IT-Code-News: IT News HeadLines (TechConnect Magazine) 22/09/2010

Thursday, September 23, 2010

IT News HeadLines (TechConnect Magazine) 22/09/2010

Toshiba adding more WiMAX-ready laptops to its offer
Those in need of more speed on the go will soon be provided by Toshiba with multiple laptops that are 4G-ready in the sense that they have WIMAX support built-in. The offer in question includes specific models of the Satellite A665, Satellite M645, the PortÃ©gÃ© R705-P35 and the Satellite E205-S1980.

Toshiba Qosmio X500 laptop gets GeForce GTX 460 power
Toshiba has now updated its Qosmio X500 18.4-inch laptop prepped for games, media creation and HD entertainment, by equipping it with Nvidia's GeForce GTX 460M graphics card featuring DirectX 11 support, 192 CUDA cores, a 192-bit memory interface and 1.5GB of GDDR5 VRAM.

Hyundai delivers the W243S stereoscopic 3D LCD monitor
Hyundai IT today introduced in Europe the W243S 24-inch stereoscopic 3D monitor which can be used for professional applications (3D modeling, design, simulation) and/or for 3D entertainment - 3D movies, gaming.

Ericsson sues Acer, D-Link, Netgear for patent infringement
Swedish telecommunications equipment supplier Ericsson has last week filed a complaint with the US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, in which it accuses PC maker Acer, its subsidiary Gateway, as well as D-Link and Netgear of patent infringement.

Samsung app store celebrates 10 million downloads in Europe
One year in and Samsung Apps, the South Korean company's own application store, has reached an announcement-worthy milestone - 10 million downloads in Europe where it is available in 34 countries.

Adobe posts record revenue for Q3 of fiscal 2010
Adobe Systems can feel pretty smug for a little while as it just reported a record revenue of $990.3 million for the third quarter of fiscal year 2010 which ended on September 3rd. This figure represents a 5% growth compared to Q2 and a 42% rise over the same period last year.

Elemental's video processing products getting Fermi support
Elemental Technologies has announced that, within a month, it will release software updates for its Elemental Live and Elemental Server massively parallel video processing systems that bring full support for Nvidia's Fermi architecture and cards based on them.

Google Docs added web fonts support, six new fonts
Online productivity service Google Docs has received a new update this week which enables it to make use of the Google Font API in order to support web fonts. And to kick off the font fun properly, Google also added six fonts to Docs - Calibri, Cambria, Droid Serif, Droid Sans, Consolas and Corsiva.

Acer Revo View media player launched in Europe
The IFA 2010-showcased Revo View media player from Acer has now been introduced in Europe as the hottest thing for high definition home entertainment. The device measures 220 x 205 x 48 mm, can play 1080p video content, and has Dolby Digital and DTS support.

Kingmax unveils the PD-01 colorful flash drive
Kingmax Technology is bringing out some more NAND storage in the form of the new PD-01 compact and colorful flash drives. Coming four capacities - 2GB (green), 4GB (orange), 8GB (blue) and 16GB (red), the PD-01 makes use of COB (Chip On Board) technology and features a 360 degree revolving cap.

Sony's BDX-S500U 6x external Blu-ray writer reaching America
Sony Optiarc America has just announced the upcoming arrival of its latest creation, the BDX-S500U slim external Blu-ray writer which is capable of burning a single-layer BD-R disc at up to 6x speed.

Dell Inspiron Mini 1018 netbook available in the US too
Dell's updated Inspiron Mini 10 (1018), who debuted in Europe last month, has now also become available in the US. The 10.1-inch netbook is based on the Pine Trail platform, runs Windows 7 Starter (more OS options are offered by Dell) and has a starting price tag of $300.

BenQ rolling out the VW2420H LED-backlit monitor in Europe
Already launched in Japan, BenQ's VW2420H 24-inch monitor, who can brag with its combo between LED backlighting and a VA (Vertical Alignment) panel, has also been launched in Europe although customers here will have to wait a few more weeks to get it. Pre-orders are open though.

Nvidia CEO talks some Tegra, says third-gen chip is almost done
Re-confirming his company's mobile plans, Nvidia's CEO Jen-Hsun Huang has revealed at the GPU Technology Conference in San Jose that the third generation Tegra SoC (System-on-chip) is "almost one", while the fourth-gen silicon is already in the works.

Gmail app finds its way into the App Market, needs Froyo
Google's Gmail app for Android devices has now become a standalone app available for download in the Market. This enables Google to deliver Gmail updates faster and more frequent as the app is no longer tied to the Android OS.

RIM tablet may be revealed next week, says WSJ
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Canadian company RIM (Research In Motion) may revealed its rumored tablet, and the QNX-based operating system powering the device, at the developer conference going on next week in San Francisco.

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Nvidia Fermi successor called Kepler, coming next year
Exciting stuff at the end of Jen-Hsun Huang's GTC keynote as Nvidia's CEO has presented a roadmap depicting the next two GPU architectures currently in the works at the Santa Clara company. Fermi's successors are known as Kepler and Maxwell and are scheduled to launch in 2011 and 2013, respectively.

Nvidia announces CUDA x86
Today during his keynote at the GPU Technology Conference in San Jose, California, Nvidia's co-founder, CEO and President, Jen-Hsun Huang, announced a collaboration with PGI (The Portland Group) for CUDA x86, a solution that enables CUDA apps to be accelerated on basically any PC and server.

LaCie reveals the 324i IPS LCD monitor
LaCie today announced the newest member of its professional monitor family, the 324i 24-inch LCD widescreen which features a 10â€“bit Pâ€“IPS panel and can brag with a wide color gamut (102% NTSC and 98% AdobeRGB) which makes it suited for prepress, illustration, web design, and photographic workflows.

Silicon Power releases USB 3.0 adapters for desktop and mobile PCs
Pitching in to boost USB 3.0 adoption, Taiwanese memory and storage company Silicon Power has introduced a couple of SuperSpeed USB adapters for desktops PCs and mobile systems, which provide two ports enabling transfer speeds of up to 5.0 Gbps.

Zotac develops GeForce GTX 460 with three DisplayPort outputs
Showing the DisplayPort standard some love, Zotac has created a custom GeForce GTX 460 card which features a slight factory overclock and, instead of the usual dual-DVI + HDMI output configuration, provides one DVI and three DisplayPort connectors enabling the use of four monitors.

Toshiba debuts the Canvio Basics portable hard drive line
Toshiba's Storage Device Division is updating its product offer today with the introduction of a new family of portable hard drives, the 2.5-inch Canvio Basics which includes 320GB, 500GB and 750GB models.

Getac adds 2.0 GHz Core i7 processor to its B300 rugged notebook
Getac Inc. has just announced a hardware upgrade for its B300 rugged notebook which sees the MIL-STD-810G-certified shock and dust-proof mobile machine adopting the Core i7-620LM processor clocked at 2.0 GHz (2.8 GHz on Turbo) which brings a speed boost of up to 67% over the previous generation.

Seagate intros 1.5TB FreeAgent GoFlex portable hard drive
Seagate Technology today introduced that it claims to be the first 1.5TB 2.5-inch portable hard drive, a FreeAgent GoFlex model that can store up to 60 HD movies, hundreds of video games, or thousands of photo, documents and other types of content.

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