Saturday, February 6, 2010

IT News HeadLines (Tech Report) 06/02/2010



Radeon HD 5800 users get gray screen fix
AMD has released a Catalyst driver hotfix for a so-called "gray screen" problem affecting Radeon HD 5800 users. The hotfix is available from AMD's support knowledge base as two downloads: one for Windows 7 and Vista and another for Windows XP, all in either 32-bit or 64-bit variants. Both...
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Rumor: Radeon HD 5830 pushed back
That rumored Radeon HD 5830 graphics card from AMD doesn't appear to be launching today, in spite of previous reports. Fudzilla got an update from its sources about the matter, and it now claims the product's introduction has been delayed because of the Chinese New Year. Reportedly, shipments might...
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Mozilla Weave 1.0 syncs Firefox user data
We recently wrote about the release of Google Chrome 4.0, which lets users synchronize their bookmarks across multiple systems. Well, Firefox users can now enjoy the same functionality—and no, not with a third-party add-on. As Ars Technica points out, Mozilla has released version 1.0 of Weave, its official...
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Bubble Gum Day Shortbread
Bubble Gum Day Gizmodo reports Apple paying out 15% on broken 27" iMacs Channel Register reports hp ordered to pay £200 in interim damages ruling U.S. government: iPad and other smart mobile devices may strain networks ...
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vPro spreads to Core i3, i5, i7 processors
Good news, IT admins. Intel has announced a new vPro platform, this time bringing its suite of management and monitoring technologies to systems based on Core i3, Core i5, and Core i7 processors. The wording of the announcement is a tad confusing, since Intel talks about vPro "processors." As far...
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Microsoft 'no longer brings us the future,' says former exec
Windows 7 may have pushed Microsoft's revenue to record levels last quarter, but a former executive still has a dim outlook on the company's future. The root of the problem? The company's alleged inability to innovate. Writing in the New York Times' op-ed section, former Microsoft VP Dick Brass
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Corsair preps four new solid-state drives
The solid-state drive market is booming lately, and Corsair is no small part of that phenomenon. We've gotten information from the firm about four upcoming 2.5" Corsair SSDs, which are part of two different lineups called Reactor and Nova. The two Reactor drives have capacities of 120GB and 60GB, top rated...
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