Demonstrating strong consumer demand and excitement for its newest GPU, NVIDIA announced today that it has raised $8000 from the sale of its GeForce4™ Ti 4600 GPU in a fund auction held on eBay, to raise funds for the Children’s Health Council. The eBay auction winners are among the first consumers to own the powerful GeForce4 Ti GPU, announced by NVIDIA last month.
“We are extremely pleased to see our products being so well-received,” said Dan Vivoli, vice president of marketing at NVIDIA. “We watched this auction with excitement and are delighted be able to raise funds for such a good cause.”
Three limited-edition charity packs featuring the GeForce4 Ti 4600 were auctioned off, each raising winning bids of $2800, $2700 and $2500 – selling prices seven times higher than the average retail price. Each pack included a GeForce4 Ti 4600 add-in card, a carrying case autographed by NVIDIA CEO Jen Hsun-Huang, a demo CD and t-shirt.
News source: NVIDIA
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“We are extremely pleased to see our products being so well-received,” said Dan Vivoli, vice president of marketing at NVIDIA. “We watched this auction with excitement and are delighted be able to raise funds for such a good cause.”
Three limited-edition charity packs featuring the GeForce4 Ti 4600 were auctioned off, each raising winning bids of $2800, $2700 and $2500 – selling prices seven times higher than the average retail price. Each pack included a GeForce4 Ti 4600 add-in card, a carrying case autographed by NVIDIA CEO Jen Hsun-Huang, a demo CD and t-shirt.
News source: NVIDIA View: Press Release
Long Shot
The dissenting states "seek to establish themselves as national antitrust policymakers," Microsoft said in its brief. Their proposal "effectively would dictate how Microsoft conducts its business in all 50 states. This they cannot do."
If Microsoft's argument were upheld, it would reverse legal precedent that gives state attorneys general the authority to pursue antitrust cases apart from the federal government.
Legal analysts believe the Microsoft argument is a long shot, but one that could potentially hamper the states' future ability to pursue cases separately.
Microsoft reached a deal with the Justice Department in November to settle the long-running case by, among other things, agreeing to give computer makers more freedom to feature rivals' software on the machines they sell.
Nine of the 18 states in the lawsuit agreed to sign on to the deal, but nine others are pressing ahead and asking Kollar-Kotelly to impose stricter sanctions.
The dissenting states say their remedies would close a series of loopholes in the Justice Department settlement. It also would force Microsoft to sell a cheaper, stripped-down version of its monopoly Windows operating system and disclose the inner workings of Windows.
Microsoft has criticized the states' proposal as radical and harmful to consumers.
In a landmark ruling on the case in June, a federal appeals court dismissed parts of the government's case, but upheld a lower court's conclusion that Microsoft had used illegal tactics to maintain the Windows monopoly.
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