videos over the Internet–a 45 percent increase in the number of videos viewed online a year ago. Not surprisingly, YouTube garnered the lion’s share with almost 35 percent of May’s videos viewed online–that’s roughly 4.1 billion YouTube videos watched just in the month of May.”Nearly 142 million U.S. Internet users watched an average of 85 videos per viewer in May. Google Sites [mostly from YouTube] also attracted the most viewers