BIOS News: The Essential IT GuideYour source for IT news, reviews, opinions and more!Diablo III Officially Announced- (Found July 8, 2008 ) Twenty years have passed since the cataclysmic events of Diablo II. Mephisto, Diablo, and Baal have been defeated, but the Worldstone, which once shielded the world of Sanctuary from the forces of both the High Heavens and the Burning Hells, has been destroyed, ...http://www.biosmagazine.co.uk/article.php?id=6030 Bill Gates Kisses Microsoft Goodbye- (Found July 8, 2008 ) Today, Bill Gates transitions from his day-to-day role at Microsoft to focus more time on his work with the world's largest charity, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Gates will remain Microsoft's chairman and will be involved in select projects based on dire...http://www.biosmagazine.co.uk/article.php?id=6022 Dell's Ships Colourful 'Studio' Laptops- (Found July 8, 2008 ) Dell today introduced Studio,' a new consumer product line. Studio products are highly expressive and personalised - inside and out - combining aesthetics and technology into a fresh approach to hi-def mobile lifestyles. The first Studio products are two distin...http://www.biosmagazine.co.uk/article.php?id=6024 ASUS Launches Matrix Series Graphics Cards- (Found July 8, 2008 ) ASUS is claiming its new range of graphics cards is the world's most intelligent and will fulfil all gamers' needs. What a tease... Unfortunately, price or retail availability date are unclear. The ROG (Republic of Gamers) EN9600GT MATRIXHTDI512M is equipped w...http://www.biosmagazine.co.uk/article.php?id=6023 Sony Vegas Movie Studio 9 Burns Blu-Ray Discs- (Found July 8, 2008 ) Sony Creative Software today announced new versions of its excellent Vegas Movie Studio video production software. Aimed at consumers, Vegas Movie Studio 9, Vegas Movie Studio 9 Platinum Edition and Vegas Movie Studio 9 Platinum Pro Pack for the PC will be avail...http://www.biosmagazine.co.uk/article.php?id=6026 Matrox Announces Multi-Monitor M-Series- (Found July 8, 2008 ) Matrox's new M-Series graphics cards have more memory and cross-platform flexibility to drive multiple-monitor business applications with exceptional performance. These quad-capable display cards offer 512MB of memory, native PCIe x16 performance, and support fo...http://www.biosmagazine.co.uk/article.php?id=6025 Laptops Are Bad For Business- (Found July 8, 2008 ) The national assembly in newly democratic Bhutan has stopped lawmakers from bringing laptop computers into work the house for fear they might spend their time playing computer games. Apparently, the members can be distracted playing WoW and viewing prO...http://www.biosmagazine.co.uk/article.php?id=6028 Messenger For Mac 7.0.1 Ships- (Found July 8, 2008 ) Microsoft has let loose an updated version of its instant messaging application for PowerPC and Intel Macs, named simply Messenger for Mac. Messenger for Mac 7.0.1 improves support for users of the VoiceOver feature in Mac OS X, and it fixes user interface issue...http://www.biosmagazine.co.uk/article.php?id=6027 OCZ Introduces 3GB DDR2 Kits- (Found July 8, 2008 ) Sunny Sunnyvale-based OCZ has unveiled its PC2-5400 SODIMM series in new 3GB optimised kits, allowing you to save a few pennies by not having to splash out on a 4GB kit. This addition to the DDR2 memory line offers another option to incorporate high-quality hard...http://www.biosmagazine.co.uk/article.php?id=6029 ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series Launched- (Found July 8, 2008 ) AMD said it has achieved two world firsts in visual computing: the launch of the first teraFLOPS graphics card, the ATI Radeon HD 4850, and the launch of the first graphics card featuring ultra high bandwidth GDDR-5 memory, the ATI Radeon HD 4870. These two inno...http://www.biosmagazine.co.uk/article.php?id=6018 |