Wednesday, September 1, 2010

IT News HeadLines (Elite Bastards) 01/09/2010


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Price rises for Xbox Live Gold subscriptions start this November
If you're an Xbox 360 user, and more specifically an Xbox Live Gold subscriber, then be prepared to shell out more cash for your subscription from November 1st onwards as prices for the service increase.  Oddly, if you're in the UK it appears that only one month subscription costs will increase, while US users will be paying more no matter what flavour (or should that be flavor?) of subscription they choose.
US
Current
1M Gold:  $7.99
3M Gold:  $19.99
12M Gold:  $49.99
Starting Nov 1, 2010
1M Gold:  $9.99
3M Gold:  $24.99
12M Gold:  $59.99
UK
Current
1M Gold:  4.99 GBP
Starting Nov 1, 2010
1M Gold:  5.99 GBP
Canada
Current
1M Gold:  $8.99 CAD
Starting Nov 1, 2010
1M Gold:  $9.99 CAD
Mexico
Current
12M Gold:  499 Pesos
Starting Nov 1, 2010
12M Gold:  599 Pesos
Major Nelson has more details on the changes.
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Lucid introduces Unity graphics board architecture
After getting their chips onto a couple of MSI motherboard's, the next phase in Lucid's unique multi-GPU technology is to get HydraLogix parts on to single GPU graphics boards to increase the flexibility of those parts when it comes to matching it up with a second card, via an architecture known an Unity.  Will this be the move that pushes Lucid's technology into the mainstream?  Given the likely additional cost to graphics boards, I'm guessing not.
KFAR NETTER, Israel and SANTA CLARA, California – Aug. 30, 2010 – Today LucidLogix Technologies (Lucid) announced its arming video card manufacturers with the new Unity™ graphics board architecture for the HYDRALOGIX (previously known as HYDRA) engine.

Now graphics board vendors for the first time can combine a single HYDRALOGIX 200 real time distributed processor with any single NVIDIA or ATI GPU, creating an affordable, flexible multi-GPU ready graphics card that can make any motherboard a high performance gaming system.
Read the full press release (in PDF format) on the Lucidlogix web site.
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