Things seemed settled. Blu-ray, the high definition format favored by Sony, finally overcame the competition offered by rival Toshiba, HD DVD, and the next-generation format wars were over. Not so fast, says New Medium Enterprises, who are touting an alternative to Blu-ray they call the versatile multilayer disc. VMD has the one attribute no one has ever ascribed to Blu-ray; it’s cheap.An HD VMD player costs less than a Blu-ray because it uses the red-laser technologies found in today’s standard-definition DVD

The British company Thruvision has announced the T5000 Security Imaging System, a camera that can “see” under clothes using what the company calls “passive imaging technology” to identify objects by the natural electromagnetic rays that they emit. The T5000 camera, created by a company called ThruVision, uses what it calls “passive imaging technology” to identify objects by the natural electromagnetic rays–known as Terahertz or T-rays–that they emit. The high-powered camera can detect hidden objects from up

If nothing else, it appears that the contentious divorce between Paul McCartney and Heather Mills has led to one good result – well, not for either of them, but for music fans. McCartney has authorized the release of the Beatles’ back catalog on iTunes in a deal that is valued at $400 million.The deal has been much delayed. But industry insiders say that by the end of the year fans using iTunes will be able to buy songs from albums such as Help! and Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.Although the Beatles

As with all rumors please take the following news item with a grain of salt until we receive official confirmation or denial from Intel.  Intel’s upcoming x4n series of chipsets doesn’t just feature the flagship x48, but an entire range of chipsets to blanket virtually every market segment.  One of the market segments that has been heating up recently is the IGP, and Intel doesn’t plan to let AMD and NVIDIA run roughshod over them.  Initial rumors suggest that their next-generation integrated

ASUS Showcases New Concept Bamboo Products at CeBIT 2008 Innovative Design Makes Use of Alternative Materials for Eco-Friendliness Taipei, Taiwan, ASUS – The huge numbers of visitors present at ASUS’ booth during CeBIT 2008 were treated to a dazzling display of innovative technology that included the ever-popular Eee PC, the ASUS-Lamborghini PDA handphone, and the exclusive EPU energy saving technology in the motherboard range. In addition to these new product lineups, ASUS has also included new concept products

Last week when AMD released the 780G chipset they claimed that it redefines gaming for the mainstream PC. Legit Reviews spent some extra time with this board before we cranked out the review just to get a little better feel for the board and to make sure it was fully stable. Read on to see how for the first time a complete GPU has been integrated into the chipset of a motherboard!

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BFGTech 9600 GT OC in SLI vs. GeForce 8800 GTX – Will two BFGTech GeForce 9600 GT OC video cards SLI'd offer a better gaming experience than a GeForce 8800 GTX? NVIDIA thinks so. Lets see what the real-world differences are with 9600 GT SLI and an 8800 GTX in Crysis, COD 4 & UT3.

The new Sprint Mogul ROM (3.35.651.2)adds EVDO Rev. A support, GPS functionality, and contains software updates and add-ons including Bluetooth performance improvements, stability and performance enhancements, a new Task Manager, etc. Check landing page for more details. 

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Soft errors, they sound a little less ominous than hard errors, don’t they?  Actually, both are not a lot of fun for the average computer processor or memory chip.  A soft error, relative to semiconductor technology, is corruption inside of the memory structure of a device where bits are flipped inadvertently. Soft errors have become much more of a concern than ever before, as chip technologies shrink smaller and smaller.  And the chip manufacturer with the most skin