Sapphire has announced the launch of their new Sapphire HD 6950 Toxic Edition graphics card, which Sapphire claims is the fastest production card in its class. The Sapphire HD 6950 Toxic Edition is equipped with clock speeds of 880MHz for the core and 1300MHz (5.2 Gb/sec effective) for the memory. … [Read more...] about Sapphire Unveils New HD 6950 Toxic Edition Card
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Smart Unveils Optimus 1.6TB SSD, Reads 1GB Per Second
Smart Modular Technologies has unveiled a new addition to their range of solid state drives this week with the launch of their new Smart Optimus SSD. The new Optimus SSD range is available in 200GB, 400GB, 800GB, and 1.6TB storage capacities and features read/write speeds of 100K/50K random IOPS and … [Read more...] about Smart Unveils Optimus 1.6TB SSD, Reads 1GB Per Second
Nokia N9 Launching In 49 Days
We had heard previously that Nokia would be launching the N9 some time in September, and now Nokia has uploaded an official countdown clock on the Nokia N9 homepage, which currently shows the N9 launching in 49 days, as of today. That would give the Nokia N9 a launch date of the 23rd of September, … [Read more...] about Nokia N9 Launching In 49 Days
Gmail Receives Long Awaited Preview Pain In Labs
If you are a Gmail user, you might be pleased to know that Google has just added a new Preview Pane feature to its Gmail Labs. The newly added preview pane allows you to view whole messages rather than just small snippets in a similar way to layouts in Outlook's Preview Pane and also Gmail when … [Read more...] about Gmail Receives Long Awaited Preview Pain In Labs
Some US Internet Providers Are Hijacking Users Search Results
According to two researchers at the International Computer Science Institute in Berkeley, California, some of the US Internet providers are hijacking users' search queries and redirecting them. The two researchers, Christian Kreibich and Nicholas Weaver, discovered that certain ISPs were using a … [Read more...] about Some US Internet Providers Are Hijacking Users Search Results
Motorola Droid Bionic Full Specifications Revealed
We have been hearing about the Motorola Droid Bionic since it was first show off at CES in January, the device was scheduled to launch earlier in the year and it has been delayed a number of times and there had even been rumors that it would be canceled. The last thing we heard was that the , and … [Read more...] about Motorola Droid Bionic Full Specifications Revealed
HP Drops 16GB TouchPad By $100
On Wednesday, we heard that HP had dropped the price of both the 16GB and 32GB TouchPad by $50. Now, it looks like HP is making a more aggressive move to increase sales and generate more interest in the TouchPad. They are reducing the price of the 16GB TouchPad this weekend, starting today, by $100, … [Read more...] about HP Drops 16GB TouchPad By $100
Microsoft Says They Asked Google To Bid On Novell Patents
Yesterday, Google's David Drummond, who is Google's Chief Legal Officer and also the company's Senior Vice President, posted an article on the Google Blog, with the title ‘When patents attack Android’. The article criticized Microsoft, Apple, and Oracle over the recent patents which were purchased … [Read more...] about Microsoft Says They Asked Google To Bid On Novell Patents
Google’s Chrome OS Hacked By Security Researchers
It looks like Google's Chrome OS has been hacked by two security researchers who demonstrated the hack at the Black Hat security conference yesterday. According to a report, they used a web-based attack to compromise the security of Google's Chrome OS. Matt Johanson and Kyle Osborn, two researchers … [Read more...] about Google’s Chrome OS Hacked By Security Researchers
Bungie Giving Halo 4 & Microsoft Their Blessing
Bungie has made its peace with passing on the Halo torch to 343 Industries, and they think you should too. "Going forward, it's their franchise, their IP, and the direction they take has got to be their own," Bungie community manager Eric Osborne said. "I think for fans, the message for them is … [Read more...] about Bungie Giving Halo 4 & Microsoft Their Blessing
id Will Make Rage HD Free For A Week After 100k Likes on Facebook
If you weren't crazy about Rage before, then at the very least you'll be scrambling over yourself to hit that Facebook "Like" button now. Or at least, that may be the thinking behind id and Bethesda's announcement, we don't really know. We would have thought that despite Rage's bog-standard... well, … [Read more...] about id Will Make Rage HD Free For A Week After 100k Likes on Facebook
Tiny Glass Lens Could Be Used For Smartphone Projectors
Alps Electrical has developed a groundbreaking tiny aspherical glass lens that could revolutionize the future of smartphone technology, particularly in the realm of integrated projectors. This innovative lens measures just 1.0 by 1.0 by 0.8mm, making it one of the world's smallest lenses of its … [Read more...] about Tiny Glass Lens Could Be Used For Smartphone Projectors
