Friday, January 16, 2009

IT News HeadLines (HARDSPELL) 16/01/2009

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Core 2 Quad price cuts coming next Monday?
Yesterday, we heard that Intel could cut prices shortly after announcing its latest financial results this week. Well, according to an anonymous tipster whos been right on at least one occasion, price
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Sapphire churns out GDDR4 flavored HD4670
Sapphire has launched a GDDR4 equipped version of ATIs HD4670, and it also has a quiet non-reference cooler.The reference HD4670 ships with GDDR3 memory clocked at 1000MHz on a 128-bit bus, but Sapphi
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Not all Intel X58 motherboards support SLI
Back in late August, Nvidia decided to give Intel and its partners a chance to implement SLI on X58 boards. Nvidia offered two options, hardware SLI support with its Nforce 200 chip, or software suppo
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55nm GeForce GTX 285 now available in the US
Nvidia has proudly announced that its 55nm GeForce GTX 285 cards are now officially available in the states at retailers and e-tailers nationwide. Newegg, the largest e-tailer of them all, currently
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EA sets Pandemic Brisbane adrift?
Several of our sources are telling us that the Pandemic studio in Brisbane has been let go by Electronic Arts as part of their cost reduction and evaluation moves previously announced. Our sources sug
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Atom N280 for mid-2009
The dark satanic rumour mill is predicting that from the second quarter of 2009 there should be shedloads of netbooks based around the Intel GN40 and Intel Atom N280 which can manage speeds from 1.66G
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AMDs RV790 and RV740 samples a few spec unveiled
AMDs first RV790 samples was in operation for several days, and the RV740 samples was complete for a long time.According to the HardWare-Infos, the RV790 samples equipped with 1GB GDDR5 memory of Qimo
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ASUS shows G-Panel of ROG series in CES2009
In CES 2009 exhibition, ASUS shows a G-Panel as a part of the ROG series mobos.The G-Panel is so big that must occipies two 5.25" bays. It allows you to adjust the FSB, voltage, fans speed and so
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MSI unveils a new dual-core nettop
MSI has unveiled a dual-core nettop PC – the Wind NetTop D130, equipped with the Intel dual-core Atom 330 processor and 2GB DDR2 memory.The Wind NetTop D130 features a built-in Super-Multi DVD burner
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CPU makers postpone DDR3 generation to 2010
Although both Intel and AMD were originally expected to fully transition to DDR3 across their product lines in 2009, with the two players now postponing their DDR3-only chipset schedules, the DDR3 gen
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Apple Sees Its PC Sales Slowing, Slips to Fourth Place in U.S.
Consumers are forsaking Apple and its pricey luxury laptops, like the MacBook Air seen here, and opting instead for cheaper netbooks. As a result Apple saw its sales growth drop, while Acer saw its sa
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Nvidia Preparing GeForce 9600 GT Green Edition
Nvidia will soon roll out a special edition of the GeForce 9600 GT card with lower power consumption. This card is known as GeForce 9600 GT Green Edition based on the new 55nm G94-350-B1 core. The rea
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Steve Jobs to take medical leave until late June
So much for that "hormone imbalance" Steve Jobs said he could treat in a "straightforward" way while carrying out his duties as Apples CEO. According to the Associated Press, Jobs
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Intel unveils new Classmate PC
SHINING ITS LIGHT on the world of education, Intel has launched a new convertible classmate PC and an initiative dubbed the Intel Learning Series (ILS), with the lofty goal of revolutionising the way
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Intel price cuts loom
CHIPZILLA is planning price cuts to its lower-end mainstream quad-core processors on January 18.Barrons Tech Trader Daily quoted Pacific Crest analyst Michael McConnell as spilling the beans. He said
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MSI preparing more X-Slim
MSI looks to be the next manufacturer to launch a superthin notebook. The motherboard manufacturer has been spending a lot of energy on the notebook market and is currently working on perfecting its n
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CES 2009: Seasonic Announces 80Plus Gold Power Supplies
Seasonic has announced its power supply series with 80Plus certification (which means they have efficiency up to 92%) that comes to compete with Antec Signature series. PSUs from this series will be a
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Intel has plans with Lucid
Sources close to Intel have told us that Intel is working together with Lucid on some secret project. If Lucid can pull of its promised close to linear performance out of two chips, more GPUs could me
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GTX 285 already available in EU markets
Some retailers just dont like to adhere to NDAs, launch and availability dates, much like us, and the first GTX 285 cards are already available in the United States of Europaland.Asus reference ASUS E
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Intel watercools Nehalem to 4.61GHz
The guy behind Skulltrail and Skulltrail 2 projects François Piednoel, and the rest of its performance analysis group, have showed us Nehalem, Core i7 PC water cooled all the way to 4.61GHz
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