Deal of the week: Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition for $210 shipped
AMD's Phenom II series has come out of the gates proving a worthy competitor, with the most recent Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition with Wings and Optional Sunroof proving more than adequate competition for Intel's Core 2 Quad Q9550 in our review. The intervening months since the review have...
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Causes and effects of input lag examined
Finally explaining why I'm always at the back of the pack in online shooters (really, I'm sure), AnandTech's Derek Wilson has posted a very thorough dissection of how input lag occurs in PC gaming. Input lag is the period of time between the input made by the user (typically movement...
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Apple disables Palm Pre's iTunes sync
In an attempt to steal some thunder from the Palm Pre, Apple has issued an iTunes update locking the Palm Pre out from syncing with iTunes. According to this report at CNET, the 8.2.1 update for iTunes "provides a number of important bug fixes and addresses an issue with verification...
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Friday Shortbread
Friday [H]ard|OCP shares unconfirmed rumors: VisionTek bankrupt, PNY selling graphics & memory business? DigiTimes reports Intel to unveil new product roadmap at IDF San Francisco MSI officially announced OC Genie technology 1-second automatic
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Beta GeForce drivers offer new power management scheme
Word comes from techPowerUp that Nvidia has released a new set of beta drivers for its GeForce and Ion GPUs. Available for download on nZone, this latest 190.38 release can be had in 32-bit and x64 flavors for Windows 7, Vista, and XP. In addition to adding support...
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Thursday Shortbread
Thursday Stocks, oil surge on Intel-driven recovery hopes TheStreet's tech rumor of the day: Don't buy the Intel rally The Inquirer reports Intel is not doing as well as it appears Ars Technica on...
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Massive Intel mobile, desktop roadmaps massively leaked
Somehow, the folks at PC Watch in Japan have gotten their hands on what appear to be some very large and very detailed Intel roadmaps, along with product branding decoder info for both mobile and desktop processors. Making sense of it all may take some time, so I'd...
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Corsair adds Indilinx drives to SSD lineup
Not content to put all its SSD eggs in one basket, Corsair has launched a new line of Extreme Series solid-state drives based on Indilinx's Barefoot controller. Corsair has previously only offered drives based on Samsung storage controllers, but it's apparently looking to diversify. Hedging makes sense...
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JPR: GPU shipments to plunge in '09, rebound in 2010
In the wake of an iSuppli report that predicted the PC market would suffer its first absolute decline in unit shipments in 2009 since the dreary days of the dot-com bust in 2001, Jon Peddie Research has released a new report on the state of the graphics...
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CloudBook maker Everex bails on U.S. market
A short report at PCMag.com notes that Everex, maker of the CloudBook and other low-cost systems, many based on Via processors and the Linux OS, has ceased operations in the U.S. The main source for the report appears to be Everex's own web site, which simply says,...
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Project Natal gesture recognition could be coming to Windows
Microsoft's Project Natal may be coming to the PC. The gesture and video recognition tech was developed by Redmond's research division and demoed on the Xbox 360 at this year's E3 expo as a control scheme for games. According to a CNet interview with Bill Gates,...
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LiveCD lets PCs run Android
Google's netbook-oriented Chrome operating system isn't expected to be available until late next year, but you can now sample the search giant's Android OS on x86 systems. Originally targeted at smartphones, Google's Android OS has already caught the eye of several netbook makers. ...
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Wednesday Shortbread
Wednesday PC market to suffer first decline in 2009 since dot-com bubble TG Daily reports sun sets on Sun Microsystems in prophet warning U.S. Patent and Trademark Office rejects additional patent claims that...
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EU fine leads to Intel second-quarter loss
That whopping $1.44 billion fine the EU levied against Intel for anticompetive practices officially took its toll today, as the firm announced its second-quarter results. Without the fine, Intel's non-GAAP results included "operating income of $1.4 billion, net income of $1.0 billion and EPS of 18 cents"...
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Marvell chip problems could sink SATA 6Gbps on P55 boards
According to a report over at PC Perspective, a problem with Marvell's 88SE9123 6Gbps SATA controller could tank the next-gen storage standard's expected arrival on P55-based motherboards. Asus, Gigabyte, and MSI had all planned to use the Marvell chip, but its performance apparently isn't up to speed. ...
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