IT-Code-News: IT News HeadLines (Legit Reviews) 24/09/2009

Atlona Announces DVI to Mini DisplayPort converter

Atlona Technologies has taken the technological world by storm with their latest innovative and unique product, a DVI to Mini DisplayPort converter. The issue at hand was the was many Apple users who purchased their computers before 2009 had been running into a wall when considering purchasing an Apple Cinema 24 or any of the new Mini DisplayPort monitors being released this year and next. The new AT-DP200 will start shipping next week (Sept. 29th) with an MSRP of S179.00. This adapter should also work for AMD Eyefinity setups, but as you can see the price tag will be too high for most people.

Atlona Technologies has answered the call with the first and only conversion box that will convert DVI to Mini DisplayPort while maintaining the displays optimal resolution and HDCP compatibility. Atlonas new AT-DP200, which starts shipping next week, inputs DVI and outputs Mini DisplayPort signal while passing along all EDID and HDCP information. This device converts while allowing your computer to scale to the optimal resolution offered by your display including 1920 by 1200 or 1280 by 800. Sparing no expense and taking no chances, Atlona made sure The AT-DP200 was put through extensive testing in Apples compatibility lab, putting it up against every single Apple computer with a DVI port, and every monitor featuring Mini DisplayPort. Atlona Technologies also put this product through PC interoperability testing with all standard DVI video cards. This device will allow use of any Mini Display port product with and DVI graphics card, meaning the new 24 Cinema Displays from Apple can be used by users with legacy Macs.

A-DATA SH93 waterproof and shock resistant Portable HDD

A-DATA is now shipping the industry's first ever waterproof and shock resistant portable HDD! I'm not sure how wise it is to be saying that you have a super strong hard disk drive that is designed specifically for students, road warriors, and sports enthusiastic in a shock resistant enclosure. I think it would be better off going with an SSD if you plan on going for a rugged hard drive that can handle some drops, but obviously SSDs come at a price premium.

The portable HDD has become the most important storage device for road warriors, students, even ordinary individuals in this digital era. With the ever increasing amount of photos, music, video files, and data, the need for high-capacity HDD with extreme durability is constantly expanding. Capacity available in 250GB, 320GB, 500GB, and 640GB, the SH93 offers maximum shock tolerance and greatest possible chance of data survival if the storage device is accidentally dropped on the floor or in the water.

Kingston Increases Speed on DataTraveler 410 USB Flash Drive

Kingston Technology today announced it is increasing read and write speeds on its DataTraveler 410 USB Flash drive to 20MB/sec read and write. Shipping in capacities up to 32GB, the speedy DataTraveler 410 allows for faster file transfers and is password protected to help keep data secure.

Kingston DataTraveler 410 USB Flash drive

Power users, enterprise customers and everyday consumers have wanted the ability to store and move large files around faster as USB Flash drives have become more prevalent in everyday use, said Andrew Ewing, USB business manager, Kingston. Based on customer feedback, we developed the DataTraveler 410 with higher data transfer rates and security in mind as well as a terrific price point.

ATI Radeon HD 5870 DX11 Video Card Review

Today is the launch of a pair of the most anticipated video cards of all time, the ATI Radeon HD 5870 and Radeon HD 5850! These are the world's first and only DirectX 11 graphics cards, and yes they are out before Windows 7 or a DirectX 11 ready video game has even hit the market. Truth be told, AMD has WHQL certified drivers out for Windows 7 and the new Radeon HD 5000 series is a monster to say the least.

From a performance perspective the ATI Radeon HD 5870 blew away the Radeon HD 4890 and the GeForce GTX 285 graphics cards in the benchmarks that we ran on Windows 7. The Radeon HD 5870 is by far the fastest single GPU graphics card that we have ever benchmarked and it is the real deal. It doesn't have an annoyingly loud fan, suck down obsessive amounts of power or heat up your room while you aren't gaming. The user experience with this card is very well rounded and it is tough to find anything negative to say about it.

AMD Tweetup in San Francisco on 9/23/2009

AMD asked us to inform our readers that they will be giving away some Radeon HD 5800 series gpu's tomorrow at a relaxed get together/tweetup here in San Francsico. If you are interested in the AMD VISION Bay Area Meet-Up check out the forums for more information!

Come join AMD Social Media mavens and some of our cooler executives for an informal and entertaining meet-up/tweet-up at the St. Regis Hotel. Of course, it wouldn't be a fun meetup without complimentary cocktails and appetizers. Come down, hang out, have a beverage and geek out on the next generation of gadgets and technology that AMD has been cooking up. We will have some signed copies of Chris Brogan and Julien Smith's New York TImes Best Selling book "Trust Agents" as well. Hope to see you all there!

Intel Finally Demonstrates Larrabee GPU Technology

The second Intel Developer Forum keynote just finished and Sean Maloney included a little update in it about Intel's latest discrete graphics card called Larrabee. This would make it the very first public showing of Larrabee, which is a big deal for enthusiasts and those who have been hearing about Larrabee for years.

Intel showed only one slide on Larrabee and you can check it out for yourself above. It basically states what we have all known and that software development systems are shipping now to developers. Intel didn't actually show Larrabee itself, but they did show a demo that was said to be running on the Larrabee discrete performance graphics card.

ATI Radeon HD 5870 DX11 Video Card Review

Intel Finally Demonstrates The Larrabee Graphics Card

IDF 2009: Threaded DDR3 Memory Modules

Rambus and Kingston recently announced that they have successfully co-developed a threaded DDR3 memory module or improved multi-core computing. What makes this announcement interesting is that the initial test results have shown an improvement in data throughput of up to 50 percent, while reducing power consumption by 20 percent compared to conventional DDR3 memory modules!

IDF 2009: Keynote with Paul Otellini

Intel President and CEO Paul Otellini was the main speaker for this mornings keynote and spoke about the state of Intel and the direction that the company was headed. If you are interested in what Intel will be up to in the near future this is worth a read!

Thursday, September 24, 2009

IT News HeadLines (Legit Reviews) 24/09/2009

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