3D games for Zune HD now available
As expected given the release of the 4.3 firmware, the Zune Marketplace has now been added the first 3D games that are craving to find their way onto Zune HD players. For starters, Microsoft is offering six such games - PGR: Ferrari Edition, Audiosurf: Tilt, Vans Sk8: Pool Service, Checkers, Lucky Lane Bowling and Piano, all of which are free for download, use and abuse.
More titles are likely in the works so Zune HD owners, keep an eye out for additions. Now go play on your Tegra-powered thingie.
Picture courtesy of hellofromeurope.com.
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G.Skill announces the Falcon II SSD family
Seven months after coming up with the first Falcons, G.Skill has now revealed the Falcon II line of solid state drives. Still coming in a 2.5-inch form factor, the new SSDs make use of 34nm NAND flash memory chips, Indilinx's new ECO controller, have 64MB of cache, a SATA 3.0 Gbps interface, a MTBF (mean time before failure) of 1.5 million hours, and support Windows 7's TRIM command.
The Falcon IIs will be available in 64, 128 and 256GB capacities, the 'smallest' one offering read/write speeds of up to 220/110 MB/s, while the other two models top 220/150 MB/s. These unpriced SSDs are backed by a two-year warranty.
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LG presents the XD5 Mini portable hard drive
LG has this week also unveiled the XD5 Minis, 2.5-inch portable hard drives coming in some sleek and shiny shells painted in black or white, with red and pink lines, respectively.
The new storage solutions are just 13mm thick, make use of 2.5-inch SATA hard drives but boasts a USB 2.0 connection interface, and will, for starters, sell in South Korea for about $86 and $121, for the 320GB and 500GB versions.
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Garmin-Asus nأƒآ¼vifone M20 embraces WinMo 6.5
Garmin-Asus has now announced that its M20 phone/premium navigation system (detailed here), has moved up from Windows Mobile 6.1 and is now coming with WinMo 6.5 pre-installed. The operating system update adds an improved interface to the M20, with touch-optimized icons and a streamlined Home screen, easy Facebook access, and also enables users to check out the Windows Marketplace for new applications to expand the phone's functionality.
"Through its innovative integration of a phone, navigator, and browser, the nأƒآ¼vifone M20 is designed to enhance the lives of consumers today," said Benson Lin, Vice President and General Manager of the ASUS Handheld Business Group. "With Windows Mobile 6.5, users can enjoy the same great LBS (location-based service) features of the original nأƒآ¼vifone M20, but with a richer and more rewarding user experience."
The Windows Mobile 6.5 'enhanced' nأƒآ¼vifone M20 will be reaching Taiwan, Hong Kong, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, India, Russia, Ukraine, Poland, Czech, Turkey and other markets by the end of this year.
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Lite-On reveals the eHAU324 24x external DVD writer
Lite-On has now announced the latest addition to its optical drive line-up, the eHAU324 external DVD writer. Seen below, the drive measures 165 (W) x 58 (H) x 192 (D) mm and weights 1.3kg, has USB 2.0 connectivity, and delivers write speeds of up to 24x for DVD+R/-R, 12x for DVD-R/+R DL and DVD-RAM, 8x for DVD+RW, 6x for DVD-RW, 48x for CD-R and 32x for CD-RW.
Set to become available this month at 65 Euro, the eHAU324 also features the SmartErase technology which will 'erase' write-once discs by overwriting the original data with random meaningless characters.
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Radeon HD 5970 detailed in advance
While AMD is gearing up to release it, the Radeon HD 5970 card has made a stealthy appearance online, exposing its likely final specifications. Made by Sapphire, the listed Hemlock card, which is most likely an all-stock product, has two 725 MHz-clocked Cypress 40nm GPUs, each with 1600 Stream Processors, and 2GB of GDDR5 memory set at 4000 MHz, both frequencies being at HD 5850 level.
The dual-GPU, dual-slot card also has a 2x256-bit memory interface, DirectX 11 and CrossFireX support, and dual-DVI outputs plus one mini DisplayPort connector (no HDMI like for the HD 5800 cards). The Radeon HD 5970's pricing and release date are still unconfirmed.
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Microsoft delivers fixes for 15 vulnerabilities
November's Patch Tuesday is behind us now but it's worth noting that it brought to the table no less than six updates to fix 15 problems. Four patches tackle vulnerabilities found in Windows and Windows Server, while the other two go after Office bugs.
Three critical-rated updates address remote code execution issues within the Web Services on Devices Application Programming Interface in Windows OSes, the Windows kernel and the License Logging Server in Windows 2000 SP4. The lonely 'important' patch for Windows targets a vulnerability in Active Directory directory service, Active Directory Application Mode (ADAM), and Active Directory Lightweight Directory Service (AD LDS).
As for the Office-aimed fixes, they address remote code execution problems in Excel and Word.
This week's batch of updates, which has nothing for Windows 7, is detailed here.
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LG details the XPION 30 series desktops
LG Electronics has today unveiled back home in South Korea its upcoming XPION 30 family of desktop PCs. Coming in some compact, shiny and quite stylish enclosures, the systems are loaded up with Windows 7 Home Premium, and are based on Intel platforms. Let's detail the machines.
The XPION T30 is equipped with a 3.06 GHz Core 2 Duo E7600 CPU, 2GB of RAM, a 640GB hard drive, a DVD writer and a GeForce 210 graphics card with 512MB VRAM. Also packing an E7600 processor, the A30 model has 3GB of RAM, a 500GB HDD, a Super Multi DVD drive and a GeForce GT 220 1GB card.
The flagship XPION S30 includes a 2.66 GHz Cote i5 750, 3GB of RAM, a 640G HDD, the same DVD burner, and a GeForce GT 9600 GT 512MB.
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HP releases two new Compaq business monitors
HP has this week expanded its offer to include a couple of new business-oriented monitors, the 17-inch LE1711 and 19-inch LE1911. Both LCDs are TCO 5.0 Certified, contain 50% less mercury compared to their predecessors and feature a native resolution of 1280x1024 pixels, a 5ms response time, a 1,000:1 contrast ratio, a brightness of 250 cd/m2, and D-Sub connectivity.
The Compaq LE1711 and LE1911 are available for purchase for $125 and $164, respectively.
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Ericsson to close down its R&D center in Coventry
Telecommunications equipment manufacturer Ericsson has decided that, as part of the ongoing global cost reduction plan, it will have to shut down the research and development and global service delivery activities based in Coventry, the UK. This move, which is expected to be finalized by mid-2010, will see 700 people loosing their jobs after just a few months of employment as the Coventry site opened up in May this year.
"These proposals represent sad news we have for our employees in Ansty Park, Coventry, today," says Mats Granryd, Head of Market Unit North Western Europe at Ericsson. "We have to work continuously to increase efficiency and lower our cost base whilst ensuring we deliver solutions designed to meet our global customers' needs."
In spite of Ericsson's cost-cutting needs, the Unite union said it won't just sit and wait for the pink slips to be sent, and plans to combat the company's plans.
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