IT-Code-News: IT News HeadLines (TechConnect Magazine) 24/07/2010

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Arctic unveils the Silentium T11 case and HC 01-TC HDD cooler
Out to expand its product offer some more, Swiss company Arctic has designed and today announced the Silentium T11 mid-tower PC chassis and the HC 01-TC hard drive cooler, the former being set for a mid-October introduction, while the latter for a late August release.

GPU Caps Viewer moves up to version 1.8.8
If you think GPU-Shark is too 'light' for your needs then worry not because an updated version of GPU Caps Viewer, which offers a heap of graphics card info (specs, temps, driver version, API support) plus OpenGL & OpenCL demos, has now been released.

White iPhone 4 pushed back again, set to arrive later this year
Apple's problems with manufacturing white iPhone 4 models still haven't been resolved so the Cupertino company today announced a second delay for the smartphones, which are now expected to become available "later this year."

Google speeds up release schedule for stable Chrome builds
Google's browser team is pretty constant when it comes to releasing new Chrome developer builds but the delivery of stable builds is all over the place so the search company has set out to impose a more predictive schedule.

Antec completes KÃœHLER circle with a third CPU cooler
After the Shelf and Flow models, a third KÃœHLER series CPU cooler has now made its way into (some) stores to provide PC users with more choice for their low temperature needs, the dual-tower design-based KÃœHLER Box.

$35 tablet revealed in India
Yesterday, the Indian Union Minister for Human Resource Development, Shri Kapil Sibal has presented to the world a tablet developed to provide low-cost access to the internet and educational material to both students and teachers throughout the Asian country.

Microsoft and ARM sign licensing agreement, should Intel worry?
Long time collaborators but not really buddies, Microsoft and ARM, have now announced the signing of a licensing agreement which gives the Redmond-based company access to the ARM architecture.

Rambus back in the red, posts $12.5 million loss for Q2
Without any serious cash rolling in from patent lawsuits, Rambus has seen its Q2 revenue settle at $38.9 million, down 76% compared to the $161.9 million reported in Q1, and recorded a net loss for the June-ended quarter of $12.5 million.

AC Ryan Playon! DVR HD comes with two digital TV tuners, net connectivity
AC Ryan has this week announced a new media solution for home use, the Playon! DVR HD digital video recorder which packs two Digital TV (DVB-T) tuners, an Ethernet connection, plus other ports so you can access videos, music from almost everywhere - TV, internet or external storage device.

Dell paying $100 million to make accounting fraud charges go away
PC builder Dell and the US SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission) have reached an agreement that will end the latter's investigation regarding Dell's commercial relationship with Intel and its allegedly-fraudulent accounting practices between 2001 and 2006.

Twitter to nest in a new, dedicated data center to avoid the fail whale
Twitter's speedy growth has brought both good and bad, the latter category including the infamous 'fail whale' which signals the overloading of the site's networks with updates from its 200 million users. No worries though, the whale is on its way out, or at least that's the plan Twitter has.

Alleged GeForce GTS 450 PCB schematics surface
More DirectX 11 is supposed to come out way next month in the form of the GeForce GTS 450, the first Nvidia card to be powered by the 40nm GF106 GPU. Unfortunately there are no images of the upcoming model but a pair of images showing what appears to be the GTS 450's PCB have hit the interweb.

Asus Atom D525, NG-ION-packing mini-ITX motherboard starts getting listed
Going all-out to provide people a feature-rich solution for a HTPC, Asus has designed the AT5IONT-I, a mini-ITX motherboard that combines a dual-core Atom D525 (1.8 GHz) processor with an Nvidia ION GPU, while also boasting two USB 3.0 ports.

SilverStone coming up with tweaked PS01 chassis
SilverStone Technology is currently preparing the introduction of a refreshed version of its Precision series PS01 tower case. The chassis in question is known as PS01-E and is lighter than its predecessor (up to 6.74kg vs 7kg), and has a black interior (grey on the PS01).

PQI adds 64GB CompactFlash cards to its offer
For people in need of moar (read more) storage space Power Quotient International (PQI) has developed a whole range of CompactFlash memory cards that can keep up 64GB worth of precious data 'inside them'.

YouTube revamps Music page to help you discover new tunes
YouTube's redesigning plans have continued undisturbed this week when the popular video sharing site rolled out a tweaked version of its Music page which is supposed to be more helpful when it comes to finding new tracks to lip-sync to.

Microsoft reports record revenue, rising profits for June quarter
Kin-killing software giant Microsoft has enjoyed a good Q4 of fiscal year 2010, the results for the June-ended quarter including a record revenue of $16.04 billion (up 22% on-year), a net income of $4.52 billion (up 48%) and diluted earnings per share of $0.51 (up 50%).

HP Slate coming this fall but for enterprise customers
Crisis averted apparently, the HP Slate is still alive, kicking but doesn't want anything to do with 'regular' customers as its maker has confirmed the Windows 7-loaded mobile device is going to be released this fall and target the enterprise segment.

Saturday, July 24, 2010

IT News HeadLines (TechConnect Magazine) 24/07/2010

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