May 2010

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Gigabyte just anounce that enter mini ITX platform with it first mainboard H55N-USB3, included USB3, support for Intel processor Core i3, Core i5 & Core i7 LGA 1156 socket. Built in Graphics with dependency of processor that place into the socket. Also supported is GIGABYTE's latest On/Off Charge technology, allowing users to fast charge their Apple devices including iPads, iPhones and iPod Touch devices even when the PS is powered off.

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Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands is the latest part of the PoP series. The game is currently developed by Ubisoft and will be released for PS3, Xbox 360 and other consoles on May 18, 2010 (North America) respectively May 20, 2010 (Europe). The PC version is scheduled for release on June 8 (NA) respectively June 10 (EU). PC Games Hardware interviewed Alain Dessureaux via mail in order to get information about the technology The Forgotten Sands is based on. According to the Lead Programmer the game will utilize up to six CPU cores and offer nice Screen Space Ambient Occlusion although the Scimitar engine is still a DirectX 9 renderer.

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Not that it should come as a huge surprise that a major hard drive manufacturer is working on ever-larger storage capacities, but a Seagate senior product manager has confirmed to Thinq that the company is planning to unveil a 3TB hard disk later this year.

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Scammers are infecting computers with a Trojan horse program disguised as software that determines whether PCs are compatible with Windows 7. The attack was first spotted by BitDefender on Sunday and is not yet widespread; the antivirus vendor is receiving reports of about three installs per hour from its users in the U.S. But because the scam is novel, it could end up infecting a lot of people, according to Catalin Cosoi, the head of BitDefender's Online Threats Lab. "This actually works because of the interest in Windows 7," he said.