Saturday, October 2, 2010

IT News HeadLines (AnandTech) 02/10/2010


AnandTech
ASUS U35Jc: Jogging in Place
Less than six months ago, the ASUS U30Jc ultraportable walked away with a Bronze Editor's Choice award. The combination of portability, performance, and price made the U30Jc a favorite around here. A couple months back, we looked at the bamboo covered U33Jc, with USB 3.0 and Intel WiDi; Vivek loved the bamboo finish, but he's a sucker for fashion statements. Now ASUS is back with a slimmer, lighter version of the U30Jc and no bamboo. Is the U35Jc a worthy upgrade, or did ASUS misfire with their new ultraportable?

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The Apple TV (2010): Dissected

Honestly, Roku's price drop and yesterday's announcement of Hulu Plus coming to the platform probably stole much if any remaining thunder from the imminent arrival of the new Apple TV. While we'll still give the Apple TV a thorough treatment, it's still clearly a very niche product from Apple (until it gets jailbroken, then all bets are off). It's one of the easiest devices to test simply because it doesn't work with the vast majority of downloadable video content. We can't even run our media streamer test suite on the device since it doesn't  support streaming anything outside of iTunes.
To tide you over until our review is done however we've got a full gallery of the new Apple TV dissected. There aren't many surprises installed. The thing is tiny, there are no fans and the entire chassis is used as a heatsink. Apple makes liberal use of thermal conductive pads within the device.
The new ATV does use the A4, but the markings on the chip in my unit are very faint so I couldn't tell how much memory was integrated onto the package. There don't seem to be many other surprises inside, the new Apple TV is a $99 iPod Touch without the display and speaker/mic. The real potential for this platform (much like its predecessor) is realized if/when it's hacked. Until then it'll be a tough sell for many. Update: Looks like it has already been jailbroken (thanks crimson117), it's just a matter of time for folks to put the freedom to good use.
Check out the gallery!

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AnandTech 13-year Anniversary Giveaways Continue: ASRock 890GX Extreme3
The past few weeks have been ridiculously busy with the prep for IDF, covering the show itself, a couple of very important meetings afterwards and cranking through the backlog upon my return. I'll spare you the excuses because at long last I've got the announcement for the two winners of our Radeon HD 5770 giveaway: ALoserIsYou and tester42. You should both have an email from me, respond so I can get your prizes out to you :)
The giveaways are far from over, let's give away a motherboard shall we? And not just any motherboard, an AMD motherboard with the 890GX chipset. ASRock was kind enough to send its 890GX Extreme3 for our anniversary giveaways:
Read on for entry instructions.

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Virtualization - Ask the Experts #5
A couple of months ago we ran a webcast with Intel Fellow, Rich Uhlig, VMware Chief Platform Architect, Rich Brunner and myself. The goal was to talk about the past, present and future of virtualization. In preparation for the webcast we solicited questions from all of you, unfortunately we only had an hour during the webcast to address them. Rich Uhlig from Intel, Rich Brunner from VMware and our own Johan de Gelas all agreed to answer some of your questions in a 6 part series we're calling Ask the Experts. Each week we'll showcase three questions you guys asked about virtualization and provide answers from our panel of three experts. These responses haven't been edited and come straight from the experts.
Read on for the latest installation of Ask the Experts.

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Spanish Automaker SEAT Unveils Batttery EV Sports Coupe Concept
Concept has a range of 81 miles, bold styling
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New Study Shows iPhone Interest is Plunging
Android is winning consumers' hearts, has now pulled neck-and-neck with Apple
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Jailbreakers Free Apple TV From Its Maker's Restrictions
The new set-top box can now support apps
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HP's Appointment of German CEO Draws Criticism
Company's stock takes a hit amid uncertainty; new CEO's former firm struggled under his leadership
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Kin Failure Costs Ballmer $670K
Bonus was half what it could have been
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Lotus Debuts Esprit, Eterne Concepts with KERS Hybrid Systems
KERS is like green NOS yo
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Epic 4G Update Announced, Delayed
Update will improve Wi-Fi battery drain and 3G upload speeds
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"Goldilocks" Planet Found, Could Possibly Support Human Life
Ideal planet discovered 20 light-years away.
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Horizontal Nanowires Form "Nano-LEDs"
Growing nanowires horizontally allows for better positioning and movement of electrons to produce light
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9/30/2010 Daily Hardware Reviews
DailyTech's roundup of hardware reviews from around the web for Thursday
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Species Accumulate More Slowly Today Than in the Past
Researchers investigate if the diversity of species is in equilibrium or expanding
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China Breaks Its Own Train Speed Record, Will Spend 1 Trillion USD on High Speed Rail
China continues to advance its high-speed rail program
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Verizon Unveils Wireless Trade-in Program
Payment is offered as a Verizon gift card
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Ballmer Admits Kin Was Mess, Welcomes Google to "His" World
Microsoft's CEO is full of colorful, yet insightful commentary
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Report: Three More Execs Resign From Yahoo
Issues for struggling search giant continue
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OCZ Debuts HSDL Interface, IBIS SSD
New interface offers 20Gbps speed
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Critical Patients in Boston Could be "Frozen" Before Surgery
Ground-breaking technique will place trauma patients in a state of suspended animation.
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Jaguar C-X75 Concept Features Four Electric Motors, Two Gas Turbines
Jaguar's supercar concept uses four electric motors and two gas turbine generators
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Hotel Accidentally Makes Solar "Death Ray", Burns Lawyer
Hot new Vdara hotel might be a little bit TOO hot
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Dell to Join the 7-Inch Club, go Streaking in Next Few Weeks
New 7-inch model will keep the Streak brand name
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Damaged Hearts Repaired With "Glowing" Firefly Stem Cells
Healthy heart muscle glows brighter and brighter as stem cells develop
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9/29/2010 Daily Hardware Reviews
DailyTech's roundup of hardware reviews from around the web for Wednesday
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Nintendo 3DS to Hit Japan in February, Invade U.S. in March
Apps will be served up via virtual console, live streaming video also will be trialed
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New Microfluidic Device Helps Identify and Capture Breast Cancer Cells
Device can identify the protein HER2 status and isolate circulating tumor cells
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Gateway Announces New All-in-One Desktops
New machines offer Blu-ray and new design
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