TechAmok - Independent Technology News en Copyright 2006, TechAmok info_at_techamok.com info_at_techamok.com http://www.techamok.com/ 2010-03-10T14:59:00-05:00http://www.techamok.com/?pid=7668Intel's monster 32nm CPU codenamed Gulftown and now dubbed the Core i7 980X has been listed in €uroland. Geizhals, the German-language price engine, has begun listing the extremely expensive Core i7 980X at an Austrian e-tailer for just €999. A small price to pay for the greatness of the new hexa-core monster. The Core i7 980X...TechAmok 2010-03-10T13:26:00-05:00http://www.techamok.com/?pid=7667Set in the future, the story revolves around a man (Jude Law) who struggles to make the payments on a heart he purchased. He must go on the run before said ticker is repossessed by the company that owns it.Universal is bringing Repo Men to theaters everywhere starting on March 19th. Planning on seeing this? ...TechAmok 2010-03-10T13:21:00-05:00http://www.techamok.com/?pid=7666As this article from the BBC points out, upcoming hard drives shipping early next year will utilize 4KB (versus 512-byte) sectors. The move will mean less wasted space, particularly on today's large capacity terabyte drives, allowing drives to get larger while consuming the same amount of power. The downside though is that older...TechAmok 2010-03-09T11:41:00-05:00http://www.techamok.com/?pid=7665Disney released a new trailer for Tron: Legacy and despite my pessimism, this movie looks like it'll be freakin' sweet. Disney is bringing Tron Legacy to theaters in 3D starting on December 17th, 2010. ...TechAmok 2010-03-08T19:31:00-05:00http://www.techamok.com/?pid=7664Legit Reviews takes a look at the Kingston 30GB SSDNow V Series Boot Drive. Here's an excerpt: The idea of an SSD boot drive like the Kingston 30GB V Series drive works well of a lot of users who just can't dump a load of money into a drive but would really like to get rid of the HDD bottleneck in their system. You can see th...TechAmok 2010-03-08T19:28:00-05:00http://www.techamok.com/?pid=7663Seriously, awesome CGI job! ...TechAmok 2010-03-08T19:18:00-05:00http://www.techamok.com/?pid=7662ing! :-) ...TechAmok 2010-03-08T19:02:00-05:00http://www.techamok.com/?pid=7661Tom Petersen Director of Technical Mkt at NVIDIA describes how the performance of GeForce GTX 480 compares to existing solution. Tom also offers a quick peak at how 3DVision Surround is pushing PC gaming forward: ...TechAmok 2010-03-08T16:51:00-05:00http://www.techamok.com/?pid=7660 Not only has the Energizer Duo USB charger been less than a monumental success for the battery giant, it turns out that the monitoring software distributed with the portable charger is infected with a Windows trojan. According to Computerworld, the monitoring software contains 'grogue code' that 'glistens for commands on T...TechAmok 2010-03-08T16:47:00-05:00http://www.techamok.com/?pid=7659As I reported last week, Newegg shipped out counterfeit Intel i7 processors to customers, where customers received a clay mold of a heatsink, and even a piece of scrap metal as the processor. Intel will investigate why there was counterfeit processors shipped out to customers and exactly how many were shipped: The fake proces...TechAmok 2010-03-08T16:46:00-05:00http://www.techamok.com/?pid=7658 of the first movie. Mickey Rourke stars as a powerful new Russian villain named Whiplash. Paramount will be bringing Iron Man 2 to theaters everywhere starting on May 7th, 2010 this summer. ...TechAmok 2010-03-08T16:44:00-05:00http://www.techamok.com/?pid=7657Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has been accused of hacking into the email accounts of rivals and journalists. The CEO of the world's most successful social networking website was accused of at least two breaches of privacy in a series of articles run by BusinessInsider.com. In the first instance, it said that, when Zuckerb...TechAmok 2010-03-06T11:29:00-05:00http://www.techamok.com/?pid=7656Here's a trailer you'll definitely want to see. Harry Brown is the new British film that's sort of like Taken but with Michael Caine (Alfred!) instead of Liam Neeson. The Samuel Goldwyn Company is bringing Harry Brown to limited US theaters starting on April 30th this spring. Looks pretty good, right? ...TechAmok 2010-03-06T11:00:00-05:00http://www.techamok.com/?pid=7655Just how is BMW planning to remove said tablecloth? Using a new S 1000 RR superbike, that's how! ...TechAmok 2010-03-06T10:45:00-05:00http://www.techamok.com/?pid=7654 Irina Sheik is just some hot ass chick that looks stunning in a bikini!...TechAmok