Friday, March 19, 2010

IT News HeadLines (Tech Report) 19/03/2010



Report: Acer squeezes mobile Nehalem CPU supply
Acer ultraportables with mobile Nehalem-based processors are on the horizon, and it's looking like they may not have too many competitors at first—or at least, their competitors might be harder to come by. Quoting anonymous notebook industry sources, the folks at DigiTimes write that Intel's mobile Core i3, i5, and...
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Six-core Thuban could run at up to 3GHz
For a good while now, we've known AMD is cooking up six-core desktop processors code-named Thuban and officially branded Phenom II X6. The rumor mill even gave us some model numbers and a launch date (April 26) last month, but specifications have thus far eluded us. Luckily, TC Magazine now...
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AMD releases Catalyst 10.3 preview drivers
Hot on the heels of the new GeForce driver update, AMD has put up a preview version of its Catalyst 10.3 graphics drivers. This release brings forth one major new feature for notebook users: official support for Mobility Radeon HD 2000 through 5000 GPUs in laptops offered by "most...
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National Biodiesel Day Shortbread
National Biodiesel Day TC Magazine reports AMD Phenom II X6 clocks leaked DigiTimes: Intel notebook CPUs in tight supply, says sources VR-Zone reports Biostar BIO-unlocKING on AMD 8xx chipset The Register on desktop refresh cycles: How long is yours? Ars Technica reports iMacs expected to boost...
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AMD outlines its Gamers Manifesto
AMD has released a Gamers Manifesto that details how the company works with developers to benefit all gamers, not just those with Radeon graphics cards. Join us as we take a closer look at the manifesto's guiding principles and how they apply to DirectX 11, Eyefinity, and GPU-accelerated physics.
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GeForce 197.13 drivers address fan speed bug
Got an Nvidia graphics card? Good news, then: the latest drivers no longer throw off fan speed regulation and subsequently induce overheating. You know, like the last GeForce driver release. Nvidia has put up new 197.13 drivers it says "resolve the customer reports of fan speed issues with 196.75...
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Bad Company 2 to shed SecuROM DRM on Steam
Here's one non-Valve Steam game that won't impose a second layer of crusty digital rights management anymore. As Shacknews reports, EA DICE will soon remove SecuROM DRM from the Steam version of Battlefield: Bad Company 2. An official change log provides little in the way of background information, merely...
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