IT News HeadLines (Tech Report) 04/09/2010

AMD to take stand against laptop stickers
If you've read our reviews, chances are you've seen us complain about laptop stickers—or praise certain PC vendors for using fewer than their counterparts. The New York Times' David Pogue seems to share the same view; his latest column denounces laptop stickers for being tasteless and hard to peel...
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Nvidia fills out GeForce 400M lineup with seven mobile GPUs
At long last, Nvidia has a top-to-bottom lineup of DirectX 11 mobile graphics processors. The company has just introduced seven new GeForce 400M-series graphics processors, which will complement the company's existing, GF100-based GeForce GTX 480M. This is interesting timing for Nvidia, since the firm still hasn't introduced corresponding low-end...
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Win one of three Asus Xonar sound cards
Asus is celebrating a birthday. The company's line of Xonar sound cards turns three this year, and to commemorate the occasion, Asus is introducing a high-end Xonar Xense sound card bundled with a Sennheiser gaming headset. Like the Xonar Essense STX, the Xense has a built-in...
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Does Bulldozer die shot reveal triple-core 'modules'?
GlobalFoundries wasn't the only firm with interesting news at the Global Technology Conference. AMD was also present, and for the first time, it publicly displayed a die shot of a Bulldozer-based processor: Orochi, the chipmaker's 2011 flagship processor. PC Perspective's Ryan Shrout was on the scene and managed...
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Nvidia chipset rumor a Sandy Bridge too far
Yesterday, the rumor mill over at DigiTimes kicked out an intriguing item: a story claiming Nvidia is preparing a new chipset, one that combines a GPU with a south bridge, intended for use with Intel's upcoming Sandy Bridge processors. That's a little bit surprising, since Nvidia has admitted...
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