IT News HeadLines (VR-Zone) 27/08/2010

[Rumour] NVIDIA Geforce GTS 450 features 192 SP, release on September 13th
vr-zone.com - German website Heise have scored several details regarding Nvidia's upcoming Geforce GTS 450 card. There are no major surprises, however, from previous rumours. The GTS 450, based on GF106, is set to feature 192 SP. The core and memory speed are slightly down from previous rumours to 783 MHz and 1804 MHz respectively. The GTS 450 will feature a 128-bit memory bus, thus a bandwidth of 57.8 MB/s, well below the HD 5770 (76.8 MB/s), the previous 192 SP card GTX 260 (112 MB/s) and even the GTS 250 (70 MB/s).

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Canon Singapore Launches 2 New PowerShot Cameras And SELPHY Printer
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Today, Canon Singapore has announced two new PowerShot cameras, S95 and SX130 IS, and SELPHY CP800 compact printer. All three products are available from today at all authorized Canon dealers. Full news releases inside.

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XFX Radeon HD 5970 Black Edition released exclusively at Newegg
vr-zone.com - XFX's quite insane Radeon HD 5970 Black Edition 4GB is finally here, several months after similarly insane Sapphire Toxic 5970 4GB and Asus ARES. The XFX 5970 BE boasts similar specifications to the above mentioned competitors, with 850 MHz core, 1200 MHz 2x2GB memory. XFX offers full Eyefinity6, with 6 mini-DP outputs. While the ARES briefcase is impressive, some might suggest it doesn't hold a candle to the XFX 5970 BE's snazzy P90 machine gun case.

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Microsoft accidentally leaks screenshot of (supposedly) Internet Explorer 9
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Microsoft has had a somewhat embarrassing track record of accidentally leaking news of new products out before their scheduled release date, and it seems that history has just repeated itself again. This time, the leak is allegedly that of their upcoming Internet Explorer 9 and its redesigned UI. Guess this is going to take some of the impact out of its official Beta release.
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Canon announces the EOS 60D DSLR
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Canon has announced the EOS 60D semi-professional DSLR. The EOS 60D offers high performance, many creative features, and enhanced egronomics. Sitting inside the camera body is an 18 megapixel APS-C CMOS sensor, coupled to Canon's DIGIC 4 image processor. The iFCL metering system first seen on the EOS 7D has also been implemented on the EOS 60D. Also new for a double-digit body, is an articulating 3-inch LCD screen. Full HD 1080p video capability, is of course part of the package as well.
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ATI Southern Islands codenames spotted in Catalyst 10.8
vr-zone.com - ATI's latest driver release, Catalyst 10.8, offers plenty of performance boosts and new features (notably OpenGL ES 2.0, which enables WebGL acceleration in modern browsers). However, Catalyst 10.8 also lists several new and familiar codenames, which most likely refer to Southern Islands products. Interestingly, all codenames are prefixed by "NI", which might stand for Northern Islands. Some of the codenames divulged are Cayman, Antilles, and Blackcomb.

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Google Offers Phone Calls Via Gmail
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If you are a Google Gmail user, you probably know you can do Google chat and even video chat from your Gmail page. But how about making phone calls? Yes, that is possible now as Google has announced a new service that allows user to make phone calls over the Web to landlines or mobile phones.

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Sony South East Asia Unveils Alpha 33 and Alpha 55 Digital SLR Cameras
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Yesterday, Sony South East Asia invited the local media to check out the latest Sony Alpha 33 and Alpha 55 digital SLR cameras that were globally announced yesterday. Incorporating a translucent mirror technology, the cameras boast full-time, TTL phase-detection autofocusing during live view and movie shooting, and high speed continuous shooting with continuous autofocus (AF).

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