Sunday, September 20, 2009

IT News HeadLines (Rage3D) 19/09/2009


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Microsoft Launches Office Web Apps Preview
Invite-only test available to "thousands"; public beta to follow later this year. Office Web Apps includes lightweight, online versions of Word, Excel and PowerPoint, the desktop Office suite's word processor, spreadsheet and presentation maker, respectively. In July, Microsoft announced that the...
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Reports: NVIDIA Receives First Test Samples of Next-Generation Chip
NVIDIA gets GT300 from the fab, but yields are under question. Nvidia Corp., a leading supplier of graphics processing units (GPUs) and multimedia chips, has reportedly received the first engineering samples of its upcoming flagship GPU from the fab, a report claims. However, another report says...
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NVIDIA CEO to Visit Taiwan in October to Discuss 40nm Contract Prices with TSMC
NVIDIA CEO Jen-Hsun Huang will travel to Taiwan in the second half of October to meet with its motherboard and graphics card partners. Huang is also expected to hold talks with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) chairman Morris Chang to discuss contract prices for 40nm production,...
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DFI Motherboard Combines Ion, P45 Platforms
Very interesting. One could use the Atom/Ion combo for general office and web browsing duties while saving the comparatively power-hungry Core 2/P45 combo for gaming and other system-intensive tasks. DFI are always willing to pioneer new and radical ideas, and this one certainly is different. The...
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BioShock 2 to Reach PCs, Consoles Next February
Originally expected in late 2009, the sequel to 2K Games' underwater first-person shooter will finally emerge in February (http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/60505), according to Shacknews. Despite the postponement, gamers can still look forward to a simultaneous triple-platform launch on the...
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Play UT3 Black for Free This Weekend
Epic is letting everyone play Unreal Tournament 3 for free this weekend, to mark ten years since the original UT demo was released. You can download UT3 Black via Steam (http://store.steampowered.com/app/13210/). The Black bundle includes the game, the free Titan pack, a bonus pack with new...
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Microsoft Offers Windows 7 to Students for $30
Microsoft is massively discounting upgrade versions of Windows 7 for college and university students until January 3, 2010. Microsoft today announced students would be able to purchase upgrade versions of Windows 7 for a significantly reduced price until January 3, 2010 at 12:00am CST. A valid...
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