Advanced Micro Devices’ upcoming six-core Phenom II X6 processors for desktops are already showing up in online retail stores prior to the chips’ official launch later this month. Online retailer Provantage is taking orders for AMD’s six-core Phenom II X6 1090T processor, which runs at...

The Android-powered Dell Streak (previously called the Mini 5) is bound to hit AT&T (NYSE: T) soon but Dell apparently is prepping bigger versions to battle the iPad. According to photos leaked to Engadget, there will be a Streak with a 7-inch screen and one with a 10-inch screen. The good folks over...

With dozens of Windows PCs available at retail, each preloaded with one of several versions of Microsoft’s Windows 7 operating system, it’s far too easy to buy a version of the OS that doesn’t meet your needs. Maybe that bargain Acer Aspire One netbook you’re eying runs Windows 7...

Nvidia on Friday introduced its fastest graphics cards to date, which will be able to play back 3D movies on PCs and bring more realistic images to games. The new graphics cards, the GeForce GTX 480 and GTX 470, are based on Nvidia’s new graphics-processing-unit architecture called Fermi, which was...

IRAQI insurgents have used cheap off-the-shelf software to hack into video feeds from US predator drones. The Wall Street Journal reports that Iranian-backed Shiite insurgents used software programs such as SkyGrabber – available online for $US25.95 ($29.30) – to capture live video footage from...