Thursday, March 18, 2010

IT News HeadLines (InsideHW) 18/03/2010


InsideHW
NVIDIA brings 3D to TVs via HTPC
NVIDIA launched a companion app for home theater PCs, 3DTV Play (http://macnn.com/rd/155641==http://www.nvidia.com/object/3D_TV_play.html), which gives any PC with a modern, 3D Vision-capable GeForce card the ability to output a true 3D image to any TV with both 3D and HDMI 1.4 inputs, including new Panasonic VIERA plasmas as well as LCDs from Samsung, Sony and others.
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Microsoft reveals three new 720p webcams
Microsoft has revealed three new LifeCam series webcams that can capture 720p video and feature the new TrueColor Technology which automatically adjusts picture quality depending on ambient lighting. The LifeCam HD-5000, HD-5001 and HD-6000 feature an Auto Focus function, can make 4.0 megapixel still images, and include Windows Live Movie Maker integration which enables people to start a movie project with one click and then upload the videos to YouTube and other sharing sites.
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Nvidia releases GeForce 197.13 beta drivers
Nvidia releases a new beta driver for its desktop graphics cards, The GeForce 197.13 which includes the PhysX 9.10.0129 software and pretty much should be as same as previous WHQL driver which was recently pull of the site, except the fan controller bug.
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IE9 to support HTML 5 and GPU acceleration
Microsoft's upcoming major web browser update, Internet Explorer 9, puts a lot of focus on support for the HTML 5 standards. IE9 is also expected to beef up performance, offloading tasks within the web browser to the graphics processing unit (GPU), or using separate CPU cores for certain elements of web pages if available.
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Radeons HD 5770: A Hawk Versus Arctic Ice
The Radeon HD 5770 is currently praised as a very good choice in the upper middle class of GPUs, since it provides very good performance in resolutions typical for 20” and 22” monitors at a decent price, which is likely to become the optimal choice for gamers today. We rejoiced to see so many manufacturers coming out with their own models so fast, shunning the referent ATI design in order to create a bit pricier, but faster graphics card to start with, a gain which can be increased even further by overclocking, courtesy of high-quality cooling systems implemented by various manufacturers. We’ve received two very interesting models whose overclock range took us by surprise, both cards sporting great looks and an attractive accompanying bundle.
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ProlimaTech Armageddon CPU Cooler
The ProlimaTech Armageddon is one such cooling solution with a legacy to fill, and with six heatpipes and enough finsink area for two 140mm fans it seems a reasonable possability. Benchmark Reviews recently tested the ProlimaTech Armageddon heatsink in our Best CPU Cooler Performance series, on an overclocked Intel Core i7-980X Extreme Edition processor against several other top CPU coolers. LINK (http://benchmarkreviews.com/index.php?option=com_content task=view id=492 Itemid=62 )
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