Friday, April 17, 2009

IT News HeadLines (HARDSPELL) 17/04/2009


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BLIZZARD ENTERTAINMENT TO PARTNER WITH NETEASE IN MAINLAND CHINA ON WORLD OF WARCRAFT
New license agreement lays groundwork for continued operation of world’s most popular online game in mainland China following expiration of the current license agreementShanghai, CHINA -- April 16, 20
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Graphics aberrations in games: Bug or feature
Crysis, Half-Life 2 (dt.), Unreal Tournament 3 - even those visual gems are affected by graphics aberrations. PC Games Hardware presents some of the freakiest examples. If you take a closer look you c
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Velocity engine shows potential for CPU physics
The demo shows how a CPU can simulate 3,500 boxes and 200 soft bodies swirling around the environment.There’s been something of a glut of gaming physics demos over the last few months, from AMD’s Havo
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Dell To Offer Samsung Encrypted SSDs Soon
Available in 64GB, 128GB, and 256GB options, Dell will be offering Samsung encrypted SSDs as part of the arsenal in the coming monthsIt is not know what encryption algorithm they are using but it migh
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IBM, Samsung, others team up on next-gen chips
IBM, Samsung Electronics, STMicroelectronics, and others are teaming up on the development of next-generation chip technology for small, low-power devices with one wary eye on Intel, which is expediti
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AMD to launch a new Overdrive soon
According to what we managed to find out, AMD is going to launch a new version of Overdrive utility together with its Phenom II X4 955BE and 945 as well as Athlon X2 7850 processors on the 23rd of Apr
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Phenom II X4 945 AM3 comes on 23rd
AMD’s “newâ€‌ Phenom II X4 945 is scheduled to launch on the next week, April 23rd and it is scheduled to launch together with Phenom II X4 955 and Athlon X2 7850.This CPU is already available for syste
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Rumour: ATI Radeon HD 4890 X2 cards in the works
Rumours indicate that AMDs board partners could be introducing their own Radeon HD 4890 X2 cards (not a genuine photo).Now that dual-GPU graphics cards are frequently topping the performance leagues,
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CoolerMaster N520 evaluation
CoolerMaster, a leading cooler manufacturer recently released its latest Hyper series products- N520. Hyper is a cool series of high-end cooling radiator cooling line, and this small cooler with 9cm f
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Intel Clarkdale evaluation
It is known that Intel will release their future 32nm processor technology. Integrated memory controller and dual-core Clarkdale processor are the most attractive. Today, a net friend of JCornell rev
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AMD YuKon platform
New YuKon platform hits ultra-thin marketWith the increasingly growth of notebook market, ultra-thin, low power consumption products have gradually become the mainstream. Lots of users are greatly con
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Phenom II X4 925 listed in HP desktop
A German retailer is listing s Pavilion p6060, a mid range desktop based on AMDs upcoming Phenom 925 CPU. We already said that the 920 and 940 wont stick around for long, and that they would be replac
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Phenom II X4 955 3.2GHz to launch of the 23rd
AMD plans to launch the Phenom II X4 955 that will work at 3.2GHz and this will be the fastest Phenom CPU to launch to date.It gets better, it is socket AM3 and it supports DDR2 and DDR3 motherboards.
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Acer Nvidia Ion PCs now available for pre-order
It’s now been four months since NVIDIA first unveiled its Atom-based Ion platform, during which Intel dismissed the pint-sized motherboard setup, pointing out that “NVIDIA claims that many OEMs are ex
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Athlon X2 45nm to get to 3GHz in June
AMD has Athlon X2 250 in plans and this Regor 45nm SOI based CPU should get to 3GHz in June 2009. This is the scheduled launch for AMD and this CPU will have 65W TDP, while the previous Athlon X2 7750
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HD 4770 presentation leaks
Presentation slides for ATI’s upcoming 40nm RV740-based HD 4770 have leaked, and are suggesting that this card will be the king of the $99 turf for a while. The reasons for this are plenty – the perfo
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ASUS Adds Another ROG mATX Board : Maximus II GENE
ASUS today releases a mATX board based on the Intel P45 Express Chipset, the Maximus II GENE targeting at gamers, case modders and enthusiasts. It comes with features such as CPU Level Up, an OC utili
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Volume shipments of Larrabee in early 2010
Intel CEO Paul Otellini says the companys much talked about GPU project, Larrabee is on track and volume shipments are to start early next year.During Intels first-quarter earnings conference call Mon
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