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- VisionTek to sell Killer Xeno network cards
Bigfoot introduced its second-generation gaming network card, the Killer Xeno, almost exactly seven months ago. While Bigfoot scored distribution deals with vendors of pre-built gaming PC systems, it also planned to distribute retail cards through EVGA for $130 a pop. Today, the EVGA Killer Xeno Pro can be bought...
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Last by Sahrin at 8:05 AM on 10/25/09 - GlobalFoundries to make 40nm products for STMicro
Things are moving along for GlobalFoundries. Within days of breaking ground for its new fab in New York State, the foundry firm has announced its first customer other than AMD: STMicroelectronics. Headquartered in Switzerland, STMicro happens to be the world's fifth-largest semiconductor vendor in terms of revenue. GlobalFoundries...
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Last by Grigory at 3:02 PM on 07/31/09 - Pirate site preps cheap VPN service to cloak users
The battle between content publishers and online pirates will soon reach a new level in Sweden. The country, long known for harboring infamous BitTorrent site The Pirate Bay, should start implementing the European Union's IPRED directive on April 1. In a nutshell, IPRED will give courts the power to...
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Last by alex7xl at 2:04 PM on 04/26/09 - Killer Xeno has PCIe interface, starts at $130
When we interviewed Bigfoot Networks CEO Michael Howse in January, we learned that the company was readying a new version of its gaming network card for next quarter. Well, right on schedule, Bigfoot has now announced the Killer Xeno: a leaner, cheaper, and faster successor to the almost three-year-old...
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Last by stmok at 12:52 PM on 03/24/09 - What's next for Bigfoot? New CEO Michael Howse speaks out
We haven't heard much from Bigfoot Networks since we reviewed the firm's Killer NIC in the summer of 2007. Back then, our verdict was that this high-end gaming network card did indeed improve ping times as advertised. Yet...
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Last by indeego at 4:56 PM on 02/06/09 - Researcher cracks WPA Wi-Fi encryption in 15 minutes
Folks breaking into WEP-encrypted Wi-Fi networks has become a fact of life. That's why most knowledgeable users rely on WPA or WPA2 encryption systems instead. Bad news, though: PC World reports that a pair of security researchers have found a way to break into WPA networks in a frighteningly...
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Last by LoneWolf15 at 1:47 PM on 11/09/08 - GPGPU software lets hackers break into Wi-Fi networks
You've heard the pitch by now: general-purpose computing on GPUs is the future, and both AMD and Nvidia graphics processors can deliver massive performance increases in tasks like scientific computing and video encoding. Nvidia in particular prides itself in the number of developers that have adopted its CUDA GPGPU...
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Last by sigher at 11:01 AM on 10/15/08 - Xohm WiMax debuts in Baltimore
At last. Conforming to the schedule it announced in June, Sprint Nextel has kicked off trials for WiMax wireless technology in Baltimore, Maryland. According to the Associated Press, the company dubs its wireless service Xohm and offers...
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Last by AMDisDEC at 9:55 PM on 09/30/08 - Third-gen Intel vPro Technology debuts
During a "virtual event" on its website this afternoon, Intel unwrapped its third-generation vPro Technology. If you've been keeping track, you'll know Intel introduced the first vPro tech in early 2006 with the aim of simplifying enterprise PC management. Since its debut, vPro has allowed IT staff to...
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Last by MattMojo at 8:06 AM on 09/23/08 - Killer NICs find their way into Dell gaming PCs
Remember Bigfoot's Killer NIC? Bigfoot Networks introduced this network card last year, promising to dramatically shrink latencies in games. The card essentially works to speed up UDP traffic, and it includes a built-in Linux distribution that can run so-called FNapps like a firewall, BitTorrent software, or voice-over-IP software for...
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Last by willyolio at 12:44 PM on 09/21/08 - Analysts have low expectations for WiMAX
Sprint announced plans last week to begin consumer WiMAX wireless broadband trials in Baltimore, Chicago, and Washington, D.C. later this year. However, a Frost & Sullivan report quoted by EE Times says it may already be too late for WiMAX to make any significant headway in the market. The...
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Last by axeman at 12:41 PM on 06/24/08 - Sprint's WiMAX to debut this fall
After a few false starts, Sprint finally plans to begin consumer trials of its WiMAX networks this fall, according to a report by Telephony Online. The trials will kick off in September in Baltimore, Maryland, and they'll follow in Chicago and Washington, D.C. "before the end of the year." Telephony...
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Last by Usacomp2k3 at 4:37 PM on 06/19/08 - Where are we going from here?
How can we make voice communications available to rural communities in mountainous regions of the developing world? I have been searching out answers to this question for almost two years now. For the past several months I have been researching and blogging about some of the technological aspects, focusing...
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Last by sagisys at 12:39 PM on 05/16/08 - Clearwire, Sprint Nextel join forces on WiMAX
Where the likes of AT&T and Verizon have shunned WiMAX, Clearwire and Sprint Nextel are betting it all on the new mobile broadband technology. According to the Associated Press, the two companies plan to merge their wireless broadband units into a single company worth just under $15 billion. The...
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Last by Xenolith at 2:46 PM on 05/19/08 - Slow Vista SP1 file copies: no fix yet!
After my post about slow file copies with Windows Vista SP1, some of you offered potential fixes and asked for an update once the problem was resolved. I have been taking a crack at this problem every so often without going into all-out, throw-down problem-solving mode since the prospect...
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Last by odizzido at 7:52 AM on 05/18/08 - Japanese cell carrier preps 250Mbps service
If you've ever wanted to stream high-definition video to your cell phone, now you can—at least if you're part of trials being conducted by NTT DoCoMo. As PC World reports, the Japanese cell phone carrier has achieved a mind-blowing speed of 250Mbps (that's 31.25MB/s, if you're more comfortable measuring...
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Last by Saber Cherry at 4:47 PM on 03/28/08 - Bluetooth to join forces with Wi-Fi
The Bluetooth interface has many advantages, but speed really isn't one of them. The current Bluetooth 2.0 standard allows for a maximum speed of 3Mbps, or 375KB/s, which can make something as simple as transferring photos from a phone a dreary experience. In light of this limitation, Wired reports that Bluetooth...
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Last by BobbinThreadbare at 9:48 PM on 02/11/08 - Retest day
January 17, 2008 We were finally able to make it up to the mountains again to finish what we had started, and I'll go ahead and say that the testing was successful. In the photo above of node 14, one of those distant...
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Last by eitje at 10:53 PM on 02/19/08
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- Internet Explorer 9 to feature GPU acceleration[19]
- Deal of the week: A $550 ultraportable and a $225 home server[20]
- Name Your PC Day Shortbread[25]
- Chrome OS VMware image pops up on BitTorrent[19]
- Power Pack 3 for Windows Home Server arrives next week[14]
