IT-Code-News: IT News HeadLines (VR-Zone) 08/04/2010

Intel promises more development on Itanium architecture even as Microsoft kills support for IA64

In an article we posted yesterday, Microsoft announced that they would be killing Itanium support on Windows Server in favour of the x64 architecture. Now, Intel has come out to defend Itanium even as its Xeon processors compete against it.

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AMD announces FirePro V8800 Workstation GPU
Long after ATI's release of the Radeon HD 5800 series, they are finally covering up the Workstation market - which has been filled by rather aging products based on the last generation GT200 and RV770 respectively.

The FirePro V8800 is based on the Cypress GPU and is the Workstation sibling of the Radeon HD 5870. On paper, the 1600 SP 2.6 TFlops product is easily the fastest out there - pending Nvidia's Fermi based Quadro products.

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Biostar TA890FXE AM3 Motherboard Preview

Biostar has released more details about its TA890FXE AM3 motherboard.

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Asus M4A88TD-V EVO/USB3 Motherboard Detailed

Like both Biostar and ASRock, Asus has released more information on the Asus M4A88TD-V EVO/USB3, its soon-to-be released AMD 880G-based motherboard.

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Scythe Unveils Three New Slip Stream Fans

Slip Stream 120 PWM (SY1225SL12LM-P)

Scythe, well known for its high performance CPU coolers and case-fans, has launched its Slip Stream 120 PWM, Slip Stream 120 PWM Adjustable and Slip Stream 120 PWM & V.R. case fans.

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Hitachi Japan Announces New Formula To Prolong Battery Life

Hitachi Japan have announced in its recent press release that they have a new secret formula that prolong battery life twice as much in a lithium ion battery

HP Slate specs and pricing leaked

The tablet wars have yet to start, but a leaked presentation slide from HP shows that everything is ready for one to take place, right down to pricing and hardware specs.

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Update: Japan Realistic Looking Humanoid Video

Sometime ago, we shared with you about this realistic humanoid "Geminoid TMF", well I found a video on youtube. Check it out, especially those facial emotions the robot making.

Creepy? Realistic? Your call.

Adobe Flash Player 10.1 Goes Release Candidate

Adobe have announced its Flash Player 10.1 will be going Release Candidate with various fixes and improvements.

Panasonic Announces 2010 VIERA Flat-Panel TV Line-up

Panasonic

Panasonic Singapore held a regional media event at the Resorts World Sentosa Convention Hall this afternoon to unveil their Viera display line-up for this year. The new Viera models include five plasma TV series (one being Full HD 3D) and six LCD TV series (two with LED backlighting technology).

Xbox 360 Gets USB Memory Support

A new system update for the Xbox 360 has been released today to allow storage via USB medium although a couple of pointers to take note.

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iPhone OS 4 Sneak Peek Event

Apple is announcing a sneak peek event for its upcoming iPhone OS 4 at April 8th at 10AM PT

We are wondering what new stuff Apple may include in its latest OS

Microsoft to end support for Itanium systems

The future of Intel's IA64 architecture does not look good with the Redmond giant being the next in line to drop it from the list of supported architectures.

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[Rumour] Nvidia Fermi codenames GF104 and GF119 emerge
The first codename, GF104, has been doing rounds in the rumour mill ever since GF100 was first announced. Simply put, it will be the GTS 400 series, or, GTX 400/GF100 roughly cut in half. It has been rumoured for 256 shaders. However, the "uncore" part, i.e. memory interface, ROPs, etc. are likely to end up closer to GTX 400, than half.

GF104 is likely to be sized at 300+ mm², around the same as Cypress, which is a whole class higher. Performance for the top part is expected to be somewhere around the HD 5830. That brings us on to the more interesting codename - GF119.

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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470 Voltage Modifications

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470 might not be the coolest running graphics accelerator around, but that doesn't stop overclockers from attempting voltage modifications on it. Guide inside.

Microsoft Singapore Unveils New Webcams And Mice

Microsoft Mobile Mouse 3500

Microsoft Singapore has announced two new web cameras and three mice that use the latest technology and come with affordable price tags. The new peripherals will be available from mid April to early May this year.

Leadtek Unveils WinFast Killer Pro Network Card

Leadtek has collaborated with Bigfoot Networks to deliver the WinFast Killer Xeno Pro, expanding its diversified product portfolio from nVidia graphic cards to high performance network cards.

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ASRock 880G Extreme 3 Motherboard Detailed

ASRock is readying its 880G Extreme 3 motherboard for launch.

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PQI Unleashes World's First USB 3.0 2.5" HDD

Taipei based PQI, one of the largest memory module manufacturers in the world, has unveiled the H566 the worlds first USB 3.0 2.5 portable HDD.

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Thursday, April 8, 2010

IT News HeadLines (VR-Zone) 08/04/2010

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