The Tech Report: NewsThe Tech Report: Current developments in personal computing'Factory overclocked' Radeon HD 4850s to come in July- June 24, 2008 If you hit up Newegg or other major online retailers and check available Radeon HD 4850 models, you may see some striking similarities. In stark contrast to their GeForce counterparts, all 4850s seem run at the same clock speeds. That situation may soon change. According to a report by TG...http://techreport.com/discussions.x/14998 Analysts: Seagate is shopping for a NAND flash maker- June 24, 2008 Seagate is in the market for a NAND flash memory maker, according to several analysts. The hard drive maker recently announced plans to start offering solid-state drives, and eWeek quotes Avian Securities' Avi Cohen as saying Seagate needs to secure a flash manufacturing source for that endeavor to...http://techreport.com/discussions.x/14997 AMD fares poorly in employee satisfaction ratings- June 24, 2008 Barely two weeks (and over 40,000 user contributions) after its debut, Glassdoor already paints an interesting picture of the tech industry. As Seeking Alpha explains, the people behind Zillow and Expedia created the site with the aim of applying the travel review formula to companies and their management. Out...http://techreport.com/discussions.x/14996 Nvidia releases ForceWare 175.19 drivers- June 24, 2008 There's a new ForceWare 175.19 driver release out for GeForce 6, 7, 8, and 9 graphics cards. Nvidia's official release notes for Windows Vista (PDF) and Windows XP (PDF) list no major changes compared to last month's 175.16 release, but Nvidia has apparently fixed a handful of bugs...http://techreport.com/discussions.x/14994 Tuesday Shortbread- June 24, 2008 Tuesday TG Daily reports second wave of Radeon HD 4850 cards to go against Nvidia's 9800 GTX+ Fudzilla reports XFX 9800 GTX Black beats 9800 GTX+ The Inquirer alleges Nvidia cheats on 3DMark with 177.39 drivers ...http://techreport.com/discussions.x/14995 Left 4 Dead coming out on November 4- June 23, 2008 Valve will release Left 4 Dead on November 4, Shacknews reports, almost two years after Turtle Rock Studios first announced the game. Based on the same Source Engine that powers the Half-Life 2 series, Left 4 Dead will feature cooperative multiplayer and a survival horror-style environment filled with zombies.http://techreport.com/discussions.x/14992 Toshiba preps notebook with Cell coprocessor for July- June 23, 2008 Both Nvidia and AMD play up the use of graphics processors for general-purpose computing tasks. Toshiba also likes the idea of a parallel coprocessor, but it will go about the implementation somewhat differently in its upcoming Qosimo G50 and F40 notebooks. As PC World reports, both systems will include...http://techreport.com/discussions.x/14991 FCC documents show Eee Stick controller- June 23, 2008 After the Wiimote, get ready for the Eeemote. Well, Eee Stick. Engadget says the FCC has published documents about Asus's upcoming motion-sensing controller for the Eee PC. One of the Eee Stick components. Source: FCC. Like its Nintendo cousin, the Eee Stick will reportedly...http://techreport.com/discussions.x/14989 Analysts have low expectations for WiMAX- June 23, 2008 Sprint announced plans last week to begin consumer WiMAX wireless broadband trials in Baltimore, Chicago, and Washington, D.C. later this year. However, a Frost & Sullivan report quoted by EE Times says it may already be too late for WiMAX to make any significant headway in the market. The...http://techreport.com/discussions.x/14988 Asus, Intel reschedule ROGCon event- June 23, 2008 A couple of weeks back, we reported that Asus and Intel planned to stage a huge LAN party at a Dallas, Texas hotel from July 18 to July 20. Those organizing the event have dropped us a line to tell us they've rescheduled, and ROGCon will now take...http://techreport.com/discussions.x/14987 |