IT-Code-News: IT News HeadLines (TechConnect Magazine) 27/07/2010

Tuesday, July 27, 2010

IT News HeadLines (TechConnect Magazine) 27/07/2010

CyberLink releases MediaEspresso 6 media convertor software
Taipei-based CyberLink has today rolled out MediaEspresso 6, the newest version of its universal media converter software formerly known as MediaShow Espresso which enables regular users to take videos, photos and music and quickly make this content accessible on various more or less mobile devices.

European Commission probing IBM over alleged antitrust violations
The infamous European Commission has today announced that it kicked off two investigations focusing on alleged infringements of EU antitrust rules done by IBM. According to the EC, the cases against Big Blue are related to the company's conduct in the market for mainframe computers.

MSI GT660 gaming notebook available in the US
MSI has recently began shipping the GT660 16-inch gaming laptop in the US where it can be found, in one configuration at least, priced at $1,700. For this kind of money you're getting a machine that includes a 1.73 GHz Core i7-740QM CPU, 6GB of RAM, and a GeForce GTX 285M 1GB graphics card.

iPhone 4 launching in 17 more countries this Friday
Expected to have expanded its availability in 9 countries last week, Apple's antenna-troubled iPhone 4 smartphone has tweaked its plans and is now scheduled to debut in 17 more countries this Friday, June 30th.

Acer launches S1 Series monitor trio
Acer America has today introduced the S1 family of LCD monitors aimed for work or entertainment which feature a slim (13/15mm) profile, make use of LED backlighting to reduce power consumption and are free of hazardous substances like mercury or halogen gases.

A-Data intros the N909 USB 2.0/eSATA flash drive
Continuing to expand the Nobility family of storage devices, A-Data today announced the N909, a stylish flash drive that comes with a combo connector enabling extended support for two popular interfaces - USB 2.0 and eSATA.

Chrome canary build available for early bird testers
For quite some time now Chrome has had three channels catering to the needs of its users - Dev, Beta and Stable, but apparently that wasn't enough as some wanted to have even faster access to the latest Chrome builds while also running an older, less crash-prone release.

Thermaltake debuts the Massive23 LX notebook cooler
Thermaltake has today introduced a new model in its Massive23 series of notebook coolers, the Massive23 LX featuring a tweaked designed that enables a more comfortable typing experience and provides two hands for easy transportation.

G.Skill to release 48GB DDR3-1900 memory kit
Got an EVGA Super Record 2 (SR-2) motherboard ready with two processors and lots of graphics cards? Then you may be happy to know that G.Skill has developed a new memory kit specifically aimed towards complementing your system and add to it no less than 48GB of RAM.

Positive Technologies sues Apple, Sony, HP, others, for patent infringement
Another massive court battle is incoming as last week, on Thursday to be exact, one Positive Technologies Inc. has filed a complaint through which it accuses Sony, Apple, HP, Acer, Gateway, Dell, Asus, Lenovo, MSI, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, ViewSonic and Kobo for patent infringement.

AMD delivers OpenGL ES 2.0 driver for PCs
AMD has today let loose an OpenGL ES 2.0 driver which provides support for the WebGL standard enabling plug-in-free 3D content on the web. The driver targets developers who want to make 3D content for the internet and/or to port software applications between PCs and handhelds.

Waste some time, play snake while watching YouTube videos
Google's Pac-Man logo game doesn't seem to be a one hit wonder as it's been recently discovered that YouTube can provide hours of classic gaming fun too via an Easter Egg accessible on videos running in the new player.

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Active Media serves up IDE Flash DOM drives
Active Media Products has started this last week of July by announcing a few new additions to its storage offer, Type 1 (40-pin) and Type 2 (44-pin) IDE Flash DOM (Disk on Module) drives which are aimed for use in industrial applications.

HTC Sense to find a way onto Windows Phone 7 smartphones
Currently found on Windows Mobile and Android-based HTC smartphones, the Sense UI (user interface), has been confirmed to be available, in a new version, on upcoming models running Windows Phone 7 and Android 3.0 (Gingerbread), despite rumors of its demise.

AMD 480X chipset makes a comeback thanks to ASRock
ASRock is coming up with another blast from the past as its new M3A UCC motherboard, which features support for the latest dual-, triple-, quad- or hexa-core AM3 processors, is based on the practically ancient AMD 480X CrossFire chipset introduced in 2007.

Google's global search share down in Q2
Boston-based research and consulting firm Strategy Analytics has released a report this past Friday in which it says that Google has lost some of its mojo in Q2 when its global search market share reached 69.7%, down from 71.1% in Q1.

LG finally debuts the X140 netbook
After some six months of teasing, South Korea's own LG Electronics has now finally launched the X140 sleek and slim Pine Trail-based netbook which features a 10.1-inch (1366 x 768) display, and comes in three color versions - white, hot pink, and black.

Mozilla sweetening up Firefox with tab candy
Back in the old days, when Firefox wasn't born and Internet Explorer really ruled the browser market after killing Netscape, tabs came about to change the way we accessed the internet. Today though, tabs are as common as Apple fanboys, and they can be just as troublesome, when in large numbers.

Large-area LCD panel shipments down 2.1% in June
According to the latest Displaybank report, even with the 3D trend being pushed hard onto consumers, large-area LCD panel shipments and revenue have slipped in June, settling at 57.20 million (down 2.1% sequentially) and $6.96 billion (down 3$), respectively.

ASRock readies VIA PV530 CPU-equipped motherboard
For those looking towards Atom alternatives ASRock has constructed the PV530, a micro-ATX motherboard suitable for a low-power desktop that makes use of VIA's VX900 chipset, and includes the PV530 processor running at 1.8 GHz.

SpeedFan 4.41 up for grabs
Seeing as how it's good to have an idea of how hot or cold your PC's components are, the release of a new version of SpeedFan is worth noting as the program not only displays voltage and fan speed info in real time, it also reads temperatures.

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