Ben Hardwidge

Intel announces 2GHz Atom Z550

Intel announces two new Z-series Atom CPUs at IDF in Beijing, including the 2GHz Z550 with Hyperthreading and the new Z515.

April 8, 2009 | 14:55

96 percent of netbooks use Windows, says Microsoft

Microsoft claims that most people buying a netbook want a fully-featured Windows PC, rather than an unfamiliar Linux machine.

April 8, 2009 | 14:02

Acer launches first Nvidia Ion PC

Acer officially reveals the PC previously known as Hornet, which is based on Nvidia's Ion platform and has an optional motion sensitive controller.

April 8, 2009 | 11:03

Commodore 64 laptop mod

Master modder Ben Heck turns his skills to the Commodore 64, creating a portable C64 machine that loads games from an SD card.

April 7, 2009 | 14:22

Worldwide semiconductor sales fall by 30.4 percent

The Semiconductor Industry Association reveals a sharp fall in the revenue from sales of semiconductors over the last few months.

April 6, 2009 | 14:53

Nvidia releases Graphics Plus Power Pack 3

Nvidia releases the third power pack to show off its CUDA technology, which includes some PhysX goodies and the SETI@home client.

April 6, 2009 | 12:57

Intel hands over Moblin to the Linux Foundation

Intel hands over the development of the Linux-based Moblin OS to the open-source community, opening it up to anyone.

April 3, 2009 | 16:12

Nvidia shows off Tegra netbook prototype

Nvidia shows the potential of its ARM-based Tegra platform, by placing it inside an HP Mini 1000 running WIndows CE.

April 3, 2009 | 14:13

Nvidia releases ForceWare 182.50 drivers

Nvidia's latest ForceWare drivers add Ambient Occlusion to the control panel, enabling you to see extra soft shadows in games such as Half-Life 2.

April 2, 2009 | 17:30

Gigabyte searching for oldest working motherboard

Gigabyte is offering a goody bag to whoever has the oldest working Gigabyte motherboard that's still in use.

April 2, 2009 | 15:14

Upscale DVD movies to HD resolutions with your GPU

ArcSoft reveals a new plug-in that takes advantage of CUDA to upscale DVD movies to HD resolutions.

April 2, 2009 | 13:10

Rumour: AMD releasing Athlon II before September

Quad-core and triple-core Athlon-branded CPUs are rumoured to be scheduled for release later this year.

April 1, 2009 | 15:27

We’re not scared of Nehalem, says AMD

AMD claims that business isn't run on benchmarks, and describes Intel's Nehalem architecture as "the sincerest form of flattery".

April 1, 2009 | 10:11

Larrabee more efficient than GPUs at rasterisation

In a talk at GDC, games programmer Mike Abrash claims that Larrabee can be more efficient at rasterisation tasks than traditional GPUs.

March 30, 2009 | 14:42

Rumour: Nvidia considering buying stake in VIA

VIA reportedly plans to issue 300 million new shares, and the rumour mill reports that VIA is in talks with Nvidia.

March 30, 2009 | 10:02

Nvidia considers porting PhysX to OpenCL

Nvidia reveals that shifting PhysX to OpenCL is a possibility in the future, enabling owners of ATI cards to use PhysX too.

March 27, 2009 | 13:08

AMD demonstrates Havok with GPU acceleration

AMD shows that Havok physics effects can be accelerated on GPUs via OpenCL, and Nvidia says it would be happy to work with Havok.

March 27, 2009 | 11:25

Cryo launches fastest UK retail PC

With a Core i7 965 overclocked to 4.8GHz, Cryo's new phase-change-cooled Velox is now the king of Custom PC's benchmark suite.

March 26, 2009 | 16:58

Rumour: Nvidia working on GTX 295 with single PCB

Nvidia is rumoured to be working on a new version of its dual-GPU GeForce GTX 295 card, which will feature a single PCB, rather than two.

March 26, 2009 | 13:44

Play the latest games, regardless of your hardware

Using cloud computing, the OnLive service promises to let you to play the latest games on a low-sped PC or Mac, or even your TV.

March 25, 2009 | 15:35

Khronos unveils OpenGL 3.1

The Khronos Group reveals the spec for OpenGL 3.1, which removes many of the legacy features that were still included in OpenGL 3.0.

March 25, 2009 | 13:23

First Internet connected magazine launched

The guys who brought us the Nabaztag come up with a novel way to bring magazines into the 21st Century, via an RFID tag.

March 24, 2009 | 14:30

Nvidia quietly launches GeForce 100-series GPUs

The GeForce GTS 150, GT 120, GT 130 and G100 appear on Nvidia's website without any fanfare, and they're all based on ageing G9x chips.

March 23, 2009 | 11:14

MSI MPG Velox 100R Chassis Review

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