ipKonfig.com Scott Mikules Apple granted soft keyboard patent in US

Apple has been granted a patent for its multi-tiered IOS virtual keyboard on Iphone and Ipad devices. The patent entitled “Method, system, and graphical user interface for selecting a soft keyboard”, which is an extension of a similar soft keyboard …

Apple granted soft keyboard patent in US

ipKonfig.com Scott Mikules Researchers hit 3Gbit/s in the Terahertz band

Japanese Boffins have demonstrated 3Gbit/s WiFi data transmission at 542GHz, part of what is called the Terahertz band. Researchers have said the so-called Terahertz band, which ranges from 300GHz to just under 3THz, will eventually allow for transfers up to …

Researchers hit 3Gbit/s in the Terahertz band

ipKonfig.com Scott Mikules ROCCAT releases Savu – the mid-size hybrid gaming mouse

ROCCAT Studios today announced the release of the Savu – Mid-Size Hybrid Gaming Mouse – a competition device that “fusion welds” an ideal blend of performance and customizable features into a robust, perfectly-balanced, medium-size design. The Savu offers a combination …

ROCCAT releases Savu – the mid-size hybrid gaming mouse

ipKonfig.com Scott Mikules Android devices are a ‘lucrative target’ as mobile malware threat quadruples

Google’s mobile operating system Android has become a “lucrative target” for cyber attackers, security firm F-Secure has warned. In its latest Mobile Threat Report released today, the Finnish security firm reported that the number of malware families targeting Android users has nearly …

Android devices are a ‘lucrative target’ as mobile malware threat quadruples

ipKonfig.com Scott Mikules Nvidia announces Kepler-based Tesla M10 GPGPU board

Nvidia has released the Kepler-based Tesla K10 GPGPU accelerator board. Nvidia’s Kepler architecture has found its way into three consumer products, however the firm has finally slipped it into a Tesla GPGPU accelerator board. The firm’s Tesla K10 accelerator board …

Nvidia announces Kepler-based Tesla M10 GPGPU board

ipKonfig.com Scott Mikules AMD unveils Trinity chipsets to challenge Ivy Bridge

AMD has launched its second generation accelerated processor unit (APU) range of chips codenamed Trinity, based on its Piledriver processor architecture. AMD’s Llano APU design has been a hit for the firm and while its CPU compute performance was disappointing, …

AMD unveils Trinity chipsets to challenge Ivy Bridge

ipKonfig.com Scott Mikules Intel launches quad-core Xeon E5-4600 chips

Intel has introduced quad-socket Xeon E5 processors and announced the availability of 11 single-core Xeon E3 chips. Intel’s Xeon line got a major revamp in March with the launch of the Sandy Bridge E-based Xeon E5-2600 series of processors, however …

Intel launches quad-core Xeon E5-4600 chips

ipKonfig.com Scott Mikules Guild Wars 2 release date leaked from GameStop?

Is it possible that ArenaNet will release the game on June 26, 2012? According to GameStop’s website, the game will hit shelves on that date. No confirmation from ArenaNet — we’ll just have to wait!

Guild Wars 2 release date leaked from GameStop?

ipKonfig.com Scott Mikules Apple ‘sort of’ drops 4G claim from iPad description

Apple has made a swift and quiet change to way it describes its Ipad tablet. The firm has dropped the term “4G” from its descriptions of the Ipad following criticisms in countries where that claim was found to be misleading …

Apple ‘sort of’ drops 4G claim from iPad description

ipKonfig.com Scott Mikules Nvidia sees profits tumble — despite its Kepler success

Nvidia has posted a third successive year of falling first quarter revenue with a decline in profits of 55 per cent from the same quarter last year. Nvidia is on a high after a successful Kepler GPU launch but its …

Nvidia sees profits tumble — despite its Kepler success