IT-Code-News: IT News HeadLines (TechConnect Magazine) 14/05/2010

Friday, May 14, 2010

IT News HeadLines (TechConnect Magazine) 14/05/2010

ViewSonic shows its greener side with the VX2250wm-LED monitor
Keeping up with the green computing trend, ViewSonic has now introduced to the world the VX2250wm-LED, an LED-backlit monitor which has a 22-inch (21.5-inch viewable) LCD panel and a typical power consumption of 26W.

Lian Li announces the PC-B25S mid-tower case
Claiming to take "silence to a whole new level," Lian Li has developed and now revealed its newest PC case, a mid-tower model dubbed PC-B25S that is based on the PC-B25 'Blue Ring' released a few years ago.

Google uses Squared tech to improve search results
Launched one year ago as a Labs project, Google Squared, a tool that better organizes information found on the web, has began to bear fruit in the form of two little features that have been added to the well-known search engine.

Art. Lebedev working on new Optimus Popularis keyboard
Russian design house Art. Lebedev Studio has just announced the resurrection of the Optimus Popularis, a high-end keyboard that will have full-color keys but use a different approach than the OLED-equipped Optimus Maximus.

Wortmann delivers the Terra Mobile 1020Go netbook
German seller Wortmann AG has this week expanded its PC offer with a Pine Trail-based netbook called Terra Mobile 1020Go that features a 10-inch (1024x600) LED-backlit display and a battery life of up to 10 hours.

Dell readies the AMD-powered Inspiron M301z & M501R laptops
Among the 100+ design wins claimed by AMD for its new notebook platform (codename Danube) are two new Dell Inspiron series laptops claimed to offer smooth on-the-go entertainment, the 13.3-inch Inspiron M301z and 15.6-inch M501R.

US judge sides with record labels in LimeWire copyright lawsuit
File sharing has taken another hit in the US as New York District Judge Kimba Wood has ruled that the company behind the LimeWire P2P software, Lime Wire LLC, is liable for copyright infringement and unfair competition.

Google Translate expands text-to-speech language support
Breaking even more language barriers, Google's online translation service has this week been added eSpeak integration so as to expand its text-to-speech functionality.

Sprint to offer HTC EVO 4G in the US as of June 4th
Announced in March at CTIA Wireless 2010, HTC's WiMAX-enabled EVO 4G smartphone has now been confirmed to reach the US on June 4th via Sprint retail stores, Sprint.com, RadioShack, Best Buy and Wal-Mart.

Canon manufactures 40 million EOS series SLR cameras
Two and a half years after reaching the 30 million milestone, Canon has proudly announced that it has made its 40 millionth EOS single-lens reflex (SLR) camera.

MSI Wind U250 AMD-powered laptop pictured
This week at AMD's event in Cannes, France MSI has made the first public presentation of its upcoming Wind U250 12-inch laptop based on 2010 ultrathin platform. The U250 was cvas-exposed back in March via a listing on the Energy Star website but it's only now that its existence is truly confirmed.

Lenovo ThinkPad Edge 14 & 15 getting their AMD on
Lenovo's March-released 14-inch and 15.6-inch ThinkPad Edge laptops for small to medium sized business customers are going to adopt the Danube mobile platform and come equipped with new AMD hardware as of June 22nd, in the US.

Gateway debuts the 'new and improved' NV series laptop line
Acer-owned PC maker Gateway has come up with an updated NV Series notebook line which makes use of the latest mobile platforms from Intel and AMD but set themselves apart from the competition by boasting a social networking button enabling quick access to the likes of Facebook, Flickr and YouTube.

Asus Eee PC 1201PN ION 2-based netbook made official
Asus just sent out a press release to announce the 12.1-inch Eee PC 1201PN, its first netbook that mixes Intel's Pine Trail platform with Nvidia's next-gen ION GPU (G218) to give you a more pleasant (read 1080p video playback-capable) multimedia experience.

Kid Computers taking orders for its new Classmate netbook
Kid Computers has recently added the Kids Classmate Tablet PC which is based on Intel's 2010 Classmate to its offer, claiming it to be a great mobile companion for K through 12 students.

Android Product Manager Erick Tseng joining Facebook
Facebook got itself a G-man as it managed to lure Erick Tseng, Android Senior Product Manager, away from the search company and appoint him to lead its mobile products team.

TSMC Board green-lights $1.6 billion plan to increase manufacturing capacity
This week the TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company) Board of Directors has passed a resolution that will see almost $1.6 billion being spent on increasing the production capacity of Fab 12 and Fab 14, and the construction of Fab 15, a 300mm facility, in Central Taiwan Science Park.

Samsung taking UK pre-orders for SNE-60 e-book reader
Electronics giant Samsung have announced that they are now taking pre-orders for their SNE-60 e-book reader which was originally announced from South Korea back in February of this year. The company is promising that the device is to be available in high street stores this summer.

Acer host BIOS update for easyStore H340 home server
Acer have released a BIOS update for the Acer Aspire easyStore Home Server H340 unit this week. Spotted by one of the eagle-eyed readers of the We Got Served home server forums, the 3.5MB update is dated 06/05/2010 and classed as "version P03" by Acer support downloads.

FotoMix version 6.2 software update
FotoMix is a built as a versatile program that allows you to mix and manipulate different backgrounds and foregrounds, to create a wide variety of images. You can use it to: Design eye-catching photo collages, desktop wallpapers, CD and DVD covers, and miscellaneous Web graphics.

YouTube adds "unlisted" video privacy option
Previously those who wished to share their more embarrassing videos with friends on YouTube was to make them semi-private and viewable by only 25 people - but now Google have added a new features that allows users to mark videos as "unlisted" which provides them with a secret link to share.

HTC takes off the gloves, asks ITC for iPhone, iPad, iPod import ban
Two and a half months ago Apple shook the smartphone world by suing HTC for patent infringement and now the Taiwanese company has finally retaliated by filing a complaint against Apple with the US International Trade Commission (ITC).

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Microsoft Office 2010 available to business customers
Microsoft's software offer has entered a new era today with the release of Office 2010, SharePoint 2010, Visio 2010 and Project 2010 which promise to help organizations increase their productivity and cut costs.

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