IT-Code-News: IT News HeadLines (TechConnect Magazine) 06/05/2010

Thursday, May 6, 2010

IT News HeadLines (TechConnect Magazine) 06/05/2010

RealNetworks develops all-in-wonder social game platform
Trying to bank on the social trend RealNetworks, through its 2004-bought subsidiary GameHouse, has developed and introduced GameHouse Fusion, a social gaming platform that promises to provide people with access to a heap of socially connected games across multiple devices.

NEC builds MultiSync PA271W 27-inch monitor for pros
NEC has just revealed a new addition to its MultiSync PA Series of professional-oriented displays, the PA271W 27-inch LCD featuring a 10-bit p-IPS panel that's capable of a 97.1% coverage of the AdobeRGB color space.

Chaintech presents three new Apogee series flash drives
Walton Chaintech is really getting its NAND on as it constructed and today unveiled no less than three flashy drives, all part of the Apogee family, the Neo Squeeze Plus, S101 and S102.

Google to launch an ebook store this summer
Hegemonic internet search provider Google is going to drop a bomb on Amazon, Apple, Barnes & Noble and others this summer by opening up its own online ebook store.

HP coming up with seven new ProBook business notebooks
Going all-out in terms of portable PCs, HP has today also announced no less than seven additions to its ProBook line of affordable laptops for corporate and small to midsize business customers.

Panasonic Toughbook CF-52 and CF-T8 notebooks get a spec upgrade
Panasonic is providing more power to the people by updating the hardware included within its semi-rugged Toughbook CF-52 notebook and business-rugged CF-T8 tablet-alternative.

Microsoft launches Communicator Mobile app for Nokia devices
Keeping the promise made back in August, Microsoft has today introduced the Communicator Mobile software for Nokia smartphones which enhances on-the-go collaboration, by enabling people to always keep in touch with colleagues via instant messaging, email, text or phone calls.

HP reveals four new Pavilion laptops
Beside the new ENVYs, HP is also readying the introduction of some fresh Pavilion series notebooks, namely the Intel-powered 14-inch dm4, and the AMD-based 14.5-inch dv5, 15.6-inch dv6 and 17.3-inch dv7.

HP ENVY 14 and 17 laptops finally confirmed
Rumored since last year, the ENVY 14 and 17 laptops have now been officially announced by HP but to get them you'll have to wait until May 19 (ENVY 17) and June 27 (ENVY 14), and live in the USA.

HP Mini 210 getting two more color options, Mini 110 a 6-cell battery
Inspired by Techconnect Magazine's revamp (BEd: or not), HP has today announced a heap of updated to its PC offer, including some tweaks targeting its Mini 210 and Mini 110 netbooks.

Xilence readies two new, compact power supplies
PC Power & Cooling's new Silencer Mk II units are surely sweet but if you have a compact HTPC that needs watts then something small but still feisty is required and that's where Xilence's new SFX PSUs come in.

Intel debuts the Moorestown platform for tablets, smartphones
Intel's effort to step on ARM's toes has reached another level with the introduction of the Moorestown platform which targets low-powered devices like smartphones, tablets and other mobile handheld products.

PC Power & Cooling announces the Silencer Mk II power supply line
OCZ Technology-owned PC Power & Cooling is back with a vengeance and a fresh family of solid power supplies, the Silencer Mk II which includes 500W, 650W, 750W and 950W units.

Seagate unveils the GoFlex family of external drives and accessories
Seagate, the second-largest HDD maker in Q1, has went into a release panic and introduced the GoFlex product series which includes external (portable and desktop) hard drives and interchangeable cables and adapters for use with both PCs and Macs.

New RealSSD C300 firmware released, turns some drives in NAND bricks
Lexar Media has made available a new firmware for its speedy, SATA 6.0 Gbps-ready RealSSD C300 solid state drives, but an update is not yet recommended as there are people saying that they have bricked their $400+ SSDs.

Asus Eee Top PC ET2010PNT and ET2010AGT All-in-One desktops reach the UK
Asus' wannabe hot new Eee Top PC ET2010 All-in-One family has started to become available in the UK, with two models being released in this market, the next-gen ION-powered ET2010PNT, and the AMD-based ET2010AGT.

Razer intros the Abyssus Mirror Special Edition gaming mouse
Peripheral master blaster Razer has put up for pre-order a special edition of its Abyssus ambidextrous gaming mouse (released in November) which instead of a 'regular' black coating has a black chrome mirror finish, providing a sleeker look.

Lexar shipping its Echo SE & ZE backup flash drives
Lexar Media has this week (finally) began delivering the CES 2010-announced Echo SE and Echo ZE USB 2.0 flash drives which are pre-loaded with a software solution developed by Dmailer and provide quick and safe (AES 128-bit encryption is optional) data backup.

IBM announces three new WebSphere products
IBM have announced the release of a new line of network appliances that take full advantage of their latest acquisition, Cast Iron Systems. Big Blue outlined today three new WebSphere packages that are set to allow companies to integrate and manage applications on-site and in the cloud.

Techconnect Review Round-up 4/5/10
Today's review round-up...

Chrome 5.0.375.29 beta comes bearing geolocation, file drag-and-drop
Well-known Big Brother candidate Google has now let loose the Chrome 5.0.375.29 beta so PC and Mac users can enjoy more sweet HTML5-enabled goodies like geolocation, file drag-and-drop in Gmail, App Cache and web sockets.

Lian Li to roll out the PC-X900 mid-tower chassis this month
Straight from Taiwan comes Lian Li its a brand new announcement regarding, what else if not a PC chassis, more specifically the PC-X900 mid-tower, the first product in the TYR series.

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