Noctua unveils the NH-U9B SE2 cooler
Noctua is keeping its release wave going with the announcement of an updated version of its NH-U9B cooler. Dubbed NH-U9B SE2, the new solution features the nickel-plated NH-U9B heatsink with a copper base and four heatpipes, and two NF-B9 92mm fans which have an SSO-Bearing and work at up to 1600 RPM (rotations per minute).
Noctua's cooler also includes the SecuFirm2 multi-socket mounting system which provides support for Intel LGA 1366, 1156, 775 and AMD AM2, AM2+, AM3 processors, and is bundled with the NT-H1 high-grade thermal compound.
"Many customers who are looking for a premium quality quiet cooler but can't accommodate our larger models are choosing our NH-U9B, which offers performance levels close to its bigger brothers while being much more compact,", explains Mag. Roland Mossig, Noctua CEO "Given the ongoing popularity of the NH-U9B, we've decided to create a special edition that comes with a second NF-B9 fan and provides support for the latest CPUs."
Backed by a 6-year warranty, the NH-U9B SE2 will reach stores very soon at $54.90 / 46.90 Euro.
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Trust readies the Como and Comfortline headsets
Trust is bringing the noise again with the new Como and Comfortline headsets which feature ergonomic designs with soft padded headbands and cushioned ear pads to provide high wearing comfort even after hours of gaming or chatting.
Both products feature an adjustable, flexible microphone that can be turned off via a remote control integrated into the left ear pad on the Como or found on the cable on the Comfortline.
Both of Trust's headsets will go on sale from mid-November.
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Firefox is five years old!
Party at Mozilla's people, or better yet, party everywhere as today is the global celebration of Firefox's birthday. It was five year ago when the Foxxy One 1.0 made its debut and since then it was nothing but up, up, up for the open source browser. After five years the promising software has turned into more than an alternative to Internet Explorer and captured almost 25% of the web browser market.
Currently there are over 330 million people surfing the web using one of more than 70 localized versions of Firefox and have access to a catalog of over 7,000 add-ons.
"From your desktop to your mobile device, Mozilla is committed to building an open and participatory Internet," said Sarah Doherty on the Mozilla blog. "We've come so far in the past five years and weأ¢آ€آ™re incredibly excited about the next five."
To see how people around the world are celebrating this day visit spreadfirefox.com. Happy birthday Firefox! Where's our piece of the cake?
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Steamfriends Left 4 Dead 2 Competition
We know you're all looking forward to Left 4 Dead 2. It's not so much that the game is the official sequel to one of last year's best selling titles, it also has zombies in it.
Shooting zombies is fun, and shooting zombies with your friends is twice the fun. Not only do you have someone to blame for your mistakes, they could actually come in handy and save your life, once or twice.
In order to facilitate your social lives, we're giving away three copies of Left 4 Dead 2, here at Steamfriends. All you have to do is follow the instructions below... they're a lot easier than finding fresh brains to snack on:
1. Join our Steam community group by clicking over here.
2. Invite as many friends as possible to join our Steam group.
3. Wait to win the copy of your game on Steam.
Steamfriends will randomly select the winner amongst all Steamfriends Steam group members. The extraction will be weighed, and your name will be entered once for each friend in your list - the more friends you have in the Steam group, the more chances you have to win!
Winners will be announced on Monday the 16th - as usual, we accept bribes and handouts, just make them tasteful, and sexy.
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Silicon Power presents the Handy 33-in-1 card reader
Since it offers a lot of memory cards Silicon Power has decided on also releasing a device to help users access data on them and various other storage solutions. Seen below, the Handy 33-in-1 card reader measures 86 x 60 x 16.8 mm and weights 47 grams, has a USB 2.0 connection interface, and features six slots providing support for the following card types:
- CF Type I, CF Type II, CF PRO, CF PRO II, MicroDrive, Magicstor
- SD, SDHC, miniSD, miniSDHC, MMC, MMC 4.0, MMCplus, MMCmobile, RSMMC, microSD, microSDHC
- Memory Stick PRO-HG Duo, M.S. Duo, MagicGate M.S. Duo, M.S. PRO Duo, MagicGate M.S. PRO Duo, M2 (M.S. Micro)
- xD , xD Type M, xD Type H, M.S., MagicGate M.S., M.S. Select, M.S. PRO, MagicGate M.S. PRO
The Handy reader is backed by a one-year warranty and should become available later this month.
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Nokia initiates exchange program for three chargers
Top mobile phone maker Nokia has kicked off a recall program covering a number type AC-3E, AC-3U or AC-4U chargers that were manufactured last year. According to the Finnish company, while no problems were reported, its checks have revealed that the plastic covers of the chargers could come loose and expose internal components, thus posing an electrical shock hazard.
The potentially faulty chargers were made between June 15 (2009) and August 9 (AC -3U and AC-3E), and between April 13 and October 25 (AC-4U). To find out if you have one such model and are thus eligible for a free replacement see this page.
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Gigabyte delivers new P55 board BIOSes to fix iPhone sync problem
For well over a month now there have been iPhone users complaining about syncing problems with their shiny and more or less new Intel P55-equipped, Core i5/i7-powered system running Windows 7 (64bit). As it seems, while the iPhone is 'seen' by the PC, when it's time to sync, an '0xE8000065' error is displayed signaling a connectivity problem. Nasty right?
While Apple, as well as Microsoft and Intel said they were investigating the issue, Gigabyte stepped up late last week and fixed things with the release of new, beta BIOS updates. The BIOSes are for the company's first wave of P55 motherboards as well as for the USB 3.0/SATA 6.0 Gbps-ready P55A boards which are barely starting to reach stores. The BIOS fix was confirmed to be working so it may be that other motherboard manufacturers will soon follow Gigabyte's lead and resolve the iPhone sync too.
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AMP releases the SaberTooth S4 SSDs for Eee PCs
California's own Active Media Products has now introduced the SaberTooth S4 family of Mini PCIe solid state drives for SATA-based Asus Eee PC 900, 900A, 901 and 1000 models. The new SSDs come in 16, 32 and 64GB capacities and feature MLC (multi-level cell) NAND flash memory chips, a Jmicron JMF602B controller, sequential read/write speeds of up to 130/50 MB/s, plus a one-year warranty.
"We optimized the SaberTooth S4 for exceptional read performance", explained Active Media Products Vice President of Sales, Jerry Thomson. "But it also runs circles around the default SSD in write speeds, scoring about 2X faster than the default SSD in write tests."
The 16, 32 and 64GB SaberTooth S4 SSDs can now be purchased from Amazon at launch promotion prices of $49.95, $79.95 and $135.95, respectively.
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Intel grabs more CPU market share in Q3, passes 80% again
Double digit growth - these are the magic words for the PC microprocessor market in Q3, with IDC reporting that this past quarter CPU shipment went up 23% sequentially, while revenue rose 14% and reached $7.4 billion. Mobile processors were again the growth gurus, going up 35.7% compared to Q2, while desktop and server chips rose 11.4% and 12.2%, respectively.
Thanks to great Atom sales Intel gained the most in Q3 and went up 2.2% to reach a market share or 81.1%. In the mean time, AMD lost 2% and settled at 18.7%, while VIA climbed 0.2%.
"The story about 3Q09 leads with Atom processors being sold in mini-notebooks (aka netbooks) manufactured and sold in China," said Shane Rau, director of Semiconductors: Personal Computing research at IDC. "While Atom processors led the PC processor market to reach record unit shipments, on the revenue side, their low average selling price led to notable price erosion, more than 7%. Most meaningful about 3Q09 is that, since PC processor shipments overall just slightly exceeded shipments in 3Q08 - which was itself a record quarter at the time - we know that the processor market is recovering."
The good numbers delivered in Q3 have 'convinced' IDC to raise its forecast for CPU shipments in 2009 to over 300 million units, and a unit growth rate of 1.5% compared to 2008.
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Best Buy to sell the Nokia Booklet 3G for Nov. 15
As promised, Nokia's Booklet 3G will become available in the US this month, with Best Buy confirming that it will be start selling the high-grade netbook from November 15. The Booklet 3G will be offered at $300 with a two-year AT&T Data Connect plan at $60 per month, and at $600 on its own.
Nokia's netbook runs Windows 7, has a 10.1-inch (1280 x 720) LCD screen and packs a 1.6 GHz Atom Z530 CPU, 1GB of RAM, a 120 GB 1.8-inch 4200 RPM SATA hard drive, integrated graphics, and a 16-cell battery offering up to 12 hours of operation. The Booklet 3G is already up for pre-order in white, blue and white.
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