IT-Code-News: IT News HeadLines (TechConnect Magazine) 29/10/2010

Friday, October 29, 2010

IT News HeadLines (TechConnect Magazine) 29/10/2010

GeForce GTX 580 mentioned in new Nvidia developer driver
Nvidia yesterday released a new developer driver which certainly isn't of great interest to the general public using NV graphics cards but is quite enticing since its support list includes the yet unannounced GeForce GTX 580.

ViewSonic ViewPad 7 tablet up for pre-order in the UK
ViewSonic's tablet debut is closing in as the company's ViewPad 7 has now become available for pre-order in the UK where it is expected to ship next month. The new mobile device runs Android 2.2 aka Froyo and costs Â£400 ($639).

U.S. Cellular to carry the Galaxy Tab too
After AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon Wireless, U.S. Cellular has become the fifth carrier to confirm it will be selling the Android 2.2-running Samsung Galaxy Tab in the US of A. Unfortunately, no pricing or release info was provided with the announcement.

NEC MultiSync PA231W IPS monitor to hit US stores next month
NEC has just announced that its MultiSync PA231W 23-inch monitor, which was introduced in Europe one month ago, will ship in the US in November. The PA231W targets graphics professionals and is capable of a 75.4% coverage of AdobeRGB and 71.6% coverage of the NTSC color space.

OCZ introduces the RevoDrive X2 PCIe solid state drive
The OCZ Technology Group today officially launched its newest PCI-Express storage solution, the RevoDrive X2 SSD which has a PCIe x4 interface, four SandForce SF-1200 and an internal RAID 0 design which enables it to deliver read and write speeds of up to 740 MB/s and 720 MB/s, respectively.

Google Search loads up on Places
Inspired by Google Maps, Google's uber-popular search engine has begun to adopt Places listings, enabling people doing local searches to find businesses or other places of potential interest faster than before.

BenQ rolling out the S1410 compact camera
BenQ's S series digital camera line is growing still with this week's announcement of the S1410, a new model which features a 14 megapixel CCD sensor and makes use of O.I.S. (Optical Image Stabilizer) to compensates for unwanted camera movements or slow shutter speeds.

Alleged Nvidia GeForce GTX 580 pictures hit the web
Thanks to Nvidia's 'mishap' last week we pretty much known for sure there's a GeForce GTX 580 in the pipeline and today more potential proof has come about in the form of two photos which are claimed to depict the upcoming high-end card.

MSI preps 3D-ready FR600 notebook
MSI today announced its plans to release a 3D-enabled version of the FR600 15.6-inch laptop announced this summer. Named FR600 3D, the notebook features a 120 Hz LED-backlit display, is based on Intel's Calpella platform and will come bundled with a pair of 3D glasses.

Buffalo HD-LEMU2 external drive uses LEDs to warn about low capacity
Buffalo Technology is currently making the final preparations for the release of a new external hard drive, the HD-LEMU2 series which tries to stand out by featuring LED lights that signal the user then it is running low on storage space - green means there's plenty of space, purple, not so much.

Opera Mini 5.1 beta released for Symbian too
Opera Software has today made available the beta version of its Opera Mini 5.1 browser for Symbian smartphones. The software, which was previously released for feature phones and Android devices, comes with improved star-up times, better page-load and scrolling performance, and tweaked fonts.

Galaxy goes big with 1000 MHz-clocked GeForce GTS 450
Galaxy Microsystems is ready to tame Point of View's 920 MHz GeForce GTX 450 Beast card with its newest custom creation, the GTS 450 Hall of Fame model featuring extra-high GPU, shader and memory clocks - 1000 MHz, 2000 MHz and 4100 MHz, respectively.

EKING S700 color e-notepad unveiled, coming to Chinese offices soon
Mobile device maker China Shenzhen Guangxuntong Communication Technology has this week announced a 7-inch tablet which isn't promoted as a regular tablet but as a color e-notepad for office use with lots of features and functions.

Yeston to release customized, Arctic-cooled Radeon HD 6850
Card maker Yeston is ready to take AMD's Barts GPU to the next level with its custom Radeon HD 6850 (the Game Master) which makes use of a redesigned PCB and is equipped with a three-fan Arctic Accelero Xtreme cooler.

Intel, Dell, IBM, others, form working group to standardize PCIe SSDs
Good news for the flashy storage market as multiple industry giants got together to form the Solid State Drive (SSD) Form Factor Working Group, an organization focused on standardizing storage solutions (SSDs) with a PCIe interface.

Samsung NF310 dual-core netbook available in the US
Three weeks after being announced, Samsung's NF310 netbook, which is powered by Intel's 1.5 GHz Atom N550 dual-core processor and is pre-loaded by Microsoft's Windows 7 Starter, has begun shipping in the US, bearing a price tag of $399.

Future Sonics releases the Atrio Special Edition earphones
Future Sonics has just rolled out its newest audio solution, the Atrio Special Edition (ASE) professional earphones which make use of dynamic drivers capable of producing frequencies below 150Hz, a MG7 transducer and TrueTimbre so as to deliver a rich and full audio experience.

Thousands of Nvidia Tesla GPUs found within world's fastest supercomputer
Nvidia isn't holding back on brag today as no less than 7,168 of its Tesla M2050 (Fermi-flavored) GPUs, together with 14,336 microprocessors, are powering the Tianhe-1A supercomputer announced at HPC 2010 China as the world's fastest supercomputer with a measures performance of 2.507 petaflops.

Google TV unit said to be under YouTube control
The Google TV project, which launched in the US this month, is reported to have been entrusted to the YouTube division not that long ago, in an effort to make it more appealing to content owners and ultimately, to customers.

Firefox 4 launch pushed into 2011
Disappointingly but not exactly shocking, the Mozilla team has decided on delaying the final version of Firefox 4.0 from the previous late 2010 to early 2011. Work on the browser is still going in high gear but the amount of work required to complete it means we'll be playing with betas this year.

Logitech enjoys higher revenue, profit in Q2 FY 2011, raises outlook
The second quarter of Logitech's fiscal year 2011 has seen the Switzerland-based peripheral and accessories company make sales of $582 million, up 17% compared to the same period of FY 2010, and net a profit of $41 million, almost double that made a year ago.

Maylong M-150 7-inch tablet on sale for $100
Thew expression 'cheap as chips' comes to mind when laying eyes on the Maylong M-150 tablet which can be bought for just $100. For that price you're getting a mobile device running Android that features a 7-inch (800 x 480) resistive touchscreen, and is powered by a 400MHz VIA VM8505+ chip.

Xigmatek Asgard PC cases added a side window
Xigmatek's Asgard and Asgard II mid-tower cases have received a small update and are now available for purchase with a nice, reasonably large, X-shaped side window which enables enthusiasts to constantly peak inside and see their precious components at work.

Firefox 3.6.12 out to fix critical bug
Mozilla has let loose a new security update for its Firefox browser which addresses a critical vulnerability described in the advisory entitled 'Heap buffer overflow mixing document.write and DOM insertion' which could lead to remote code execution.

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HP ENVY 17 3D laptop available for purchase
Almost two months after being announced, the ENVY 17 3D laptop has been put up for grabs, and is awaiting buyers who want style, performance, portability and, of course, 3D capabilities thanks to the included 17-inch (1920 x 1080) 3D (120 Hz) LED-backlit display.

Asus ships SBW-06C1S-U 6x external Blu-ray writer
Asus has recently rolled out in Europe the SBW-06C1S-U slim and stylish Blu-ray writer which features a piano black finish and is capable of burning speeds of 6x for 6x for BD-R, 4x for BD-R DL, 2x for 2x for BD-RE (DL), 8x for DVD-R/+R/+RW, 6x for DVD-RW, 24x for CD-R and 16x for CD-RW.

GPU Caps Viewer and GPU Shark added Radeon HD 6800 series support
JeGX is serving a two-in-one special today with the release of both GPU Caps Viewer 1.9.3 and GPU Shark 0.3.1 graphics card information and monitoring tools which include support for the recently-released AMD Radeon HD 6850 and HD 6870 and Nvidia GeForce GT 440 and GT 430 graphics cards.

Apricorn adds 750GB Aegis Padlock secure hard drive to its offer
Apricorn today expanded the Aegis Padlock family of secure portable hard drives with the release of two high-capacity models providing 750GB in storage space. The difference between the two comes from the protection level offered, one has AES 128-bit hardware encryption while the other 256-bit.

T-Mobile launching Galaxy Tab on November 10
After Verizon and Spring, T-Mobile has today stepped up to the plate to say it will be releasing the Samsung Galaxy Tab next month, on November 10 to be exact. The carrier will sell the tablet for $400, obviously together with a two-year mobile broadband plan.

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