Techconnect Review Round-up 12/3/10
CPU & Motherboard
- MSI 770-C35 Motherboard @ iXBT Labs
- Core i7-980X Extreme Edition
@ HardwareZone
@ OC3D
@ TechRadar
- Asus Maximus 3 Extreme (Intel P55) @ Bjorn3d
- ASUS P7P55D-E Premium Motherboard @ [H]ard OCP
Memory
- A-DATA PC3-17600 (2200MHz) Gaming Series 4GB Kit @ TweakTown
Storage
- Kingston V+ SNVP325-S2 128GB SSD @ PureOC
Graphics cards
- Radeon HD5830 DirectX-11 Gaming Performance @ Benchmark Reviews
- MSI HD 5870 Lightning @ techPowerUp
- PowerColor HD 5830 PCS+ @ Neoseeker
- HIS Radeon HD 5570 Fan Video Card @ Hardware Secrets
Enclosures & PSUs
- CoolerMaster 690 II Advanced vs. CoolerMaster 690 @ Ninjalane
- Cooler Master HAF 932 AMD Edition chassis
@ Overclockers HQ
@ Legit Reviews
- Silverstone Fortress FT02 case @ PureOC
- Thermaltake V3 Black Edition case @ Overclockers Club
Displays
- Acer S243HL and BenQ G2220HD @ TechRadar
Cooling and modding
- Coolink Corator DS CPU Cooler
@ TechREACTION
@ X-bit labs
- Zaward Golf Fan II @ Tech-Reviews
Peripherals
- Razer Imperator Gaming Mouse and Vespula Mouse Mat Video Review @ TweakTown
PCs & Macs
- Acer Aspire 1410-74G25n and Elonex Sliver @ TechRadar
Photo and video cameras
- Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ8 @ TechRadar
Sound
- Arctic Cooling E361-BM Earphone @ Bay Reviews
Other
- QNAP NMP-1000 Network Media Player @ APH Networks
- Nokia X3 and Panasonic DMP-B100 Portable Blu-ray Player @ TrustedReviews
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Lenovo rolling out three new Full HD monitors
Lenovo is this month expanding its display offer with a trio of LCDs capable of FullHD (1920x1080) viewing, the 21.5-inch L2261 Wide, 23-inch L2361p Wide and 23.8-inch L2461x Wide. All models feature a TN panel and LED backlighting, a 5ms response time, a contrast ratio of 1000:1, a high gloss black coasting, and a one-year warranty.
The L2261 Wide has a typical brightness of 250 cd/m2, a 16.9mm-thick bezel, D-Sub and DVI connectors and a stand enabling tilt and swivel adjustments.
The L2361p Wide also boasts a 250 cd/m2 brightness but is 28.7mm thick, and packs D-Sub, DVI and HDMI 1.3 inputs, three USB 2.0 ports, two 3W speakers and a 0.3 megapixel webcam.
Last but not least, the L2461x Wide comes with a 300 cd/m2 brightness, D-Sub, DVI, HDMI 1.3 connectors, four USB 2.0 ports, dual 3W speakers, a 2.0 megapixel webcam and, wait for it... multi-touch support. For now this is the only monitor listed by stores and it costs $550.
Images courtesy of Thinkpads.com.
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Arctic Cooling intros the Accelero XTREME 5870 & 5970
Swiss company Arctic Cooling has today officially launched two new Accelero XTREME coolers, one compatible with the Radeon HD 5870 and one with the HD 5970. Both VGA coolers feature three 92mm fans working at 900 ~ 2000 RPM and pre-applied MX-2 thermal paste, but the HD 5870 models measures 290 (L) x 104 (W) x 56 (H) mm and packs 5 copper heatpipes and 84 aluminum fins, while the HD 5970 version is 290 (L) x 104 (W) x 58 (H) mm and has 8 heatpipes and 119 fins.
The Accelero XTREME 5870 will be released in April @ $67.95 / 49.95 Euro, and the Accelero XTREME 5970 will debut in May priced at $76.95 / 56.95 Euro (without VAT). The coolers will be backed by a six-year warranty.
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Buffalo MiniStation Lite portable HDDs get golden
Buffalo Technology has just announced the addition of a new color option for its MiniStation Lite portable hard drives - shiny, well glossy, gold. This is the sixth color available for Buffalo's drive, the others being black, red, white, blue and pink.
The portable HDDs measure 81 (W) x 16 (H) x 130 (D) mm, have an USB 2.0/1.1 interface, a power consumption that can go down to 1.27W, and include the Memeo AutoSync and SecureLockMobile software for automatically synchronizing with PCs/Macs and easy data encryption.
The Buffalo's colorful MiniStation Lite drives are available in 250GB, 320GB, 500GB and 640GB capacities priced between 50 and 100 Euro.
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Opera 10.51 snapshot available for download
Opera Software continues to be on overdrive with the development of its desktop browser so today it has let loose the first snapshot of Opera 10.51 (for Windows). Available here, Opera 10.51 build 3309 includes the following updates:
Desktop/UI
- Skin tweaking (more native default skin)
- Fixed several common crashers reported via the crashlogging tool
- Fixed DSK-273787 (Inline find toolbar uses Google search)
- Fixed DSK-283210 (Drag & Drop in page broken)
- Fixed DSK-283085 (Icons on customized status bar duplicated on upgrade)
- Fixed DSK-279809 (Wrong accelerator key for CJK)
- Fixed DSK-275798 (Chat notification appears even if chat tab is active)
- Fixed DSK-278443 (Importing bookmarks imports a second "Trash" folder)
- Fixed DSK-276834 (Ini file variables no longer working: %s, %t, %c, %u, %l)
- Fixed DSK-279652 (Deleting bookmark closes/collapses all folders)
- Fixed DSK-274429 (Focus lost when deleting bookmarks)
- Fixed DSK-272965 (Plugins not moved to new window when dragging tab from a different window)
- Fixed DSK-280340 (Use image on desktop doesn't work)
- Fixed DSK-268249 ('Use Integrated Search' searches in google, not in the page)
- Fixed DSK-280390 (The O menu button can reappear when the menu bar is enabled)
- Fixed DSK-274949 (Icon remains in the system tray after closing Opera)
- Fixed DSK-283422 (Crash on startup with old profile)
- Fixed DSK-286209 (Crash when disabling "Encode international Web addresses with UTF-8)
- Fixed DSK-279060 (Minimized tabs don't display after restart)
- Fixed DSK-280780 (Favicon not added to bookmarks due to question mark in filename/path)
- Fixed DSK-282359 (Icons missing from menus in 16-bit color mode)
- Fixed DSK-285442 (Scrolling performance is slower in 10.50 than 10.10 on some configurations)
- Fixed DSK-275546 (No main menu after upgrading)
Core
- Fixed DSK-279742 (Incorrect font used for UTF8 page without lang specified)
- Fixed DSK-284316 (Crashers when syncing against random Link data)
- Fixed DSK-285606 (Opera Link fails to sync when item has no value for id or content attribute)
- Fixed CARAKAN-1058 (Memory leak in Dromaeo tests)
- Fixed CARAKAN-1138 (Crash when throwing exception from JIT-invoked eval())
- Fixed CARAKAN-1141 (Crash on thejit.org demo (JIT only))
- Fixed CARAKAN-779 (Incorrect toString of accessor properties)
- Further Carakan crash fixes
- Fixed CORE-28353 (Thread migration with cross-scheduler back references cause a crash)
- Fixed CORE-28317 (Cookies received over NPAPI are incorrectly parsed): DnB NOR login fails
- Fixed CORE-17989 (Should allow cookie mode override in ua.ini)
- Fixed CORE-27420 (drawImage called with an image with non-existent source throws)
- Fixed CORE-28379 (Crash when calling opera.io.filesystem.browseForDirectory() from widget)
- Fixed DSK-255372 (Add functionality to get quote-marks from documentedit)
- Fixed DSK-284837 (Attachments not accessible for sent messages)
- Fixed DSK-284161 (Ghost e-mails in the Trash folder after emptying it and a restart of Opera)
- Fixed DSK-286102 (Message not loaded when it's deselected and selected again)
- Fixed DSK-284168 (Only possible to attach images after inserting an image in an HTML mail)
- Fixed DSK-262824 (Missing inlined image when reopening draft when image has space in filename)
- Fixed DSK-283465 (Mail is blank when using fit to width)
- Fixed DSK-284781 (Attachments not sent if mail is sent quickly after attaching files)
- Fixed DSK-283709 (Emails container has extra border)
- Fixed DSK-270134 (Welcome mail in Opera Mail shows old logo)
- Fixed DSK-275889 (Quotes missing in mail.css and webfeeds.html)
- Fixed DSK-269693 (Missing option to move mail.css)
- Fixed DSK-286863 (Opera Mail welcome e-mail message not localized)
- Fixed CORE-28422 (Added possibility to get blockquotes as text)
A new Opera 10.50 build for Linux has also been released and you can get it here.
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Inno3D looking prepared for GeForce GTX 400 series launch
Fueling our hopes for a good, hard launch for Nvidia's first DirectX 11 cards, a few pictures have come about showing off some ready to ship Inno3D GeForce GTX 480s and GTX 470s. Assuming that the boxes are not empty it seems like Inno3D will be one of the manufacturers who will have GF100-based cards on sale at the end of this month.
Just below you can see the Inno3D GTX 480 box in detail, confirming the 1536MB / 384-bit memory configuration of the upcoming enthusiast graphics card, and listing several technologies supported like SLI, CUDA, PhysX and 3D Vision Surround. Inno3D is bundling an iChill gaming mat with the cards, which is nice, but a top-notch game would have been nicer.
Like everyone, Inno3D will have to wait until March 26 to release its GeForce GTX 400 cards.
Photos courtesy of the VR-Zone forums.
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AOL Lifestream aggregator becomes a standalone product
Launched last year as AIM's social aggregator, Lifestream now stands on its own two feel thanks to AOL's decision to make it into an application for desktops running Windows or Mac OS, but also for mobiles like Apple's iPhone and Android-based smartphones. With the Lifestream app, which is currently in beta, people can post updates on all their social networks simultaneously, comment on what others upload, add pictures or locations to posts, check trends, search for various topics, and even follow a specific location the same way they follow friends.
"In an age where users are completely inundated with information online, Lifestream is all about creating a unique and simple experience where you can view all of your social content and status updates in one place," said Brad Garlinghouse, President, Consumer Applications, AOL. "To date, nobody has done this well and we think it’s a huge opportunity for AOL to surprise our consumers and the industry at large with an incredibly compelling social experience."
Lifestream for PCs and Macs can be downloaded via this page, while the mobile versions of the app are available in the App Store and Android Market.
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DFI reveals its ML905 embedded board
Taiwanese LANParty starter DFI has today announced its newest embedded solution, the ML905 series Micro COM Express module which can be used for ATM/POS terminals, kiosks, industrial automation and control, and medical diagnostic & patient monitoring applications.
DFI's module measures 95 x 95 mm and features a 1.1 GHz or 1.6 GHz Atom Z series processor, the Intel US15WP chipset, GMA 500 integrated graphics, one DDR2-533 So-DIMM for up to 2GB of RAM, two SATA 3.0 Gbps ports, Gigabit Ethernet, HD audio, and supports 4 PCI and 1 PCI Express x1 expansion slots on the carrier board.
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Gateway EC14D ultra-portable up for pre-order
Gateway's CES 2010-announced EC14D ultra-portable laptop is taking its sweet time reaching customers as currently it is still just available for pre-order. The 1.2 inch-thick machine costs $630 and includes a 11.6-inch (1366x768) Ultrabright LED-backlit screen, a 1.3 GHz Pentium SU4100 processor, 4GB of RAM, GMA 4500MHD graphics, a 320GB hard drive, a 8x DVD writer, a webcam, a multi-card reader, Gigabit Ethernet, 802.11n WiFi, plus a multi-gesture touchpad.
The EC14D has a 6-cell battery enabling up to 8 hours of operation, is pre-loaded with Windows 7 Home Premium and, according to Amazon it will start shipping in 3 to 6 weeks.
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Rumours circle multitasking for iPhone 4.0
Reports suggest that Apple may be preparing to finally enable multi-tasking on their world renowned iPhone handset.
AppleInsider are citing anonymous sources in reporting that the iPhone OS 4.0 release will allow users to launch and access multiple applications at once, including those from third-party developers.
Additionally they have reported that version 4.0 of the iPhoneOS will borrow elements of the MacOS X interface to present and manage multiple active applications.
While in fact the current iPhone software is capable of multi-tasking, the feature is only accessible on 'jailbroken' handsets in which the device's security controls have been modified. The lack of multi-tasking on the iPhone has become a selling point for competing devices, such as the Motorola Droid.
Apple is widely believed to be targeting the new OS for a summer release date, as has been the schedule for all previous major iPhone releases and updates.
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