5 Ways the Gaming Industry is Screwing You
May 30, 2008  Pretty interesting read!

http://www.cracked.com/article_1633...rewing-you.html

Intel cuts quad-core price by 50 percent
Apr 22, 2008  "Intel posted price cuts on Sunday that included reductions of 50 percent on select quad-core processors. The chipmaker also introduced new Celeron and Core 2 Duo processor models.

The price of the Core 2 Quad Q6700 (2.66GHz) fell 50 percent from $530 to $266, while the quad-core Xeon X3230 (2.66GHz) saw an identical cut: from $530 to $266. "

Full article here:


http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-99...ml?tag=nefd.top

NEW Raptor arrives!
Apr 21, 2008  And it's 300 GB !

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews...aptor,1914.html

Microsoft cuts Vista prices
Feb 29, 2008  Full story here:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080229...soft_vista_dc_4

Sex, Crime & Videogames
Jul 22, 2007  "An armed gang of four kidnapped one of the world's top RPG gamers after one criminal's girlfriend lured him into a fake date using Orkut, Google's social network.

After sequestering him in Sao Paulo, they held a gun against the victim's head for five hours to get his password, which they wanted to sell for $8,000. And yes, the story gets even better."

Full story here:

http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/sex,-cri...date-280966.php

AMD considering getting out of fabrication business
Jun 20, 2007  "2007 has not been kind to AMD. The company saw its workstation market share slip, has taken on $2 billion of new debt, lost almost $1.2 billion over the past two quarters, has been unable to close the gap with Intel when it comes to CPU performance, and has been the subject of recent rumors that Barcelona will be delayed. AMD has been in cost-cutting mode for the past several months and, according to IDG News Service, is considering getting out of the fabrication business. "


Full Story Here:

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/pos...n-business.html

AMD's well may be running dry
Mar 12, 2007  "The high-flying Advanced Micro Devices Inc. of 2006 has given way to a company in financial peril, saddled with debt and bleeding from a brutal price battle with its larger and suddenly resurgent Silicon Valley archrival, Intel Corp.

Its shares have plunged more than 60 percent over the past year on fears about the company's ability to continue gaining share without hurting profit margins. Meanwhile, Intel's stock is down just 4 percent."

Full story here:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070311...iO 2pl.sfMWM0F
» News Archive
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Kentsfield Released: Core 2 Quadro Ready - Nov 09, 2006
Microsoft: Windows Vista is done - Nov 09, 2006
AMD Planning Combined Processor-Graphics Chip - Oct 25, 2006
iTunes copy protection 'cracked' - Oct 25, 2006
Battlefield 2142 comes with spyware - Oct 20, 2006
Final Version of Internet Explorer 7 Now Available - Oct 18, 2006
Vista gaming will be 10 to 15 % slower than XP - Oct 09, 2006

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