Amazon Announces the Fire TV Stick
Today Amazon has announced their foray into the market for small HDMI streaming dongles. The Fire TV Stick competes with Google's Chromecast, the Roku Streaming Stick, and the Microsoft...
19 by Brandon Chester on 10/27/2014
AMD Releases Catalyst 14.9.2 Beta Drivers
As promised earlier this week, AMD has pushed out a new Catalyst beta driver release to go hand-in-hand with this week’s launch of Civilization: Beyond Earth. Though not...
17 by Ryan Smith on 10/25/2014
Civilization: Beyond Earth CrossFire with Mantle SFR: Not Actually Broken!
Yesterday after an all-day session of benchmarking on Wednesday, we published our initial performance results for Civilization: Beyond Earth. As can often be the case with limited testing, we...
61 by Jarred Walton on 10/24/2014
Microsoft Q1 FY 2015 Financial Results: Record Revenue On Strong Consumer Sales
This afternoon, Microsoft announced record first quarter revenue for its fiscal year 2015 which ended September 30. Revenue was up 25% year-over-year, and came in at $23.2 billion. Gross...
33 by Brett Howse on 10/23/2014
NVIDIA 344.48 WHQL Drivers Available; DSR Added To Fermi & Kepler
NVIDIA just released their latest driver updates today, bringing us up to version 344.48. These are WHQL certified drivers, and they're also Game Ready for several upcoming titles. NVIDIA...
41 by Jarred Walton on 10/22/2014
AMD APU Price Cuts and Bundles, October 2014
AMD officially announced price cuts on their current APU product stack yesterday, which means the cost of a "mainstream" AMD system is now $20-$30 lower than before. Here's the...
24 by Jarred Walton on 10/22/2014
Google Introduces Inbox for Gmail
Today Google announced a new Gmail related product that has been years in the making. It's called Inbox, and it's a re-imagining of the email inbox to adapt to...
23 by Brandon Chester on 10/22/2014
Windows 10 Technical Preview Gets Its First Update
Microsoft used the Windows Blog today to announce the availability of the first update to the Windows 10 Technical Preview, which was announced just three weeks ago. The new...
40 by Brett Howse on 10/21/2014
Apple Q4 FY 2014 Fiscal Results - 21% Mac Growth And Strong iPhone Sales
This afternoon, Apple released their financial results for Q4 2014, which ended September 27, 2014. Strong iPhone sales, as well as a resurgence in Mac sales, boosted the company’s...
38 by Brett Howse on 10/20/2014
GlobalFoundries Acquires IBM’s Semiconductor Manufacturing Business; IBM Bows Out
The history of the semiconductor manufacturing business is both a story of great success and great failure. On the one hand semiconductor manufacturing has allowed the creation of devices...
31 by Ryan Smith on 10/20/2014
Apple Releases iOS 8.1 With Bug Fixes and New Features
Today Apple released iOS 8.1, the first major update to iOS 8 which launched in September alongside the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus. Prior to 8.1 we got a...
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Massdrop Infinity: A Fully Customizable 60% Keyboard
Try this one on for size: a compact 60% keyboard with mechanical switches, with a fully customizable layout. Officially launched this past Wednesday and available as a group buy...
36 by Jarred Walton on 10/17/2014
AMD Q3 FY 2014 Quarterly Earnings Analysis - 7 Percent Workforce To Be Cut
This afternoon, AMD released their financial results for the third quarter, which ended September 27, 2014. While revenue was down slightly from Q2, the net income was positive for...
81 by Brett Howse on 10/16/2014
Hands On: Apple’s iPad Air 2 and iPad mini 3
The other big announcement for the day is of course Apple’s new iPads, the iPad Air 2 and the iPad mini 3. As signaled by their names, neither is...
72 by Ryan Smith on 10/16/2014
Hands On: Apple's iMac with Retina Display
We just got done with our hands-on time with Apple’s new products, and we’ll start with what’s likely the sneakiest of them, the iMac with Retina Display. Why “sneaky”? The...
84 by Ryan Smith on 10/16/2014
Samsung Releases Firmware Update to Fix the SSD 840 EVO Read Performance Bug
The news of Samsung's SSD 840 EVO read performance degradation started circulating around the Internet about a month ago. Shortly after this, Samsung announced that they have found the...
95 by Kristian Vättö on 10/16/2014
Thin is the New Thin: Hands On with the 5.15mm KAZAM Tornado 348
My take on thin phones is not a positive one. This comes from two main areas. Firstly I like my phone to have some form of bulk – this...
26 by Ian Cutress on 10/16/2014
Google Announces the Nexus 6 and Nexus 9 Running Android Lollipop
Today Google has officially announced the newest devices in the Nexus line, just one day before Apple's October event. Both devices have been rumored for some time now, and...
148 by Brandon Chester on 10/15/2014
Video Card Tuesday: $370 R9 290X & Borderlands: TPS Now Shipping
Following up on last week’s Radeon pricing observations, it looks like there has been one final shift in Radeon R9 290 series pricing. While R9 290 has held steady...
82 by Ryan Smith on 10/14/2014
Intel Q3 FY 2014 Quarterly Earnings Analysis
Today Intel released their financial results for the third quarter of their 2014 fiscal year, which ended September 27, 2014. Q3 was a record quarter for Intel, with the...
37 by Brett Howse on 10/14/2014
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