IT News HeadLines (Tech Report) 16/09/2010

ASRock mini PC apes Apple styling, offers up-to-date internals
Although ASRock's website says there's 14 days left until the official unveiling of its new Vision 3D mini PC, SemiAccurate has early details on what appears to be a very slick alternative to the Mac Mini. It looks like ASRock is borrowing heavily from Apple's styling playbook, so...
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Microprocessor revenues and shipments up, market share unchanged
The microprocessor revenue numbers from the previous quarter are in. According to iSuppli, neither AMD nor Intel saw its market change by more than a small fraction of a percentage point over the last three months. Intel continues to collect just over 80% of revenues in the...
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Leaked slide reveals mid-range Radeon HD 6000 specs
If you're going to leak something about a next-gen graphics processor, you might as well leak the presentation slide with all the nitty-gritty specs on it. That's just what the folks at Chiphell have done, revealing what may be the real specifications of AMD's next-generation Barts Pro and Barts...
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Adobe offers beta 64-bit Flash plug-in with IE9 support
On the heels of Microsoft's Internet Explorer 9 beta, which is available in a 64-bit flavor for Windows 7, Adobe has released a 64-bit Flash plug-in. Dubbed Flash Player Square, this preview plug-in is available for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux, although judging by the "features" section of...
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Mayflower Day Shortbread
Eight is Enough iSuppli: Intel and AMD retain market share amid fast growth Intel: Computers of the future will anticipate the needs of people and 22nm microprocessors are already in production Fudzilla: Sandy Bridge GPU gets disabled with discrete GPU and Zacate Fusion works at 1.6GHz X-bit labs:...
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Catalyst 10.9 drivers land, are available through Steam
AMD isn't done trying to steal Intel's IDF thunder. After showing off its Zacate chip earlier this week, AMD has now announced a partnership with Valve that will see graphics driver updates appear on Steam. More specifically, the content distribution service will be able to "detect and install the...
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Internet Explorer 9 beta arrives with snazzy UI in tow
Microsoft's latest browser is here! Well, in beta form, at least. The Internet Explorer 9 beta popped up on beautyoftheweb.com earlier today, giving users of Windows 7 and Vista a chance to sample Microsoft's revamped (and hardware-accelerated) rendering engine and the snazzy new UI that goes with it.
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Poll: The cost of your next graphics upgrade
Rumors suggest that AMD will soon refresh its Radeon HD 5000 series. Nvidia has also been hard at work extending its Fermi architecture down to lower price points, most recently with the $130 GeForce GTX 450. That, combined with discussions surrounding our latest system guide, have...
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Rugged netbook is water resistant, packs 1366x768 display
The more I use my notebook, the more I'm disappointed that it doesn't play very well outside. The glossy screen is difficult to read in outdoor lighting and impossible to see in sunlight, and the chassis isn't as impervious to moisture as someone living in rainy Vancouver might want....
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PCI Express 3.0 base spec to be ready by November
Now that newer PCs are rocking PCI Express 2.0 slots, it's time for an upgrade, don't you think? EE Times reports that PCI-SIG will complete the PCI Express 3.0 base spec by November, having released a 0.9 version of the specification for review about a month ago. PCIe 3.0 will...
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