IT-Code-News: IT News HeadLines (TechConnect Magazine) 15/09/2010

Thursday, September 16, 2010

IT News HeadLines (TechConnect Magazine) 15/09/2010

IBM buying risk management company OpenPages
Big Blue has just inked a deal through which it will be acquiring OpenPages, a privately-held company based in Waltham known for developing and offering software solutions for identifying and managing key business risks across an enterprise.

HTC announces the Desire HD and Desire Z Android smartphones
Today at its London event, HTC has unveiled a couple of new Android smartphones, the Desire HD featuring an aluminum casing, 4.3-inch touch display and an 8 megapixel camera, and the Desire Z, with a slide-out QWERTY keyboard, a 3.7-inch touchscreen, and a 5 megapixel camera.

HP Pavilion dm3t laptop gets specs update, embraces Calpella chips
Top PC maker HP has recently brought the Pavilion dm3t 13.3-inch laptop up to speed by moving it to Intel's 2010 mobile platform (aka Calpella). With this change, the machine has received two new CPU options - the 1.2 GHz Pentium U5400 and Core i3-330UM, both featuring integrated graphics.

Nokia preps C3 Touch and Type S40 phone for Q4 release
Nokia has today announced its second Touch and Type phone, the Series 40-based C3 T&T with quad-band GSM and WCDMA support which features a candybar shape (stainless steel chassis) and includes both a keypad and a 2.4-inch (240 x 320) touchscreen.

Valve and AMD Team Up for auto driver updates
AMD and Valve have started a co-operation to make access to new ATI Catalyst drivers easier to obtain. Both companies have announced collaboration plans allowing Steam users to detect and install the latest ATI Catalyst divers for their ATI Radeon graphics cards.

Thermalright readies the Shaman 8-heatpipe VGA cooler
Wondering what Thermalright is up to these days? Well for one, it's finishing up the Shaman, a new VGA cooler which can be used with the latest graphics cards, including the GeForce GTX 460, 465, 470, 480 and Radeon HD 5850, 5870, 6800 and 6750 (yes, 6000 series, confirmed by Thermalright).

Twitter.com redesign bringing mini profiles, more speed
Micro-blogging star Twitter is getting its first major makeover this year, and while it will still stop at 140 characters, it's going all-out to improve the experience of all users through new features, a tweaked design, and speed improvements.

Logitech coming up with the M570 wireless trackball
Logitech today introduced a new wire-free peripheral, the Wireless Trackball M570 which targets right-handed users and aims to provide all-day comfort and highly-precise controls.

Chrome Stable and Beta channels updated, shed more bugs
Both the Stable and Beta channels of Google's Chrome browser have moved up to version 6.0.472.59, the purpose of this update being to fix multiple vulnerabilities, including one rated 'critical' and six deemed 'high'.

LaCie intros the 2big RAID drive with a USB 3.0 interface
LaCie's storage offer is growing still, with the latest addition to it being the 2big USB 3.0, a smooth dual-bay/drive external solution designed by Neil Poulton which features SuperSpeed USB connectivity.

RealNetworks acquires social game developer Backstage Technologies
Increasing its focus on the social network scene, RealNetworks has now bought Backstage Technologies, a social games developer based in Victoria, Canada known for the Scratch and Win Facebook application and the Family Feud game (also for Facebook).

Intel reveals new, tougher clamshell Classmate PC
At IDF Intel has introduced the latest clamshell Classmate PC, a Pine Trail-based netbook aimed for educational use which features multiple improvements over its predecessor, including increased ruggedness, longer battery life, better water resistance and additional germ protection.

ASRock develops GeForce GT 425M-equipped 3D-ready mini PC
ASRock has stealthily exposed its newest mini PC offering, a 200(W) x 70 (H) x 200 (L) mm box named Vision 3D 135B which is based on Intel's Calpella mobile platform, features DirectX 11 graphics and has 3D Vision support.

SandForce secures $25 million in new funding round
SandForce, the rising star of the SSD world, has managed to convince Canaan Partners, as well as DCM, Storm Ventures, Translink Capital, LSI Corporation and UMC Capital to check their wallets and supply it with a cool $25 million.

Dell Inspiron Duo netbook/tablet hybrid presented at IDF
PC maker Dell has managed to turn heads at the Intel Developer Forum where it showcased its newest Inspiron-branded product, a mobile device that can play the role of a netbook before turning into a tablet PC through the flip of its 10-inch touchscreen.

Augen ARM-powered GenBook 108 10-inch 'netbook' available for $190
Try to ignore the comments that tablets have killed smartbooks, for a bit at least, because Kmart has started selling a little something called the GenBook 108 which looks like a netbook, is priced cheaper than a netbook, and comes powered by a 800 MHz ARM-flavored processor.

Mozilla serves up another Firefox 4.0 beta
Want more Firefox? Good, because Mozilla has now released a sixth beta version of the upcoming Firefox 4.0 browser so as to fix two problems bugging testers of the previous beta, one stability issue in Windows, and one plug-in bug on Mac OS X that resulted in white boxes over web pages.

WeTab MeeGo-based tablet to ship next week
Good news from the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco, as Neofonie and 4tiitoo AG have announced that no more delays are in plan for the WeTab tablet. According to its makers, the MeeGo-running 11.6-inch device will start shipping next week, more specifically, on September 21st.

HTC reportely launching Android 3.0 tablet in Q1 2011
The latest word from unnamed 'component makers' is that Taiwan-based smartphone maker HTC is working on its own tablet which would be released in the first quarter of next year, running Android 3.0 aka Gingerbread.

Asus Eee PC 1015PEM N550-powered netbook starts selling in the US
Announced just a little while ago, Asus' first netbook to be equipped with Intel's Atom N550 dual-core processor (clocked at 1.5 GHz), the Eee PC 1015PEM, has become available in the US in four color versions - black, white, red and blue.

Nikon reveals the D7000 DSLR camera, wants $1,200 for it
No more leaks needed as today Nikon has fessed up to its plan to introduce the new D7000 DSLR camera next month. Claiming to offer exceptional performance, reliability, and unprecedented levels of control and versatility, the new model packs a 16.2-megapixel CMOS sensor and can record 1080p video.

Oak Trail-based tablets showcased at IDF
Announced in June at Computex, Intel's new Oak Trail platform for tablets and slim netbooks is moving along nicely enough that at IDF a couple of devices based on it were showcased to give a peak at what's to come.

Intel's netbook-focused AppUp store is out of beta
During his IDF keynote, RenÃ©e James, senior vice president and general manager, Intel Software and Services Group, has proudly announced that the AppUp center, Intel's own app store for netbooks, has dropped the beta tag it had since January.

Intel Atom E6xx series introduced, targets embedded applications
This week at IDF, Intel's Atom family has been growing quite nicely with the launch of the Atom CE4200 SoC for consumer electronics and that of the Atom E6xx-based platform for embedded computing which consists of an E600 processor and EG20T 'controller hub' (chipset).

Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 could use Tegra 2
According to a salty new report, South Korean titan Samsung Electronics has been talking intensely with Santa Clara-based Nvidia about using the Tegra 2 SoC (system-on-chip) in the second generation Galaxy Tab.

Intel announces Atom CE4200 SoC for consumer electronics
Intel's CE4100 hasn't really made waves this past year so today its successor has been unveiled and deemed ready to power 'smart' consumer electronics. The chip in question is known as Atom CE4200 (and codenamed Groveland), and is expected to be used in next-gen connected HDTVs and set-top boxes.

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Point of View and TGT working on another overclocked GeForce GTX 480
As if two factory-overclocked models (Charged and Ultra Charged) weren't enough, Point of View and the TGT Tuning team are preparing the introduction of a third customized GeForce GTX 480, the GTX 480 Ultra Charged TFC (Triple Fan Cooling).

Kingston is shipping its first USB 3.0 flash drives
Kingston Digital has today started to roll out its first-ever flash drives to feature a USB 3.0 interface, the DataTraveler Ultimate 3.0 series which are capable of maximum read and write speeds of 80 MB/s and 60 MB/s, respectively (30/20 MB/s on USB 2.0).

Prolimatech Red/Blue Vortex 140mm fans go on sale
Prolimatech's cooling offer has now been expanded through the retail release of the Blue Vortex 14 and Red Vortex 14 140mm case fans which feature a sleeve bearing, and a working speed of 1000 RPM (rotations per minute) +/- 100 RPM.

PowerColor enters the power supply market
Graphics cards may remain its main trade for years to come but PowerColor is not putting all its revenue streams into one basket, and so today it has introduced not one but two power supply lines, the Extreme series (modular) and the Gaming series (non-modular).

OCZ releasing ultra-low and extreme-low voltage DDR3 memory
The OCZ Technology Group has today announced the addition of a whole line of Ultra-Low Voltage (ULV) and Extreme-Low Voltage (ELV) DDR3 memory for Intel platforms. Running at 1.5V, the ULV line includes Reaper HPC and Gold series kits, while the 1.35V ELV offer is made up of Platinum series kits.

MSI Wind Top AE2420 3D all-in-one released in the US
MSI has just announced the US introduction of its Wind Top AE2420 3D-capable and touch-enabled all-in-one PC. Pre-loaded with Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit, the system is based on an Intel platform and delivers 2.1 channel surround sound via two 5W speakers and a 10W subwoofer.

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