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At the rate things were going, it was only a matter of time before Google’s Chrome browser skipped ahead of Mozilla Firefox, and according to at least one Web analytics company, it’s finally happened. This shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone who’s paid attention to the browser market. Chrome has been gaining ground ever since [...]
When I heard about this lawsuit I had to stop and wonder, what possible reason someone would have for suing Sony over this. My original thought is that this is like suing the Watergate Hotel on the behalf of the entire nation for the break-in that caused the downfall of a president and the upheaval surrounding it. …
Let’s start with what a stock GeForce GTX 580 videocard should be running at. According to Nvidia, the GPU in the GTX 580 is rated to run 772MHz. Nvidia pegs the shader clock at 1544MHz, and the 1536MB of GDDR5 is supposed to run at 2004MHz (effective)…
Worldwide semiconductor sales ratcheted up nearly 32 percent year-on-year in 2010 and reached a record $298.3 billion, according to the Semiconductor Industry Association.
“Semiconductor sales are a bright spot in our current economic picture, deliveri…
The European Union won’t stand in the way of Intel’s proposed $7.68 billion acquisition of security firm McAfee, though the chip maker did have to promise it wouldn’t engage in any shenanigans, InformationWeek reports. Specifically, Intel had to promis…
Has it been 5 years already? Razer first released its DeathAdder mouse back in 2006, we reviewed it in 2008, and it was revamped with a 3.5G infrared laser in 2009. Here we are in 2011 and the DeathAdder is back, this time with an all black makeover.
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Video streaming and disc rental service Netflix has come out swinging with an analysis of various ISPs’ ability to reliably stream Netflix video, Cnet reports. When all the numbers were in, smallish ISP Charter Communication was the winner, barely edgi…
Microsoft is left with a little egg on its face after a developer spent just six hours cracking the DRM on its Windows Phone 7 platform, DailyTech reports.
The developer attempted the crack for technical blog site WPCentral, but it wasn’t malicious in …