Wednesday, March 31, 2010

IT News HeadLines (Tech Report) 31/03/2010



Two-platter 750GB mobile drive due from Toshiba, too
Western Digital isn't the only company with a two-platter 750GB mobile hard drive up its sleeve. Toshiba has announced just such a product, the MK7559GSXP, which similarly squeezes 750GB of capacity into a standard 2.5", 9.5-mm form factor. You might not see the Toshiba MK7559GSXP on store shelves quite as...
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WD ships two-platter 750GB mobile hard drive
Last September, Western Digital announced that it had begun shipping the world's highest-capacity 2.5" mobile hard drive with a standard 9.5-mm thickness: the 640GB Scorpio Blue. Almost seven months later, WD has now repeated that same claim, this time in reference to its new 750GB Scorpio Blue. The WD...
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95W Phenom II X4 955 may be in the works
AMD hasn't given up on the fight with Intel's quad-core Nehalem processors quite yet. Not only does the firm have six-core Thuban CPUs with "Turbo" capabilities in the works, but according to Fudzilla, a new, lower-power variant of the Phenom II X4 955 will soon see the light of...
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Report: Asus, Gigabyte mull cheaper USB 3.0 mobos
Could USB 3.0-enabled motherboards soon wander into the lower echelons of the market? Yes, suggests DigiTimes. The site relays an Apple Daily story that says both Asus and Gigabyte are considering the addition of USB 3.0 connectivity to their "mid-range and entry-level motherboards." Now, mobos with those shiny blue ports...
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Doctors Day Shortbread
Doctors Day WSJ: iPhone to migrate to Verizon DailyTech reports AdMob reveals Android to be Apple's biggest smartphone competitor C|Net: Google planning fix for Android fragmentation? NPD: 51% of buyers would rather have netbook over iPad Gizmodo on how the iPad is already reshaping the Internet...
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New mobile GeForce drivers bring external 3D Vision support
With AMD now delivering mobile GPU drivers directly, Nvidia isn't about to drop the ball and halt its initiative. On the contrary; the rival firm has outed a batch of "Verde" drivers for its mobile GeForce graphics processors, spoiling notebook users with (claimed) performance improvements, new SLI profiles, and...
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Passover Shortbread
Passover C|Net: Partial block for Google Mobile services in China The Inquirer reports semiconductor revenue is set to recover Samsung, Nokia "patently" eyeing Palm? (thanks dpaus) Engadget reports Apple posts up iPad Guided Tours... lots of Guided Tours TUAW reports iPad suppliers forecast shipments of 8 -...
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