Lenovo readies the IdeaPad S10-3 and S10-3t netbooks
Remember the Pine Trail-based Lenovo netbook exposed by the FCC last month? Yes, that one, it's going to be officially called IdeaPad S10-3 and it will be released next month together with the S10-3t model. Both upcoming machines are powered by the Atom N450 (1.66 GHz), boast up to 2GB of RAM, a 250GB hard drive, GMA 3150 graphics, and feature a 10.1-inch screen, the one on the S10-3t having multi-touch support and the option of being rotated 180 degrees (first Pineview-powered convertible tablet?).
The IdeaPad S10-3 and S10-3t are loaded with Windows 7 and are said to include a 3G modem and GPS although we're not sure if these come as standard or are optional. More should be revealed very soon though as Lenovo will want to keep up with other manufacturers who are going to ship their Pine Trail netbooks in early January.
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Enermax extends warranty for Revolution85+ PSUs
Confident of the quality of its products, Enermax has decided on extending the warranty period for its Revolution85+ power supplies from 3 to 5 years. This tweaked offer applies to new units as well as to PSUs already sold.
The 850W, 950W, 1050W and 1250W Revolution85+ modular power supplies are EPS12V 2.92-compliant, feature a DC-to-DC design and an efficiency of over 85%, boast six 12V rail (30A each), and are cooled by a 135mm fan. The units have also won the "red dot design award 2009" and "IF Product Design Award 2010" so if you're searching for a new PSU you might want to take a look over the Revolution85+ line.
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Ex Microsoft exec named US cybersecurity chief
Confirming some summer rumors, USA President Barack Obama has appointed Howard Schmidt as White House Cybersecurity Coordinator. Schmidt, who's the president of the Information Security Forum and a former Microsoft and eBay executive with over 40 years of experience in government, business and law enforcement, will have the task of managing cybersecurity activities across the US government so as to ensure the nation's progress in a safe IT environment.
The quest to name a cybersecurity chief was rather long for the Obama administration, as earlier this year Melissa Hathaway, who was initially expected to take the position, turned down the offer almost at the last minute in order to return to the private sector. Still, everything turned out good as, given his experience in IT security, Schmidt seems a very solid choice.
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InnoDisk announces 800 MB/s Matador PCIe SSDs
InnoDisk has today unveiled its plan to roll out a line of PCI-Express solid state drives which are aimed to be used for enterprise applications and deliver read and write speeds of 800 MB/s and 600 MB/s, respectively.
Dubbed Matador, the SSDs have built-in RAID, a PCI-Express x8 interface just like OCZ's Z-Drives and go from 128GB to 2TB in terms of storage space. InnoDisk is hoping to record good sales of such storage solutions next year, the target for 2010 apparently being 1 million units. The Taiwanese company hasn't supplied a price list for the Matador SSDs.
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BenQ intros the G2222HDL and G2420HDBL LCD monitors
BenQ is now on the verge of releasing a couple new Full HD monitors that make use of LED backlighting, the 21.5-inch G2222HDL and 24-inch G2420HDBL. Both monitors feature a glossy black frame and a native resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels, a TN panel, a 5ms response time, a 1,000:1 contrast ratio (5,000,000:1 DCR), a brightness of 250 cd/m2, and both D-Sub and DVI connectors.
The G2222HDL and G2420HDBL are expected to hit shops within the week and cost أ‚آ£149 and أ‚آ£169, respectively.
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YouTube gets its own URL shortening service
The number one video sharing site, YouTube, has went with the Twitter-started flow and this week introduced youtu.be, an URL shortener that will cut down to size links to YouTube clips (and nothing else). With youtu.be visitors of Google's site will be able to move quicker when sharing videos they like, while developers are enables to do things like provide thumbnails, embed the video directly, and track how a video is spreading in real-time.
youtu.be can be used manually by replacing the "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=" from a video link with "http://youtu.be/", and is automatically activated for registered members who have linked their YouTube account to social networks like Twitter. Now lookie here - http://youtu.be/OclaRDU0fNg.
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Gigabyte launches microsite to promote USB 3.0, its motherboards
On the day before Christmas Eve Gigabyte gave to us, one new sub-website to explain and help promote the USB 3.0 standard. Accessible here, the colorful site offers information about USB 3.0 and what it brings to the connectivity table, it explains the performance boost enabled by its use, provides a list of the USB 3.0-equipped motherboards made by Gigabyte, as well as some USB 3.0 devices from third parties and helps you find hardware that supports SuperSpeed USB.
"Gigabyte currently offers 11 USB 3.0 motherboard models that cater to a wide range of high-end and mainstream price points and preferences, and we're planning on launching several new entry level models in the near future so that more Gigabyte motherboard users will be able to benefit from SuperSpeed data transfer," said Tim Handley, Deputy Director of Motherboard Marketing at Gigabyte Technology. "We hope to work with every USB 3.0 device vendor to ensure compatibility and the best quality products and experience for our customers."
Kudos to Gigabyte for the effort of explaining USB 3.0, now if only it would have a better implementations of the standard on certain models (like its P55 boards).
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Nvidia delivers 195.30 beta driver for Linux
Just a week after releasing the 'certified' 190.53 driver, Nvidia has rolled out a new beta driver specifically aimed for Linux users. This latest version (195.30) has support for GeForce 6 and newer cards, and features:
- Fixed a performance regression with non-antialiased text in KDE4.
- Enabled GPU acceleration for many RENDER compositing operations that were previously processed in software, including conjoint and disjoint blending modes and component alpha blending.
- Added experimental GPU acceleration of the RENDER CompositeTrapezoids operation (supported on the GeForce GTX series or newer products). This can be enabled at runtime by running - nvidia-settings -a AccelerateTrapezoids=1
- Fixed a bug in the VDPAU overlay-based presentation queue that caused high CPU usage during "put bits" operations when more than two surfaces were queued.
- Updated 'nvidia-settings --query all' to report all available attributes queryable through all NV-CONTROL target types.
The 32bit version of the 195.30 Linux driver can be downloaded here, while the 64bit release is here.
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Asus Eee tablet said to be powered by Nvidia Tegra
Talk around Rumorville is that Asus' is preparing to make a tablet of its own, which will debut next year and be based on Nvidia's Tegra platform. The upcoming device may very well utilize the second-generation Tegra SoC (System-on-a-chip), and is expected to have a multi-touch-capable screen with a resolution up to 7 inches.
The 'Eee Pad' (working title) will likely be loaded with Android or a Linux-based operating system. No word on pricing or a release date yet but we shouldn't have to wait long for such info. Wait for it...
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Netbook shipments up 103% in 2009
Market research and consulting firm DisplaySearch is expecting 2009 to record portable PC sales of $109.4 billion, down 12% compared to 2008. Despite the revenue drop, unit shipments will be 16% higher this year, with the biggest increase coming from netbooks. DisplaySearch's calculations show that in 2008 netbook unit sales topped 16.4 million, while in 2009, no less than 33.3 million units (up 103% on-year) are to be delivered.
"Mini-notes continue to be a significant piece of the notebook PC pie, in terms of both units and revenue. However, our long-term outlook is that the mini-note share of the notebook PC market has stabilized, and will remain at approximately 20% through 2011 before starting to erode," said John F. Jacobs, Director of Notebook Market Research. "While mini-notes offer lower ASPs and are thinner and lighter than notebook PCs, the performance of larger notebook PCs continues to improve while prices continue to steadily decline, increasing the performance gap while narrowing the price gap."
For 2010 DisplaySearch is predicting that notebook PC sales will slip a little and reach $108 billion, while netbooks will slow their growth and top shipments of 39.7 million units.
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