Battlefield 3 Beta Opens Sept. 29
Fans of DICE’s large-scale FPS rejoice: the open beta for Battlefield 3 launches on September 29. Anyone who preordered BF3 via EA’s Origin service or purchased the Limited Edition...
26 by Craig Getting on 9/20/2011
Apple Provides Update, Demo for Final Cut Pro X
Apple has just published update 10.0.1 for its Final Cut Pro X video editing software. It adds a number of features to the program based mostly on user feedback...
3 by Andrew Cunningham on 9/20/2011
LaCie Brings (more) Affordable Thunderbolt Storage to Macs with Little Big Disk, Available in Retail
At IDF I met with LaCie and got a quick demo of its Little Big Disk Thunderbolt storage solution. The heavy metal chassis is home to two 2.5" drive...
17 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/20/2011
Newest Development Kit Brings Unreal Engine To OS X
Epic Games' Unreal Engine, which powers games like Gears of War, Bioshock, and Infinity Blade among many others, is officially coming to Mac OS X in the September 2011...
8 by Andrew Cunningham on 9/20/2011
Game Review: Hard Reset
The PC-exclusive shooter Hard Reset is uncompromising in its old-school ways. There is no cover. Enemies bum rush you in disorganized hordes. Glowing green health packs and red and...
7 by Craig Getting on 9/20/2011
Ivy Bridge GPU to Support Resolutions of up to 4096x4096
Thanks VR-Zone for the image! IDF 2011 ended on last Thursday but there is still lots of data showing up because sites are processing the data they have gathered. VR-Zone...
33 by Kristian Vättö on 9/19/2011
Sony SMP-N200: Smarting Up Your Old TV
Moving TVs off the shelf is no easy task, so the industry joins in hyping initiatives every year. Last year it was 3D, this year it's Smart. We haven't...
6 by Jason Inofuentes on 9/19/2011
LG Optimus Q2 Unites QWERTY with Thin
Keyboards and Android have had an on again/off again relationship since the G1. LG's looking to get involved in the affair with the LG Optimus Q2. Announced today for...
13 by Jason Inofuentes on 9/19/2011
Pantech Breakout Announced: $99 LTE On Sept. 22nd
Hot on the heels of AT&T's own LTE launch, Verizon Wireless is rounding out their own LTE handset line-up with a value model, the Pantech Breakout. This phone's not...
4 by Jason Inofuentes on 9/19/2011
Portal Now Free Until Sept. 20
If you’ve yet to try Valve’s mind-bending first-person puzzler Portal, you now have no excuse. The original Portal is currently free on Steam until September 20th. Valve was inspired by...
10 by Craig Getting on 9/17/2011
There Will Be Two 32nm Atom SoCs in 2012: Medfield and One Other
Intel did a good job of showing off what it promises to deliver with Medfield at IDF: a reasonably looking smartphone and tablet built around the platform. As a...
7 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/17/2011
Google Chrome 14 Hits Stable Channel
Google Chrome 14 has just made the switch from the beta channel to the stable channel, meaning that the new update is quietly replacing Chrome 13 on many of...
18 by Andrew Cunningham on 9/16/2011
Belkin Offering 50% Off Until September 30th
Starting today, Belkin has begun offering a sale of 50% off of all products on Belkin.com. Yes, that means you will be getting everything for half the normal price...
14 by Kristian Vättö on 9/16/2011
OWC Releases 6Gb/s SSD Upgrades for 2011 MacBook Air
OWC has released SSD upgrades suitable for Apple's MacBook Air (our 2011 review). The SSDs are branded as Mercury Aura Pro Express 6G and come in capacities of 120GB...
8 by Kristian Vättö on 9/16/2011
Archos G9 80 1GHz Pre-orders Start Sept. 20, "World's Fastest" In October
Ready to experience "the fastest tablets in the world?" Well you'll have to wait just a little longer. Archos announced that their new 80 G9 tablet would go on...
23 by Jason Inofuentes on 9/16/2011
Windows 8 Malware Protection Detailed
Every new version of Windows has done something to help alleviate the platform's chronic malware problem, and Windows 8 will be no different: Microsoft's Jason Garms takes to the...
13 by Andrew Cunningham on 9/15/2011
MacBook Pro EFI Update Reportedly Resolves SATA 3 Issues
Apple released an EFI update for the 2011 MacBook Pros yesterday that reportedly resolves performance and compatibility issues with SATA 3.0 SSDs, some of which Anand noted in our...
11 by Andrew Cunningham on 9/15/2011
Rattner Shows off Near Threshold Voltage Intel Architecture CPU
Most modern day Intel CPUs run at or above 1V depending on clock speed. For years we had seen decreasing core voltages as Intel transitioned to lower power manufacturing...
21 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/15/2011
Intel and Micron Develop Hybrid Memory Cube, Stacked DRAM is Coming
During the final keynote of IDF, Intel's Justin Rattner demonstrated a new stacked DRAM technology called the Hybrid Memory Cube (HMC). The need is clear: if CPU performance is...
19 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/15/2011
Counting Transistors: Why 1.16B and 995M Are Both Correct
Yesterday we published Ivy Bridge's transistor count as 1.48 billion. It turns out that was wrong as Intel's Mooly Eden accidentally read the B in billion as an 8...
26 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/15/2011
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