Nvidia says large GPGPU speed up claims were due to bad original code
Nvidia has said that most of the outlandish performance increase figures touted by GPGPU vendors was down to poor original code rather than sheer brute force computing power provided by GPUs. Both AMD and Nvidia have been using real-world code …
Windows 8 sells only 4Mil, 'well below' Microsoft projection
Microsoft’s latest operating system sales has fallen ‘well bellow’ the companies expectations, selling only 4 million copies. Considering the vast majority of the world uses Microsoft Windows operating system, its latest sales have left many scratching their heads at the …
Microsoft says Directx 11.1 is exclusive to Windows 8
Microsoft has admitted that the latest version of its multimedia API Directx 11.1 is exclusive “for all practical purposes” to Windows 8 systems, leaving behind Windows 7 users. On the firm’s developer network blog, Microsoft developer Daniel Moth said, “Directx …
Dear Apple, our chips will cost you more. Love Samsung.
In what appears to be no surprise, Samsung has raised its chip prices on its chips used by Apple, but only Apple. Think of it as Samsung’s innuendo towards Apple’s after its latest court battle over copyright infringement. Apple first …
Microsoft demonstrates live speech translation
We’ve seen it in the movies, instant speech translation, and we’ve more or less thought it might not be possible in our life time. Well that time might be over, soon. researchers at Microsoft Research and the University of Toronto …
Goodbye Windows Live -- hello Skype?
According to sources at The Verge, Microsoft is planning on replacing Windows Live messenger with Skype. Skype, a voice over IP (VoIP) application acquired by Microsoft in 2011, will integrate Windows Live into its software — and possibly make its …
Battlefield 1942 for PC free
It’s been quite a few years since I have played Battlefield 1942, and this gets me fired up to go play it again. EA games is celebrating its 10th year anniversary and to kick it off the company is offering …
AMD Opteron 6300 Series Processors Delivering winning solutions
AMD today unveiled its new AMD Opteron™ 6300 Series server processors based on its next-generation “Piledriver” core architecture. The new AMD Opteron processors deliver superior performance and scalability for virtualized server platforms that are central to private and public cloud …
Guild Wars 2 - WvW Orbs to be removed
ArenaNet finally makes the decision to remove the games World vs World Orb buff from its game in an upcoming patch. Players have continued to fuel up in the GW2 forums after many complaints of players doing everything possible to …
