19:43 03.01.2006
D-Link and Skype are joining forces in Internet calling. The two companies have announced their cooperative effort in developing the DPH-50U USB adapter which allows consumers to plug any regular home phone into your computer to make free VoIP phone calls using Skype. Here are just a few of the features you can expect from the...
Graphics memory just got a boost as Hynix has announced that they are on the verge of sampling 512Mbit GDDR4 DRAM to folks like NVIDIA and ATI. Production quality modules should begin shipping early next year: The fourth-generation graphics memory GDDR4, which improves data processing speed by close to two times than that of...
It seems as though you can never have too much Xbox 360 coverage these days. Firing Squad has posted their initial thoughts on the first of the next generation consoles to be launched. I have still yet to play around with the machine, but I'm sure that I'll get my chance soon: The coolest new feature of the Xbox Live Marketplace is the...
Intel's slow down in production of entry-level chipsets has left the door wide open for SiS and VIA to sneak in and ship out a few more boards. Both companies recorded rather large jumps in Pentium 4 chipset shipments for the fourth quarter: Buoyed by smoother output of its Pentium 4-based SiS661, SiS may enjoy an on-quarter jump of 50% in...
Philips is working on ways to make the video gaming experience even more life like by combining sight, sound and touch with amBX technology. It'd be interesting to see how this technology really pans out when it is launched in May of 2006. It sounds like an interesting idea, but the big question is how much is it going to cost for the...
I saw this last night on MSNBC and about died from laughter at this guy in a robo suit. Well, I finally found a link to it this morning. HAL-5 allows people who are disabled walk and function with the help of the power-assist exoskeleton: We developed the exo-skeleton type power assist system to realize the walking aid for the gait...
ATI and NVIDIA are gearing up for another round of GPU wars in the first quarter of next year. ATI currently has 90nm parts in circulation, but NVIDIA plans on moving that way with the GeForce 7600 and 7200: New 90nm graphics processor units (GPUs) from ATI Technologies and Nvidia, with ATI's flagship R580 chip and two 7xxx series...
180solutions isn't too happy with Zone Labs these days. The company is suing over the fact that Zone Labs considers products like Zango and 180search Assistant to be "high risk" security threats: "In my opinion, 180solutions is a perfectly legitimate target for anti-spyware companies," said Eric Howes, a spyware researcher at the...
Now this is something that I can get behind. The one thing that I dislike about Windows Updates is that in some cases they require you to reboot your machine to take effect. With Windows Vista, the operating system will feature a Restart Manager which will update software critical components while still leaving your current...
Intel has announced plans to build a new 45nm chip plant in Kiryat Gat, Israel. The $3.5 billion Fab 28 will be Intel's seventh 300mm facility (five are currently operational): SANTA CLARA, Calif., Dec. 1, 2005 - Intel Corporation today announced plans to build a new 300-millimeter (mm) wafer fabrication facility at its site in Kiryat...
The folks at amdgamer.com and Crucial are teaming up to hand out two free 512MB sticks of Ballistix Tracer PC4000 DDR memory: Simply tell us what kind of memory is powering your system now and why you need to upgrade to Crucial's Ballistix Tracer memory! Be as detailed and as specific as possible. You can do so by replying to this topic. The winner...
