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In a press release in January 2010, Matrox announced the upgrade of its Multiple Graphics eXpansion Module Support.

Matrox Graphics Inc., a major manufacturer of specialized graphics solutions headquartered in Montreal, Canada, announced its release of multiple DualHead2Go and TripleHead2Go Graphics eXpansion Module (GXM) which are designed to drive up to four or six monitors, respectively, from a single system.

Users of the Apple iPhone or iPod touch will be pleased to hear about the release of the free Fly Away Simulation iPhone/iPod touch App which is now available to download from iTunes or the App Store on your device.  The App brings the latest flight simulation headlines and hottest payware product releases to your mobile device in real-time.  Keep up to date with the hottest flight simulator topics while on the move.

Jetline Systems has launched it's latest line of high performance flight simulation gaming computers. The companies newest offering is the Intel Core i7 powered Xjett 795. The Xjett gaming series is focused on providing flight sim enthusiasts the necessary performance to run their favorite gaming software at the most optimum level possible.

With many of the latest big budget cinema releases being available in 3D, and everyone talking about the 3D future of television, many eyes are starting to focus on 3D hologram projections...without the glasses!

Internet Explorer 7 (IE7) is light years ahead of its predecessors, but by no means does that proclamation mean that the browser is perfect. You are still going to encounter issues with IE from time to time.

Recently I had a program cause a problem with; well I’m not sure exactly what. But it created a file folder that absolutely could not be deleted no matter what I tried. I tried to rename it, to move it, to delete it, from safe mode, from administrator safe mode, nothing worked.

Panasonic showcased their 150 inch plasma at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show, trumping their puny 103 inch model from last year. Currently they use this sucker for stadiums as a jumbo tron, but pretty soon you can buy one for your living room.

It's a threat Microsoft can't let stand: the entire third world learning Linux as children, and growing up to use it. And Microsoft is going to get its way.

Microsoft said Tuesday that it will offer $1.2 billion in cash for Fast Search and Transfer (FAST), a big player in the enterprise search market.

Today, Mitchell Baker announced plans to step down as Mozilla Corporation (MoCo) CEO, a role that will be turned over to John Lilly, who has previously served as Mozilla COO. Baker and Lilly have been deftly tag-teaming Mozilla operational responsibilities for many months and will still work closely together going forward. Baker, who will continue to serve as Mozilla chairwoman and plans to focus on new initiatives that will serve Mozilla's long-term interests, believes that Lilly is presently best suited for the CEO position.

The backers of the Blu-ray high definition DVD system are predicting victory in the format wars with HD DVD.  The two rival camps have divided consumers since the two incompatible systems were launched.

Remember October's news of Comcast throttling Bit Torrent traffic? The debacle not only created a firestorm of bad press for the nation's largest cable provider but also re-ignited the nationwide debate about Net Neutrality. We had numerous signs that Comcast was inhibiting our use of this legal and legitimate file transfer protocol, but to have the AP catch them red handed was icing on the cake.

Bill Gates has heralded the arrival of the world's “second digital decade”, predicting that within a few years technology will be in every room in the home, from screens to wall projections and even built into desks or tables.

The same way light confuses scientists by existing as particles and waves at the same time, information increasingly seems to confuse us. Information is getting cheaper and more expensive at the same time, and it appears that many of us, especially those of us who own or control a great deal of it, no longer understand how to observe or use it.

The initials F-C-C don't usually engender excitement, but at least according to FCC Chairman Kevin Martin, it's ground zero for most of the broadcasting, wireless and high-bandwidth landline innovations we'll see in the next couple years. Martin spilled on everything from the 700MHz auction to a rumored DirecTV/Dish network merger. (Seriously.) They covered a lot of stuff, here's the Cliff's Notes

Rumors just won't stop about the future of HD DVD, and while we try not to post all of them, some seem too believable to pass up. Our friend Bill Hunt, at the Digital Bits, -- still waiting on those permalinks, Bill -- is reporting that his "second to none" sources informed him that both Universal and Paramount are in the process of going blu.

For the last 15 years, Internet service providers have acted - to use an old cliche - as wide-open information super-highways, letting data flow uninterrupted and unimpeded between users and the Internet.

Today, we get a new blogging platform from Russian/San Francisco startup Profy. Does the world need another blogging platform? Maybe not. But, hey, give the Russians a chance.

AT&T executive James Cicconi, senior vice president of external & legal affairs must not read the news before opening their mouths. The New York Times Bits Blog is reporting this morning that representatives at CES have openly stated today “that they may start filtering Internet content.”

Get ready, speed freaks. USB 3.0, the oft-rumored, much-discussed, rarely seen new standard heading our way has been spotted, sliced, chopped, and diced at CES 2008. Actually, we just got a chance to check the connectors and compare with the old 2.0 standard (which the reps tell us is backward compatible, of course).

The long awaited xJETT series is a microATX system that has been specifically designed for flight simulation games. The xJETT focuses on processor power (the most important performance factor in flight sim). The xJETT features high end dual core processors from AMD and Intel. There is an available CPU overclocking option on the xJETT 700.

Samsung Semiconductor executives said Monday that the concept of a hard drive incorporating flash memory will be a reality, and come to market in mid-2006. The drive, first talked about at last year's Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC) in Seattle, will be manufactured by Samsung's hard disk drive division, according to the company. The drive will be initially targeted at notebooks, where the drive's low power consumption will yield the most benefit.

The SlickSteel stainless steel mousepads have now been reduced to only $26.50.  You can pre-order your mouse pad here.  These Mouse Mats are made with both the professional computer user and hardcore PC Gamer in mind!  This is the new whole stainless steel mouse pad from SlickSteel.  For more information, click on Read More.

Cisco Systems, the world's biggest maker of internet equipment, plans to inject $1.1bn (£626m) of investment into India over the next three years.  Click on Read More for the full story.

Samsung claims that it has developed the industry's fastest memory for graphic chips with a bandwidth of up to 2 Gbit per second. A slightly slower memory generation has entered mass production and will enable the production of 1 GByte graphic cards.  Click on Read More for full story.

Nvidia today launched its next-generation graphics chip for gamers: The GeForce 7800 GTX, formerly code-named G70, offers more horsepower, more speed and at least temporarily takes the lead in the benchmark race. The best news probably is that 7800 cards in fact are available, according to Nvidia.  Click on Read More for the full story.

AMD expands its mobile processor product line with a new flagship model. The ML-40 is clocked at 2.2 GHz and targets thin and light notebooks.  Click on Read More for the full story.

Virtual Reality is one of those promising technologies that keeps running out of steam just when they could get interesting for the mass market. Here's a new try: 3001 AD believes 2005 is the year for mainstream VR and preps a $500 high-tech headset for game consoles.  Click on Read More for the full story.

Nvidia is expected to demonstrate its first chipsets for Intel-based computers on Tuesday, although the products are not likely to come out for a few more weeks.  Click on Read More for the full story.

The TrackIR head tracking product has been around for a few years now, and its name is becoming recognized within the world of Flight Sim. With technological advances with every release, the realism offered in the current release is superb. The guys at NaturalPoint have sent us one of the latest products, the TrackIR3 Pro for review, but not only that - we have the vector expansion pack included to review, giving you "Six Degrees of freedom (6DOF)" as stated by the manufacturer, for most realistic head tracking that's fully supported in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004. Click here to read the full TrackIR 3 Pro review.

NVIDIA IS STILL making most of its margins and profits on previous generations of its cards. Believe it or not, the Nvidia top selling card in UK for Yule was the Geforce 5700 128 MB card from PNY.The Nvidia number two in the raw is PNY FX5200 PCI card, while the third one is BGP FX5200 256 MB card.  To read the whole story, click on Read More.

If you are one of the many people who has wanted to buy the new ATI Radeon X800 XT or NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra over the last few months, you know what it means to have a great deal of patience - and a bundle of cash. The new cards hit the stores in very small numbers and, even when available, were overpriced.  The smaller X800 Pro and 6800 GT models were slightly better positioned in the market.  To read the whole story, click on Read More.

Elite Simulation Solutions, makers of IFR training simulation software, now offer a set of high quality rudder pedals. The pedals works with ELITE's own sim software as well as with Microsoft Flight Simulator. For full details, click on Read More.

Recently, Hitachi announced the latest in their Deskstar line of hard drives, the 7K400 - a 400GB desktop hard drive that was designed to offer high capacity as well as the highest performance levels of any desktop Hitachi drive.  Click here to read the full review of the Hitachi Deskstar 7K400 400GB Drive.

The 6600 series of GPUs (NV43) are based on the NV40 core architecture. The entire feature set from the 6800 line is carried over with only a few exceptions. First, the memory bandwidth of the card is cut from 256 down to 128. This should have a fairly large impact on AA/AF performance and other very graphics memory intensive operations. The second adjustment NVIDIA includes in NV43 is a reduction in the maximum number of supported pixel pipelines. 6600 series cards have 8 pixel pipelines.  Click here to read a review of the NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT.