RightWare Launches Basemark ES 2.0 Taiji Free for Android, iOS
For a while now we've been using Basemark ES 2.0 in our smartphone reviews and SoC discussions to gauge OpenGL ES performance. For end users however, getting the same...
19 by Brian Klug on 12/22/2011
The Radeon HD 7970 Recap
AMD originally told us that we'd have until January 9th to put together our review of the Radeon HD 7970. For a brand new GPU architecture, about three weeks...
12 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 12/22/2011
Sandy Bridge E & X79 PCIe 3.0: It Works
At the launch of Intel's LGA-2011 based Sandy Bridge E CPU we finally had a platform capable of supporting PCI Express 3.0, but we lacked GPUs to test it...
14 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 12/22/2011
Intel Shows Off Competitive Medfield x86 Android Power & Performance
You may have seen some Medfield related news today - I thought I'd chime in with some of my thoughts on the topic. As a recap, in 2008 Intel...
39 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 12/21/2011
Firefox 9 Released, Brings JavaScript Speed Improvements
Mozilla is in the process of pushing Firefox 9 out to users on its release channel, about six weeks after the release of Firefox 8. The major stated improvement...
34 by Andrew Cunningham on 12/21/2011
Apple Acquires Anobit: Bringing NAND Endurance Technology In-House
I'd seen speculation that Apple was going to drop $500M on Anobit over the past few weeks. Ars Technica also published a piece believing the acquisition to be true...
30 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 12/21/2011
AMD Intros New Unlocked K-Series Llano APUs: A8-3870K & A8-3670K
When we first reviewed Llano we thought it was a fairly competent desktop part if you needed a solution that didn't rely on discrete graphics. My biggest issue with...
36 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 12/20/2011
Samsung Promises Ice Cream Sandwich By 1Q12 For SGSII & Galaxy Note
In a post on Samsung Tomorrow, Samsung Electronics announced that they would begin rolling out Ice Cream Sandwich to the Galaxy S II variants and Galaxy Note by the...
20 by Jason Inofuentes on 12/20/2011
AT&T Will Not Buy T-Mobile
AT&T has dropped its plans for a proposed $39 billion buyout of T-Mobile, citing interference from the FCC and the U.S. Department of Justice, the latter of which filed...
28 by Andrew Cunningham on 12/19/2011
Microsoft Releases Hotfix to Improve Bulldozer Performance UPDATE: Pulled
The launch of Bulldozer in October wasn't exactly a success for AMD. In our review, Anand ended up recommending the Intel i5-2500K over AMD FX-8150. One of the reasons...
76 by Kristian Vättö on 12/16/2011
Adobe Updates Flash 11.1 to support Android 4.0
Adobe has made good on its promises today by updating its Flash for Android client to support Android 4.0. The update brings Flash to 11.1.112.60 and doesn't change functionality...
8 by Brian Klug on 12/15/2011
Microsoft To Begin Automatic IE Upgrades For Users
Microsoft announced today that for the first time it would automatically begin updating Windows users to the most recent browser version supported by their OS (IE8 for XP, IE...
23 by Andrew Cunningham on 12/15/2011
Sony Ericsson Releases Ice Cream Sandwich Alpha Build For Select Xperia Models
It's not even beta, but this is one of the first official releases of an Ice Cream Sandwich ROM from a manufacturer to arrive. Sony Ericsson, which famously took...
3 by Jason Inofuentes on 12/15/2011
Google Chrome 16 Released
We've done this a couple of times before, so here's the short version: a new stable version of Chrome is out. As usual, it adds a notable feature and...
13 by Andrew Cunningham on 12/14/2011
ARM & GlobalFoundries Demo 2.5GHz+ 28nm Cortex A9 & 20nm Test Vehicle
GlobalFoundries sent over a PR showcasing two significant milestones in its march towards being a major foundry player in the mobile space. The first is the announcement of a...
12 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 12/14/2011
RightWare Announces Basemark Halti - an OpenGL ES Halti Benchmark
GPU benchmarking on the smartphone side of things is continuing to heat up, and today RightWare, maker of both BrowserMark and the very popular Basemark ES 2.0 (which are...
6 by Brian Klug on 12/14/2011
3DMark 11 Updated
Futuremark just sent out an announcement stating that they’ve updated 3DMark 11 to version 1.0.3. The results are still compatible and comparable with the earlier versions, and this is...
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Verizon LTE Galaxy Nexus Available Dec 15 for $299
After a long and arduous wait, Verizon has finally announced availability and pricing of its own Galaxy Nexus variant. Eager Galaxy Nexus shoppers will be able to get the...
18 by Brian Klug on 12/14/2011
The New Intel Mobile Division
Intel's haphazard ultra mobile strategy is finally getting some much needed consolidation. We got the first hints of this at IDF where Intel announced a restructuring that would combine...
14 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 12/14/2011
Alan Wake Coming to PC in Early 2012
Today Remedy announced plans to finally bring their psychological thriller Alan Wake to PC via Steam early next year. The developer will also be including the game’s two pieces...
16 by Craig Getting on 12/14/2011
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