Deal of the week: Storage, ultrabooks, memory, and cheap games
We've been busy all afternoon making sense of AMD's desktop graphics roadmap, so we're going to keep our weekly deal post short and sweet.
On the gaming front, that big Steam for Linux sale is still underway , with a boatload of discounted ...
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Microsoft to begin retiring Messenger on April 8 I don't know many people who still use Microsoft's Messenger service. Starting April 8, though, that number is going to shrink rapidly to zero. Microsoft announced earlier today that the "upgrade from Messenger to Skype on Windows desktop" will begin on that date. The transition will "take a few weeks to complete," with English-language users to be the first ones shepherded away from the deprecated Messenger service. Users in other countries will follow over the next few weeks, with ... Read more... Read More ...
Fate of AMD's Sea Islands obscured in the fog Reports surfaced last weekend that AMD's graphics roadmap for 2013 would keep the Radeon HD 7000 series "stable" throughout the year. The news came out in an unusual way, via an interview with a Japanese website and then several tweets from AMD employees and the official Radeon Twitter feed. Naturally, we had questions about the state of things, so AMD held a conference call for the press today, in an attempt to clarify matters. Prior to last weekend, we expected AMD to be introducing a new generation of graphics cards within the next few months. That expectation was informed by the ... Read more... Read More ...
Friday Shortbread Eight is Enough
Nvidia's Project Shield due late next quarter That nifty Project Shield handheld console is on the way—and with Nvidia's next-generation Tegra 4 processor in tow. Both the chip and the handheld powered by it were unveiled at CES last month, and Nvidia provided an update about its schedule during its quarterly conference call earlier this week. So, when is ... Read more... Read More ...
Micron touts smallest 128-Gb NAND chip
And the march toward ever-higher flash memory densities goes on. This time, it's Micron breaking a new record. The firm has introduced what it claims to be the industry's smallest 128-Gb NAND flash memory chip yet, with die area of only 146 mm².
The chip is fabbed using Micron's 20-nm process, and it's based on triple-level-cell (TLC) flash technology. According to Micron, the ...
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Thursday Night Shortbread The Fierce Five
Steam for Linux hits the Ubuntu Software Center Hey everyone, the Steam for Linux client is now available! Well, that's the title of Valve's announcement , at least. The reality is that Steam for Linux has been freely downloadable since the beta opened up last December. As of today, though, you ... Read more... Read More ...
Firefox nightlies now include Modern UI browser The Modern UI version of Firefox for Windows 8 has been ripening for a while. Development began last March, and experimental builds appeared in the "Elm" development branch in October. Since yesterday, though, you can grab Firefox with a side of Modern UI right from the main nightly channel. Here's what Firefox Desktop Product Manager Asa ... Read more... Read More ...
Rumor: HP cooking up a Tegra 4-powered tablet You know the saying: if at first you don't succeed... euthanize all your webOS devices, waffle on the software's fate for a few months, spin it into an open-source project with little chance of success, and then switch to Android. Okay, maybe that one's not in the idiom dictionary—but HP might still abide by it. ReadWrite reports that the PC maker will use Android to power a "series of upcoming mobile devices," ... Read more... Read More ...
Layoffs reportedly underway at Valve It's apparently been a rough week for a few unlucky folks in Bellevue, Washington. Rumors are swirling about a round of layoffs undertaken by Steam purveyor and Half-Life 2: Episode Three procrastinator Valve Software. GamaSutra has a good collection of details, including a list of staffers who've disappeared from Valve's staff page. Among those seemingly laid off: Valve's Director of Business Development, a couple of former Weta animators (including one who also worked at Industrial Light and Magic), a game test lead, and an AI programmer who ... Read more... Read More ...
Wednesday Night Shortbread 7 Up
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Microsoft to begin retiring Messenger on April 8 I don't know many people who still use Microsoft's Messenger service. Starting April 8, though, that number is going to shrink rapidly to zero. Microsoft announced earlier today that the "upgrade from Messenger to Skype on Windows desktop" will begin on that date. The transition will "take a few weeks to complete," with English-language users to be the first ones shepherded away from the deprecated Messenger service. Users in other countries will follow over the next few weeks, with ... Read more... Read More ...
Fate of AMD's Sea Islands obscured in the fog Reports surfaced last weekend that AMD's graphics roadmap for 2013 would keep the Radeon HD 7000 series "stable" throughout the year. The news came out in an unusual way, via an interview with a Japanese website and then several tweets from AMD employees and the official Radeon Twitter feed. Naturally, we had questions about the state of things, so AMD held a conference call for the press today, in an attempt to clarify matters. Prior to last weekend, we expected AMD to be introducing a new generation of graphics cards within the next few months. That expectation was informed by the ... Read more... Read More ...
Friday Shortbread Eight is Enough
- Ex-AMD boss Hector Ruiz: Spinning-off the manu- facturing facilities was crucial for AMD’s survival
- Fudzilla: New AMD desktop cards in 2H 2013
- TweakTown: Nvidia to launch their new GeForce GeForce GTX Titan GPU on February 18
- Nvidia CEO: Windows RT is a keeper
- Nokia Gadgets: Nokia Lumia tablet pictured?
- Reuters: No "Plan B" for Microsoft's mobile ambitions: CFO
- Coming soon: StarCraft II 2.0.4
- Apple's app of the week: Infinity Blade is free for the week
Nvidia's Project Shield due late next quarter That nifty Project Shield handheld console is on the way—and with Nvidia's next-generation Tegra 4 processor in tow. Both the chip and the handheld powered by it were unveiled at CES last month, and Nvidia provided an update about its schedule during its quarterly conference call earlier this week. So, when is ... Read more... Read More ...
Micron touts smallest 128-Gb NAND chip
And the march toward ever-higher flash memory densities goes on. This time, it's Micron breaking a new record. The firm has introduced what it claims to be the industry's smallest 128-Gb NAND flash memory chip yet, with die area of only 146 mm².
The chip is fabbed using Micron's 20-nm process, and it's based on triple-level-cell (TLC) flash technology. According to Micron, the ...
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Thursday Night Shortbread The Fierce Five
- iFixit's Microsoft Surface Pro teardown
- Fudzilla: Five Kabini APUs planned for June and Intel speeds up Linux servers with SSDs
- Computerworld: Intel cuts back Itanium plans, raising questions about chip's future
- CPU World: Specifications of embedded ValleyView processors
- MS security bulletin summary for February 2013
Steam for Linux hits the Ubuntu Software Center Hey everyone, the Steam for Linux client is now available! Well, that's the title of Valve's announcement , at least. The reality is that Steam for Linux has been freely downloadable since the beta opened up last December. As of today, though, you ... Read more... Read More ...
Firefox nightlies now include Modern UI browser The Modern UI version of Firefox for Windows 8 has been ripening for a while. Development began last March, and experimental builds appeared in the "Elm" development branch in October. Since yesterday, though, you can grab Firefox with a side of Modern UI right from the main nightly channel. Here's what Firefox Desktop Product Manager Asa ... Read more... Read More ...
Rumor: HP cooking up a Tegra 4-powered tablet You know the saying: if at first you don't succeed... euthanize all your webOS devices, waffle on the software's fate for a few months, spin it into an open-source project with little chance of success, and then switch to Android. Okay, maybe that one's not in the idiom dictionary—but HP might still abide by it. ReadWrite reports that the PC maker will use Android to power a "series of upcoming mobile devices," ... Read more... Read More ...
Layoffs reportedly underway at Valve It's apparently been a rough week for a few unlucky folks in Bellevue, Washington. Rumors are swirling about a round of layoffs undertaken by Steam purveyor and Half-Life 2: Episode Three procrastinator Valve Software. GamaSutra has a good collection of details, including a list of staffers who've disappeared from Valve's staff page. Among those seemingly laid off: Valve's Director of Business Development, a couple of former Weta animators (including one who also worked at Industrial Light and Magic), a game test lead, and an AI programmer who ... Read more... Read More ...
Wednesday Night Shortbread 7 Up
- WSJ: Obama presses cybersecurity effort
- Bloomberg: Intel said to hire Spencer Stuart to seek Otellini successor
- Valve's Gabe Newell on reported layoffs: 'We aren't canceling any projects'
- X-bit labs: Nvidia to speed up launch of GeForce GTX Titan—reports and Dell announces ultra-wide display, new monitors with PremierColor
- LG Optimus G Pro is official: 5.5" 1080p 2.5D curved glass display - Phandroid
- Ars Technica: Hey Presto, Opera switches to WebKit
- Kotaku: The next Xbox has mandatory Kinect, game-swapping & new controllers
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