Sunday, January 10, 2010

IT News HeadLines (Tech Report) 10/01/2010



Deal of the week: That new HP Envy 15 for $1,100
Earlier today, we told you about the new version of HP's metallic Envy 15 laptop, which now packs Mobility Radeon HD 5800-series graphics and a Core i5 processor for $1,300. Well, as it turns out, you should be able to grab the system for only $1,100. Here's how. HP is...
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Dell Studio XPS 16 concept laptop has OLED display
Just over two years ago, Sony was gearing up to introduce its first OLED-based TV, a teeny 11" model with a 960x450 resolution, for the equivalent of $1,700 in Japan. Today at CES, however, Dell is showing off a concept version of its Studio XPS 16 laptop sporting a...
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Intel opens app store for Windows, Moblin netbooks
App stores seem to be the latest craze right now, and Intel has become the latest company to succumb to it. With the freshly opened beta of the AppUp center, the chipmaker aims to give netbook users "quick and easy access to applications specifically tailored to their mobile lifestyle." In...
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Former exec: Apple orchestrated tablet launch leak
Some bloggers have compared Apple's management to the Nazi Gestapo for the tactics it uses to make sure juicy details about new products don't escape into the wild. However, the firm's aura of secretiveness may be little but a front. Behind closed doors, The Mac Observer reports, Apple
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MSI to sell Lucid-powered Big Bang mobo in mid-January
Lucid initially planned to have its Hydra GPU load-balancer chip in a shipping MSI motherboard by the end of October 2009, but that schedule ended up slipping. (We covered some of the underlying politics in our Hydra hands-on article the following month.) Today, MSI's Hydra-powered Big Bang Fuzion...
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Cheaper HP Envy 15 packs Core i5, Mobility Radeon HD 5830
The aluminum- and magnesium-clad HP Envy 15 has become one of the first laptops to feature one of AMD's just-released Mobility Radeon HD 5800-series graphics processors. HP has updated the system with an equally fresh 32-nm Core i5 processor, as well, and it's dropped the price to...
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40GB Intel solid-state drive starts selling at $130
You know those value-oriented Intel X25-V solid-state drives we talked about last month? The first one of them has now become available at Newegg for a relatively affordable $129.99 (with free shipping). That price gets you a 2.5", 40GB SSD in a retail box with a three-year warranty as...
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