IT News HeadLines (VR-Zone) 02/09/2010

Cooler Master Unveils Choiix Comforter Lapdesk
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Cooler Master, well-known amongst enthuasists for its quality chassis and after market cooling solutions, has announced the Choiix Comforter Lapdesk.





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Arctic Unleashes Accelero XTREME Plus VGA Cooler
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Swiss based Arctic Cooling has launched the Accelero XTREME Plus VGA Cooler, adding on to its Accelero series of graphic card coolers.





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Titan Unveils TTC-NC25TZ/PW (RB) Low Profile CPU Cooler
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Taipei based Titan has released the TTC-NC25TZ (RB) low profile CPU cooler, aimed at HTPC enthusiasts and users of compact cases.


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Archos Releases 5 Android-powered Tablets With Various Form Factors
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There is probably no such thing as a perfect tablet: no matter how well it is designed or made, there will be people complaining about how its size or form factor does not fit their hand size. Archos's solution? Release five tablets with varying screen sizes.

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VisionTek Presents CandyBoard Mini Wireless Keyboard
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VisionTek Products, LLC has unveiled the CandyBoard mini wireless keyboard in North American, targeting HTPC enthusiasts.  The ultra compact keyboard has 69 keys, a "capacitive-sensing" touch-pad, back-lit keys, an integrated laser pointer, a rechargeable Li-ion battery, and is connected to the PC via a 2.4GHz wireless interface. The CandyBoard can now be purchased from major PC outlets in North America at a MSRP of USD 89.99.













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[Rumour] AMD Radeon HD 6700 Series to feature 256-bit memory
vr-zone.com - Donanimhaber reports that AMD's first HD 6000 release - the Radeon HD 6700 - will feature a 256-bit memory interface, doubling up on the HD 5700 series' 128-bit. Recent GPU-Z leaks suggest the Radeon HD 6800 series will feature a 256-bit bus as well. For the Radeon HD 5000 series, one of the criticisms was a massive performance gap between the HD 5700 and the HD 5800 series, with the weakest Evergreen product (HD 5830) filling the gap somewhat unsuccessfully. It is possible that AMD has decided to boost the mainstream x700 series, bringing it closer to the performance x800 series.

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NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 Benchmarked
vr-zone.com - An XtremeSystems forum member has leaked a set of benchmarks for both Nvidia's reference GTS 450, as well as an overclocked ASUS GTS 450 TOP running at an incredible 925 MHz core, nearly 20% above the stock 783 MHz. The benchmarks leaked are Call of Juarez, Crysis, Far Cry 2, Unigine Heaven and World in Conflict. The vanilla GTS 450 is exactly where it is rumoured to be, somewhere between the Radeon HD 5750 and HD 5770.

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HP Announces New Additions To Existing Notebook Lineups
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With notebooks fast replacing desktops as the computing platform of choice, it is understandable that one would want to invest in a decent mobile computer to fulfill their daily computing needs. And HP done just that with its latest additions to the current ENVY, Mini and entry-level notebooks.
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Creative ZiiSound D5 Wireless Speaker Review
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Back in 2009, Creative announced to the world they have acquired ZiiLABS, which then gave birth to the brand name Zii. Fast forward today, Creative has taken the name one step further, giving us ZiiSound.
The first product is the ZiiSound D5 wireless speaker, which was launched recently. Finally, after some waiting we have our hands on this piece of gem, so read on to find out how loud this baby can rock our world.

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SuperInternet Unveils NGNBN Plans For Homes And Businesses
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With SingTel and M1 annoucing their Next Generation National Broadband Network (NGNBN) Internet plans yesterday, another provider has unveiled their offerings. SuperInternet, one of the smaller operators, has put up their competitive pricing plans on their website.

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Commodore USA Announces Plans To Revive the Amiga
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Think the good old Amiga desktop was dead and buried? Far from it: a new company calling itself Commodore USA has announced that they have just acquired the rights to the Amiga brand name, and will be using it for their new lineup of computers which run on AROS. Ready to relive the 'good old days' of computing?
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Scythe Announces Rasetsu CPU Cooler
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Japanese cooling specialist, Scythe, has unveiled the Rasetsu CPU cooler.

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Keysonic Unveils KSK-3201 RF Wireless Keyboard
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Keysonic has launched the KSK-3201 RF, an ultra compact wireless keyboard aimed at users who are always on the move.

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M1 Announces First 1Gbps Fibre Optics Internet Plan
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M1 will be launching its suite of fibre optics internet plans for consumers and businesses. It is also the first to announce 1Gbps plan within Singapore.

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