Thursday, January 28, 2010

IT News HeadLines (Tech Report) 28/01/2010



Further evidence points to Radeon HD 5830 launch in February
Another source has now joined in with rumors about an upcoming Radeon HD 5830 graphics card from AMD. Quoting graphics card makers, DigiTimes reports that AMD initially aimed for a January 25 launch, but a "last minute issue" that cropped up during the validation process prompted a delay. DigiTimes adds...
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McGraw-Hill CEO: Apple tablet will run iPhone OS
At 10:00 AM Pacific time today, Steve Jobs will take the stage and finally introduce that tablet device everyone's been waiting for. The President and CEO of publishing giant McGraw-Hill spoiled part of the surprise yesterday, though. In an interview with CNBC, Terry McGraw revealed that the upcoming Apple device...
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Pine Trail-based MSI Wind U135 netbooks now available
Intel's Pine Trail platform has landed in another series of netbooks. Newegg now carries two brand-new MSI Wind U135 systems priced at $309.99 and $329.99, both featuring 10.1" displays, Intel Atom N450 processors, and Windows 7 Starter Edition. Buyers will also find Intel GMA 3150 integrated graphics, 1GB...
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New Ubisoft DRM requires Internet connection
Could 2010 be the year PC game digital rights management schemes lose their fangs? Yesterday, we saw 2K Games had dropped the five-machine activation limit for BioShock 2. GameSpy now reports that Ubisoft has unleashed a new DRM system unburdened by installation limits and disc-based authentication. Rather, the new...
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Intel keeps growing in the graphics market, JPR says
Sick of market share numbers yet? Jon Peddie Research has now joined in the fun with data pertaining to the graphics side of the PC market. There, Intel's integrated graphics chipsets look to have done exceedingly well in the fourth quarter, while AMD and Nvidia both lost a little...
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IDC: Intel lost ground to AMD again last quarter
Perhaps AMD's financial success in the fourth quarter wasn't due entirely to that $1.25-billion Intel settlement. The underdog also managed to grow its share of microprocessor shipments in both the desktop and mobile markets, according to the latest round of numbers by market research firm IDC. AMD commanded almost...
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