General News

by Rafael Hernandez on July 14, 2004 · 0 comments

Blue’s News has the latest .plan from Todd Hollenshead, CEO of id Software, which indicates that DOOM 3 has been sent off to the presses and should be in gamer hands in a few short weeks. Most id titles (Quake…

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by Rafael Hernandez on July 14, 2004 · 0 comments

PC World has the skinny on the latest scheme by movie companies in order to either get more of a profit out of consumer devices or make themselves look like the good guys. AACS technology will allow you to copy…

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by Rafael Hernandez on July 14, 2004 · 0 comments

Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft, took some time out and spoke with CNET News about a variety of topics. Some big talk out of Steve, when it comes to console competition, which they will have to work really hard at…

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by Rafael Hernandez on July 14, 2004 · 0 comments

Reuters covers some recent comments from the fine folks at Micron Technology Inc. who said that memory prices have yet to peak with back-to-school and holiday season purchase sprees on the horizon they may just be right. Thankfully most other…

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by Rafael Hernandez on July 14, 2004 · 0 comments

InformationWeek has some info on IBM’s latest line of servers based on their recently released Power5 processor. The machines start off in dual processor configurations with steps in between all the way to 16-way CPU stations which will be able…

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by Rafael Hernandez on July 13, 2004 · 0 comments

Reuters brings some rather cryptic news of Toshiba’s planned notebook line which will boast advanced audio and video features. There aren’t very many details on what advanced features these would be but I’m sure it has to do with high…

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by Rafael Hernandez on July 13, 2004 · 0 comments

EuroGamer has some of the minimum hardware specs Half Life 2 will require in order to run “acceptably”. The numbers aren’t surprising given the highly detailed environments the game attempts to portray. Hopefully it will run well on todays hardware…

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by Rafael Hernandez on July 13, 2004 · 0 comments

Microsoft has released a rather large number of updates for its IE browser and other flaws on its Windows Update site. A total of five patches are available making it one of the larger one day totals for released fixes….

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by Rafael Hernandez on July 13, 2004 · 0 comments

DigiTimes has word that both ATI and NVIDIA have scaled back their low-end graphics chip production a little bit due to Intel’s i915G chipset and the respectable performance it pumps out. Few system vendors will toss in an added card…

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by Rafael Hernandez on July 12, 2004 · 0 comments

X-bit labs tests out the integrated graphics core in the new Intel 915G northbridge for its latest batch of processors. Normally built-in graphics solutions have trailed dedicated cards by miles, and it still holds true when comparing high-end solutions, but…

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by Rafael Hernandez on July 12, 2004 · 0 comments

CNET News has the skinny on the delay of Microsoft’s Windows XP Service Pack 2 update. It has been pushed back a month or so which is to be expected considering the huge number of changes so many of us…

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