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Microsoft

Start a Band and Rock the World with Rock Band Exclusively on Xbox 360

2nd Jun 2008 LONDON - 2nd June 2008 - This weekend, at a beachside event in Ibiza ‘Xbox 360 Presents Rock Band Live’ was launched. The promotion allows music fans in France, Germany and the U.K. to Start a Band and Rock the World with Rock Band, a new video game available only on Xbox 360 this summer! Those who give stellar performances on Rock Band could win a rock star lifestyle:...

abit

abit Unveiled the AN78GS Motherboard

30th May 2008 May 29, 2008- abit announced the latest motherboard for the gaming enthusiasts, the AN78GS. Supporting NVIDIA® Hybrid SLI Technology for improved 3D graphic performance, the AN78GS motherboard is based on NVIDIA® GeForce8200 and the chipset is integrated with GeForce 8 series graphics supporting DirectX10 with Shader model 4.0 for greater and more clarified graphic...

Foxconn

Foxconn Dreadnought motherboard sails into market

30th May 2008 Yantai, China, May 30th 2008 – FOXCONN today officially launched the Dreadnought motherboard, first previewed at CeBIT 2008. The 3rd Intel platform motherboard in the Quantum Force series, it is based on the enthusiast-class NVIDIA® 790i Ultra SLI MCP and supports the latest Intel® Core™2 Extreme and Core™2 Quad processors up to FSB1600MHz. “The Quantum Force range...

EA

SimCity Creator, An All-New Experience From The Sims Label For The Wii and Nintendo DS

30th May 2008 Guildford, UK — May 29, 2008 — The Sims™, an Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) Label, today announced the first details for SimCityTM Creator, exclusively for the WiiTM and Nintendo DSTM. SimCity Creator is an open-ended, highly creative game with a sense of humor that allows players to utilize the distinctive gameplay aspects of the Wii and Nintendo DS to create,...

Industry News

Out of this world sim game developed in conjuction with NASA

30th May 2008 Space Station Sim, a new simulation game for PC, has been announced by Avanquest Software. The game provides an out of this world experience as players manage the creation of an international space station in true 3D construction. Space Station Sim is the first space station game to be developed in conjunction with NASA and the Japanese Space Administration, enhancing its...

Sega

SEGA Purchases New Unreal Engine 3 License

30th May 2008 SAN FRANCISCO – May 27, 2008 – SEGA® of America today announced that it has extended its relationship with Epic Games by signing a new Unreal Engine 3 licensing deal for an unannounced, cross-platform game. SEGA entered into its original licensing agreement to develop multiple titles with Unreal Engine 3 in May 2007. Details of the project in development will be...

Corsair

Corsair Launches New DOMINATOR DDR3 2000MHz 4GB Memory Solution at Computex

30th May 2008 Fremont, CA, May 29, 2008 – Corsair® www.corsair.com, a worldwide leader in high performance computer and flash memory products, today announced that it will launch a new 4GB DOMINATOR DDR3 memory kit running at 2000MHz at CompuTex 2008, held June 3-7, 2008 in Taipei. Tested and guaranteed for operation at the lightning fast overclocked speed of 2000MHz, this 4GB...

S3 Graphics

More Hi-Def Bang for Your Buck with S3 Graphics’ Chrome 440 GTX

30th May 2008 Fremont, California, May 30, 2008 - S3 Graphics, a leading provider of graphics and visualization technologies, today announced its latest S3 Graphics Chrome 440 GTX desktop cards. Boards are now available at online retail affiliate GStore, with future shipments by key European partners in addition to multiple retail partners in Asia. The Chrome 400 GTX is the latest...

SanDisk

SanDisk goes Extreme with Memory Stick PRO-HG DUO

30th May 2008 LONDON, May 29, 2008 – SanDisk Corporation (NASDAQ: SNDK) today introduced the fastest card in its Memory Stick product family: the SanDisk Extreme® III Memory Stick PRO-HG Duo™ with read and write speeds of 30 megabytes (MB)1 per second. The card, available in June in 4-gigabyte (GB) 1 and 8GB capacities, is ideal for professional photographers and advanced amateurs...

Foxconn

Foxconn Destroyer motherboard packs a punch

30th May 2008 Yantai, China, May 29th 2008 – FOXCONN today launch the first AMD platform motherboard in its highly-successful Quantum Force product range. Destroyer is based on the NVIDIA® 780a SLI MCP and supports the latest AMD Phenom™ processors along with socket AM2 Athlon™ and Sempron™ CPUs. It supports HyperTransport™ 3.0 technology, which dramatically increases available...

Industry News

Enjoy the Brilliant VideoMate HD Experience with Compro Technology at Computex Taipei 2008

30th May 2008 Taipei, Taiwan, 27 May 2008- Computex Taipei 2008 will be held from Jun 3 to 7. During this event, Compro Technology, an innovative leading manufacturer and developer of PC multimedia products, will demonstrate our most advanced technologies for PCTV, HD Player and IP camera. Base on the main theme of “Enjoy the brilliant VideoMate HD experience”, we will stun you with...

ViewSonic

ViewSonic raises the bar in desktop colour with additions to professional series LCD line

30th May 2008 Driving performance through colour, ViewSonic(r) Corp. introduces the VP 50 Series - 22-inch widescreen VP2250wb, 26-inch widescreen VP2650wb and traditional 4:3 19-inch VP950b -that includes up to 110 percent colour gamut (VP2650wb) based on the National Television System Committee (NTSC) guidelines and OptiColorTM technology for better accuracy and more detailed images in...

Intel

Intel and Micron First to Deliver Sub-40 Nanometer NAND Flash Memory Device

30th May 2008 SANTA CLARA, Calif and BOISE, Idaho, May 29, 2008 – Today Intel Corporation and Micron Technology, Inc. introduced the industry's first sub-40 nanometer (nm) NAND memory device, unveiling a 34nm 32 gigabit (Gb) multi-level cell chip. This process technology was jointly developed by Intel and Micron and manufactured by the companies' NAND flash joint venture, IM Flash...

BFG Tech

BFG Announces GeForce 9800 GTX H2OC 512MB Graphics Card Featuring ThermoIntelligence Water Cooling

29th May 2008 Lake Forest, IL – (May 28, 2008) – BFG Technologies®, Inc., the leading North American and European supplier of advanced NVIDIA-based 3D graphics cards, power supplies, and other PC enthusiast products, announced today the BFG NVIDIA® GeForce® 9800 GTX H2OC 512MB graphics card featuring a ThermoIntelligence® custom copper water block co-developed by BFG and Danger...

VIA

VIA Launches VIA Nano Processor Family

29th May 2008 Beijing, China, 29th May 2008 - VIA Technologies, Inc, a leading innovator of power efficient x86 processor platforms, today announced the new VIA Nano processor family based on the VIA Isaiah Architecture. Building on the market-leading energy efficiency of the VIA C7 processor family, the VIA Nano processor family offers as much as four times the performance within the...

Foxconn

FOXCONN launch first GREEN Series motherboard

27th May 2008 Empowers system builders for energy efficient computing Yantai, China, May 27th 2008 – FOXCONN today launched the first GREEN Series motherboard, heralding a new era in energy-efficient personal computing. First disclosed at CeBIT 2008, the new GREEN Series range affords system builders, resellers and end users the capability to configure highly-efficient computing...

Thermaltake

Think Green and Picture Green with the Ultimate Thermaltake Racing Spirit at Computex 2008!

27th May 2008 Famed of the technology advance and product innovation, the leading brand of global PC DIY hardware market, Thermaltake will definitely be the most worth visiting booth at Computex Taipei this year! The endless surprises you will get from Tt booth will not be limited to the regular release of their latest PC Chassis, PSU and Cooling innovations; but as a model corporate...

abit

Exciting Matches at the abit Computex Booth: UMX from Taiwan vs. XcN from Indonesia

27th May 2008 May 26th, 2008 – The biggest IT show in Asia is just ahead. abit, leading manufacturer of high-end enthusiast and gaming motherboards, will hold a massive amount of various shows at their booth to attract and excite visitors from around the world. Apart from the almost already traditional gaming and over-clocking shows, this year abit is also hosting a special goody: a...

MSI

For Great Overclocking choose MSI P45 mainboards: Introducing DrMOS’ advanced BIOS tools.

27th May 2008 MSI will soon launch MSI P45 mainboard series based on the new Intel P45 chipset. Besides following just the Intel specs MSI has implemented MSI DrMOS on its P45 mainboards: a bundle of smart hardware and software features. Amongst others, MSI DrMOS’ RapidBoost delivers you extra tools in the BIOS to enhance the overclocking possibilities of MSI P45 mainboards such as:...

EIDOS

Age of Conan one of the fastest selling PC games of all time

27th May 2008 Durham, USA – May 26th, 2008 – Funcom is proud to announce that Age of Conan is one of the fastest selling PC games of all time. More than 400.000 gamers have entered Hyboria over the last few days, with almost half coming from the North American market. This amazing figure for a PC game shows that the positive pre-order trend has transferred into actual sales, and people...