Sunday, April 4, 2010

IT News HeadLines (InsideHW) 04/04/2010


InsideHW
Cooler Master GX-750W: Powerful but Accessible
It seems that PSUs with a single +12V rail are recently becoming more and more popular, which is a trend present worldwide. The cause for this is likely the fact that more and more power-craving graphics cards are appearing on the GPU market, thus putting the +12V rail under considerable strain – just take Nvidia’s latest for an example. That makes PSUs with multiple +12V rails, but with a weaker power output, less desirable. This time, we’ve received a PSU from Cooler Master’s GX series, consisting of three models, with respective power outputs of 550, 650 and 750 W. The one we’ve tested is the strongest one, boasting a power output of 750 W.
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ASUS launches AMD G34 socket-based serverboards
ASUS announced the launch of the new ASUS KGPE-D16 serverboard featuring the AMD G34 socket for 8- and 12-Core AMD Opteron 6100 Series processors. Equipped with an AMD SR5690/SP5100 chipset as well as supporting 4-channels of DDR3 memory per processor, ASUS’ unique PIKE upgrade kit, and ASUS ASMB4-iKVM module for remote management, the KGPE-D16 is a reliable platform that runs heavy server operations while achieving low power consumption.
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New Transcend JetFlash 500 flash drives now shipping
Transcend now offers the new V series JetFlash 500 family of flash drives. These drives measure 63.1 x 21 x 8.8 mm and weight about 10 grams, come in 2, 4, 8, 16 and 32GB capacities, feature a capless design with a USB connector, are shock resistant, and deliver read and write speeds of up 32 MB/s and 18 MB/s for 32 GB model. The rest are slower - 14/20 MB/s for reading, 4/5/6 MB/s for writing.
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IsoHunt is likely to close
The MPAA had sued IsoHunt in 2007, and last year a judge ruled against the indexer, saying it created a venue for illegal file sharing. In a decision that will likely take down the giant torrent indexer, an american court has now ordered IsoHunt to remove all torrents linking to infringing content. The massive site has over 30 million unique users per month, and was one of the largest public trackers behind The Pirate Bay and Mininova.
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Mac reaches 5.33% of web share
Net Applications reveals that the Mac reached a new all-time high for market share in March. It saw the largest gain of any OS in the month and jumped to 5.33 percent of all traffic online. Windows erased all its brief gains and, while still dominant, fell to 91.58 percent. Most of Apple's gains could be attributed to new Macs running Snow Leopard, but the reverse was true for Microsoft. Windows 7 cracked the 10 percent mark for the first time, but it wasn't enough to offset declines in both XP and Vista users that may have been switching to alternate operating systems rather than upgrading to 7.
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