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Microsoft Sidewinder X8
Microsoft’s latest Sidewinder mouse, the X8, combines a wireless design with the latest in optical sensor technology. Sporting a proprietary BlueTrack sensor, the X8 will work on most any surface, including granite and marble, which are problems for mice with more traditional optical and laser sensors. This is also Microsoft’s first wireless Sidewinder mouse—it utilizes the traditional 2.4GHz band, but updates more times per second than most wireless Microsoft mice.
EVGA Launches 4-Way SLI Motherboard
Running a pair of dual-GPU GTX 295 videocards gives gamers quad-SLI bragging rights, but if you’re really serious about driving Crysis cranked up on your swank 30-inch display, EVGA’s new 4-way motherboard might be just what you’re looking for.
Intel’s New CPUs, Chipset to be Announced September 8
Citing un-named sources in the motherboard industry, news and rumor site DigiTimes says Intel will officially announce its new socket 1156-based desktop platform on September 8, 2009. This includes the Core i5 750, Core i7 860, and Core i7 870 processors, as well as the P55 motherboard chipset.
AMD Slowly Gains Share in GPU Market at Nvidia’s Expense
According to Jon Peddi research, growth in shipments of discrete videocards might mean the recession is winding down. It’s also good news for AMD, whose graphics market share has been on the rise thanks to a combination of stabilizing pricing and a hot-selling Radeon product line.
USB 3.0 makes USB RAID Possible, Tempting
According to some recent news, one of the first companies creating silicon for USB 3.0 is claiming that one of their USB 3.0 systems on a chip can be used in concert with external storage devices to provide transfer rates of up to 500Mbit/second.
Asus to Enter E-Book Market, MSI Considers the Same
Rather than let Amazon, Sony, and a handful of others have all the fun, Asus plans to dive into the e-book market with an e-book reader of its own. According to company president Jerry Shen, Asus will market the device under its Eee brand
Nvidia CEO Claims GPU Performance to Grow by 570x in Next Six Years
Technology moves forward at a rapid pace and any parts you buy today could very well turn obsolete in six months, let alone six years. But if Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang’s predictions turn true, the order of magnitude in which graphics technology is set to explode is like nothing we’ve seen in recent history.
