IT-Code-News: IT News HeadLines (VR-Zone) 15/04/2010

Insights from the Inside: Cooler Master Research Facility Tour

We had a chance to visit Cooler Master's Taipei offices. Here is the long overdue article where you get to peek at what goes on behind the one defining brand for PC cooling solutions.

Click for the definitive tour of Cooler Master's R&D facilities in Taipei.

Close Look at ECS's Intel H55, H57 & AMD 890GX Mainboards

We had a chance to visit ECS and take a look at some of their recent products. Here is the long overdue article featuring the ECS H55H-I, H57H-M, and A890GXM-A up close and personal.

Intel shipping Sandy Bridge samples
Intel have been producing Sandy Bridge samples in volume since Q1 2010, and have begun shipping thousands of Sandy Bridge CPU samples to its customers. Sandy Bridge is the "tick" of Intel's "tick-tock" policy, signifying a new architecture on a mature process. Paul Otellini, CEO & President, mentioned that volume production of the currently sampling CPUs will begin as early as late 2010. A wide release has long been scheduled for early Q1 2011.

Interestingly, the first Sandy Bridge CPUs are expected to be mainstream dual-core and quad-core processors with an emphasis on efficiency. Thus, the Core i7 980X is likely to remain the fastest CPU for a long time, with Sandy Bridge six-core / eight-core iterations only releasing after Q2 2010.

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Android 2.1 downgrades image quality

PC Magazine has reported that upgrading your Android-powered smartphone to the latest version (2.1) will result in the OS's picture gallery displaying images in a lower quality than before.

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MSN Video makes an unintentional jab against Google Chrome

Microsoft's new MSN Video Player has only been out of beta for a month, and it seems like the developers have forgot to word their alerts a little more carefully.

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Intel posts massive Q1 2010 profits
Financial data for hardware companies clearly prove that Q1 of any year is always the "off-season". In most years, CPU/GPU manufacturers observe sharp drops in sales. Not so for Intel. Amazingly, Intel has posted higher profits in Q1 2010 than it did in Q4 2009, at $2.4 billion. Not surprisingly, it is also a massive improvement over recession hit Q1 2009, where Intel only managed $647 million.

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Wacom Intuos4 Wireless Tablet

Wacom Intuos 4 Wireless

The Wacom Intuos4 was launched last year, and just recently, the Japanese maker has announced the wireless version of the popular pen tablet. Incorporating Bluetooth wireless technology, the Intuos4 Wireless also features convenient USB charging directly from your computer.

Rumour: Adobe to sue Apple soon?

Not much information is available, but it seems that Adobe is deciding to take Apple to the courts in an attempt to force it to allow cross-compilers for the iPhone OS 4.0 SDK.

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ASUS Unveils New External Blu-ray Drive

ASUS has announced the ASUS SBC-06D1S-U, its new compact external Blu-ray drive.

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Dual-core Atoms: a dish best served small and lightweight

Single-core processors are pass, and Intel probably knows that better than anyone else. So what's up next on the menu, Intel? Why, new dual-core Atoms, of course.

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Logitech Wireless Desktop MK710 Claims Three-Year Battery Life

Logitech Wireless Desktop MK710

This newly available Logitech Wireless Desktop MK710 is designed to offer great usability be it surfing the web, checking emails or updating Facebook status. But one key feature of the MK710 is its claim of three-year battery life, so much so that you may forget it requires replacement of batteries.

[Rumour] TSMC to skip 22nm
After canceling the 32nm process, TSMC is now rumoured to skip 22nm and move straight to 20nm in H2 2012. Despite the poor 40nm process, TSMC is over-burdened with orders, including Nvidia and ATI GPUs. Initially, TSMC was expected to move to 32nm some time in 2010, thus enabling refresh/next-generation GPUs in late 201-. However, TSMC's move to cancel 32nm has meant the next advancement will be the 28nm, which is now rumoured to have slipped to H1 2011.

This has caused rescheduling of product releases for AMD especially, and perhaps Nvidia.

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Intel Core i5-520M goodness: ASUS K52Jr Review

The ASUS K Series is designed for multimedia performance and computing versatility. VR-Zone takes a look at the K52Jr, one of the latest models added to the series' line-up. It features Intel's new mobile Core i5 processor and ATI's Mobility Radeon HD 5470 graphics. How does it fair? Push that link for the full review.

Crysis 2 Tech Videos, Hardware Ready To Cry

Crysis 2 official site have released their tech video of Cryengine 3 in high quality along with a trailer that was unveiled in GDC 2010 back then.

We are loving the effects here, do you?

Nokia Unveils C3, Nokia C6 and Nokia E5

Nokia

Finnish manufacturer Nokia has unveiled three new handsets - Nokia C3, Nokia C6 and Nokia E5 - to provide users with superb messaging and social networking tools. The three phones are expected to be available from Q2 and Q3 this year at affordable prices.

Apple MacBook Pro refresh, adds Intel Core i5 and Intel Core i7 mobile processors

Here comes the moment, where Apple finally refreshes its MacBook Pro line of laptops with Intel's latest Core i5 and Intel Core i7 mobile processors. It took Apple this long, no thanks to a processor shortage. And, we have NVIDIA joining the party too, with their Optimus Technology.

Full specifications of the updated MacBook Pro laptops after the break.

Thursday, April 15, 2010

IT News HeadLines (VR-Zone) 15/04/2010

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