Intel: Light Peak interconnect technology is ready

From InfoWorld: An Intel executive on Friday said that its Light Peak interconnect technology, designed to link PCs to devices like displays and external storage, is ready for implementation.

Light Peak, announced in 2009, was originally designed to use fiber optics to transmit data...

Apple to Scrap Restocking Fees? We Hope So

From PC World: Apple will scrap a 10 percent restocking fees for customers returning products to its retail stores, according to Internet reports. The policy, expected to take effect Tuesday January 11, coincides with an event from Verizon, when it is widely speculated that the...

Alt media player VLC cut from Apple App Store

From CNET News.com: Popular media player VLC has been pulled from Apple's App Store at the request of one of the program's original developers--in a move that's caused some hard feelings in the world of open-source software.

The situation involves a conflict between the General...

Ballmer: Kinect support headed to PCs, in time

From CNET News.com: What do you do with a gadget that's sold 8 million units in 60 days? You make it work on a platform that's larger than the 50 million install base it's built to work with. That would be the reasoning behind bringing Kinect to PCs, which Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer...

Report: Verizon to Offer Unlimited iPhone Plans

From DailyTech: The Wall Street Journal reports that, unlike AT&T, Verizon is confident that it will offer unlimited data for iPhones when it begins carrying the device later this month.

An unnamed source told WSJ that the nation's largest carrier believes it will have no trouble...

Sony Aspires to be Number 2 Tablet Manufacturer by 2012

From DailyTech:
After crowning Apple's iPad as the king of tablets, Sony is looking to snag the number two spot in tablet devices by 2012. Now they just need to make one.

Sony, the Japanese multinational manufacturer of consumer electronics, has been considered to be a bit behind...

Intel's Next-Generation Chip to Support DirectX 11

From X-bit Labs: Intel Corp. plans to integrate a DirectX 11-class graphics processing unit (GPU) into its next-generation code-named Ivy Bridge central processing unit (CPU). The move will allow the accelerated processing unit (APU) to compete head-to-head with Advanced Micro...

AMD Wants Triple-Cores to Continue - Company

From X-bit Labs: Advanced Micro Devices' said that triple-core processors would continue to be a part of its offerings. While it is unclear how AMD could make a triple-core chip based on its Bulldozer micro-architecture, the comment may indicate that AMD will have triple-core K10.5...

Cooler Master 690 II Advanced NVIDIA Edition Review (Page 1 of 4)

Here is a little confession I would like to make before I begin this review for the Cooler Master 690 II Advanced NVIDIA Edition ATX computer case today: The computer I use it with does not have an NVIDIA video card, an NVIDIA chipset, or any NVIDIA components, for that matter. In fact, my Asus P7P55D-E Premium has an Intel P55 chipset, and my graphics card happens to be -- you guessed it -- an AMD chipset based, factory...

Gigabyte Aivia K8100 Review

When it comes to gaming, most of the time, the first thing that comes to my mind are consoles like Nintendo 64, Wii, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360... and the list goes on and on. Back in the days, I did not have the opportunity to ever think about computer gaming, as I was always left in the dust with a piece o' crap Pentium II machine (Just for clarification, I currently own two Core i7 based desktops, and a handful of other high...

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