There is no official report from AMD on the wires, but multiple news outlets are reporting that chipmaker AMD will show 5 percent of its workforce the door. AMD is slated to begin shipping quad-core Phenom 9850, 9750, 9650, 9550, and 9150 processors in the coming weeks, according to sources close to the company. The “50” branding scheme indicates that the processors are the B3 version of the Phenom that fixes the “TLB” bug. This was first reported in DigiTimes.Later, AMD will also ship updated triple-core processors,

We recently reported on the existence of the ECS G10IL, a mini-notebook/UMPC to compete with the Eee PC 900, but at the time ECS was very hush-hush on the details.  All that ended today when they posted the specs on their web site.The G10IL will be powered by a Diamondville CPU riding on a 945GSE chipset and featuring a single memory socket that can accommodate a 2GB module.  Adding to all that is an option of 8.9 inch or 10.2 inch screen, a 1.3 megapixel, and a 4 or 6 cell battery.  Perhaps the

ASUS Launches Stylish Ultra-light Leather-Bound Notebook–ASUS U2E Integrates Luxury, Style and Functionality into an 11-inch- 2.7lbs. Hand-Crafted Notebook–FREMONT, CALIFORNIA (March 19, 2007) -ASUS today announced availability of the long-anticipated U2E, the perfect companion for road warriors. The 11-inch all-in-one leather crafted notebook is designed to deliver the highest level of versatile performance while conveying an individual’s sense of style.  Rich, Varied ConnectivityThe U2E is the lightest

It’ll be a cold day in … well, you know where before this happens in the U.S.  Or will it? Following closely on the heels of Norway, Canada’s public broadcasting service is adopting DRM-free BitTorrent distribution for a major prime-time show.On March 24, CBC will use BitTorrent to distribute this year’s broadcast of Canada’s Next Great Prime Minister. This will make Canada the first country in North America to release high-quality, DRM-free copies of a prime-time show using the popular P2P file-sharing

Today we bring you a round up of a few of the recently reviewed coolers. From inexpensive to high end, light to heavy, short to tall, all are compared to Intel’s stock cooler. In the process of updating the LR test bench we had to re-benchmark all the coolers, so why not do a round up with the collected data? So, today we will show you how the LR stable of coolers stack up to one another. Read on to see how they stack up.

Video: Soyo Topaz S 24-inch Widescreen LCD Monitor Review @ ThinkComputers.orgGigabyte GeForce 8800 GT 512MB Review @ Sharky ExtremeXFX nForce 790i Ultra SLI and XFX 9800GX2 Review @ GamePyre Motherboards & Chipsets: Foxconn X38A Digital Life @ Bjorn3DGigabyte X48-DQ6 Motherboard Review – DDR2 X48 Solution @ PC PerspectiveMemory & Storage: OCZ XTC Memory Cooler Review @ ClubOC.netMushkin XP2 8000 Redline 2 x 2GB DDR2 Review @ OCCThermaltake BlacX Hard Drive Docking System Review @ Bigbruin.com Power:

Crystal Clear Audio for Gaming and Home Entertainment The ASUS Xonar DX PCI-e 7.1 soundcard delivers 35 times cleaner audio than integrated motherboard solutions FREMONT, CALIFORNIA (March 17, 2008) – Providing an alternative to flat and murky motherboard audio, ASUS, leading manufacturer of high quality computer components, releases the Xonar DX soundcard. Engineered for pristine, clean audio quality with a 116 dB Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR), the Xonar DX is equipped with innovative technologies such as Dolby

Yesterday, news broke regarding Microsoft and Intel launching parallel research centers at UC Berkeley and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to investigate way to accelerate developments in mainstream parallel computing.  And today, we’ve posted some details and commentary on the subject over at HotHardware.  Here’s a snip from the piece… “Even today, writing software able to take advantage of multi-threading is notoriously difficult. In order to help drive the development of the tools

WD® MAXIMIZES TWO-PLATTER 3.5-INCH HARD DRIVES TO 640 GB CAPACITY POINTCompany Ships in Volume New Capacity Sweet SpotLAKE FOREST, CALIF. – Mar. 19, 2008 – WD® (NYSE: WDC) announced today that it is now shipping in volume its WD Caviar® SE16 640 GB 3.5-inch hard drives based on 320 GB-per-platter technology — a platform that it has been shipping since January 2008 and is serving as the foundation of all of the company’s 3.5-inch drive families.Ideal for data-intensive applications, high-performance

Adobe has come up with a Digital Rights Management security protocol for its ubiquitous Flash video format. It allows content generators to feel secure about letting viewers download video content instead of simply streaming it in a browser, but mash-up artists who like to fiddle with FLV files will have another hurdle placed in their way.Intended for broadcasters and media companies looking to protect video that can be delivered offline and online, Flash Media Rights Management Server integrates with Adobe