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Mozilla announced a major update to its popular Firefox browser. Firefox 3.5 features performance improvements, privacy enhancements, support for new Web standards, and greater customization options. According to Mozilla, Firefox 3.5 is the best performing browser it has ever released. This latest version is more than two times faster than Firefox 3 and ten times faster than Firefox 2 on complex websites. Some of this performance increase comes as a result of the powerful new TraceMonkey JavaScript engine, which

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A new survey by Best Buy Mobile reveals some interesting ways in which users interact with and value their mobile phones. For example, according to the survey, one in three Americans would give up television in order to keep their mobile phones and 60% of those surveyed would be willing to abstain from alcohol for a week rather than give up their mobile phone. The poll of 1,000 Americans, half men and half women over the age of 18, also revealed some barriers to smartphone ownership, including confusion about

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iBuyPower has a thing for pushing out high-end gaming rigs, and its newest desktop is “extreme” exemplified. The Paladin XLC, which stands for Extreme Liquid Cooling,” features a Coolermaster HAF 932 tower (which is truly monstrous), Intel’s Core i7-975 processor and three NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285 GPUs in a triple-SLI configuration.The super-cooled machine is equipped with Asetek’s 240mm radiator liquid cooling solution, which is paired with a pair of 230mm fans. In other words, you’ve got ample cooling in this

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Dell’s Vostro lineup never has been flashy. Instead, it has relied on an all-business approach that keeps costs down, style at a minimum and specs decent. The latest in the family, the Vostro 1220, follows right in line by offering a decent array of specifications at a price that’s certainly respectable.The 12.1″ ultraportable is tailor made for those who can’t quite see themselves using a minuscule netbook. According to Dell, the laptop was designed exclusively for business travelers who are unwilling to compromise

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Under pressure from the U.S. government, the global tech industry and its own citizens, the Chinese government has delayed a controversial mandate set to kick in today that would require all new personal computers to be loaded with Web-filtering software capable of blocking pornography and objectionable political sites.

The Chinese government has long campaigned against Internet content it considers detrimental to society. Last week, some of Google's services in China were temporarily shut down, apparently by the government, although it never acknowledges when it blocks Web sites or services. Chinese officials have accused the search engine of contaminating the country with pornography. The Green Dam announcement triggered relief among tech executives, though most remained mum, apparently out of fear of antagonizing China while the issue remains unresolved. Representatives of Hewlett-Packard and Dell would not directly comment on the Chinese government's decision.

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VIA Technologies hopes to raise NT$3.57 billion (US$108.84 million) through issuing 170 million stocks with each valued at NT$21, according to a company filing with the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE).

The company will keep 17 million stocks for subscription by employees and another 17 million for public subscription. The remaining 136 million stocks will be offered to current shareholders based on their current stake. Unclaimed stocks designated for employees and existing shareholders may be reassigned at the discretion of the company chairman.

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EVGA commonly produces their mainstream motherboard products first, while in tandem, begins work on their high-end enthusiast product. It’s taken roughly four months since the time EVGA launched their first Intel X58 motherboard (the more than worthy X58 3X SLI) to follow it up with their enthusiast-class product, which we’ll be looking at today. That board is EVGA’s new X58 Classified motherboard. With a whopping $425 price-tag, $125 higher than their baseline X58 motherboard, EVGA is confident that they have

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The day many gamers have been waiting for has arrived: Classic first-person shooters have come to the iPhone.Sure, a jailbroken version of Quake came to the iPhone and iPod Touch last summer and there had been rumors of Doom making its way to the smartphone market for a while, but now it’s official.Doom Resurrection became available for download in the App Store this week for $10. The art and story is from Doom 3, which was originally released in 2004.The game reset the Doom series and was set on Mars in 2145,