IT-Code-News: IT News HeadLines (TechConnect Magazine) 27/10/2010

Wednesday, October 27, 2010

IT News HeadLines (TechConnect Magazine) 27/10/2010

Western Digital rolls out the WD TV Live Hub HDD-packing media player
Western Digital has now officially launched the WD TV Live Hub, a media center device that can connect and stream audio and 1080p video to PCs, TVs, DVD/Blu-ray players and consoles. The Hub packs a 1TB hard drive for content storage, has a compact design and is backed by a one-year warranty.

NEC readies the MultiSync EA232WMi IPS monitor
NEC Display Solutions has recently revealed a new member of its MultiSync family of monitors, the 23-inch EA232WMi which features an IPS panel, a W-LED backlight, and has TCO 5.0 and Energy Star 5.0 certifications.

A-Data's S007 flash drives get priced
Announced a couple of weeks ago, A-Data's new S007 flash drives, which feature a rubber housing and are claimed to be both shock-resistant and waterproof, have now been introduced in Europe, with price tags of â‚¬7.99 (4GB), â‚¬12.99 (8GB), â‚¬25.99 (16GB) and â‚¬49.99 (32GB).

New Raidon mobile rack houses both 2.5-inch and 3.5-inch drives
Raidon Technology is just about ready to roll out a new mobile rack which goes by the name of iS1010-2S-S2, takes up one 5.25-inch bay and can loaded with one 2.5-inch and one 3.5-inch hard/solid state/hybrid hard drive.

Intel inaugurates its first Chinese chip fab
Three long years after announcing the investment, today Intel has cut the ribbon of its $2.5 billion chip manufacturing facility in the city of Dalian, China. The new fab is the first constructed by Intel in China and is set to serve the company's many Asian customers.

PQI providing new DDR3 modules for servers and workstations
Power Quotient International (PQI) this week introduced a bunch of DDR3-1066 and DDR3-1333 memory modules which are aimed to be used within servers and workstations. The new registered/ECC DIMMs feature 128x8 and 256x8 BGA configurations, and make use of 6- or 10-layer PCBs.

Cooler Master intros the SF-19 USB 3.0-equipped laptop cooling pad
Cooler Master has now finally launched its CM Storm-branded SF-19 laptop cooling pad which was first seen way back in March at CeBIT 2010. This new accessory is aimed to be used by gamers and can be paired up with laptops sized up to 19".

LG launches BE12LU30 12x external Blu-ray writer
LG Electronics today officially rolled out the BE12LU30 external Blu-ray writer which features both USB 2.0 and eSATA connectivity, 4MB of buffer, the LightScribe labeling technology, and offers burning speeds of up to 12x for Blu-ray discs and 16x for DVDs.

Team Group coming up with Xtreem series DDR3 1866/2000 MHz kits
Taiwanese manufacturer Team Group has today introduced quite a few new Xtreem series memory solutions - dual-channel DDR3-1866 and dual/triple-channel DDR3-2000 memory kits targeting overclockers, gamers and enthusiasts.

Samsung E65 e-book reader goes on sale in the UK
Samsung Electronics has quietly let loose upon the UK its newest e-reader, the E65 model which features a 6-inch (600 x 800) E Ink display, a QWERTY keyboard, and comes bundled with an EMR (electromagnetic resonance) pen for writing notes, comments and annotations.

Icy Box IB-SAFE22 enclosure comes bundled with AES encryption key
RaidSonic today introduced a special Icy Box-branded enclosure which will not only house a 2.5-inch hard drive or solid state drive, but also protect the data stored on it. This is made via a hardware solution that requires an AES 256-bit encryption key to be connected to the enclosure.

Enermax makes the LuxuRay PC case official
Enermax has this week revealed the latest addition to its PC chassis line, the LuxuRay midi-tower which features a black exterior and interior, a glossy front panel and, a front 120mm tri-color (blue, red, green) Vegan fan providing 14 LED color modes.

Eurocom Panther mobile servers added 3.46 GHz Xeon CPU option
More or less professional users who want uber performance is a compact setup may be happy to know that Eurocom has made Intel's Xeon X5690, which packs six cores clocked at 3.46 GHz and 12MB of L3 cache, one of the options available for its Panther 2.0 and D900F Panther mobile workstations.

New custom Radeon HD 6850 packs Zalman coolet, 4-card CrossFire support
The Radeon HD 6800 launch was fortunately spiced up with multiple customized Radeon HD 6850 cards but none can really compare to a recently-exposed model made by a Chinese manufacturer which features a highly-tweaked PCB, a Zalman VF3000 cooler, and two CrossFire connectors enabling 4-card setups.

iDuple developing tablet powered by cloudy operating system
Chrome OS, or at least he idea behind it, has got some fans, some who want to try it, and some who want to make something with it. In the latter category we have the iDuple team which is making a mobile cloud computing device - a tablet with a minimalistic OS that relies on web apps for everything.

TotalMedia Theatre 5 brags with Radeon HD 6800 optimization
For this holiday season ArcSoft has prepared a new version of its TotalMedia Theatre player, one that is claimed to feature support for AMD's latest DirectX 11 cards, the Radeon HD 6800 series. The support enables the software to take advantage of OpenCL and use GPU power for various tasks.

Digg lays off 25 people, hopes for a better 2011
You may recall that Digg cut 10% of its staff in May, well, apparently that wasn't enough as the company's new CEO Matt Williams has concluded that even 67 people are too many for Digg's current needs and future plans so he passed along 25 pink slips.

Zotac's dual-GPU GeForce GTX 460 'X2' card is big but not scary
Zotac's experimenting ways are far from being forgotten as the company is currently working on a new dual-GPU beast which brings together two GF104 chips to make for a game-smashing GeForce GTX 460 X2.

Microsoft Messenger for Mac 8 sheds beta tag, awaits download
After seven months of public beta testing, the latest version of Microsoft's Messenger for Mac has been released as a finished standalone product. The software is also part of the Office for Mac 2011 suite and it works on Mac OS X 10.5/10.6.

New JooJoo tablet to run Android, launch in 2011
The first JooJoo tablet hasn't made an impact on anything really but that isn't stopping its makers, Fusion Garage, from working round the clock on a new device which will run Android (Gingerbread apparently) and, probably come out in early 2011.

Jolicloud said to be working on its own netbook
Jolicloud is almost ready with the 1.1 version of its netbook-loving operating system but apparently that's not all it's cooking right now as a couple of photos depicting a Jolicloud-branded netbook have been posted by the company's CEO and founder Tariq Krim.

Microsoft delivers Windows Phone 7 syncing tool for Mac OS X
Microsoft has now made available a beta version of the Windows Phone 7 Connector for Mac, the software which enables Mac OS X 10.5/10.6 users to sync music, photos, videos and podcasts in their iTunes and iPhoto libraries to a Windows Phone 7 smartphone.

Xigmatek reveals the Pantheon mid-tower chassis
Xigmatek is currently preparing the release of a new PC chassis, a mid-tower which is named after the temple of all gods in Rome, the Pantheon. Set to be available with and without a side window, the case has a black exterior and interior, and provides support for air and water cooling solutions.

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Amazon again happy about Kindle sales, won't mention actual numbers
No, Amazon still hasn't released actual Kindle sales numbers yet it went on to brag about the performance of its e-readers. According to Amazon, the new generation Kindle devices have, since their introduction, managed to surpass the sales figures for the whole of Q4 2009.

Patriot debuts the Torqx TRB JMicron-based solid state drives
Patriot Memory today let introduced the Torqx TRB entry-level solid state drives which feature a 2.5-inch form factor, come in 32GB and 64GB capacities, and make use of JMicron's JMF616 controller and MLC (multi-level cell) NAND Flash memory chips.

Galaxy Tab to launch through Sprint on November 14, starts at $400
Sprint Nextel has set November 14 as the date it will begin selling Samsung's Android 2.2-running Galaxy Tab. The tablet will cost as low as $400 (thanks to a $50 instant rebate) when purchased with a two-year 2GB data plan @ $29.99 per month.

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