A commercial network launched in Amsterdam on Tuesday is the first in Europe to use a mobile version of the Wimax standard to allow users to surf the Web at high speeds while on the move, operator Worldmax said. The broadband wireless network is aimed at competing with telecoms operators KPN, Vodafone and T-Mobile, the privately held Dutch firm said.

The company will charge about 20 euros ($31) per month for a wireless broadband connection for laptop computers with unlimited amount of data. With comparable speeds to broadband, a lower price and no long-term contract, Van der Vlist said Worldmax expects to gain customers from mobile operators, but eventually also attract new customer groups such as teenagers which at the moment cannot afford mobile broadband.

Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. today responded to Electronic Arts Inc.'s announcement that it is extending for a fourth time its unsolicited conditional tender offer to acquire all of Take-Two's outstanding shares. The Board of Directors remains in unanimous agreement that the proposal is contrary to the best interests of Take-Two stockholders, and the Board continues to recommend that stockholders not tender their shares to EA.

“The latest extension of EA's unsolicited, highly conditional tender offer does not alter the fact that their proposal still significantly undervalues Take-Two, a fact that is reflected in the overwhelming number of stockholders who still have not tendered their shares,” said Strauss Zelnick, Chairman of the Board of Take-Two. “Our Board of Directors remains in unanimous agreement that the proposal is contrary to the best interests of Take-Two stockholders, and the Board continues to recommend that stockholders not tender their shares to EA. The Board remains focused on the strategic process that began formally on April 30 to consider all alternatives to maximize value. We believe that these alternatives, which may include a business combination or remaining independent, will deliver greater value to stockholders than the current EA offer.”

Toshiba's Digital Products Division today announced the addition of a 128GB solid state drive (SSD) into the innovative Portege laptop series. Toshiba's 2.4 pound Portege R500-S5007V is the world's lightest laptop with a 128GB SSD and DVD SuperMulti drive and one of the world's thinnest with a SSD and DVD SuperMulti drive. Better have some cash though as the recommended configuration of the Portege R500-S5007V has an MSRP of $2,999!

'With seven world's first technologies the Portege R500 series has served as a technology launching pad and redefined the ultraportable marketplace with its world's first technologies and 'green' attributes, such as a transreflective LED backlit indoor/outdoor viewing display, the industry's highest rated EPEAT Gold laptop and Energy Star 4.0 compliance,' said Jeff Barney, general manager and vice president, Digital Products Division, Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc. 'First to incorporate a 128GB solid state drive is another major accomplishment for Toshiba and illustrates how the company is committed to delivering solutions that meet the needs of our customers.'

AMD is planning to launch several low-power triple-core and quad-core CPUs during the second half of 2008 all featuring a TDP of 65W, according to sources at motherboard makers. Meanwhile the company will launch the low-power quad-core Phenom X4 9350e in the third quarter and another model in the fourth quarter, the sources added, and in the first quarter of 2009, AMD will begin to roll out its 45nm quad-core CPUs (Propus) targeting core frequencies between 2.3-2.6GHz.

Two low-power triple-core Phenom CPUs X3 8250e and 8450e will feature core frequencies of 1.9GHz and 2.1GHz, respectively, and both include an L2 cache of 1.5MB and L3 cache of 2MB. The two CPUs will enter DVT in July and start mass production at the beginning of August. If the process goes smoothly, the two CPUs should appear in the channel by mid to late August, the sources said.

For the consumer who needs to watch one thing while recording another, ASUS, has introduced a new PCI-express TV tuner, the ASUS My Cinema – PE9400 Combo. This versatile add-in card supports both digital (ATSC/QAM) and analog (NTSC) TV formats, and features an MPEG2 hardware encoder to reduce CPU loading with high-quality video output allowing users to enjoy an all-in-one PC multimedia package. The My Cinema PE9400 Combo will be available via ASUS North American resellers starting July 1st, 2008 with the introductory MSRP being $79 USD.

The My Cinema – PE9400 Combo allows users to watch and record high-quality digital (ATSC/QAM) and analog (NTSC) TV programs on their PCs simultaneously. This card adopts a 500 Mb/s PCI Express x1 interface, which is 3 times faster than the default PCI bus (133Mb/s) in transmission speed. An embedded MPEG2 hardware encoder dramatically reduces CPU loading whilst guaranteeing high-quality video when processing transmissions. This allows users to surf the Internet and record TV programs without degrading performance. Additionally, the PE9400 Combo leverages hardware noise reduction technology, which minimizes video artifacts.

Tweaknews has posted their In Win Powerman Commander 1200 Watt Power Supply Review! Find this and other reviews from around the 'net by visiting our forums!

“In-Win is surely going to turn some heads with the Commander not only does it have a one of a kind look, it has demonstrated excellent stability and its four +12V rails are ready to power up any hardware thrown its way. I can see this being not only a good choice for today's gaming rigs, but it should easily last through another upgrade or two as well. Realistically, not many current systems out there are going to pull 1200W of power but in a few years this might be exactly what's needed.”

At the International Supercomputing Conference, AMD today introduced its next-generation stream processor, the AMD FireStream 9250, specifically designed to accelerate critical algorithms in high-performance computing (HPC), mainstream and consumer applications. Leveraging the GPU design expertise of AMD's Graphics Product Group, AMD FireStream 9250 breaks the one teraflop barrier for single precision performance. It occupies a single PCI slot, for unmatched density and with power consumption of less than 150 watts, the AMD FireStream 9250 delivers an unprecedented rate of performance per watt efficiency with up to eight gigaflops per watt.

The AMD FireStream 9250 stream processor includes a second-generation double-precision floating point hardware implementation delivering more than 200 gigaflops, building on the capabilities of the earlier AMD FireStream 9170, the industry's first GP-GPU with double-precision floating point support. The AMD FireStream 9250's compact size makes it ideal for small 1U servers as well as most desktop systems, workstations, and larger servers and it features 1GB of GDDR3 memory, enabling developers to handle large, complex problems.

PNY Technologies just announced the XLR8 GeForce GTX 280 PCI-e 2.0 and GTX 260 PCI-e 2.0 graphics cards. Based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 200 Series of GPUs second generation unified architecture and NVIDIAs new GPU PhysX technology, gamers will undergo a dynamic 3D gaming experience. Legit Reviews took had a chance to review the XLR8 GeForce GTX 280 here and found it to be a great card! The MSRP on the GTX 280 will be $649.99 and $399.99 on the GTX 260.

'With convincing facial animation, multiple ultra-high polygon characters in complex environments and fully simulated physical effects, these cards bring 3D games to life,' said Nicholas Mauro, senior marketing manager, PC components. 'Not just for gamers, these cards broaden our scope of products to reach even programmerswho need to offload processing tasks from the CPU to the GPU. In fact, the GTX 200 series delivers performance improvements up to 7x a traditional CPU.'

ASUS just announced the release of the ASUS ENGTX280/HTDP/1G SLI-ready graphics card. Sporting the NVIDIA GeForce GTX280 GPU (Graphics Processing Unit), the ENGTX280/HTDP/1G boasts 1GB memory enabling users to easily enjoy the latest games at extremely high resolutions. The card ships with ASUS latest version of SmartDoctor, an exclusive utility that gives gamers the freedom to easily adjust the Shader Clock, allowing gamers to squeeze the most out of their gaming system. The ASUS ENGTX280/HTDP/1G will go on sale through ASUS North American dealers on June 17, 2008. The introductory MSRP is $649 USD.

Bottlenecks are now a thing of the past thanks to 1GB of on-board memory. The more embedded memory a video card has the more data it can store. To address the requirements of todays resource intensive PC games, the ASUS ENGTX280/HTDP/1G offers not only more memory but faster memory. The end result is that users can enjoy the ultimate gaming experience without lag or stuttering even at extremely high resolutions and with the maximum quality settings turned on.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280 launched today, so be sure to check out our review here. Be sure to check out the other reviews from around the web in our forums!

Hot on the heels of a rapid-succession GeForce 9800 GX2 and GeForce 9800 GTX launch only two short months ago, NVIDIA now officially unveils the GeForce GTX 280 and GTX 260 video cards. Using the fastest and most-powerful graphics processor NVIDIA has ever developed, both new GeForce products are constructed from a freshly-minted GT200 graphics processor. Both the GTX 280 and GTX 260 products position themselves at the very highest segment of the GeForce product line. NVIDIA Estimates that the GeForce GTX 280 will be introduced at $649, while the similarly powerful GeForce GTX 260 will enter the $399 price point. If the competition ever had a very good reason to be concerned with their future, it would be right now.