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AMD: Developers Use PhysX Only For The Cash
 AMD said that a Nvidia marketing scheme pays game developers to implement PhysX whether they want it or not. |
Dell Announces Vostro 3000 Series With Nehalem
 Dell's Vostro line is getting some Core i3, i5, and i7 love. |
Crysis 2: Lower System Req, Better Graphics
 The sequel will require less while providing more. Sounds like a good woman. |
Ubisoft's Internet-required DRM Already Cracked
 Hackers have already found a way around Ubisoft's Internet DRM that's used on Silent Hunter 5 and Assassin's Creed II. |
WD Launches SLC-based SSD for Heavy Duty Use
 This SSD has the SLC for your serious needs. |
70% of Microsoft Staff are Working on the Cloud
 Steve Ballmer has said Microsoft is "betting the company" on cloud computing. He also offered some very interesting numbers with regards to how much of the company is focusing on cloud-related projects. |
Google: Chrome OS 'Business Edition' for 2011
 Google going after businesses with... netbooks? |
VIDEO: Freescale's $200 Chromium Tablet
At Mobile World Congress, Freescale showed off a rather nifty little tablet running Chromium OS. It's the same device we saw running Android at CES, the i.MX51. |
Microsoft Boasts 90,000,000 Windows 7 Sold
 Windows 7: Over 90 Million Served. |
Ubisoft's Internet DRM Servers Are Under Attack
 Ubisoft's DRM authentication servers for Silent Hunter 5 and Assassin's Creed II are being hit with a DDoS attack, blocking legit gamers from playing. |
TEARDOWN: Alienware's M11x Gaming Netbook
 Opened up and photographed in cold, harsh lighting. Just how we like it! |
Valve Confirms Games, Steam for Macs in April
 Valve Software going after the aluminum-clad computer crowd. Officially. |
Report: Windows 7 SP1 Release Pushed to Q4'10
 Waiting for SP1 before jumping to Windows 7? It could still happen this year. |
How Linux Can Achieve Faster World Domination
 Today we have Keith Curtis returning for a new discussion on Linux. Curtis spent 11 years as a Software Design Engineer at Microsoft before examining Linux and the open source side of things, which resulted in a change of perspective and a published book. |
AMD Wants to Know What You'd Do With 48 Cores
 Tell AMD what you might do with 48 cores and you could have your plans realized! |
Ubisoft Patch Makes its Internet DRM Less Painful
 A softening of DRM hits Assassin's Creed II just in time for launch. |
Acer Working on a Touchscreen Keyboard Laptop
 Look ma, no keys! |
Hackers Bypass WoW Authenticators
 A new keylogger disguised as a World of Warcraft add-on is stealing account info and goods. |
Unannounced Dell All-in-One Shows Up at Walmart
 Dell's Japan-only Dell Inspiron One 19 has been spotted at a Walmart branch here in the U.S. |
Ubisoft Revive DRM Servers After DDoS Attack
The DRM servers come back just in time to greet the new North American Assassin's Creed II PC gamers. |
Ubisoft DRM Servers Down; Gamers Can't Play
Ubisoft's DRM servers unreachable as gamers try to play Assassin's Creed II and Silent Hunter V. |
Nvidia Pulls Linux, BSD, Solaris Drivers Due to Bug
 More drivers have popped up with the mysterious overheating bug, this time affecting Linux, FreeBSD, and Solaris systems. |
Google Says Desktops Will Be Irrelevant in 3 Years
 Google's VP of online sales and operations has made the bold statement that in three years time desktop computers will be irrelevant. |
Microsoft Sends Flowers to IE6 Funeral
 Condolences arrive from the IE team at Microsoft. |