Microsoft Offers Free Xbox 360 To Students Who Buy Windows 7-based PCs

Starting May 20th in the U.S., students who buy a qualifying Windows PC worth $699 or more at participating retailers can get a 4GB Xbox 360 console for free.

OCZ Releases Vertex 3 LP SSD

OCZ has added a low profile version of the Vertex 3 to their SSD portfolio.

Firefox 13 To Have A 'Reset' Button

Mozilla has introduced a new feature into the Firefox 13 betas called Reset Firefox which allows users to reset browser settings while retaining personal data.

Dolby Claims TrueHD Upsampling Elevates the Quality of Lossless Audio on Blu-ray

Dolby Laboratories is encouraging studios, authoring houses, and mastering facilities to use its Dolby Media Producer software and take advantage of the Dolby TrueHD with 96k upsampling prior to mastering of Blu-ray discs.

Samsung Presents a New Graphene Device Structure

Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology has developed a new transistor structure utilizing graphene, touted as the "miracle material."

ASUS P8C WS Motherboard Comes With Intel C216 Chipset

While mainly a workstation board, the new ASUS P8C WS motherboard also incorporates server readiness, and can be used in high end standard desktop builds.

Acer Announces TravelMate P243 Series Notebooks

Acer has released its TravelMate P243 series of notebooks designed for SMB and SOHO.