IT-Code-News: IT News HeadLines (TechConnect Magazine) 28/10/2010

Thursday, October 28, 2010

IT News HeadLines (TechConnect Magazine) 28/10/2010

New Yahoo! Mail launches in beta form, promises more speed, security
Yahoo! today introduced a new version of its email service which features multiple updates including performance enhancements, a tweaked interface for easier navigation, better security, a new mail search tool, and the ability to view and share updates from Twitter, Facebook and other networks.

Opera Mini user base passes 71 million in September
Opera Mini has continued its upwards trend in September when no less than 71.2 million people, 7.1% more than in August and 100.1% than in September 2009, have used it on their mobile phone to browse the interweb.

Acer to unveil its tablet PC offering on November 23rd
Acer CEO Gianfranco Lanci has just confirmed that next month, more specifically on November 23rd, his company will hold a special event in New York to present to the world the tablets it will be invading the market with.

AOC delivers new line of ultra-thin LED-backlit monitors
AOC Europe today announced the release of six new LCD monitors - the 18.5-inch e943Fws, 20-inch e2043Fs, 21.5-inch e2243Fws & e2243Fw and 23-inch e2343F & e2343Fs, all of which feature a super-slim (12.9mm) panel, and make use of LED backlighting for lower power consumption and higher contrasts.

Asus rolls out touch-sensitive wireless mouse
In an effort to take away some of the Magic Mouse's appeal, Asus has rolled out its own touch-sensitive wireless mouse, the WX-DL. Designed by David Lewis, Asus' peripheral features a rounded shape, optical tracking and 4-way scrolling, 2.4 GHz wireless connectivity, and a 1200 dpi lases sensor.

Point of View coming out with 7-inch & 10-inch Android tablets
Point of View is making the final preparations for the launch of not one but two Mobii-branded tablets, a 7-inch model running Android 2.1, and a 10-inch version powered by Android 2.2 (Froyo). Both devices will be introduced in November.

Gigabyte introduces the Sumo 5112 full tower chassis
Gigabyte has recently launched a new PC housing solution, the Sumo 5112 full tower targeting gamers and enthusiasts which supports up to an E-ATX motherboard, and has a black coating, a front aluminum door, a steel structure and interchangeable (acrylic window/steel mesh) side panels.

Broadcom buying femtocell chip company Percello
Poised on pumping up its femtocell props, Broadcom is set to acquire for about $86 million cash one Percello Ltd., a fabless semiconductor company known for designing highly integrated baseband processors (SoCs) for WCDMA and LTE Femtocells.

Sony Ericsson PlayStation Phone pictured, is inspired by the PSP Go
The uber-rumored PlayStation-branded phone is real, or at least, it's becoming a reality since it's been handled and pictured but not yet announced by Sony Ericsson. The upcoming gaming-ready smartphone features a design similar to the PSP Go and is set to run Android (probably Gingerbread).

Myspace gives stardom another go with new brand and site
News Corporation-owned social network Myspace hasn't given up on its dreams of glory and kicking Facebook where it hurts so today it has unveiled a new website which is supposed to provide a complete entertainment experience covering music, celebrities, movies, television and games.

Samsung N150 Plus netbook released in red and pink versions too
Samsung Electronics has now introduced in Europe the N150 Plus 10-inch netbook in two new color schemes - white with a bright red display cover, and white with a pink cover. This model was initially released in black/dark red so it's nice to see it more lively.

Eye-Fi View promises full resolution photo viewing/sharing on any device
Eye-Fi Inc. today introduced two new features to the Eye-Fi ecosystem, email sharing (which is pretty self-explanatory), and Eye-Fi View, a service which enables users to access, share and download full resolution photos from virtually any web connected device.

Exceleram preps two low-voltage DDR3 memory kits
German memory maker Exceleram has today announced a couple of new additions to its product offer, 4GB low voltage DDR3-1333 and DDR3-1600 dual-channel kits that operate at 1.35V and aimed for use within LGA 1156-based systems.

OWC offers DIY HDD/SSD kits for upgrading your laptop's storage
Other World Computing (OWC) is lending a hand to those unhappy about their laptop's storage solution by providing DIY (do it yourself) kits with either hard drives or solid state drives to replace unwanted parts.

Asus Tegra 2-powered 10-inch Eee Pad said to debut in March 2011
Asus is reported to have ordered some 200,000 to 300,000 Nvidia Tegra 2 chips to use in tablets and smartphones coming out in 2011. The Taiwanese company is expected to introduce the 8.9-inch EP90 tablet early next year and follow up with a 10-inch Eee Pad in March (CeBIT time).

iBuyPower spices up its Gamer series desktops with Radeon HD 6800 cards
iBuyPower got its Barts on as of this week by adding AMD's newly-released Radeon HD 6850 and HD 6870 cards as graphics options for three gaming systems, the Gamer Mage D295, Gamer Mage D355, and Gamer Paladin F820. All gaming rigs can be configured with a single or two Radeon HD 6800 models.

Gemalto sues Google, HTC, Motorola, and Samsung for patent infringement
Digital security company has on Monday filed a complaint with the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, claiming that Google, Samsung, HTC and Motorola are violating several of its patents related to technologies for running Java software on a 'resource constrained device'.

Barnes & Noble NOOKcolor announced, shipping in November
Barnes & Noble is prepping to boom, shake, shake, shake the ebook market this holiday season by releasing the NOOKcolor, a 0.48-inch thick full-color tablet that's claimed to provide a whole new experience when reading books, magazines, newspapers and childrenâ€™s books.

Chrome 8.0.552.18 out in the Dev channel
Chrome fans and developers can now get their hands on a new version of Chrome's browser courtesy of the Dev Channel. Build 8.0.552.18 is said to feature stability fixes as well as more polish.

White iPhone 4 delayed again, now expected in Spring 2011
Magic and engineering have apparently again failed Apple as the company has another another delay for the white version of its latest and greatest smartphone, the iPhone 4. The white model was supposed to ship in July but manufacturing issues have kept the device from reaching the market.

Office 2011 for Mac hits stores
Microsoft stuck to its August announced plans and yesterday shipped to retail the newest version of its Office suite for Mac. Office 2011 has been made available in two editions (Home and Student and Home and Business) and 13 languages, and will expand its reach to over 45 countries next month.

Windows 7/Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 Release Candidate up for grabs
Three months after rolling out its beta version, Microsoft has now made available the Release Candidate (RC) of Service Pack 1 for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. SP1 includes all updates published by Microsoft and adds two new features to Server 2008 R2 - Dynamic Memory and RemoteFX.

Catalyst 10.10c hotfix brings OpenGL 4.1 support, performance tweaks
Believe it or not, AMD has put up a third hotfix driver based on the Catalyst 10.10 released last week, and it brings beta support for the OpenGL 4.1 API, the Morphological Anti-Aliasing feature, as well as performance enhancements.

PC graphics shipments down 0.9% in Q3, AMD slips as Intel and Nvidia gain
According to the newest Market Watch report from Jon Peddie Research, graphics chip shipments in Q3 were down 0.9% sequentially, affected by the 8.4% drop in notebook sales due to lower spending in mature markets.

A Close Look At Nokia's N8
The Smartphone market is dominated by devices from Samsung, Apple, RIM and HTC, leaving little space for Nokia whose premium smartphone manufacturer reputation has been under increased pressure as a string of 'high end' handsets have failed to make it into the wish-lists of the phone-buying public.

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Sennheiser adds four gaming headsets to its offer
Sound specialist Sennheiser Communications today announced the released of no less than four headsets specifically designed for gamers. The quarter is made up of the PC 360 flagship, the PC 333D, PC 330 G4ME and PC 163D.

Razer develops Anansi keyboard for MMO gamers
Question - what goes great with a MMO gaming mouse? Yes, a MMO game, sure, but hardware wise? Yes, MMO gaming keyboard, like the one Razer announced today. The MMO-ready peripheral is called Anansi and is set to become available in December, probably in time for WoW: Cataclysm.

A-Data unveils the HM series power supplies
A-Data Technology is ready to take on the power supply market and for that it has designed the HM series, a line of modular units which feature an 80Plus Bronze rating, an efficiency of 82%, a PF (Power Factor) of 0.9, Nvidia SLI certification, and ATX 12V v2.3 standard compliance.

CPU-Z 1.56 released
CPU-Z, the well-known processor, motherboard and memory information tool, has just received a new update which brings support for Intel's Core i7 970 CPU and P67 chipset, better recognition of AMD Phenom II, Athlon II and Sempron II "Caspian" processors, plus new logos for Sandy Bridge chips.

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