GeForce 9800 GT may not get a new name, after all
Remember how, according to some rumor sites, Nvidia was supposed to re-brand its GeForce 9800 GT as the GeForce GTS 240 (or, at least, launch a higher-clocked variant with that same name)? That isn't going to happen, says DailyTech. The site claims to have gotten hold of a...
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New all-in-one VIA chipset can decode 1080p video
Later this year, Nvidia's should bring high-definition video decoding capabilities to Via Nano systems through its Ion 2 platform. However, Via isn't waiting around for thatآ—it's announced the VX855 "Media System Processor," a new all-in-one chipset that...
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Western Digital's WD TV HD Media Player
Could Western Digital's new digital media player be the ideal companion for the company's external hard drives? And does it belong in your entertainment center?
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IE8 may launch on March 19, outrun other browsers
The completed version of Microsoft's next major web browser could come out on March 19, according to Neowin. The site points to a report by Taipei Times, which says IE8 will debut in Taiwan on March 20. Extrapolating from that, Neowin believes the browser may launch a day earlier...
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Report: ARM-powered netbooks coming in June
Today, netbooks and Intel's Atom processors are almost synonymous, and netbook makers who eschew the Atom typically pick x86 alternatives from Via or Intel itself. Well, that may change in a few months. DigiTimes reports that Qualcomm and Freescale are cooking up ARM-based netbooks for a launch at the...
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New Fusion-io SSDs can hit 1.4GB/s write speeds
While Intel has made headlines with its X25-E Serial ATA solid-state drives, Fusion-io has been tackling the enterprise solid-state storage concept in an altogether different way. In company tradition, the newly announced ioDrive Duo SSDs plug into PCI Express interfaces instead of Serial ATA—but they're considerably faster than Fusion-io's...
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New iPod shuffle still has no display, now lacks buttons
Attention, trendy joggers and celebrities everywhere: the third-generation iPod shuffle is out. Apple has updated its diminutive music player with a smaller, even more stripped-down design (and, somehow, a higher price tag). The most notable change is probably the complete...
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AMD ships 50 million GPUs for the Wii
With all the fab spinning-off and PC graphics card price wars, you might easily forget that AMD GPUs account for a pretty big chunk of the console market, too. This morning, AMD announced that it shipped its 50 millionth ATI Hollywood graphics processor for the Nintendo Wii. Reaching...
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A-Data launches speedy 300 Plus SSDs
Not content to just announce a 500GB solid-state drive this month, A-Data has pulled the curtain off another set of products: the 300 Plus series. These new 2.5" Serial ATA SSDs have lower capacities than the half-terabyte offering,...
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Second-gen OCZ NIA is in the works
OCZ has been busy since we reviewed the Neural Impulse Actuator last summer. Fudzilla has word that the company is developing a second-generation device that will be wireless and feature a built-in accelerometer. Presumably, the second-gen NIA will be able to sense facial muscle tension and read brain waves...
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Hynix agrees to pay Rambus royalties on RAM sales
Rambus hasn't been making many headlines lately, but that doesn't mean its crusade against the memory industry is overآ—quite the contrary. The litigious memory technology firm has reached a settlement agreement with Korean RAM manufacturer Hynix, which agreed to pay royalties for SDRAM products. A "proposed judgment" could also...
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