IT-Code-News: IT News HeadLines (TechConnect Magazine) 30/07/2010

Friday, July 30, 2010

IT News HeadLines (TechConnect Magazine) 30/07/2010

YouTube ups video limit to 15 minutes for regular users
Making it a bit easier to put full TV shows on its servers, YouTube has today increased the clip limit for all users from 10 minutes to 15 minutes. YouTube imposed the limit for 'non-partners' back in early 2006 so as to prevent copyright infringement.

DDR3-packing Eee PC 1015PD gets detailed
As revealed by its own Eee site, Asus is readying for release yet another Seashell netbook, the Eee PC 1015PD which is based on the Pine Trail platform, has a 10.1-inch (1024 x 600) LED-backlit screen, and makes use of the DDR3-supporting Atom N455 (1.66 GHz) and N475 (1.83 GHz) processors.

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Best Flash-free Websites
When Apple unveiled the iPad in January, its lack of support for the Flash browser plug-in motivated by the search for a "better user experience" and battery life, heated the HTML5 vs. Flash discussions as Apple has dropped Flash and chose to back HTML5.

IBM to acquire Storwize for its data compression tech
Still on a summer shopping spree, Big Blue today announced the signing of a purchase agreement though which it will be adding to its empire one Storwize Inc, a Marlborough-based company that offers data compression and storage optimization solutions.

GeForce GTS 450 frequencies reported
Nvidia's slow but steady adoption of DirectX 11 is apparently not going to bring up anything new this summer but a report says that, In mid-September, we'll be seeing the rumored GeForce GTS 450 launched and ready to take on AMD's Radeon HD 5700 offering.

Creative taking onboard audio to the next level with new Sound Blaster software
Doing what it can to earn some extra bucks, Creative Technology has developed a new version of the Sound Blaster X-Fi MB software suite which is specifically designed to enhance the audio experience of systems that only feature onboard sound solutions.

GPU Caps Viewer added OpenGL 4.1 support
Working quite fast, JeGX of Geeks3D has already made GPU Caps Viewer support the recently-introduced OpenGL 4.1 API. OpenGL 4.1 is currently available for users of Fermi-based graphics cards running the 259.09 (Windows) or 256.38.02 (Linux) driver.

Opera Mini reaches one billion daily page views milestone
Opera Software's small and competitive mobile browser, Opera Mini, has on Sunday, July 25th, passed a new milestone - one billion daily page views. Two year ago, in June 2008, Opera Mini topped 100 million page views per day and last month it surpassed the 910 million mark.

MSI reveals the GX660(R) gaming laptop
The GT660 has barely started hitting stores and already MSI is coming out with a new, DirectX 11-ready gaming notebook, the GX660(R). This model is based on the Calpella mobile platform and includes technologies like Turbo Drive Engine and Cooler Boost which provide more power and better cooling.

Toshiba and Fujitsu sign final agreement for mobile phone unit merger
Five weeks after announcing their intention to combine their mobile phone businesses, casual rivals Toshiba and Fujitsu have confirmed the signing of a definitive agreement which will see the deed happen by October 1st.

AMD passes Nvidia in discrete graphics market
AMD's big DirectX 11 push, which started last year with the introduction of the Radeon HD 5800 series cards, has helped the company open a can of whoop on rival Nvidia and enabled it to surpass the GeForce maker in terms of discrete graphics shipments, in Q2.

Facebook Questions launched, start asking around
Feeling like you need more people telling you what to do? Then you're in luck as the 500 million souls-powered Big Brother of social networks, Facebook, has introduced a new feature that let you ask questions that can be answered either by friends or strangers from all over the world.

Opera 10.61 RC1 available for download
After a few weeks of silence (due to a well-deserved holiday), the Opera Software Desktop Team has returned with the announcement of the first Release Candidate of Opera 10.61, a relatively minor update for its desktop browser that comes with fixes for various issues reported by users.

Adobe joins MAPP to make its products a bit safer
Apple may not have much love for it but Adobe is finding some understanding elsewhere, more specifically, at Microsoft, the Redmond-based company accepting the Flash maker (and thus Silverlight rival) into the Microsoft Active Protections Program.

Logitech Q1 FY 2011 results look good on-year, not so good sequentially
Famed Swiss company Logitech has yesterday reported its financial results for the first quarter of fiscal 2011 (ended June 30th), which contain a revenue of $479 million - up 47% on-year but down almost 10% compared to the previous quarter, and a profit of $20 million.

Chrome 6.0.472.11 gets pushed into the Dev channel
Canary-cautious Chrome users can check out the Dev Channel for a fresh build (6.0.472.11) of Google's desktop browser which is available in all three main flavors - Windows, Linux and Mac OS.

Nvidia lowers revenue prediction for Q2 FY 2011
GPU designer Nvidia has sent out a notice to announce an adjustment of its revenue prediction for the second quarter of its 2011 fiscal year (ending August 1st). Previously, Nvidia predicted a revenue between $950 million to $970 million but now it expects to report $800 million to $820 million.

Samsung X125 AMD-powered 11.6-inch laptop spotted in Europe
Samsung is on the verge of launching a new portable PC in Europe, the X125 11.6-inch laptop which is based on an AMD platform and can brag with support for Bluetooth 3.0. The machine can now be found on pre-order and costs Â£441.33 (approx $689.49).

RIM domain buy suggests upcoming tablet is called 'BlackPad'
The rumored and not yet officially confirmed RIM (Research In Motion) tablet could be named BlackPad, at least that's what comes to mind seeing as how the Canadian smartphone maker has earlier this month registered BlackPad.com.

Third-gen Kindle e-readers are up for pre-order
After going out of stock earlier this week, Amazon's Kindle is back, in the sense that it's still not available but you can now pre-order the third iteration of the popular e-reader in both WiFi-only and WiFi + 3G versions.

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Mushkin intros two 8GB and 12GB Ridgeback DDR3 memory kits
Mushkin has today announced the expansion of its March-introduced Ridgeback DDR3 memory line with two new, high-capacity offerings, an 8GB dual channel kit for LGA 1156-based systems, and a 12GB triple channel kit for LGA 1366-powered PCs.

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