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Dell considering making itself Private

Bloomberg recently made a report stating that Dell is in buyout negotiations with two private companies. After this story was made public, Dell's stock prices went up by more than 15%. The company is already in contact with many ...

12 years ago

Next-Gen PlayStation and Xbox will cost between $350 and $400.

Although many think it is unlikely Sony and Microsoft will use high end hardware in their next-gen consoles, Baird Equity Research believes that Microsoft and Sony will have to equip and use high-end PC components and not custom ...

12 years ago

Global Foundries will build 565,000 Square foot expansion for R&D fab

Global Foundries has announced they will be expanding their Fab 8 manufacturing campus situated in Malta, NY. The company are expected to spend $2 Billion for the R&D facility which will span 565,000 square feet, over 3 stories and ...

12 years ago

Patriot Limited Edition ‘Intel Extreme Masters’ DDR3 2133MHz 8GB Memory Kit Review

Limited Edition memory is not something that we find cropping up all too often, but when Patriot announced the Intel Extreme Masters Limited Edition kits to coincide with the IEM tournaments earlier in the year, we decided that ...

12 years ago

Silverstone show a strong lineup at CES 2013

SilverStone are one of my favourite chassis manufactuers at the moment, mostly for their unique and innovative design features that have seen them create many of the smallest, highly functional yet very stylish HTPC, M-ITX and ...

12 years ago

CoolerMasters latest products at CES 2013

Cooler Master were out in force at CES 2013 and not only did they have a fantastic product display, but also some really strong products to look forward to throughout 2013. Cooler Master have already earned them selves plenty of ...

12 years ago

Noctua NF-A14 ULN, NF-A14 FLX and NF-A15 PWM Fan Reviews

Noctua's portfolio of premium fans is ever growing in breadth. They have fans for almost every usage scenario and market segment. The recent introduction of three new fans is the next step in Noctua being able to offer a more ...

12 years ago

THQ to sell off its assets via an auction, EA rumoured as interested

The publisher behind Saints' Row, Homefront, Darksiders, Metro 2033 and Company of Heroes (to name but a few), THQ, filed for bankruptcy in December. As a result of that bankruptcy THQ will now be auctioning their assets off on January ...

12 years ago

eTeknix @ The Las Vegas Convention Center / CES 2013 Show Floor

For eTeknix the biggest part of CES is hitting up the hotel suites and other private hosting locations of the major peripheral, chassis and component manufacturers that were present in Las Vegas, taking a more personal one to one ...

12 years ago

Intel 520 Series SSD have Return Addresses on the product labels

Intel added a return address on the product's label to meet new requirement put up in United States. This is something that is implemented recently, so the newer manufactured versions of SSDs now have it. The return address for ...

12 years ago

U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security advises users to disable Java

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is advising people to disable Java software on their PCs for the time being to avoid any possible hacking, in their most recently published advisory. The vulnerability is present in Oracle ...

12 years ago

Plextor unveils M5 Pro Xtreme series SSD

Plextor has introduced the Extreme version of the existing M5 Pro SSD Series. The SSD will come in 128GB, 256GB and 512GB storage capacities. As the word "Extreme" usually suggests, there will be a performance boost. According to ...

12 years ago

Haswell’s integrated graphics on par with Nvidia’s GeForce GT 650M GPU

Intel did have Haswell on display at CES 2013. Intel did a system comparison with a Haswell CPU with integrated graphics in the corner and a system with an i7 Ivy Bridge CPU and Nvidia GeForce GT 650M GPU. The benchmark was done at ...

12 years ago

Some low-end Broadwell CPUs may be soldered to motherboards

There was a rumour late last year that Haswell's successor will have CPUs soldered on to the motherboard itself. Intel later gave a statement, where they didn't really deny it properly. Tech Report's sources told them that some ...

12 years ago

Global PC sales fell in Q4 2012 by 6.4%

IDC recently published a quarterly report which shows that PC sales have dipped 6.4% in Q4 of 2012 when compared to Q4 of 2011. Also the previous quarter showed a 4.5% sales decline and a 7% drop in all quarters combined for the ...

12 years ago

Foxconn’s manager arrested over allegations of bribery – thorough investigations assured

Foxconn, the company behind the assembling of products for Apple, Dell, HP, Intel and Microsoft, is now under investigation over allegations of bribery claimed by supply firms. The supply firms have reported Foxconn to the Chinese ...

12 years ago

Zowie G-CM Mouse Mat Review

Today I am taking a look at the G-CM mouse mat from Zowie Gear, a brand who have set quite a name for themselves in the gaming community with their range of gaming peripherals and accessories. A few of us here at eTeknix ...

12 years ago

In-Win showcases open-system cases in CES 2013

In an attempt to look unique, In-Win has introduced a limited edition D-Frame PC Case for $349. The piping is made from aluminium and the clear side panels are glass not acrylic or plastic that is used by default as a choice for most ...

12 years ago

eTeknix visit Showstoppers at CES 2013

CES is a massive show with many different sections and displays for the various press to visit, but while the show its self is massive it also plays host to many side shows, Show Stoppers is one of those events. This was a great ...

12 years ago

Antec P280 Full Tower Chassis Review

Today I will be taking a look at the P280 Full Tower Chassis from Antec, a case that has already established itself as a long term favourite here at eTeknix, but one that we simply hadn't gotten around to reviewing, at least not ...

12 years ago

OWC showcases their 2TB 3.5″ Workstation SSDs at CES 2013

OWC, short for Other World Computing, plans to push Workstation SSDs such as their 2TB Mercury Viper SSD. The Mercury Viper uses aluminium casing designed to fit in 3.5" drive bays that are usually found in desktop systems. The ...

12 years ago

MSI introduces their own series of mechanical keyboards with the GK and GS Series

MSI is well known for making motherboards and graphic cards for some time now, and it has even made PC chassis' too. But at CES 2013, MSI has been showing their entrance into the peripheral business by introducing two series of ...

12 years ago

WD showcases their hybrid SSHD at CES 2013

WD has been showing off their hybrid solid state drives which they call "SSHD". The drive combines the speed of an SSD with the mechanical drive, something that Seagate has been doing with the Momentus XT Series which uses the NAND ...

12 years ago

Mushkin unveils USB Thunder Flash drives with SandForce Controller

Mushkin demonstrated the Industry's highest performing USB flash drive yet- at least going by their CES 2013 demonstration.The USB Flash drive is more like an SSD as it uses LSI's SandForce SF-2281 SSD controller. Mushkin's Thunder ...

12 years ago

Wi-Fi 802.11ad and 60GHz Band to enable up to 7Gb/s wireless speeds

IEEE today announced that it approved the IEEE 802.11ad-2012 amendment to provide wireless data throughput of up to 7Gb/s. The new specification also comes with a "fast session transfer" feature that allow devices to ...

12 years ago

Acer to have Retina-Class notebook displays

Apple isn't the only one with high pixel density displays. Acer is planning to have a retina-class display in some of their notebook and ultrabook models. They will roll this out from spring 2013. Acer didn't say which ...

12 years ago

Nokia sold 4+ Million Windows Phones in Q4 of 2012

After months of loss-making which resulted in lay-offs and even mortgaging their main HQ, Nokia is finally showing signs that it is on long path to recovery. The Finnish phone maker announced that it sold 4.4 Million Lumia phones ...

12 years ago

iBuyPower releases a new small form factor gaming system to rival the Alienware X51

iBuyer is now taking pre-orders for a unit that's slightly larger than Alienware's X51 gaming rig, but with a better choice of hardware. The "Revolt" measures in at 16" x 16.2" x 4.6" and comes in 3 base models. The first model ...

12 years ago

Crucial introduces 960GB M500 SSD and DDR4 memory

Crucial had two new hardware innovations to show off at CES 2013. As a successor to the very well known M4 Series, the company introduced M500 series of SSDs. The M500 Series will come with with 120, 240, 480 and 960GB storage ...

12 years ago

Google offering free Wi-Fi in NYC

Google has been pushing their campaign for free internet for sometime, but it has done so by providing it in one of the busiest cities in the world. It is now offering free Wi-Fi access in Manhattan and NYC. The company teamed up with ...

12 years ago

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