The battle between HD DVD and Blu-ray is in full swing: The first players are out, content follows. Now it's up to the marketing talent to get consumers excited. TG Daily spoke with Universal's Jerry Pierce about HD DVD's advantages and opportunities now and in the future, copy protection and the impact of IT in Hollywood. Read more
TG Daily Feature - A decade ago, Iridium promised a nearly perfect scenario of global wireless connectivity based on satellite telephony. Read more
AMD today confirmed that it will be developing a processor, code-named "Fusion," that will combine a traditional CPU with graphics capabilities under one roof. If the deal was really just about integrating graphics, ATI could turn out to be a tremendously expensive deal. But in the end, Fusion may not be about graphics at all - but about a technology that could revolutionize the CPU. Read more
In an interview with TG Daily, ATI's director of technical marketing, Alexis Mather, revealed that a previously innocuous feature of Windows Vista's upcoming "Game Explorer" will probably be elevated to a principal role in the marketing of PCs and the software that runs on them. Prepare to find out whether your computer is a "3" or a "5." Read more
Hard drive capacities have increased in large increments over the last few years, while trends indicate reduced spindle speeds of 5,400 RPM instead of 7,200. We looked at three generations of Samsung hard drives to analyze the performance ramifications. Read more
This month, ATI's new Radeon HD 4770 is missing in action, since online stores are not only unable to keep it in stock, but also de-listing it completely. With violent movements in pricing, though, it'd have been taken off the recommended list anyway. Read more
Nvidia's Ion for the do-it-yourselfer launched last month in the form of Zotac's mini-ITX motherboard. Though sexy in principle, the platform had some teething pains right out of the gate. Chris Angelini revisits those issues and uses Ion as a real HTPC. Read more
Do you want a quick Core i7 system, but don’t feel confident sticking to Intel's spec and using the DDR3-1066 memory supported by the processor? We benchmark the most relevant memory speed and timing combinations to check the benefit of going faster. Read more