PC enthusiasts, manufacturers, and developers around the world have a lot to be excited about today with NVIDIA Corporations announcement that it will be bringing the power and performance of its SLI multi-GPU technology to Intels upcoming line of Bloomfield CPUs. With this winning combination, consumers will have an SLI platform designed for current and future graphics-intensive games and applications; these platforms can be powered by one, two, or even three NVIDIA GeForce GPUs, including the new, award-winning GeForce GTX 280 and GTX 260 GPUs.

The pairing of the NVIDIA nForce 200 SLI MCP with Intels new Bloomfield CPU and Tylersburg core logic chipset will deliver NVIDIA 3-way SLI technology for an unmatched PC gaming experience, providing up to a 2.8 performance boost over traditional single graphics card platforms. When playing the most cutting-edge games, including current titles such as Crysis and Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, 3-way SLI technology lets gamers ratchet up the resolution to 2500 1600, while turning on all of the tasty eye candy, including high-dynamic range lighting, motion blur, and realistic environmental effects. Motherboards and PC systems featuring support for the NVIDIA nForce 200 SLI processor, NVIDIA GeForce GPUs, and NVIDIA SLI technology will be available from the worlds leading motherboard manufacturers, add-in card companies, and major system builders.

With a two-year service agreement and mail-in rebate, the Samsung Ace and HTC Touch Windows Mobile smartphones are now just $99 from Sprint. No word on whether this price change is temporary or here to stay.

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Today was supposed to be the day for the hotly anticipated Opera Mobile 9.5 web browser, which promises a desktop-like (or even iPhone-like) browsing experience on Windows Mobile handsets.  But Opera is delaying the release of their new mobile browser until Thursday to work out “a few final bugs…” with the software.

The beta version of Opera Mobile 9.5 will be available for download on Thursday, July 17, 2008.

OCZ Technology Group Unveils Intel Centrino 2 and Intel Core2 Extreme mobile processor high performance laptop solution designed for System Builders to support Enthusiasts and Gamers OCZ brings the next generation of Intel mobile processors technologies with New Standards of Performance for System Builders Sunnyvale, Calif.—July 14, 2008—OCZ Technology Group, Inc., a worldwide leader in innovative ultra-high performance and high reliability memory, components, and systems, today introduced a new whitebook solution

NVIDIA Brings SLI Technology to Intel Bloomfield CPU Platforms Multi-GPU Computing Combined with New CPU Architecture will Deliver Powerful Visual Computing Platform SANTA CLARA, CA—JULY 14, 2008—PC enthusiasts, manufacturers, and developers around the world have a lot to be excited about today with NVIDIA Corporation’s announcement that it will be bringing the power and performance of its SLI multi-GPU technology to Intel’s upcoming line of Bloomfield CPUs. With this winning combination, consumers will have

Samsung has released a ROM update for their SCH-i760 Windows Mobile Smartphone (sold by Verizon Wireless) which upgrades the OS to Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional, adds YouTube video support and addresses a number of performance issues.

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Microsoft Corp. is trimming the price of its Xbox 360 video game console to make way for a new model with a bigger hard drive. Starting Sunday, Microsoft's mid-range Xbox 360 console with a 20-gigabyte hard drive will cost $299 in the U.S., down from $350.

An updated Xbox 360 is set to arrive in stores in early August. The $350 replacement will sport a 60GB hard drive, significantly more space for storing the games, TV shows and movies Microsoft sells on its Xbox Live Marketplace Web site. Microsoft also is expected to give the Xbox a little extra appeal by streaming movies and TV episodes through a high-speed Internet service offering by Netflix Inc.

Apple said it surpassed 1 million iPhone 3G sales in the first three days the device was available, crushing the pace set by its predecessor. The phone went on sale Friday and reached the 1 million mark Sunday. The iPhone 3G is available in 21 countries, including the U.S., and it will go on sale in France later this week.

“iPhone 3G had a stunning opening weekend,” said Steve Jobs, Apple's CEO, in a prepared statement. “It took 74 days to sell the first 1 million original iPhones, so the new iPhone 3G is clearly off to a great start around the world.”

Yahoo on Saturday night rejected a joint proposal from Microsoft and investor Carl Icahn that had called for a restructuring and the sale of Yahoo's search business to Microsoft. The Internet company that had fought Microsoft's hostile bid for months has now suggested that the Redmond, Washington, software giant make an offer to acquire all of Yahoo.

The proposal had been made Friday evening, according to a Yahoo statement, and Yahoo was given fewer than 24 hours to accept it. The board said that it rejected it because its recent search deal with Google is financially superior and less risky than Microsoft/Icahn proposal and because the proposal precluded a potential sale of the entire company for a “full and fair price”. It also objected to the proposal's plan to immediately replace Yahoo's current board and top management team.

In order to prevent head-on competition with Asustek Computer, Gigabyte Technology has decided to fully push into the mid-range market this year, according to a Chinese-language Apple Daily report citing sources at the company.

Gigabyte's shipment proportion of mid-range motherboard was only 30% last year, but with the company planning to reduce the proportion of entry-level motherboards from 50% to 30% this year, the proportion of mid-range boards will increase to 40%, said the paper. The company is also looking to form cooperation agreements with telecommunications vendors to increase sales of its netbook product lines, which it hopes will be able to come down in price to under NT$10,000 (US$328.91), the paper added.