AMD Releases Catalyst 12.3 Drivers, Adds 7800 Series Support
AMD has released the latest version of its Catalyst graphics driver package for 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows XP, Vista, and 7. This version of the drivers introduces...
25 by Andrew Cunningham on 3/29/2012Microsoft Talks Windows 8 Touch Experience on Windows 7 Tablets
Microsoft's Jerry Koh and Jeff Piira gave some insight into the Windows 8 touch experience in yet another Building Windows 8 blog post yesterday. They talked specifically about the...
18 by Andrew Cunningham on 3/29/2012Novatel MiFi 4620L Jetpack Available on April 12th for $49.99
We got a chance to check out Novatel's next generation MiFi at CES this past January, and came away impressed with the update. Officially titled the Novatel Wireless MiFi...
12 by Vivek Gowri on 3/28/2012Google begins Android 4.0.4 Rollout
Just today, Google announced that it was rolling out Android 4.0.4 to the Android Open Source Project (AOSP) for download, with build IMM76D. The note at that point by...
14 by Brian Klug on 3/28/2012NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 Launch Recap
If the numbers are true, then most of you have already read our Kepler review, and you know that the card has made quite a splash - it's the...
29 by Andrew Cunningham on 3/24/2012AMD Radeon HD 7870 Launch Recap
It has been a couple of weeks since we reviewed the Radeon HD 7800 series, but as we mentioned earlier this week and in our 7850 recap, that was...
7 by Andrew Cunningham on 3/24/2012AMD Radeon HD 7850 Launch Recap
It has been weeks since we reviewed AMD's Radeon HD 7870 and 7850 cards, but unlike the 7900 and 7700 series cards, the 7800 series was given the typical...
14 by Andrew Cunningham on 3/24/2012Jen-Hsun's Email to NVIDIA Employees on a Successful Kepler Launch
The road to any new microprocessor design is by no means simple. Planning for a major GPU like NVIDIA's Kepler starts four years prior to the chip's debut. In...
31 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 3/22/2012Microsoft Talks Screen Resolution in Windows 8, Suggests "Retina"-esque Tablets
Microsoft's David Washington has penned another informational tome on the Building Windows 8 blog, this one about Windows 8 and its support for varying screen resolutions. The above chart...
29 by Andrew Cunningham on 3/22/2012Acer Iconia Tab A510: Tegra 3 Hits $450
Asus's Transformer Prime just got some company. Available for pre-order today, the Acer Iconia Tab A510 brings the price of entry for a 10.1" Tegra 3-powered tablet down to...
21 by Jason Inofuentes on 3/22/2012Quick Look: ASUS 1025C and Cedar Trail
We've known about Cedar Trail for quite a while now, the next iteration of Intel's Atom processor line. As far as the CPU is concerned, not a lot has...
12 by Jarred Walton on 3/22/2012Tested: Battery Life on the new iPad
Hot on the heels of our Retina Display analysis we have some more data for you: battery life of the new iPad. The chart above is our revamped web...
50 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 3/19/2012Archos 80 and 101 G9 Turbo 1.5 GHz Available Now In US
Quick update, to the Archos news we've had rolling lately. US buyers can now pick up the Archos G9 Turbo line of tablets at their promised 1.5 GHz; the...
6 by Jason Inofuentes on 3/19/2012This Just In: PowerColor PCS+ HD7870
Though AMD announced the Radeon HD 7800 series nearly two weeks ago, it won’t be until Monday that the cards officially go on sale. While we’re still at work...
27 by Ryan Smith on 3/18/2012Apple's A5X Floorplan
Apple's A5X SoC Today has been pretty exciting. Not only did we confirm the die size of Apple's A5X SoC (162.94mm^2) but we also found out that it's still built...
18 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 3/16/2012Apple A5X Die Size Measured: 162.94mm^2, Samsung 45nm LP Confirmed
Contrary to what we thought yesterday based on visual estimation of the A5X die, Chipworks has (presumably) measured the actual die itself: 162.94mm^2. While the A5 was big, this...
46 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 3/16/2012Archos Shipping 1.5GHz 80 G9 Turbo Across The Pond
UK readers have one more thing to lord over their colonial cousins. Starting today, Archos has made available the long promised Archos 80 G9 Turbo in its full 1.5...
8 by Jason Inofuentes on 3/16/2012HTC Vivid Android 4.0 Sneaks Out For Some
The long road to Android 4.0 for US subscribers seems to be getting shorter; and for some lucky users the time has come. AT&T's HTC Vivid was one of...
4 by Jason Inofuentes on 3/16/2012Archos 35 Home Connect Review: Android at the Bedside
Over the last few years of smartphone ownership, one of the most satisfying and somewhat surprising uses has been listening to good old fashioned FM radio, streamed through the...
9 by Jason Inofuentes on 3/15/2012Apple's A5X Die (and Size?) Revealed
iFixit saved us all a whole lot of trouble and performed a teardown of the new iPad announced last week. The internals were mostly what we expected, down to...
45 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 3/15/2012