IT News HeadLines (Tech Report) 22/09/2010

Built-in instant search coming to Chrome
Unless you've been living under a rock since September 8—or, worse, you use Bing—you'll have noticed that whole "instant search" thing Google is doing now. Seeing results pop up instantly without having to hit enter is neat and all, but many of us initiate search from our browsers' search...
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September Equinox Shortbread
Eight is Enough AnandTech covers Nvidia's GTC 2010 day 1 Nvidia CEO tells Fudzilla that ARM is Nvidia's choice and talks some Tegra, says third-gen chip is almost done X-bit labs: GlobalFoundries' parent plans to build third "mega fab" for $6 - $7 billion in Abu Dhabi [H]ard|OCP:
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Latest Zotac GeForce GTX 460 has four display outputs
If you checked our latest release roundup, you'll know Zotac has no qualms about deviating from Nvidia's reference designs. After introducing a 2GB version of the GeForce GTX 460 last week, the card vendor is now back with a fresh variant that features four display outputs. Zotac claims this...
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LaCie LCD has 10-bit IPS panel, lofty price
LCD displays with IPS panels typically cost more than their TN counterparts. That said, the $1,250 asking price for LaCie's new 324i display is quite a bit higher than one might expect from a 24" IPS model. But this is no ordinary LCD, at least according to...
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Nvidia prepping Kepler in 2011, Maxwell in 2013
GTC -- During his opening keynote address at Nvidia's GPU Technology Conference today, Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang revealed the first details of his firm's future GPUs.   Huang offered a brief roadmap sketch, with a few notable details about a couple of future...
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Consumer satisfaction with PCs on the rise
According to the American Customer Satisfaction Index, consumers are happier with their computers than ever before. The latest numbers from the group give PCs 78 out of a possible 100 points—an increase of three points over last year. Acer, Dell, and HP all scored 77, while...
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Microsoft's Tsunoda: 'Hardly anyone' plays PC shooters anymore
Folks at Microsoft are busy hyping up Kinect for its early November launch, and at least one company executive has gone a little overboard. Kudo Tsunoda sat down for an interview with GameInformer, which calls him Kinect's "creator," and spouted this masterful nugget of truthism: Halo did an awesome...
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