Intel Investigating Sale of Fake Core I7 Chip

From PC World: On Friday, hardware site HardOCP reported that one of its forum members received a counterfeit processor from Newegg, an online seller of computers and components. Instead of a processor, he found a fake processor and a plastic mold of a heat sink and fan.

The fake...

At GDC, iPhone game development breaks out

From CNET News.com: If you had any doubts that the iPhone must now be considered one of the world's most important gaming platforms, this week's Game Developers Conference in San Francisco will try to put them to rest once and for all.

For years, GDC, as it's known, has hosted two...

Thermaltake Silent 1156 Review

As computers get more and more powerful with each advance in computing technology, it is inevitable that the thermal envelope is continually being pushed to higher levels. For this reason, there will always be a large market for aftermarket CPU cooling. But just when you think only the biggest and loudest coolers can effectively cool the latest and greatest overclocked quad core processors, Thermaltake comes in with the Silent...

Cards Makers Are Gearing Up to Release Dual-GPU 4GB Graphics Boards

From Tom's Hardware: The launch of Nvidia Corp.’s GeForce GTX 400-series graphics boards is getting closer and it looks like ATI’s add-in-board partners are gearing up for this launch just like Nvidia’s allies. At least three manufacturers of graphics cards are preparing to release...

Android largely unharmed by Google-China row

From InfoWorld: A mobile phone with Google's Android operating system that was delayed in China will now ship next week, in the latest sign that Android has gone largely unscathed by a row between Google and the Chinese government.

A subsidiary of mobile carrier China Unicom has...

Google Supports HTC in Apple Lawsuit

From PC World: Google has defended HTC, which manufacturers the search engine's Nexus One, after Apple accused HTC of infringing 20 of its patents.

"We are not a party to this lawsuit. However, we stand behind our Android operating system and the partners who have helped us to...

Microsoft's secret phones coming to Verizon

From CNET News.com: After the Windows Phone 7 launch passed without so much as a mention of Project Pink, Microsoft's other new phone project started to fade into memory. Today, we can confirm: Pink's coming, and Verizon's the carrier.

Since the documents come from a party working...

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