Saturday, July 31, 2010

IT News HeadLines (bit-tech.net) 31/07/2010


bit-tech.net
AMD Ontario performance numbers leaked
Raw performance figures for AMD's Fusion CPU have leaked online.
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Capcom first quarter profits fall by 90 per cent
Capcom has reported a staggering drop in profits compared to the first quarter of last year.
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Google and CIA joint venture
Google has courted controversy by investing in a web monitoring service - along with the CIA.
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Who actually uses water cooling grommets?
This blog post stems from a conversation Clive and I had the other day about the water cooling grommets we’re seeing on most cases these days. If you’re not sure what I’m on about a water cooling grommet is a rubber-lined, circular cut-out in the back of a case that appears to be designed to have water cooling tubing passed through it.

The crux of the conversation was essentially the question of whether anyone actually uses these grommets, and if they could actually be considered a feature when it comes to calculating a case's feature score in a review. My argument is that they shouldn't be counted and I’ll explain why.

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ATI tops graphics market
AMD's subsidiary, ATI, has beaten rival Nvidia to become the dominant force in discrete graphics.
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Nintendo 3DS First Look
Joe weighs in on the 3DS and wonders if 3D is all its cracked up to be.
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