Thursday, February 4, 2010

IT News HeadLines (Tech Report) 04/02/2010



National Signing Day Shortbread
National Signing Day DailyTech reports Apple tries a second time to fix 27" iMac issues with firmware update Betanews reports 9 out of 10 premium-priced PCs sold at U.S. retail is a Mac Ars Technica reports Nehalem Mac Pros take 20% performance hit when playing audio and...
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BioShock 2 to debut at midnight on February 9
Fans of BioShock will be able to get their hands on the sequel very early on launch day, so long as they're willing to head to a physical store. 2K Games has announced that "more than 2,500 GameStop and Best Buy stores" will start selling BioShock 2 as soon...
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Zune HD gets a price cut, slips to $190
Is Microsoft getting sick of all the attention Apple has been getting lately? Microsoft's Zune HD media players have received a surprise price cut, as Engadget reports, and the 16GB model is now slightly cheaper than Apple's 8GB iPod touch. The 16GB and 32GB Zune HD players launched at...
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Apple's iPad deemed a 'comedy gold mine'
The negative response that has followed the Apple iPad launch seems almost proportional to the amount of hype that preceded it. Some are now seizing the opportunity to poke fun at the new gadget—like the folks at CollegeHumor, who put together this little video:
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Cooler Master rolls out three high-efficiency PSUs
High-efficiency power supplies only seem to be growing in popularity. We wrapped up a four-way roundup of three such units only two weeks ago, and already, we see Cooler Master has crowded the playing field further with three PSUs all rated for 85% efficiency. The Cooler Master GX Series includes...
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2TB Samsung EcoGreen has four platters, costs $180
Here comes another four-platter 2TB hard drive, this time courtesy of Samsung. The Korean company has announced the EcoGreen F3EG, a 3.5-inch "high-performance environmentally-friendly HDD" that comes in 1.5TB and 2TB variants, each made up of high-density 500GB platters. These products also have 16MB or 32MB of cache, 300MB/s Serial...
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