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Eee Keyboard delayed

Eee Keyboard delayed

6th Nov 2009 Asus has announced that the Eee Keyboard will now not ship until early next year - although it's using the delay to upgrade the 5" resistive touchscreen to a capacitive model. [16]

New York files antitrust suit against Intel

New York files antitrust suit against Intel

5th Nov 2009 New York Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo has filed a federal antitrust suit against chip maker Intel, claiming that it bribed and threatened OEMS to maintain a monopoly. [16]

VIA announces new Nano chip

VIA announces new Nano chip

4th Nov 2009 VIA has announced a new Nano range - the Nano 3000 series - which it hopes will challenge Intel's dominance of the netbook market, offering improved performance over the Atom. [15]

Win $1,500 in this month's Gigabyte comp

Win $1,500 in this month's Gigabyte comp

3rd Nov 2009 The second round of the Beat Me If You Dare overclocking competition is upon us. [52]

Sapphire launches Radeon HD 5870 Vapor-X

Sapphire launches Radeon HD 5870 Vapor-X

3rd Nov 2009 Today marks the day when you can place your order for the Sapphire Radeon HD 5870 Vapor-x graphics card. [16]

New dual-GPU ATI Radeon 5970 spotted

New dual-GPU ATI Radeon 5970 spotted

2nd Nov 2009 The first look at ATI's forthcoming dual-gpu, DX11 graphics card. [54]

Six-core Core i7s photographed in the bit-tech lab

Six-core Core i7s photographed in the bit-tech lab

30th Oct 2009 First look at the new six-core CPU from Intel - will it be a Core i9? Who knows... [47]

Tilera unveils 100-core processor

Tilera unveils 100-core processor

29th Oct 2009 High-performance computing specialist Tilera has announced the creation of the world's first 100-core processor, aimed at providing a simpler cloud computing platform. [17]

Sony recalls 69,000 PSUs

Sony recalls 69,000 PSUs

29th Oct 2009 Sony has issued a world-wide product recall for 69,000 Vaio power supplies which have a fault in the insulation leading to short circuits and potential shocks. [2]

Intel SSD update bricks drives

Intel SSD update bricks drives

29th Oct 2009 An update for Intel's X-25M SSD range - designed to boost performance by up to 40 percent - has caused issues for those running Windows 7. [12]

Intel Core i7-930 arriving Q1 2010

Intel Core i7-930 arriving Q1 2010

28th Oct 2009 Intel may be scrapping the Core i7-920, but its replacement, the 2.88GHz Core i7-930, will fill the gap in Q1 2010. [29]

Braidwood's SSD cache is cited for 2011

Braidwood's SSD cache is cited for 2011

27th Oct 2009 Sources tell bit-tech that Intel's Braidwood cache technology is pushed back as far as 2011 now. [8]

FTC 'close' to Intel filing

FTC 'close' to Intel filing

26th Oct 2009 Recent reports claim that the US Federal Trade Commission is close to filing a complaint alleging the Intel has engaged in anti-competitive practices. [24]

Asus refines AMD core unlocking

Asus refines AMD core unlocking

21st Oct 2009 Asus latest BIOS' on all AMD motherboards featuring ACC now has better support for Phenom II X2 core unlocking [19]

Nvidia announces RealityServer

Nvidia announces RealityServer

21st Oct 2009 Nvidia has teamed up with rendering expert Mental Images to launch the RealityServer - a cloud-based 3D rendering platform featuring thousands of processing cores. [7]

Rumour: 32nm Xeon a timed Apple exclusive

Rumour: 32nm Xeon a timed Apple exclusive

16th Oct 2009 Rumours claim that Apple has signed an agreement with Intel that will see Gulftown-based Xeons launching in Mac Pros. [38]

Nvidia doesn't care what physics library devs use

Nvidia doesn't care what physics library devs use

14th Oct 2009 Nvidia's Tony Tamasi has said that he doesn't mind what physics library developers use, as long as it runs on Nvidia GPUs. [9]

ATI Stream SDK now supports GPU-accelerated OpenCL

ATI Stream SDK now supports GPU-accelerated OpenCL

14th Oct 2009 AMD has announced the release of the ATI Stream SDK Beta 4, which finally introduces support for GPGPU computing. [8]

HP Mini 311 to get Ion

HP Mini 311 to get Ion

13th Oct 2009 HP's Mini 311 netbook looks set to get a major spec boost, with 3GB of RAM, the full Nvidia Ion chipset, and an 80GB high-speed SSD along with Windows 7. [7]

Kingston leaks Clarksdale demo ran DDR3 at 1.35V

Kingston leaks Clarksdale demo ran DDR3 at 1.35V

13th Oct 2009 Oops! Kingston leaks that a recent demo at IDF ran the Clarksdale CPU with DDR3 at just 1.35V to achieve its low wattage. [5]

Mitsubishi demos 155" OLED display

Mitsubishi demos 155" OLED display

9th Oct 2009 Mitsubishi has demonstrated a prototype 155" OLED display for commercial use, which is made up of 1.5" square building blocks - and can be made bigger or smaller at will. [14]

Getac launches glove-friendly multi-touch

Getac launches glove-friendly multi-touch

8th Oct 2009 Getac has annouced a range of touch screens which offer multi-touch support which can be operated even whilst wearing gloves. [14]

Swiftech releases Apogee XT waterblock

Swiftech releases Apogee XT waterblock

7th Oct 2009 The sucessor to the Swiftech GTZ is here promissing improved cooling and higher flow rates. [14]

Nvidia dismisses AMD's Batman accusations

Nvidia dismisses AMD's Batman accusations

3rd Oct 2009 GTC 2009: The two figureheads behind Nvidia's TWIMTBP program have dismissed AMD's Batman accusations. [56]

High-end Fermi will ship this year

High-end Fermi will ship this year

3rd Oct 2009 GTC 2009: A senior official at Nvidia has said that they're confident GeForce products based on Fermi will ship this year. [14]

Fermi card on stage wasn't real

Fermi card on stage wasn't real

3rd Oct 2009 GTC 2009: Nvidia has confirmed that the Fermi card held up by Jen-Hsun on stage wasn't real, but was adamant that the demos were. [22]

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