IT News HeadLines (Tech Report) 04/08/2010

New Samsung drive crams 2TB into three platters
That was quick. Just six months after introducing its 2TB EcoGreen F3EG hard drive, Samsung has announced the EcoGreen F4EG, which delivers the same storage capacity using three platters instead of four. The new drive is supposed to be cheaper, too, with a $119.99 suggested retail price. Samsung calls...
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Apple is the third-biggest notebook vendor... if you count the iPad
Should slate devices be counted as notebooks in market share calculations? The debate might have to wait until slates are more ubiquitous, but as Fortune reports, an analyst for Deutsche Bank went ahead and tried it anyway. He discovered something interesting: counting iPads, Apple had the third-biggest share of...
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National Night Out Shortbread
Eight is Enough DigiTimes reports notebook vendors to launch AMD Ontario-powered models in 1Q11 What Microsoft isn't saying about its iPad compete strategy Engadget reports MasterPad prototype marries Windows 7 to 11.6" IPS screen (video) TC Magazine reports OQO Model 03 proves that high-priced UMPCs aren't dead,...
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Windows 7 x64 was the most popular OS on Steam last month
Recent numbers from Microsoft suggest almost half of all Windows 7 users run the 64-bit version. When it comes to gamers, though, the x64 flavor looks to be even more popular. So shows Valve's Steam Hardware Survey for July 2010, which pegs Windows 7 x64's usage share at...
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DiRT 3 trailer teases weather effects, gymkhana mode
For the last three years, Codemasters' DiRT franchise has offered some of the best driving games on any platform. Unlike many console ports, the PC versions of DiRT and its sequel have actually been pretty good. Let's hope the same holds true DiRT 3, which has just debuted in...
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Macallan UI brings multi-touch goodness to Windows
Windows 7's user interface works great with a mouse. However, it's hardly tailored for the multi-touch gestures set to dominate input for next wave of tablets. One solution is to run a custom user interface on top of Windows, and that's just what the folks at UI Centric...
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