While the rest of the world tries to figure out if this company is legit or not, Psystar keeps chugging along.  And now, they say their first PCs are shipping!So, is it a hoax or not? Mac clone builder Psystar has experienced in just one week all the good and bad today’s Internet has to offer: The possible availability of a cheap Mac clone spread like wildfire through the Internet last week, confusion about its address and payment processor attracted the wrath of the Internet and most of us concluded that,

On Monday Skype, announced new subscription plans that allow flat-rate unlimited calling to 34 countries. It should be noted that for Skype defines unlimited as 10,000 minutes / month; after that standard fees apply.  Of course, 10,000 minutes equates to about 5 hours a day, so what the heck?The company said it was offering unlimited calls to landline and cell phones in the U.S. and Canada for $2.95 a month.It also offers unlimited calls to phones in 34 countries including Australia, China, Germany, Japan

As hard as it may be to believe, Windows XP SP3 has finally shipped to manufacturing.  Users will be able to download it on 4/29.Keroack confirmed that date today. “We are also in the final stages of preparing for release to the Web on April 29, via Windows Update and the Microsoft Download Center,” he said.Users will be able to update their XP systems to SP3 starting next week, but they will have to select the optional download in Windows Update or download a much larger, stand-alone installer from the

Microsoft continues to purchase smaller companies with intriguing technologies while they wait for Yahoo.  The latest of such acquisitions, Farecast, has managed to slip by without so much as an official press release from Microsoft.So who is Farecast and why did Microsoft find them irresistible?”The Seattle startup tries to predict whether air fares will rise or fall, helping travelers decide when to buy plane tickets for upcoming trips.  Farecast’s site also has a section that searches for hotel room rates,

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It has been predicted that existing manufacturing materials used in microchips will eventually hit a wall that no amount of R & D can overcome. As a result researchers are looking into several other technologies such as Graphene.”When current silicon transistor technology goes below 10 nanometers in size, it’s predicted it will run into the laws of physics and will no longer be able to create reliable transistors.??Graphene, on the other hand, is already seeing working transistors in the sub-10 nanometer

Good news, for those of you looking for a better deal in CPUs, came across the wire today from Intel. New price reductions have been announced and one could say they’re taking price points down to bargain-basement levels in some spots, with cost savings ranging from 12% to a whopping 50% on the Core 2 Quad Q6700 2.66GHz processor.  This pricing represents major reductions across both 45nm and 65nm CPU families in both their desktop, value and workstation/server lineup.  This move will definitely turn

Building on its long-term leadership in promoting energy efficient computing for both consumer and business solutions, AMD today announced two new 45-watt processors, the Energy Efficient AMD Athlon X2 4450e and AMD Athlon X2 4050e. Designed for mainstream and enthusiast power users who run multiple processor-intensive applications, these desktop processors can reduce power consumption by nearly 30% when compared to previous generation AMD processors for greater performance-per-watt over AMD's standard power desktop processors without compromising performance.

“As energy efficiency becomes more top of mind for consumers and businesses, AMD solutions like the Energy Efficient AMD Athlon X2 4450e and AMD Athlon X2 4050e processors stand out as smart – and cost effective – choices,” said Leslie Sobon, director of product and brand management, Desktop Division, AMD. “These processors reflect the latest efforts by AMD to stay in front of efficient computing developments, providing processors that help enable our industry partners to build systems that meet new ENERGY STAR computer specifications.”

Super Talent Technology today launched a DDR3-1800 4GB kit (2x 2GB) in their extreme performance Project X family. The kit has part number W1800UX4GP and is available now from eWiz.com for under $499.

Super Talents Project X memory is widely regarded as the worlds most advanced DDR3. This represents another major first-to-market milestone for Super Talent, commented Super Talent Marketing Director, Joe James. While competitors are only able to produce 4GB kits up to DDR3-1600, weve engineered a kit that performs at elevated clock speeds while still supporting aggressive latencies. This Project X kit is built with the fastest available, hand selected Micron DRAM chips, and is stress tested as a matched pair on a dual channel Asus Striker II Extreme motherboard.

AMD today announced the availability of three new AMD Phenom X3 triple-core processors that, when combined with the AMD 780 series chipset, can give consumers a full HD experience and visually stunning gaming and digital performance. As the world's only triple-core x86 processor, AMD Phenom X3 processors can bring multi-core technology to a broader audience in search of desktop processors that easily handle today's multi-threaded digital entertainment workloads. Be sure to check our review of the new Phenom X3 8750 triple-core processor that we just posted here today.

The proliferation of digital media devices and entertainment changes the way consumers use PCs and creates stronger demand on the processing and graphics capabilities. Two of the biggest determinants of the user experience when purchasing a PC are graphics and processors, with consumers weighing trade-offs. AMD solution-based PCs can free consumers from this dilemma with balanced platforms that enable the Ultimate Visual Experience complete with scalability and great value. “In today's market customers are too often forced to weigh the benefits of one component over another while sifting through one-sided marketing
claims,” said Leslie Sobon, AMD director of Product and Brand Management. “AMD is the only company in the world that is able to deliver a balanced platform solution without compromising performance, delivering a thrilling visual experience and powerful multi-threaded application performance.”