European Commission Fines Google €4.3bn For Android Market Dominance Abuses
Today the European Commission has announced that it has found Google in breach of EU antitrust laws and has fined the company €4.34 billion. The original proceedings against Google formally...
58 by Andrei Frumusanu on 7/18/2018Future plc to Acquire Consumer Division of AnandTech Publisher Purch
In a change of pace from the usual, we have some news about ourselves this morning. Future plc, a competing UK publisher, has announced that they will be buying the...
60 by Ryan Smith on 7/18/2018GIGABYTE Releases Aorus Branded Power Supplies: 80 Plus Gold, 750W/850W
GIGABYTE has announced a new line of power supplies under the Aorus premium branding unveiling the new P850W and P750W to the market. The two power supplies carry an...
10 by Joe Shields on 7/17/2018NZXT Enters PSU Market with E-Series ATX Power Supplies Featuring Built-In Monitoring
NZXT has been expanding at a quite rapid pace in the recent years. Back in 2017 the company introduced its first motherboard, but ceased to offer PSUs. This month...
14 by Anton Shilov on 7/17/2018VirtualLink USB-C Alt Mode Announced: Standardized Connector for VR Headsets
While PC VR headsets are fun, no one has especially enjoyed the number of cables required to hook one up. With separate video, power, and data cables, the end...
50 by Ryan Smith on 7/17/2018MediaTek Launches Helio A Series SoCs, Starting With Helio A22
Following the success of their Helio P and X series SoCs, MediaTek this morning is announcing a third SoC family to complement the existing pats: the Helio A series...
10 by Ryan Smith on 7/17/2018Samsung Announces First LPDDR5 DRAM Chip, Targets 6.4Gbps Data Rates & 30% Reduced Power
Samsung has been on a roll lately with memory & storage-related announcements, and that roll is continuing today with a new DRAM-related announcement out of the juggernaut. This afternoon...
13 by Ryan Smith on 7/16/2018Intel and Micron To Dissolve 3D XPoint Partnership After 2019
A press release from Intel today has clarified the state of the 3D XPoint Joint Venture the company has with Micron. Currently Intel and Micron co-developed the new class...
19 by Ian Cutress on 7/16/2018ASRock Launches C246M WS Micro-ATX Motherboard for Xeon E CPUs
ASRock Rack has announced one of the industry’s first Micro-ATX motherboards for Intel’s new Xeon E processors for entry-level servers and workstations. The C246M WS platform is aimed at...
11 by Anton Shilov on 7/16/2018NVIDIA Unifies GeForce NOW Service Across PCs and SHIELD TV STBs: 200+ Games Supported
NVIDIA this month is unifying its GeForce NOW service across all platforms that it supports, extending the latest iteration of the service for PCs and Macs to include NVIDIA's...
3 by Anton Shilov on 7/16/2018Cooler Master Releases CM310 Gaming Mouse: 10000 DPI Sensor, RGB Illumination, $30
Cooler Master has announced the release of a new gaming mouse in the CM310. The mouse includes a 10000 DPI gaming grade optical sensor, RGB illumination, and is designed...
11 by Joe Shields on 7/13/2018Lian Li’s Strimer RGB PSU Cable Now Available: $40 For A Limited Time
Lian Li has started to sell its new PSU cable featuring addressable RGB lighting. The cable is now available on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean at an introductory...
30 by Anton Shilov on 7/13/2018Toshiba’s 14 TB HDDs Now Available from Supermicro
Toshiba was the first maker of hard drives to announce a PMR-based 14 TB HDD last December and apparently it is the first company to start their commercial shipments...
24 by Anton Shilov on 7/13/2018Intel To Acquire eASIC: Lower Cost ASICs in FPGA Design Time
Along with the other announcement today, Intel is also announcing that it will acquire a company called eASIC which develops FPGA-like design tools to roll out ‘structured ASICs’. These...
18 by Ian Cutress on 7/12/2018Aquantia’s Gamer Edition AQtion AQN-107 10 GbE NIC Available
On Wednesday, Aquantia started to sell the gamer edition of its AQtion AQN-107 multi-gig network card. As the name implies, the 10 GbE NIC is aimed at demanding gamers...
31 by Anton Shilov on 7/12/2018Sony Unveils Xperia XA2 Plus Mid-Range Phone: 6-Inch, 2160x1080, SD630
Sony has introduced its new Xperia XA2 Plus ‘performance mainstream’ smartphone that is positioned above the rest of the Xperia XA2 series, but below the high-end XZ2 range. The...
17 by Anton Shilov on 7/12/2018Dell Announces Latest Precision Entry Level Workstations: Powerful 1U Rack and SFF Desktops
Today Dell has introduced new and updated lineups in their Precision entry-level workstation lineup. In this case, Dell has brought forth the Precision 3930 Rack (1U workstation), Precision 3630...
18 by Joe Shields on 7/12/2018Lian Li PC-O11 Air Mid-Tower Chassis: Loads of Airflow and Radiator Capacity
The new Lian Li PC-O11 Air is an update to the PC-O11 series to allow more airflow through the chassis. The PC-011 Air has five locations for air intake...
14 by Joe Shields on 7/12/2018iBASE Lists C246 Motherboards for Intel Xeon E CPUs
iBASE has published specifications of its upcoming MB995VF-C246 motherboard aimed at entry-level/embedded servers and workstations that will support Intel’s upcoming (but not yet announced) Xeon E processors. The mainboard...
20 by Anton Shilov on 7/11/2018Hands On With The Acer Predator Helios 300 Special Edition
One of the more interesting laptop designs to come out of the Computex week was from Acer: its new Predator Helios 300 Special Edition was an eclectic mix of...
20 by Ian Cutress on 7/11/2018