Radeon™ HD 7950 Graphics Added to Arsenal of Next Generation Graphics

The AMD Radeon™ HD 7950 GPU delivers excellence in performance, Graphics Core Next, and AMD ZeroCore Power to an even wider range of gamers.

SUNNYVALE, Calif. — Jan. 31, 2012 — AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced worldwide availability of the AMD Radeon™ HD 7950 graphics card for desktop computers. This launch brings to market the second graphics card based on the cutting-edge 28nm process technology first introduced with the AMD Radeon™ HD 7970 graphics card – recognized for its excellence in performance with over 150 awards from technology media the world over. Delivering over 2.8 TFLOPs of compute power and up to 2x the performance1 when two AMD Radeon HD 7950s are combined with AMD CrossFire™ technology2, AMD Radeon™ HD 7900 series graphics cards are intended for gamers who never settle. AMD Radeon™ HD 7950 graphics cards are available from retailers worldwide, with select models starting at USD$449 SEP.

POWERCOLOR ANNOUNCED HD7950 SERIES FOR NO-COMPROMISE GAMERS

Design for the best HD Gaming Experience and Computing Performance

Taipei, Taiwan –January 31st, 2012 -- TUL Corporation, a leading manufacturer of AMD graphic cards, today announces the graphics solution for no-compromise gamers: the PowerColor HD7950 series. Armed with 28nm GCN architecture, PowerColor lined up PCS+ and standard editions to fulfill every hungry gamer’s demand. Both editions support the latest PCI Express 3.0, easily maximizing performance by doubling the bandwidth of previous generation, delivering ground-breaking gaming experience like never before.

QNAP Monthly eNewsletter - January, 2012

QNAP's Google+ page new open!

Have you missed the QNAP "Like, Share and Submit" campaign in 2011 that has awarded winners with QNAP Turbo NAS, Network Multimedia Player, and Polo shirts? There will be more coming up this year. You definitely don't want to miss it again. Follow us on Google+, facebook, and twitter, and you might be the next lucky winner!

Discover how QNAP NAS helped enhance business productivity

Sky Italia S.r.I, a private satellite Pay TV company and a member of one of the world's largest media groups, has chosen QNAP Turbo NAS to deliver a simple solution for cross-platform file sharing. Learn more…

nTeresting - January 27, 2012

In this Issue

·         GPUs and CUDA make supercomputing more affordable and greener.

·         3D Vision is the best 3D gaming solution.

·         Android gains on Apple, with a little help from Tegra.

·         CUDA has a new release.

FinalWire Updates AIDA64 to v2.20

OpenCL GPGPU Stress Test and Intel Ivy Bridge Support

BUDAPEST, Hungary - January 25, 2012 - FinalWire Ltd. today announced the immediate availability of AIDA64 Extreme Edition 2.20 software, a streamlined diagnostic and benchmarking tool for home users; and the immediate availability of AIDA64 Business Edition 2.20 software, an essential network management solution for small and medium scale enterprises.

CRIMSON (USA) LLC ANNOUNCES NEW COLORS AND FINISHES HAVE BEEN ADDED

TO ITS HUGELY POPULAR ALUMINUM FRAME CASE (AFC) FOR iPHONE 4/4S PRODUCT LINE

Combining exceptional protection, jaw-dropping aesthetics,

and competitive pricing, the Crimson AFC raises the bar for iPhone 4/4S cases

Los Angeles, CA – January 24, 2012 – Crimson (USA) LLC, a rapidly growing international provider of iPhone, iPad, iPod, and MacBook accessories, today announced an exciting expansion to its Aluminum Frame Case (AFC) product line for the iPhone 4/4S.

Keep it Clean! Learn Wire Sleeving
(Or Get Pre-Sleeved Cables)

Wire sleeving is important not just because it looks better and more professional, but keeping a well organized case interior can actually help keep better airflow which can improve overall system performance. If you aren't sure how to sleeve your cables with one of our sleeving kits, we're prepared a great video tutorial to show you just how simple it can be. It's part of our ongoing series to help you create the best PC mods! Let our experts help you with whatever you need!

Cooler Master today announces a new laptop cooler.

NotePal D-Lite

Chino, California – January 24th, 2012 - Cooler Master, an industry leading chassis, thermal solution, peripheral, and accessory manufacturer today announces a new member of the NotePal Series of laptop coolers, NotePal D-Lite.

Antec Unveils the Three Hundred Two Enclosure

The next generation of affordable gaming chassis with high-performance
cooling advantages and extensive expandability

Fremont, Calif. – January 24, 2012 – Antec, Inc., the global leader in high-performance computer components, announces the Three Hundred Two enclosure, the latest addition to the Gaming Series. This sleek chassis is designed to handle today’s and tomorrow’s high-performance systems that are custom built for gamers from the inside-out.

(Reuters) - The founder of file-sharing website Megaupload was ordered to be held in custody by a New Zealand court on Monday, as he denied charges of internet piracy and money laundering and said authorities were trying to portray the blackest picture of him.

Prosecutor Anne Toohey argued at a bail hearing that Kim Dotcom, a German national also known as Kim Schmitz, was a flight risk "at the extreme end of the scale" because it was believed he had access to funds, had multiple identities and had a history of fleeing criminal charges.

The DVI video interface has been around for more than a decade now. VGA, has been around for even longer - more than two decades in all. Now, it looks like both these widely used PC video interfaces are going to become obsolete in the coming years. PC World Australia is carrying a story about these standards going extinct in the next five years, as per a report by NPD In-Stat. There’s been a clear trend where all devices from PCs to laptops have moved to HDMI and DisplayPort connectors. They’re superior in many ways and the benefits range from having more bandwidth, carrying audio as well as being more compact.

Russia is looking to enlist the help of both NASA and the European Space Agency to create an orbital station around the moon, or a manned lunar base.

Officials from Russia’s Space Agency, Roscosmos, are reportedly in talks with Europe’s ESA and NASA over possibly establishing a collective research base on–or above– the moon.

According to Russian news site RIA Novosti, while the country intends on making the moon its focal point, Russia’s plans calls for more than merely putting boots on the lunar surface. According to Roscosmos chief, Vladimir Popovkin, that leaves only two options: “setup a base on the Moon, or launch a station to orbit around it.”

The massive role-playing game Fallout: New Vegas is getting the special edition treatment.

Publisher Bethesda Softworks has rolled out a trailer for Fallout: New Vegas Ultimate Edition, which launches Feb. 7.

Windows 8 will contain built-in support for mobile broadband devices and smarter use of metered Internet connections, as detailed in the lastest post on Microsoft's Building Windows 8 blog.

Most 3G mobile broadband connections are subject to usage limits, and keeping track of data usage at the moment normally means running an application from the mobile operator, or even checking on their website. Windows 8 will have its own usage counters so that users can keep track of how much data they've burned through over the current billing cycle.

(Reuters) - New Zealand police on Saturday revealed bizarre details of the arrest of the suspected kingpin of an Internet copyright theft case against the James Bond-like backdrop of a country mansion hideaway with electronic locks, a safe room and a pink Cadillac.

German national Kim Dotcom, also known as Kim Schmitz, was one of four men arrested on Friday, a day before his 38th birthday, in an investigation of the Megaupload.com website led by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Cooler Master 20th Anniversary Celebration . Contests . CM Store Promotions

Come Help Cooler Master Celebrate Their 20 Year Anniversary. Enter The Contests And Check Out The CM Store Promotions.

Prizes

- Each month in the 2012 calendar year, there will be random giveaway drawings for those with approved submissions. This drawing will occur approximately 7 business days after the end of each month in the 2012 calendar year.

- At the end of the 2012 calendar year, a Grand Prize (full system) will be given out to a random drawn winner. There will be many other prizes as well.

Update 1/20/2012, 4:23pm PST: Added official statement from the SD Association regarding the specification process. The author has contacted Eye-Fi CEO Yuval Koren to comment on this story and will update the post as soon as there is a response.

The current mobile-technology landscape is partially defined by large companies suing and countersuing one another over patents. By and large, many of those legal battles revolve around acquired patent portfolios, vaguely defined processes, and commonplace features. The underlying goals seem to be delaying and crippling competing products, cashing in on lucrative licensing deals, and jockeying for a more-desirable position in the mobile marketplace.

Just now catching up with the Human Birdwings project? Nice timing. The human flight machine -- built by Jarnos Smeets to rely on a Wiimote and Wildfire S, among other niceties -- has just enjoyed its first moments of liftoff. In essence, the wings were strapped onto a willing Earthling, and as he began to flap his arms... well, it's a sight you need to see to fully appreciate. We'll confess that the "flight" didn't last long, but Jarno himself told us that it was but a first "test run." Promising? Oh, yes. Head on past the break for the vid.

Athena Computer Power Launches a New 2U PSU series, the ORTHUS

The Orthus is Highest in Wattage Amongst all 2U Redundant Power Supplies in Today’s Market

[City of Industry, Calif. Jan 20, 2012-] Athena Computer Power Corp. ® today has announced their new 2U redundant power supply series, the “Orthus”. This power supply is the latest in Athena Power’s series of IPC power that includes the PMBus feature and includes the Hot-Swap capabilities to maintain upkeep and security from power failure. The Orthus series will be released with a 660W, 760W, and 860W version.

Thermaltake Toughpower™ Grand Series
Leaping the Way into 2012

Spreading the Joy of the Awards-winning PSU

Taipei, Taiwan - January 20, 2012 - Thermaltake, being the industry pioneer brand with expertise in PC DIY solutions, carrying the corporate vision of “building Thermaltake Technology into a cultural brand for the enjoyment of entertainment, e-Sports, technology, and lifestyle” and continues to drive toward the corporate mission of “delivering the perfect user experience” in all market segment, glad to spread the joy to the world by hosting a give-away of the awards-winning Toughpower™ Grand 1200w 80Plus Gold event on Thermaltake Global Facebook Fan page and launching a Toughpower™ design story micro-site to celebrate the success of Toughpower™ Grand.

Capcom on Thursday said that Resident Evil 6 is in full development and scheduled for release on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation game consoles on November 20, 2012, "with a PC version to follow." The newest installment in the popular zombie franchise takes place ten years since the Raccoon City incident and will see Leon and Chris come together for the first time. They will also be joined by new characters, Capcom says.

(Reuters) - Lawmakers on Friday indefinitely postponed anti-piracy legislation that pits Hollywood against Silicon Valley, two days after major Internet companies staged an online protest by blacking out parts of prominent websites.

Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid postponed a showdown vote in his chamber on the Protect Intellectual Property Act, or PIPA for short, that had been scheduled for January 24.

Lamar Smith, the Republican chairman of the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee, followed suit, saying his panel would delay action on similar legislation called the Stop Online Piracy Act, or SOPA, until there is wider agreement on the legislation.

Nokia, the largest mobile phone maker by volume, could soon enter the Apple dominated, unipolar tablet market - at least that's what Nokia's CEO Stephen Elop seems to be hinting.

During his interview with TechRadar at the recently held Consumer Electronic Show, the chief executive hinted that the company could, after all, join the tablet race pretty soon. With this, the tech community became flooded with all sorts of rumours regarding the Finnish mobile giant unveiling their maiden tablet device at the upcoming Mobile World Congress.

Nokia has yet to follow its biggest rivals Samsung and HTC into the ever intensifying tablet battle. However, things could start to change soon.

ARM is not under competitive pressure from Intel's move into processor platforms for handheld devices, because Intel does not let clients know the value of adopting its platforms while ARM has provided different application platforms for different partners for market segmentation, according to director of consumer, client computing, Jeff Chu for ARM.

Chu pointed out that ARM has already developed products to correspond to Intel's Medfield platform, and since Intel is currently only promoting one platform, ARM's different application platforms allow the company to achieve its goal of market segmentation.

BitFenix Introduces Shinobi XL

XL-ATX chassis features classic design, superior water cooling support and SuperCharge™ port

(BitFenix Design Lab, January 20, 2012) – Since its release in April 2011, the BitFenix Shinobi has proven to be our most popular chassis design yet. Today, BitFenix is proud to introduce a bigger and badder follow up to this classic design – Shinobi XL. Packing XL-ATX compatibility, superior flexibility, and an all-new SuperCharge™ port, Shinobi XL is a deadly new entry in the full tower segment.