AMD Expands R&D Presence in India

AMD, a leading global provider of innovative processing solutions in the computing, graphics and consumer electronics markets, today announced the opening of a new silicon design and platform research and development (R&D) facility in Bangalore. As India’s role and importance in AMD’s global R&D network increases, the number of employees in Bangalore continues to grow, requiring a new facility that will accommodate the current team while also providing room for future growth. Employees will move into the new 52,000 square-foot center upon its completion and continue to focus on development of AMD’s most advanced, next-generation processing solutions.

Intel Announces Winner of University Notebook Challenge

In the spirit of encouraging innovation toward energy-efficient technology Intel Corporation in April launched a challenge to European universities to design a device capable of powering laptops by using renewable, sustainable energy sources. Intel today awarded the winners of the Intel University Competition On Renewable Energy (CORE), the culmination of 7 months of creative endeavors from the participating teams.

VIA Announces UK Availability of VIA pc-1 Mainboards

VIA Technologies, Inc., a leading developer of PC platform solutions, today announced UK availability of its VIA pc2500 and pc3500 mainboards, which combine the world-beating power efficiency and hardware security of the advanced VIA C7-D desktop processor with the rich digital media feature set and enhanced connectivity of VIA chipsets to provide a flexible and high performance platform for building energy-efficient systems.

New Software Detects Web Interference

Worried about your ISP filtering content? The Electronic Frontier Foundation has a new tool that might help.

The San Francisco-based digital rights group Electronic Frontier Foundation hopes the program, released Wednesday, will help uncover "data discrimination" _ efforts by Internet providers to disrupt some uses of their services _ in addition to the cases reported separately by EFF, The Associated Press and other sources.

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Google Turns Over Blogger’s IP Address

Google turned over the IP address of an anonymous blogger, that much is for sure. The problem is, many sources say it was voluntary while others say the company had no choice.

The Globes Online report goes on to say that initially Google had refused to hand over the IP address, but the council members filed slander charges and asked for the court to force Google into handing over the IP address of the anonymous blogger. The preliminary ruling on the case identified that the blog postings raised suspicions of criminal conduct and this has allegedly prompted Google to reach a settlement with the council members where the company gave up the blogger’s IP address without a legal mandate forcing it too.

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[H]ardware Round-Up II

Cases & Modding

Thermaltake Matrix VX Mid Tower PC Case @ DSM

Etc.

PC Power Silencer 750W Quad PSU @ CPU3D

Vantec NexStar MX Dual HDD Enclosure @ Pro-Clockers

Memory

Tight CL4 Timings On DDR3 Memory Is Possible! @ Legit Reviews

Video

Unreal Tournament 3 PhysX Mod @ PC Perspective

Gullible PC Users a Threat to Security

While I know this story is simply stating the obvious, all of us know a “gullible PC user” like this so we owe I to ourselves to forward them this link.

One of the biggest security vulnerabilities for computers and networks is sitting in front of the desk. According to the SANS Institute's annual report on the Top 20 Internet security risks, released Tuesday, "users who are easily misled" ranks with custom-built applications as the top targets for attackers.

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ASUS Eee PC Bluetooth Mod

Here is a pretty impressive little Bluetooth mod for owners of the ASUS Eee PC 701.

Last week I researched how to subvert the Asus 701 (Eee)! Last year I documented adding internal USB Bluetooth to another sub-notebook…Now I’ve combined the two - I’ve added internal USB Bluetooth to my Eee without affecting the built-in wireless or using the empty mini PCIe card slot

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Google Rolls Out Mobile Phone Locator

Google is testing new technology that will find the location of people using its mobile mapping service even if the phone is not GPS equipped. Anyone taking bets on how long it takes before this is misused?

The new tracking feature introduced Wednesday is being touted as an added convenience because it will enable people on the go to skip the task of typing a starting address on a mobile handset's small keys when they turn to Google's maps for guidance.

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Gaming News

Activision Boss Says $199 Consoles Needed @ VE3D

Game Rental Hurt Sales @ GameDaily

GTA IV Box Art Revealed & New Trailer Date @ Shacknews

Rock Band “Silent” Drum Mod @ Kotaku

Wii Selling Well, but Not at Record Rate @ Associated Press

Fix For Fast Draining Zune

If your Zune is draining its battery really fast after applying the latest firmware update, have no fear, this site has a solution. It worked on my Halo 3 Zune. Thanks to Ed C. for the linkage.

A few people on the official forums have issues with battery life after updating their Zune 30s to v2 Firmware. Zune doesn't charge correctly and although it says its fully charged after a few hours the battery dies. I don't think its a very common issue but if you have it see how you can try to fix it...

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AMD To Drop Off Top 10 List?

This little news item is sure to cause a bit of debate. Research firm iSuppli is predicting that Intel will remain at the top of the list of chipmakers while AMD will drop off the top ten list in 2008.

Intel will increase its market share by the end of 2007 to 12.5 percent, keeping its place as the world's top chipmaker, while rival AMD will drop out of the top 10, research firm iSuppli predicted. Samsung Electronics will remain the world's second-biggest chipmaker with 7.4 percent of the market while Toshiba will rise to third place, pushing Texas Instruments to number four, iSuppli said.

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