The PNY XLR8 GeForce 9800 GTX OC 512MB Graphics Card Is Available Now Company Offers Three Discounts with Online PurchasePARSIPPANY, N.J. – April 08, 2008 – PNY Technologies®, Inc. today announced that its PNY XLR8™ GeForce® 9800 GTX OC 512MB PCI-e 2.0 graphics card is available now for purchase.  Based on the NVIDIA® GeForce 9 Series of GPUs, this overclocked graphics card features 512MB of GDDR3 frame buffer memory, a 725 MHz core clock and 1813 MHz shader clock.  PNY will provide

When we recently updated you on the release date for Vista’s successor, currently known as 7, we were a bit skeptical that the ‘slip’ Mr. Gates made was concerning a retail or RTM version. “It seems that Microsoft is getting the word out that Mr. Gates was indeed referring to some sort of pre-release beta program: “Microsoft wants to chill everyone out with the somber news that its got no plans to introduce Windows 7 any earlier than January 2010 (three years from the launch of Vista)…” Considering how many

The ECS A780GM-A 'Black Series' motherboard is the first motherboard by the designers at ECS that uses the recently released AMD 780G and SB700 chipsets. Unlike the micro-ATX boards that we have looked at in the past this is a full size ATX board. Will the ECS A780GM-A exceed our expectations or end up falling short? Read on to find out how this Black Series board does!

Virtual-Hideout reviews the GIGABYTE ATI Radeon HD 3870 512MB Crossfire and other reviews are posted in our forums!

Two of those latest cards has come to us in the form of Gigabyte's ATI Radeon HD 3870 512MB graphics cards, or GV-RX387512H for those currently shopping. NVidia's 8800 series are a very common top end budget gamer card and typically does well in most cases. How does the Gigabyte HD 3870 stack up against the card? And is it a viable solution? Read on for the surprising results.

Cell phone users will get text message alerts of emergencies under a new nationwide alert system approved late Wednesday by the Federal Communications Commission, according to FCC spokesman Robert Kenny.

Under the plan, the FCC will appoint a federal agency to create the messages and pass them on to cell phone companies that choose to participate, an FCC representative said earlier. Once that agency is named, the participating cell phone providers would have 10 months to comply with the new system's requirements.

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Crysis: DX9 vs. DX10 – Crysis, 5 months later. No excuses about immature drivers or API issues. We look at how Crysis DX9 compares to Crysis DX10 and what GPU is best for it. We analyze real gameplay and IQ. Did DX10 deliver on its promises? Should we stick with it?

Kingston Technology today announced the launch of 1600MHz HyperX DDR3 mid-range memory for gamers and mainstream users alike. Now shipping in 1GB and 2GB modules and 2GB and 4GB memory kits, the new HyperX modules bring the latest in DDR3 memory technology to more system builders and developers at economic price points.

“With more new chipsets able to take advantage of DDR3 memory, the time was right for Kingston to release 1600MHz modules to fill the need for an economic alternative to higher priced 1600MHz modules on the market, said Dara Sun, strategic alliance manager, Kingston. “Our goal with this new offering is to meet the demand for a more mainstream performing DDR3 product while complementing our
high frequency top-performing memory technology. The latest entry in its DDR3 family of next-generation enthusiast memory, Kingston's 1600MHz DDR3 modules
deliver optimum performance when paired with the latest DDR3 chipsets

Many Windows Mobile users have lots of video and photos stored on their PC, and media files can pile up quickly. If storage space is at a premium for you, take a look at this 1.5TB (That’s 1500 gigabytes) external hard drive from Western Digital. Dell is offering this product with a $230 coupon to the first 198 people to use this coupon code: LDZKPP3LVH049J

Final price, $249. If you want one, grab it now!

Many Windows Mobile users have lots of video and photos stored on their PC, and media files can pile up quickly. If storage space is at a premium for you, take a look at this 1.5TB (That’s 1500 gigabytes) external hard drive from Western Digital. Dell is offering this product with a $230 coupon to the first 198 people to use this coupon code: LDZKPP3LVH049J

Final price, $249. If you want one, grab it now!

View this product @ Dell.com…

Just in time to make a perfect gift for Mothers Day, Western Digital today introduced 10 fresh new colors for its My Passport Essential Portable USB Drives. Weighing in at less than 5 ounces, My Passport Essential USB Drives put almost a third of a terabyte of digital storage in the palm of your hand and are available now at select retailers in 160GB ($119.99), 250 GB ($149.99) and 320 GB ($179.99) capacities .

My Passport Essential Drives are simple to use, light and easy to carry, and require no power adapter — they are powered directly through the USB cable. Equipped with sync and encryption software for easy file transfer, the mega-capacity of the My Passport Essential Portable USB Drive makes it simple to securely carry thousands of songs, videos or photos. “Our striking new color selection gives our customers an opportunity to express their unique style, while securely storing and carrying the massive amounts of rich content generated by higher resolution cameras, HD videos and music,” said Jim Welsh, vice president and general manager of WDs branded products and consumer electronics groups.