IT-Code-News: IT News HeadLines (TechConnect Magazine) 01/09/2010

Wednesday, September 1, 2010

IT News HeadLines (TechConnect Magazine) 01/09/2010

Philips 225PL2 22-inch monitor comes with LED backlight, people sensor
Philips has today announced a hot new widescreen monitor, the 22-inch 225PL2 featuring an LED backlight, a stand enabling 130mm height adjustment, 90 degree rotation and swivel, and the PowerSensor, a sensor that will detect when the user leaves the desk and reduce brightness accordingly.

Samsung showing off 16GB very low-profile DDR3 module at VM World 2010
Samsung Electronics is demonstrating its memory advancements at VM World 2010 by 'enhancing' an Intel Xeon 5600-powered IBM H22V blade server with a very low-profile (18.75 mm high) DDR3 module that makes use of 40nm-class DRAMs.

SanDisk debuts the Sansa Fuze+ MP3 player
Leaked almost two weeks ago, SanDisk's newest portable media player, the SanSa Fuze+, has now been announced and released in five colors - red, white, black, blue and purple and three capacities - 4GB, 8GB and 16GB.

Corsair unveils the HS1 USB gaming headset
Corsair has now officially entered a new market by announcing its first audio offering, the HS1 USB headset targeting gamers, and also movie and music enthusiasts in need of an immersive, high-fidelity sound experience.

A-Data intros Gaming Series DDR3-1333 low voltage memory
A-Data Technology has now expanded its XPG Gaming Series line of desktop overclocking memory with a trio of low voltage DDR3 products, a 2GB module, a 4GB dual-channel kit and a 6GB triple channel kit, all able to operate at 1.25V to 1.35V.

ViewSonic ViewPad 7 Android tablet made official
ViewSonic Europe has today finally taken the veil off the ViewPad 7, a 7-inch tablet running Android 2.2 (Froyo) which enables standard voice calls, VOIP calls, internet browsing, messaging, multimedia content playback, and photo taking, and has a nice shiny design too.

Canon makes the world's largest CMOS image sensor
Believing that size truly counts, camera heavyweight Canon has worked, toiled into the night, and managed to manufacture a CMOS image sensor that measures 202 x 205 mm - the largest one of its kind, according to the Tokyo-based company.

Samsung readies new Full HD 27-inch monitor
Samsung Japan's website has recently been updated to reveal a new LCD monitor which the well-known electronics titan is set to release in September, the 27-inch P2770FH which features a low response time of just 1ms.

Colorful goes big with 900 MHz-clocked GeForce GTX 460
Point of View and TGT may have a Beast of a GeForce GTX 460 but even that won't be able to compare to Colorful's iGame 460 model which comes with a custom design, a beefy cooler and clocks like no other - 900 MHz for the GPU, 1800 MHz for the 336 CUDA Cores, and 4200 MHz for the 1GB of GDDR5 memory.

Gmail Priority Inbox feature taking email fintering to the next level
Thank the gods, most spam filters are doing a pretty good job of keeping junk out of our inboxes but even without spam, the amount of emails received every day can be so high that it looks like we're being spammed. Google has looked at the problem and now is offering a solution for email clutter.

EVGA rolls out the X58 SLI3 USB 3.0/SATA 6.0 Gbps-ready motherboard
EVGA has now introduced the Computex 2010-confirmed X58 SLI3 motherboard which support Intel's hot but not heavy hexa-core processors (and LGA1366 quads too), and provides support for both USB 3.0 and SATA 6.0 Gbps - each via two ports.

Acer Revo RL100 slim AMD-based multimedia PC detailed before IFA
Set to be showcased at IFA Berlin, Acer's newest Revo-branded product, the Revo RL100 slim desktop (or maybe nettop), has enjoyed some hands-on treatment in Hong Kong, the first market in which it is being released.

MSI GeForce GTX 460 Hawk graphics card listed, coming next week?
If one particular store listing is right then MSI will next week (September 10) be shipping in Europe the highest-end (not fastest though) GeForce GTX 460 model to date, the N460GTX HAWK which features a custom PCB and the almost infamous Twin FrozR II cooler with four heatpipes and two 80mm fans.

Google Translate gets a makeover, becomes more colorful
Even though it didn't enlist the help of Tim Gunn, Google is set on making Translate work even better and for that it has worked on a visual refresh which is currently being rolled out globally.

Toshiba starts 24nm NAND Flash production
Jumping in front of IM Flash Technologies (who'll begin making 25nm NAND by the end of this year), Toshiba has now kicked off mass production of NAND Flash memory chips using advanced 24nm process technology.

Arctic reveals the Accelero XTREME Plus VGA cooler
Arctic will soon be upping the cooling ante through the release of a new, high-end VGA fansink, the Accelero XTREME Plus model which can handle 250W boards thanks to the use of a large heatsink with 84 fins and five copper heatpipes, a copper base and three 92mm fans.

Microsoft Hotmail added Exchange ActiveSync support
Hotmail, Microsoft's own email service, just got a bit better thanks to an update which enables mobile users to push their emails, calendar and contacts to phones using Exchange ActiveSync (EAS), and be 'in sync' even on the go.

Hannspree to release Tegra 2-powered 10.1-inch tablet in November
At IFA Berlin (September 3-8) Hannspree will be showing off its very own tablet, a device measuring 260 (L) x 171 (W) x 13.9 (H) mm that runs Android 2.2 (Froyo), and is equipped with an Nvidia Tegra 2 SoC packing two ARM Cortex-A9 1GHz cores.

Microsoft delivers Bing app for Android devices, but only for Verizon users
Microsoft is showing some more love to the competition by making available (only to Verizon customers) a Bing mobile app specifically designed for Android devices. The app is free to download and use, and is similar to that released for the iPhone late last year.

RIM dodges BlackBerry ban bullet in India
Good news for the 1+ million of BlackBerry users in India, Research In Motion (RIM) has managed to come up with several solutions preventing Indian authorities from moving ahead with the previously-announced ban on the BlackBerry email and instant messaging services.

Google picks up social game developer SocialDeck
Continuing its shopping spree undisturbed, Google has recently acquired SocialDeck Inc., a company founded in 2008 that developed several games (Shake & Spell, Color Connect) and a platform enabling simultaneous game play across multiple mobile devices and social networks.

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CyberPower debuts the Fang Series EVO gaming rigs
Need new hardware for your gaming addiction? Then you might be interested in CyberPower's latest offerings, the Fang Series EVO family of high-end gaming desktops which make use of a custom watercooling solution for the CPU, multi-high end graphic cards, and the chipset.

LucidLogix unveils Unity architecture enabling Hydra-equipped graphics cards
LucidLogix Technologies has today introduced the Unity graphics board architecture, a new solution which enables the use of the HydraLogix (previously known as Hydra) engine on graphics cards so as to unlock more multi-GPU options.

3M to acquire biometric security provider Cogent for $943 million
Minnesota-based conglomerate 3M has inked a deal worth $943 million to buy Cogent Inc. aka Cogent Systems, a company known for providing biometric (finger, palm, face and iris) identification systems, products and services to governments, law enforcement agencies, and commercial enterprises.

Windows Live Sync getting renamed, more storage space
Currently available in beta form, the Windows Live Sync service for syncing important files and folders on multiple PCs, is set to be renamed to Windows Live Mesh once the final version is done and released.

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