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Evesham's digital vision beats BT in the High Definition ipTV revolution…

23rd Nov 2006 Evesham, UK, 23rd November 06 Evesham Technology has today announced the launch of the new Evesham iplayer. Designed to bring you a world of possibilities today and in the future, the extraordinary new HD Media Center delivers the best of existing digital services and features as well as ensuring you are prepared for the forthcoming High Definition digital terrestrial...

MSI

MSI Quad-Core Ready Motherboards Revealed

23rd Nov 2006 Micro-Star International, one of the world-renowned designers and manufacturers of high-quality motherboards, revealed its quad-core ready motherboard series at the same time as Intel's launch of its latest Core™ 2 Extreme QX6700 quad-core processor. The MSI quad-core ready motherboard base including the Intel® 975X, P965, and G965 Express chipset, provides an extremely...

NVIDIA

Funcom and NVIDIA collaborating on 'Age of Conan'

15th Nov 2006 THEALE, UK – November 15, 2006 – Funcom announces a strategic partnership with NVIDIA, a world leading manufacturer of graphics chipsets. The two companies have entered a strategic partnership in order to further improve the visual quality in ‘Age of Conan’, the most technologically advanced massively multiplayer online (MMO) game in development. Engineers from the two...

AMD

AMD Introduces World's First Dedicated Enterprise Stream Processor

14th Nov 2006 TAMPA, FL -- November 14, 2006 --At the Supercomputing 2006 show today, AMD (NYSE: AMD) introduced the world’s first dedicated stream processor designed to meet the specific hardware demands of high-performance computing (HPC) applications. Engineered specifically for compute-only systems such as workstations and servers, the AMD Stream Processor™ makes use of AMD’s new...

AMD

AMD “Close to Metal”™ Technology Unleashes the Power of Stream Computing

14th Nov 2006 TAMPA, FL -- November 14, 2006 --AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced that software developers can put the ‘pedal to the metal’ for emerging stream computing applications, making use of a new thin hardware interface known as CTM™ (for “Close To Metal”) to increase processing application performance by as much as eightfold more than traditional 3D application programming...

Intel

Intel Ignites Quad-Core Era

14th Nov 2006 SANTA CLARA, Calif., Nov. 14, 2006 – Intel Corporation today kicked off the computer industry’s multi-core PC era by delivering four computing “brains” inside a single microprocessor with the introduction of the Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® 5300 and Intel Core™ 2 Extreme quad-core processor families. These products deliver immense speed and responsiveness for general purpose...

Yahoo!

Vodafone and Yahoo! to Launch Advertising on Mobile Devices

14th Nov 2006 SUNNYVALE, Calif. & LONDON, Nov 14, 2006 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Vodafone and Yahoo! (NASDAQ:YHOO) have formed a strategic alliance to pool their expertise to create an innovative mobile advertising business that will enhance the customer experience on mobile phones while providing both companies with a new revenue stream. Through this alliance, Yahoo! will become Vodafone's...

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Google closes acquisition of YouTube

14th Nov 2006 MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., November 13, 2006 - Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) announced today that it has closed its acquisition of YouTube, the consumer media company for people to watch and share original videos. In connection with the acquisition Google issued an aggregate of 3,217,560 shares, and restricted stock units, options and a warrant exercisable for or convertible into an...

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Evesham launches Solar Quattro PC complete with DirectX 10 graphics and Quad-Core

14th Nov 2006 Introducing the new sizzling, pimped to the max, Solar Quattro, the ultimate PC from Evesham. Evesham, 14th November 2006 It really doesn’t get much better than this, the new Solar Quattro, ultimate PC from Evesham delivers an abundance of new technologies from the very best names in PC components. Check out the sizzling spec and what gives the Solar Quattro its super cool...

Corsair

Corsair unleashes the TWIN2X2048-9136C5D Dominator 2GB kits

10th Nov 2006 Fremont, CA (November 8, 2006) –Corsair®, a worldwide leader in high performance enthusiast computer products, today launched the world’s fastest DDR2 memory, the TWIN2X2048-9136C5D DOMINATOR™. Designed for the new NVIDIA® nForce™ 680i SLI™ media and communications (MCP)-based motherboards, the new DOMINATOR extends Corsair’s leadership in ultra high performance...

rock

Rock sponsors Team Dignitas for i29

10th Nov 2006 Warwick, 10th November 2006. rock, the leading manufacturer of high performance notebooks, is pleased to announce their sponsorship of Team Dignitas for the Multiplay i29 event this weekend. Team Dignitas’ five-man Call of Duty 2 squad will play exclusively on rock Xtreme CTX Pro notebooks for the weekend. The squad is amongst the best in Europe and their recent trophy haul...

NVIDIA

NVIDIA unveils CUDA – the GPU Computing Revolution Begins

10th Nov 2006 New NVIDIA Computing Architecture Enables Data Processing on the GPU for Next-Generation Commercial Applications, Technical Computing, and Advanced Gaming THEALE, UK – 8th NOVEMBER 2006 – NVIDIA Corporation (Nasdaq: NVDA), the worldwide leader in graphics processors, today unveiled NVIDIA CUDA technology, a fundamentally new architecture for computing on NVIDIA graphics...

OCZ

OCZ Announces the Exclusive OCZ NVIDIA SLI-Ready Series

10th Nov 2006 Sunnyvale, CA—November 8, 2006—OCZ Technology Group, a worldwide leader in innovative ultra high performance and high reliability memory, today unveiled the new and improved OCZ NVIDIA® SLI™-Ready branded memory product family. The new PC2-7200 SLI-Ready and PC2-8500 SLI-Ready modules now feature the first ever exclusively designed heatspreader for NVIDIA. OCZ worked...

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VoodooPC Introduces OMEN with Intel Quad-Core Processor

3rd Nov 2006 (Calgary, Canada) – November 2, 2006 – VoodooPC, the world’s leading architect of highly personalized, one of a kind high performance PCs, today introduced the OMEN Intel Core 2 Extreme Quad Core featuring the Intel® Core™ 2 Extreme Quad-Core processor. Offering the highest performance graphics processor available, the OMEN Intel Core 2 Extreme Quad Core delivers an...

ECS

ECS releases PN1 SLI2 based on NVIDIA's nForce590 SLI Intel Edition chipset

3rd Nov 2006 3D graphics-optimised motherboard with multi-core CPU backbone lures enthusiasts, extreme gamers and digital media lovers Milton Keynes, England, 2nd November, 2006 – Bridging the digital divide by merging Intel’s multi-core processing with NVIDIA’s advanced visual computing innovations, Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS), a leading computer hardware and notebook...

VIA

VIA and Everex Launch World’s Most Energy Efficient Notebook

27th Oct 2006 Taipei, Taiwan, 26 October 2006 – VIA Technologies, Inc., a leading innovator and developer of silicon chip technologies and PC platform solutions, and Everex Systems, Inc., a world leader in the design and production of personal computers, today unveiled the StepNote NC1500 notebook: the first Everex notebook to make use of the advanced VIA C7®-M processor. Employing a...

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SPARKLE Elevates Performance of GeForce 7900 GS To a New Level

27th Oct 2006 Taipei, Taiwan -October 26, - SPARKLE Computer Co., Ltd., a professional VGA card manufacturer and supplier, continues to elevate performance of GeForce 7900 GS by announcing SPARKLE GeForce 7900 GS 256MB Plus graphic card, a higher performance gaming solution for latest DirectX® 9 pc games. Based on NVIDIA's award-winning GeForce 7 GPU architecture, SPARKLE GeForce 7900 GS...

Shuttle

Shuttle XPC P2 3700G: The performance winner

27th Oct 2006 Shuttle Inc., worldwide leading designer and manufacturer of Small Form Factor (SFF) PCs and accessories today announces a new high performance gaming platform. The Shuttle XPC P2 3700G targets enthusiast gamers and professional users. The system is based on the Shuttle XPC Barebone SD37P2 that impresses with its elegant design, high connectivity, latest chipsets and onboard...

abit

Universal abit UK Overclocking Competition

27th Oct 2006 Universal abit hereby invites all hardcore overclockers in the UK to an all inclusive competition where YOU, the user, will have the chance to prove your worth in the extreme performance race. * We let you decide which platform (limited to ANY of abit's Intel P965 chipset or 975 chipset motherboard offerings) and encourage you to participate in all five categories listed...

Intel

Intel Opens Up Key Server Acceleration Technology to Industry

19th Oct 2006 INTEL DEVELOPER FORUM, Taipei, Oct. 17, 2006 – Intel Corporation announced today that it will encourage networking companies to benefit from a key server data input and output acceleration technology designed and added to its server product lines earlier this year. A component of Intel I/OAT (Input/Output Acceleration Technology), Intel QuickData technology is a data...

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Futuremark releases OpenGL ES 2.0 benchmark: SimulationMark ES2.0

19th Oct 2006 Saratoga, California USA - October 17, 2006 - Futuremark Corporation today announced SimulationMark ES2.0, an innovative new approach to benchmarking. The benchmark allows mobile device chipmakers and manufacturers to test and compare simulated 3D graphics performance in OpenGL(r) ES 2.0 chip designs prior to the fabrication of silicon based hardware implementations....

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PowerColor introduces Radeon X1950 Pro equipped with Arctic Cooling

19th Oct 2006 Taipei, Taiwan – October 17, 2006 – TUL Corporation, a leading provider of graphic cards, today announced the PowerColor X1950 PRO 256/512MB with ARCTIC COOLING. The X1950 PRO features the first-ever GPU manufactured at 80nm fabrication process and to feature the new CrossFireTM Bridge Interconnect. PowerColor has also included the excellent ARCTIC COOLING Accelero X2 ....

ATI

ATI Shareholders Approve Acquisition by AMD

16th Oct 2006 MARKHAM, ONTARIO, Oct 13, 2006 (CCNMatthews via COMTEX News Network) -- ATI Technologies Inc. (TSX:ATY)(NASDAQ:ATYT) shareholders voted overwhelmingly today to approve the proposed acquisition of all outstanding common shares of ATI by an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD). More than 99 per cent of the votes cast by shareholders were in...

NVIDIA

NVIDIA PureVideo HD powers a spectacular HD DVD movie experience on HP consumer PCs

16th Oct 2006 THEALE, UK—OCTOBER 13, 2006—NVIDIA Corporation (Nasdaq: NVDA) today announced that NVIDIA GeForce® graphics processing units (GPUs) featuring PureVideo HD technology are powering the outstanding HD DVD experience delivered on some of the latest HP consumer notebook PCs. The new PureVideo HD-equipped PCs from HP enable consumers to enjoy HD DVD movies with superb clarity in...

VIA

VIA and UK System Partners Launch World's First Carbon Free Personal Computers

13th Oct 2006 London, England, October 11, 2006 - VIA Technologies, Inc, a leading innovator and developer of silicon chip technologies and PC platform solutions, today announced with partners Evesham Technology and Tranquil PC the world’s first Carbon Free Computers based on the ultra energy-efficient VIA C7®-D processor platform. As awareness of the effects of carbon dioxide (CO2) on...

Microsoft

Microsoft and Intel help System Builders get ready for Windows Vista

13th Oct 2006 REDMOND, Wash. — October 12, 2006 —Intel Corporation and Microsoft Corp. today announced the Ready 2 Rock Road Show, a series of day-long, hands-on events designed to help system builders make the most of myriad business opportunities afforded them by new and innovative products and technologies from Microsoft and Intel. The road show, to be held in 23 cities across the...



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