SandForce Identifies Firmware Bug Causing BSOD Issue, Fix Available Today
After months of end user complaints, SandForce has finally duplicated, verified and provided a fix for the infamous BSOD/disconnect issue that affected SF-2200 based SSDs. The root cause is...
31 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 10/17/2011Leaked Ads Confirm Nokia’s First WP 7.5 Device – Nokia 800
As we inch closer to the Nokia World event in London at the end of the month (October 26 to be precise), details are starting to trickle on Nokia’s...
24 by Saumitra Bhagwat on 10/14/2011Final Fantasy XIV To Finally Charge Money, New Version Next Year
After thirteen months of an extended free trial, Square-Enix’s MMO Final Fantasy XIV will begin charging a subscription fee. The subscription-based billing system will go into effect sometime between...
14 by Craig Getting on 10/14/2011Backify: Up to 512GB of Free Online Storage
Backify is a new company which offers a series of different online storage services. What makes Backify interesting when compared with other similar companies is the fact that they...
35 by Kristian Vättö on 10/14/2011Samsung and Google Android Event Moved to October 19
Google and Samsung will be hosting their joint Ice Cream Sandwich-New Nexus Phone event in Hong Kong on October 19th at 10:00am local time (which is October 18th at...
20 by Andrew Cunningham on 10/13/2011iFixit iPhone 4S Teardown Confirms 512MB LPDDR2, MDM6610
The folks over at iFixit are hard at work dissecting the newly announced/soon-to-be-available iPhone 4S. We've already gone over performance expectations as well as provided a high level hardware...
35 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 10/13/2011Ubuntu 11.10 Released
Canonical has just released the latest version of Ubuntu, 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot, to end users. Most prominent among its new features are upgrades to the Unity interface, the new...
32 by Andrew Cunningham on 10/13/2011AirPort Utility for iOS Launches
When we reviewed the 5th generation Airport Extreme and 4th generation Time Capsule, several people pointed out that the iOS 5 beta included an Airport configuration mode inside settings...
10 by Brian Klug on 10/12/2011iCloud, iOS 5, iTunes 10.5, and OS X 10.7.2 Released
In accordance with last week's keynote, Apple users have some downloading to do: iOS 5, iTunes 10.5, and Mac OS X 10.7.2 have all been released. These updates collectively...
19 by Andrew Cunningham on 10/12/2011ASUS' Zenbook Lineup: The First Ultrabooks Arrive October 12, Starting at $999
ASUS just announced its first line of Ultrabook PCs under the new Zenbook brand at a press event in NYC. There are a total of five models in the...
51 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 10/11/2011CTIA: AT&T Outs 5 New Android Phones, Atrix 2 for $99 on-contract
The Fall hits just keep coming. Today AT&T joined partners Motorola, Samsung, Pantech and newcomer ZTE to announce 5 new Android handsets due out this Fall. The line-up includes...
5 by Jason Inofuentes on 10/11/2011iPhone 4S Preliminary Benchmarks: ~800MHz A5, Slightly Slower GPU than iPad 2, Still Very Fast
Apple's ability to control the entire information chain, down to the point of limiting leaks, appears to be gradually slipping as it grows as a company. Case in point...
217 by Anand Lal Shimpi & Brian Klug on 10/11/2011Intel Focuses on Tablets, Winds Down Digital Home Group
Intel's Digital Home Group (DHG) is responsible for the consumer electronics versions of the Atom SoC family. Last year we saw the launch of the Boxee Box and Google...
7 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 10/10/2011Mass Effect 3 To Include Cooperative Multiplayer
The third and final leg of Commander Shepard’s journey won’t be a lonely one. BioWare confirmed today that Mass Effect 3 will include four-player co-op gameplay via Mass Effect...
10 by Craig Getting on 10/10/2011Remote Desktop Beta Extension Brings Remote Access to Chrome
Google today introduced a beta version of its Chrome Remote Desktop functionality for the Chrome browser and Chrome OS. This functionality, news of which first made the rounds several...
6 by Andrew Cunningham on 10/10/2011Acer Aspire S3 Available This Week for $899
Acer hasn't had the best year, falling behind in global PC sales from its former perch at No. 2, just behind HP. Their announcement today that their first Ultrabook...
31 by Jason Inofuentes on 10/10/2011Samsung Stratosphere: LTE and QWERTY for $149 [UPDATED]
With Palm essentially dead, and RIM undergoing a less than smooth transition, it seems at times that more companies are going after the suits and ties crowd that have...
11 by Jason Inofuentes on 10/10/2011Netflix Abandons Qwikster, Will Continue Sending DVDs by Mail
In a terse blog post this morning, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings announced that Netflix no longer planned to split its streaming and DVD-by-mail businesses into two companies with two...
15 by Andrew Cunningham on 10/10/2011LG's Optimus LTE: 329ppi with 4.5-inch 1280 x 720 True HD IPS Display
Present day, high-end Android smartphones are offered in two display resolutions: 800 x 480 (WVGA) and 960 x 540 (qHD). With the upcoming release of Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS)...
40 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 10/10/2011Windows 8 To Use Less Memory Than Windows 7
One of Microsoft's stated goals for Windows 8 is for it to run on any system capable of running Windows 7, which at a minimum will require the its...
71 by Andrew Cunningham on 10/7/2011