Thursday, March 5, 2009

IT News HeadLines (Tom's Hardware) 05/03/2009



Intel's Vision of Programmable Matter
A new video report by CNN reveals a very interesting concept being explored by researchers at Intel known as "programmable matter".
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Defence Closes on Pirate Bay Trial's Final Day
It was the defence’s turn in the final days of the Pirate Bay trial to present its closing statements.
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The T91GO is the Eee PC Tablet
The EeePC T91GO is on display at Asus’ booth at CeBit in Hanover this week, and while the company has a lot of interesting kit to show off, the T91 stands out -- especially after yesterday’s news about Always Innovating’s Touch Book.
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MSI Makes Instant-On OS for Desktops With Winki
In the age when we always want things to happen faster for our computers, sometimes even the quickest of processors and storage aren’t enough to satisfy our need for instant gratification.
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Asus Makes Eee Sexy With 1008HA
The Asus Eee brand has transformed into many things. What started out as a moniker for the value-oriented and focused netbook line that sparked a massive trend is now a label for consumer-oriented nettops, monitors and even keyboards.
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Asus Teases Eee Keyboard Again at CeBit
Asus brought its all-in-one keyboard PC that we spotted at CES to Germany this week to give the masses a closer look at this interesting piece of kit.
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Intel to Start Shipping P55 Motherboards in July
Seems as though it may be possible that P55 motherboards compatible with Intel's Core i5 CPUs (Lynnfield) may actually start shipping in July. Ultimately, that's Intel's call.
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Nvidia: Expect x86 Processor in 2-3 Years
The rift between Intel and Nvidia is about to get much, much bigger.For years, many have speculated that Nvidia would eventually release its own x86-based processor. While rumors can come and go, one is hard pressed to ignore Nvidia CPU ta
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Firefox 3.1 Beta 3 Coming on March 10
Yesterday Mozilla updated its release schedule to include Firefox 3.1 Beta 3, set to go live on March 10th at 2pm PST. Whether or not it actually lands in the hands of public end-users is another question.
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PC Gaming News - March 4, 2009
To get the day started right, here are a few gaming nuggets regarding Warhammer Online, MAjesty 2 and some whacked-out hospital game. Got anything that belongs here? Send it here.
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ASRock Crams CrossFire and SLI in One Board
As if giving Nvidia the middle finger or slapping the graphics company in the face, ASRock managed to make ATI CrossFire cards run on Nvidia SLI motherboards.
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Asus Lamborghini Notebook With 1 TB SSD
Asus Lamborghini Notebook With 1 TB SSDAsus unveils its stylish new Lamborghini-inspired VX5 notebook, featuring a 1 TB solid state drive
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Inno3D Unveils Green 9600GT E-Save, GTS 250
Inno3D sent over some info and screenshots of its GeForce GTS 250 and GeForce 9600GT E-Save cards, currently on display at CeBIT 2009.
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Fat Free Windows Server Takes Aim at Linux
Fat Free Windows Server Takes Aim at Linux Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has indicated to investors that Microsoft is preparing to release a low-cost, low-end version of Windows Server with stripped functionality.
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Nvidia Releases Four New Mobile GPUs
Nvidia took the chance at the opening day at CeBit in Hanover to introduce four new mobile GPUs that will cover a range of notebook price points and forms.
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Transcend Unveils Shock-Resistant Portable HDD
Sunday Transcend Information revealed a swank looking portable hard drive that might actually take a kicking and keep on ticking.
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SSDs Get Connection-Heavy: eSATA and USB!
When you're going to use a new solid-state drive, you can expect to hook it up to your computer one of two ways: USB or eSATA. But new hybrid SSDs from Buffalo and Transcend pack both connections into a single product for speed *and* portability!
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OCZ's New Blazing Fast 1TB Z SSD Drive
OCZ's New Blazing Fast 1TB Z SSD DriveOCZ was demonstrating its new Z Drive with 1 TB of storage at CeBIT 2009 this week
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Corsair Enters the Case Market
Corsair Enters the Case MarketShortly after the new year rang in there were reports made by various sources that Corsair was planning to enter the PC case market and they have come through, showing off a case at CeBIT.
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Nvidia Releases 181.71 Windows 7 Drivers
NVIDIA shows once again that they are on the ball with the Windows 7 beta, as they have just released new 32-bit and 64-bit NVIDIA Windows 7 beta drivers.
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Intel Designs a Phone Based on Atom
While the thought of putting the Atom into a phone may seem like overkill, Intel’s got larger vision of what a home phone should be.
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Palit Mashes 2 GB GDDR3 onto GTS 250
Palit Mashes 2 GB GDDR3 onto GTS 250Palit has announced its new custom designed addition to the GT200 series, the GTS 250 2GB, 1GB and 512MB.
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VIA Unveils Mini-ITX's on Steroids: Em-ITX
VIA Unveils Mini-ITX's on Steroids: Em-ITXVIA Technologies announces a new form factor designed for embedded developers named the Em-ITX form factor – 30 percent smaller than Mini-ITX.
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