Sunday, December 13, 2009

IT News HeadLines (InsideHW) 13/12/2009


InsideHW
Mozilla will release Firefox mobile before 2010
Mozilla confirmed that they will be launching their first version of mobile Firefox browser before the end of this month. A spokesperson for the company told that their final build would come before the end of the year, and that a release candidate will come before the end of next week.
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Bing and Yahoo lose US search market share in November
According to Hitwise, the four week period which ended November 28 has seen both Microsoft's Bing and Yahoo Search losing US search market share. Yahoo's share this past month was 15.39% compared to 16.14% in October, while Bing's piece was of 9.34%, down from 9.57%.
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Logitech Completes Acquisition of LifeSize Communications
Logitech announced that it has completed the acquisition of LifeSize Communications, a global leader in high definition video communication solutions, with more than 9,000 video conferencing customers across 80 countries in large enterprises, small-to-medium businesses (SMBs) and public healthcare, education and government organizations.
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US teens continually break law by texting while driving
According to a new study, it appears that teenagers don't necessarily care if it is illegal to text while driving, and will still not care even if it is made into federal law. Texting in general is up 1000 percent since 2006 and Americans will send an estimated 1 trillion messages in 2009. Officers say it is harder to cite drivers while texting, as compared to those speaking on their phone.
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Cooler Master NotePal U1 and U2
Large and diverse notebook cooler line-up secured Cooler Master’s position on market, but at the same time they didn’t allowed themselves to live on their reputation. New notebook coolers are coming in regular intervals and this time we are presenting two products: NotePal U1 and NotePal U2. Both notebook coolers are almost the same with only real difference being their size. Despite their simple design, these coolers have few “secret” features.
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ASUS motherboards first to support 32nm CPUs
ASUS today announced that it is ready to support the upcoming 32nm processor based on the LGA1366 socket and the Intel X58 chipset. This next-generation 32nm infrastructure, supporting six multi-cores, will deliver maximum performance to ASUS X58-based motherboards via a comprehensive BIOS upgrade.
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New Active DP to DVI Adapter from Sapphire
Sapphire presented new active DP to DVI adapter, which enables the use of ATI Eyefinity on 3 DVI monitors. Eyefinity is officialy supported only when one of the monitors is connected via DisplayPort, but this adapter now solves that problem.
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Dell rolls out new OptiPlex workstations
Dell has now introduced four new compact, business-oriented desktop PCs under the OptiPlex brand - the OptiPlex 780 USFF (Ultra Small Form Factor, right picture), OptiPlex 380 DT (DeskTop), 380 MT (Mini Tower) and 380 SFF (Small Form Factor) - from left to right on the left picture.
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VIA presents DirectX 10.1-enabled chipset
VIA Technologies presented the VN1000, a new chipset supporting its C7, Eden and Nano processors and also featuring a DirectX 10.1-ready Chrome 520 graphics core with 32 stream processors, the ChromotionHD 2.0 video engine which brings full 1080p hardware acceleration, the FastStream64 memory controller that can handle both DDR2 and DDR3 memory, and support for DisplayPort and HDMI connectivity.
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MSI Big Bang Trinergy P55 3-Way SLI Motherboard
The Big Bang series from MSI is to be their offering to compete against the likes of the ASUS Republic of Gamers line - essentially the top end models for the enthusiast and overclocker that demands much more from a motherboard than simply a CPU socket. The Trinergy we are reviewing today is the first model to be released under this new namesake and has a lot of hype to live up to. LINK (http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=827)
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