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...
Microsoft has announced the latest update to their Windows Server 2003 operating system. Microsoft is claiming 100% software compatibility with the new update and also plans to make licensing easier with the new OS: The update, which will be generally available to customers in about 60 days, should be 100 percent compatible...
Microsoft has come under the gun by courts in South Korea. The company is forced to pay a fine of $32 million and must also remove its Windows Messenger IM program from Windows operating sytems in S.. Korea: Microsoft Corp. was ordered to separate its instant messaging service from its Windows software and allow rival products on its...
Viperlair has a new contest posted on their site. All you have to do is answer a few questions and you'll be entered to win an ECS 945P-A motherboard and an Intel Pentium D 830 3.0GHz processor. To enter the contest, simply copy and paste the questions below into an email, and email the correct answers to win.ecs.intel@gmail.com,...
Sapphire's PURE Innovation PI-A9RX480 Xpress 200 board is just now showing up in our Real-Time Pricing Engine. Both NewEgg and ChiefValue show it in stock for roughly $170 plus shipping. You can check out our in-depth look at the board right here. We've waited a long time for a real competitor to...
A few weeks ago we published an insider article on compatibility issues with Antec's power supply. Antec's PR company released a statement to AnandTech about the issue, copied below. It has come to the attention of Antec and Tyan that there are allegations made in a recent AnandTech public report of widespread incompatibility between specific...
Well, isn't that special? An eBay customer reported a suspicious email to eBay and received a response back from the company saying that it was in fact a genuine mailing. As it turns out, it was indeed another phishing scam that fooled even eBay: Jennings reported the site to eBay on November 25, and four days later he got a note back...
Talk of power consumption is all the rage these days when it comes to next generation processor architecture. Just a few years, it seems as though no one really gave the subject much thought in the mainstream market. Intel's Pentium-M brought low-power chips to the forefront and Intel's next generation of notebook, desktop and server...
There have been various reports from Think Secret that Apple's Intel based machines would be announced in January at MacWorld 2006. DigiTimes is now citing Taiwanese sources as claiming that such products will actually hit store shelves in early June: Apple's Mac OS X Tiger version 10.4.1, an x86 operating system for the...
I love taking my laptop on the road with me, but whenever I turn on WiFi, the battery life starts to take a serious dive. The Wi-Fi alliance has ratified a new software spec that allows wireless devices to take better advantages of sleep states to boost battery life up to 40%: Frank Hanzlik, managing director of the 6-year-old Austin,...
