IT-Code-News: IT News HeadLines (TechConnect Magazine) 03/06/2010

Thursday, June 3, 2010

IT News HeadLines (TechConnect Magazine) 03/06/2010

Dual-core VIA Nano processor running at Computex
Announced about a year and a half ago, VIA's dual-core Nano processor is still not selling, it hasn't been launched but it can be found at Computex, powering a build running a movie trailer to show off its multimedia capabilities.

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Iomega releases new eGo Portable and Desktop hard drives
EMC-owned zippy storage company Iomega has today updated its eGo line with multiple portable and desktop drives that go from 320GB all the way up to 2TB in terms of capacity, and are bundled with the Iomega Protection Suite, a collection of data protection software.

Qimonda's 300mm DRAM fab in Dresden is up for sale
Qimonda's memory making days are long gone but its legacy, or more specifically, its assets, live on and need to be sold in order to pay creditors. Such is the case of the 300mm manufacturing campus in Dresden, Germany which is now for sale.

Motorola flips out, unveils new Android smartphone
Motorola's love for a certain green robot with a sweet tooth is going strong to prove that it has now presented to the world the FLIPOUT smartphone which runs Android 2.1, spiced up with the MOTOBLUR service which keeps users up-to-date with what their friends are doing, with emails and messages.

Sonic Solutions buying DivX
California-based Sonic Solutions, developer of the Roxio family of multimedia applications has announced that it will be acquiring DivX Inc., the company behind the DivX codec, through a transaction in which it offers $3.75 in cash and 0.514 shares of Sonic common stock for each DivX share.

Asus and MSI P67 motherboards seen at Computex too
It's not coming until 2011 but the P67 chipset is enjoying a healthy presence at Computex 2010 with multiple manufacturers showing off motherboard based on them. The P67 is Intel's next-gen mainstream chip that features support for Sandy Bridge LGA 1155 processors.

Gigabyte working on custom GeForce GTX 470
Not to be out-gunned by its rivals, Gigabyte has started experimenting on Nvidia's GeForce GTX 400 series card in order to develop a new line of models with higher-than-stock frequencies and overclocking capabilities.

Panasonic presents the Lumix DMC-FX75 compact digital camera
Summer's here and, with a bit of luck and cash money, that means a holiday, a little time off from the hectic daily routine, is coming. Enter the need of a (new) digital camera and to help with that Panasonic has developed the slim and reasonably sexy LUMIX DMC-FX75.

AMD talks, demos first Fusion APU at Computex
June 1st, 2010, the first day of this year's Computex show is going down in history as the day AMD offered the first glimpse of its long-promised Fusion APU (accelerated processing unit) that has 'regular' processing cores and one graphics core on the same die.

Super Talent readies another USB 3.0 flash drive
Super Talent is almost ready to get more bits moving with the new USB 3.0 Express RAM Cache flash drive that, in addition to the usual MLC NAND memory, it includes a DRAM-based caching system which is supposed to improve small block random performance by up to 110x over USB 2.0 speeds.

EVGA aims to expand its European presence
Californian graphics card and motherboard maker EVGA has announced its intention to intensify European operations and in that note proceeded with a restructure of EVGA Europe, letting of the division's chief Hans-Wolfram Tismer, in the process.

Mach Xtreme anounces MX Starter solid state drive duo
Mach Xtreme Technology has this week revealed the newest addition to its flash-based storage offer, the MX Starter line of 'entry-level' 2.5-inch solid state drives that boast a SATA 3.0 Gbps interface and utilize MLC (multi-level cell) NAND memory chips.

Cooler Master reveals the Elite 370 mid-tower case
For those who want a case that's affordable but not cheap Cooler Master has constructed the Elite 370 mid-tower featuring a clean and classic black design that measures 190 (W) x 424 (H) x 481 (D) mm and weights just 4.7kg thanks to the use of 0.5mm SECC steel.

Kingston develops DDR3-2333 triple-channel memory kits
Catering to the needs of overclockers and gamers using LGA 1366-based systems, Kingston has went on to make some Intel XMP certified HyperX triple-channel memory kits that are able to run at 2333 MHz with 9-11-9-27 timings, powered at 1.65 volts.

HP rolls out two new Compaq-branded widescreen LCDs
HP has this week expanded its line of value displays with two Compaq non-FullHD LCD monitors for small and medium businesses, the 18.5-inch S1922 (1366x768 native resolution) and 20-inch S2021 (1600x900).

iBuyPower adds unlocked Core i5/i7 CPUs, GeForce GTX 465 to its PC line
iBuyPower has announced that Intel's new Core i5-655K and i7-875K unlocked processors and the Nvidia GeForce GTX 465 graphics card have been made available as options for several of its systems, including the LAN Warrior II, Chimera 2-E and Paladin XLC E2.

MSI to release R5870 Lightning card with 2GB of memory
Introduced in March, MSI's super-customized R5870 Lightning graphics card is going to get a sibling in the near future as a 2GB model is incoming and can be admired (from a safe distance) at Computex 2010 in Taipei.

Kingston comes up with a 64GB Class 10 SDXC card
Kingston Digital is going with the flow and has begun to ship its first ever SDXC (Secude Digital eXtended Capacity) memory card, a model with 64GB of storage space that complies with the SD Card Association 3.01 specification and makes use of the exFAT file system.

Pretec intros first USB 3.0 card reader, more storage solutions
Taking full advantage of Computex, Pretec has unveiled at the Taipei show the world's first USB 3.0 multi-card reader (P240) as well a few more memory cards, the CFast Hypersonic series that go from 16GB to 128GB in terms of capacity, and 32GB and 64GB SDXCs.

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Cooler Master announces the Elite 430 Black mid-tower case
Cooler Master has now rolled out a new mid-tower case for gamers on a budget, the steel-made Elite 430 Black which has an all black interior and an acrylic side window, a front I/O bay with two audio and two USB ports, and a 120mm front fan with blue LEDs for a more sexy look.

Cooler Master officially introduces the Silent Pro Gold PSU series
Cooler Master has kicked off its Computex launch mania by debuting the Silent Pro Gold family of gamer/overclocked-oriented modular PSUs which, as their name suggests, have an 80Plus Gold rating and an efficiency of over 90%.

Galaxy brings dual-GPU GTX 470 sample to Computex
Galaxy is out to impress at Computex and in order to achieve that it is showing off an engineering sample of a graphics card housing two of Nvidia's GF100 GPU. Named GeForce GTX 470 Dual, the card has a beefy blue PCB, two 8-pin PCIe power connectors, and three DVI outputs.

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