Monday, March 29, 2010

IT News HeadLines (InsideHW) 29/03/2010


InsideHW
CoolIT Omni ALC liquid cooler supports GeForce GTX 470 and 480
CoolIT Systems Omni ALC universal graphics card liquid cooling system was unveiled at CES 2010 in January and is set to feature support for the just-launched GeForce GTX 400 series cards, the GTX 480 and GTX 470. Described as a high performance and cost effective universal liquid cooling solution, Omni ALC is made up of a plate with high density micro-channels, a quiet Ceramic bearing CFF1 pump (50,000 hours MTTF), and a 120mm or 240mm radiator.
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DFI prepares new QM57 Mini ITX motherboard
DFI has revealed a new industrial motherboard in Mini ITX form factor. Model CP100-NRM is powered by Intel QM57 chipset and is aimed to be used for digital signage, security, industrial control automation, networking embedded applications, but also for gaming.
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GPU-Z 0.4.0 brings Fermi support
Together with the debut of Nvidia's first DirectX 11-supporting GeForce models comes a new version of GPU-Z, popular graphics card monitoring and information tool. According to its maker, new build 0.4.0 brings the support for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470 and GTX 480, voltage monitoring for MSI HD 5750, 5830, 5870 Lightning, support for Intel Pineview and also fixes memory clock reading on NVIDIA with GDDR5 memory, so the real clock is now displayed
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Apple tooks iPad trademark from Fujitsu
Apple has quietly resolved a possible trademark dispute with Fujitsu by successfully negotiating the rights to the iPad name. A USPTO filing (http://assignments.uspto.gov/assignments/q?db=tm sno=76497338) showed that the iPad trademark was transferred over to Apple on March 17th. The American company had tried to legally force the switch after Fujitsu had technically abandoned the trademark last year but appears to have settled the matter early.
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Mobile browser developer Novarra to be acquired by Nokia
Nokia, the world's largest phone manufacturer has announced that it is buying Novarra Inc. a Chicago-based company that has developed the Vision mobile browser and service platform. With this purchase Nokia is surely looking to improve the Internet experience on its phones and connected devices, a new mobile service powered by Novarra's technology being planned for a release later this year.
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Quad-core Commodore 64 reincarnation
The Commodore 64 has been reincarnated as a 3GHz quad-core PC with 3D graphics, Gigabit Ethernet, a DVD-RW drive, and a 500GB hard disk. All that's left is the built-in keyboard, and the name. In this case, that 64 can only mean a 64-bit processor - not 64 kilobytes of memory. Memory's up to a decidedly un-1980s eight gigabytes.
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25W AMD Athlon II 250u appears in offers
Since mid-2009, we've been hearing about AMD's plans to reveal several Athlon parts with TDPs ranging from 18W to 25W. The 1.6GHz Athlon II 250u is one such CPU, and it operates at 0.85 to 1.15V with the TDP of just 25W, which is less than many mobile CPUs. Best of all, the 250u is not based around the ancient K8 core - it's a 45nm Regor part.
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Details about Nvidia GF104 chips and cards
The 3dcenter.org team managed to dig up some pretty interesting informations about Nvidia's upcoming GF104 chip. Apparently, it will be a couple months before the market sees Fermi-based mainstream and entry level cards. According to 3dcenter (http://www.3dcenter.org/artikel/details-zu-nvidias-performance-chip-gf104), the performance GF104 core will feature 256 shader cores, 64 TMUs, 32 ROPs and it will utilize a 256-bit memory bus, and the chip should appear in three cards.
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Cooler Master NotePal ErgoStand: Cools and Lifts
You have to admit one thing – Cooler Master is restless as far as churning out new notebook coolers goes, to the point of it being bewildering how such a simple device can be created in so many variations. The latest model carries the title NotePal ErgoStand, “Ergo” obviously standing for “ergonomic”. The easiest way to describe this NotePal would be – a combination of the old NotePal S and the recently reviewed models (Reviews/Notebooks/Cooler-Master-NotePal-U1-and-U2.html), it’s intended for use with notebook sizes of up to 17”. The ErgoStand is made of black plastic, with a metal net containing four spring-buffers, which prevent the notebook to slip, but also protect it from scratches. The construction is very robust, resulting directly in a somewhat greater weight (just over a kilogram). Although most of it is made of plastic, the device leaves an impression of a high-quality product, with a very good finish.
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