Computex, TAIPEI — June 4, 2008 — AMD (NYSE:AMD) today announced that ATI PowerXpress™ users can double or triple the performance of the integrated graphics processor1 when plugged into a wall socket or extend their battery life by over an hour while on the go2. Previously announced earlier this year as a variant of ATI [...]
8.7 million AOL subscribers face a new 20% fee increase next month — unless they agree to never call AOL’s technical support lines. They’ll have to use AOL chat for support or the online help "portal" unless their issue is a failed connection — and they’re being enrolled in the program by default unless they [...]
Intel expects to see Moore’s law continue for the near future and also plans for its x86 processor architecture to extend across everything from small embedded devices right up to supercomputers, according to the head of its Digital Enterprise group, Pat Gelsinger. However, programming techniques are going to have to evolve to make better use [...]
Released several months ago as a part of Netflix’s increasing emphasis on all-digital content delivery, the Netflix set top box by Roku will soon be streaming content from other providers.
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After teasing the images and announcement across the web earlier this morning, McFarlane Toys is finally sharing details of its latest licensed toy lineup: Call of Duty: World at War. Scheduled to be released this fall - alongside Treyarch’s latest take on the venerable franchise and McFarlane’s other Activision-enabled lineup, the Guitar Hero figurines - [...]
It only launched a few weeks ago, but it looks like NVIDA could already be set to cut the price of its top-end GeForce GTX 280 graphics card — a move that would be prompted, as you might have guessed, by AMD’s cheaper but powerful Radeon HD 4800 series. According to HotHardware, that word comes [...]
Just in time for the Fourth! I don’t know what it is about this national holiday, but it is a big attracter for films involving alien invasions. While Independence Day used the date for its theatrical release, The Day the Earth Stood Still made sure to get its first trailer out in time for the [...]
USA Today has released a new batch of photos from Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. Warner Bros has sent us high resolution versions of the photos, which you can check out below. As always, click to enlarge. The article also hints that the upcoming films might stray a little from the books. The idea [...]
The European beta sign up process for World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King has begun according to fansite WorldofWar.net. North American sign up has not yet begun though it appears it will begin later today.
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Microsoft has announced that July 7th will see the release of a new Halo 3 multiplayer map, as well as a number of other gamer pics and themes and a drop in price for the last DLC set, in honor of the so-called ‘Bungie Day.’ The new multiplayer map, called Cold Storage, is similar to [...]
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