[H]ardNews 9th Edition - Blair's Tech Edition II

SATAII & iSCSI:

The new storage components from Intel include a Serial ATA controller, an iSCSI storage adapter and an ultra-low voltage Celeron processor.

OMG Them Again?

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Rambus Inc. will show off the third generation of its Raser serializer/deserializer hard macro, designed for 10-Gbit/second networks, at this week's Chip2Chip conference here. Rambus touts the Raser X as a way for companies with existing, lower-speed backbones to move to 2.5- to 12.5-Gbit/s interconnects without replacing system backplanes.

Psst, Got Any Triangles On Ya?

In a techno-economy in which the next "killer app" may be a sophisticated game called Doom 3, makers of graphics chips and video cards must stay several steps ahead of mouse-wielding, saber-bearing gamers bent on nothing less than total domination of perfectly rendered virtual worlds. In this special report, NewsFactor takes a look at the mind-bending technology of triangle rendering, vertex manipulation and pixel shading that turns PCs into dream machines. Intrigued?

Pirates Pay Up:

The Federal Court in Sydney has ordered the ringleader of a major piracy operation to pay over $220,000 in damages for his part in the sale of counterfeit PlayStation CD-ROMs.