JUNE:

Today the NDA on Intel's Pentium 4 3.2GHz processor has been lifted, and there are already a slew of reviews online, with many more inevitably to follow. While it doesn't introduce many new features aside from a clock speed increment, what it does do is re-affirm Intel's position as the leader of the high-end desktop processor market. Here's a list of known reviews so far:

TomsHardware
TweakTown
Tech-Report
Sudhian
HotHardware
MBReview
Gamers Depot
Hexus
Hard Avenue
HardCoreWare

Enjoy!

Hewlett-Packard Co. has narrowly maintained its position as the top supplier of systems on a list of the world's 500 most powerful computers, scheduled to be released on Monday. "As the maker of 159 of the 500 computer systems on Monday's Top500 list, HP has just one more listing than its closest competitor, IBM Corp., according to a copy of the list obtained by IDG News Service. IBM does dominate the top part of the list, however, accounting for almost half of the computers in the top 100".

Read the entire story here.

As CeBIT America winds down on the final day of its debut outing, exhibitors on the floor say the show has gone smoothly but been more sparsely attended than they'd hoped. "Organizers had already ratcheted back their attendance expectations, citing the sagging economy. Soon after announcing the show last year, they projected the first CeBIT America would draw 40,000; several weeks before the show, that estimate was down to 20,000. While no official figures are yet available on the show's attendance tally, the final number is likely to be around 15,000, according to CeBIT America managing director Mark Dineen."

Read the entire story here.

Gigabyte has just announced its latest motherboard, the GA-7NNXP, based around the nForce 2 chipset and supporting AMD's 400MHz AthlonXP processor range. "The GA-7NNXP consists of the new generation NVIDIA nForce2 Ultra 400 System Platform Processor (SPP) and Media and Communications Processors-Turbo (MCP-T). The SPP carries the next generation architecture consisting of 400MHz system bus, dual channel DDR400 controller and AGP8X graphics interface to provide a framework for excellent performance. The unique Dynamic Adaptive Speculative Pre-processor (DASP) and Hyper-Transport is integrated to boost the overall system performance."

Read the entire press release here.

Popular online retailer, Best Buy, has just setup a popup window on its homepage, letting customers know that fraudulant emails have circulated around the web requesting personal information such as credit card numbers, claiming to be from Best Buy's fraud department. "Best Buy is working with appropriate authorities to quickly resolve the situation. If you think you have replied to the fraudulent e-mail in any way, contact your bank and/or credit card companies immediately."

The entire statement is available here.