Thursday, May 6, 2010

IT News HeadLines (Tech Report) 06/05/2010



Chrome 5 beta has even quicker JavaScript
When it comes to the Chrome web browser, the words "fast enough" don't seem to be part of Google's vocabulary. The company has released a beta version of its next Chrome release, version 5, and it claims performance improvements of 30-35% in JavaScript performance. To put things in perspective, Google...
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Cinco de Mayo Shortbread
Cinco de Mayo C|Net: hp Slate killed? Not so fast Engadget reports Intel reaches for the 'smartphone zone' with Moorestown-based Atom Z6, comes up shorthanded PC Pro reports Intel shows off first Light...
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Apple to be hit with antitrust probe
How the tables have turned. Once the struggling underdog, Apple has now become big and mean enough to catch the eye of antitrust regulators in Washington. According to the Associated Press, the regulators plan to look into Apple's policy of shutting out third-party tools for iPhone and iPad app...
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Latest Eee PC Seashell has Broadcom HD decoder
Asus has joined the growing club of PC makers that offer netbooks equipped with Broadcom's Crystal HD video decoder. The new Eee PC 1005PR is part of the same Seashell family as the 1005PE we reviewed last December, but it has a higher-resolution display, HD video decoding capabilities... and...
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OCZ unleashes PC Power & Cooling Silencer Mk II PSUs
The Silencer is back. PC Power & Cooling's famous line of power supplies may have largely disappeared from Newegg and our price search engine, but OCZ has now introduced a successor: the Silencer Mk II series. Silencer Mk II PSUs have much in common with their predecessors: single,...
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Corsair rounds out Nova SSD line with 32GB, 256GB drives
Fresh from earning the coveted TR Editor's Choice award in our latest SSD roundup, Corsair's Nova V128 solid-state drive has gotten two new siblings: a 32GB model at the low end and a 256GB drive to top off the lineup. Corsair says both drives are "available immediately" from...
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