IT News HeadLines (VR-Zone) 28/10/2010

NVIDIA gains market share in Q3
vr-zone.com - The story of Q3 2010 for the GPU industry has to be constant price cuts to the GTX 460 768 MB. Introduced at $199, it was already an excellent value, outperforming the similarly priced Radeon HD 5830. Prices were then cut to $189, $179 and finally $170, before settling at $165. At this price, the GTX 460 768 MB was simply irresistible (before the release of the HD 6800 series). Similar price cuts also affected the GTX 460 1 GB and the overclocked variants of both. The result is clear in Jon Peddie Research's market share report - NVIDIA gained 1.5% market share over Q2 2010.

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Rumour: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 1 GB / GTX 470 price cut repealed on November 14th
vr-zone.com - Just a few hours prior to AMD's big Radeon HD 6800 series release, NVIDIA announced an aggressive counter-attack in the form of hefty price cuts to the GTX 460 1 GB and GTX 470. The rumour mill strongly questioned the feasibility of offering an enthusiast level 530mm² GF100-based GTX 470 for $260, while rumours of the price cuts being temporary circulated around the web. This was further supported by Tom's Hardware's release day report suggesting the cards's "sale is only going to last three weeks". Fudzilla is now reporting a similar story, with the GTX 460 1 GB and GTX 470 set to rise in prices once again in mid November.

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Barnes & Noble Launches Nook Color Ebook Reader
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Earlier this week, Barnes & Noble announced their Nook Kids digital collection for children. And it seems like the book seller has also unveiled the new Nook Color touchscreen ebook reader for the consumers. It features a 7-inch color display, which stands out from devices using the black-and-white e-ink display.

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AMD Radeon HD 6870 Memory Voltage Modification - With a Pencil
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We show you how to wring the last bit of memory bandwidth out of your spanking new AMD Radeon HD 6870 for next-to-nothing. Enough said.
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Sony To Release New Hybrid MP3-CD-player Walkman?
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Yes, we know that Sony's line of portable CD players is known as the Discman and not the Walkman. But with the company announcing the retirement of the cassette-based Walkmans only a few days ago, chances are they would be looking for a new addition to the Walkman brand.. And apparently, this hybrid MP3-CD player is the addition Sony has in mind.
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PayPal Announces New Payment Solution For Digital Goods
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PayPal today announced the upcoming availability of PayPal for digital goods, a new in-context, frictionless payment solution that lets consumers pay for digital goods and content in as little as two clicks, without ever having to leave a publishers game, news, music, video or media site. And in other news, local company TYLER Projects has selected PayPal's digital goods solution for payments within its flagship game, Battle Stations
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DSL To Match Gigabit Speeds...Sometime In The Future
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Think that DSL is dead now that fiber optic broadband is on the way to becoming mainstream? Think again. Apparently, researchers over at Nokia Siemens have developed a new system that is supposedly capable of boosting DSL speeds at levels close to gigabit-levels. Now, the only question is how many of us will still be around by the time the new system is suitable for mainstream deployment.

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Garmin-ASUS Ends Collaboration; Phones To Revert Back ASUS Brand
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In early 2009 Garmin and ASUS entered a partnership to co-develop the Garmin-ASUS navigation smartphones. And it looks like the collaboration is ending in January 2011 as Garmin has decided to pull out from the mobile phone market.
Update: Official news release to change the current co-brand business model
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PhotoFast GM2 SFV1 Air - SandForce for your MacBook Air
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PhotoFast unveils a SandForce SF1222 controller based Solid State Drive (SSD) upgrade for the new generation Apple's MacBook Air models. Promising 30% improvement over the original, there is also a 256GB version of the kit for the smaller MacBook Air (which is otherwise sold with 64GB or 128GB of storage only).
Best of all, the kit comes with a SuperSpeed USB 3.0 adapter so that you can use the original MacBook Air SSD as a really fast USB key drive.
Now, if only that adapter comes in a satin, anodized finish!

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Sony PlayStation Phone, On Android 3.0, Leaked
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Looks like Sony has a new phone - no, not Sony Ericsson but Sony - and it is the rumored PlayStation phone according to online sources. The PlayStation phone is likely to be running on Android 3.0, features a touchscreen display of around 3.7-inch and equipped with 1GHz processor.

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Microsoft Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 RC available for download
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Microsoft has just released the Release Candidate (RC) of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 (SP1). This release would be the last public beta leading to the official SP1. If you are keen on trying out the SP1 RC, it is available for download directly from Microsoft.

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Apple delays white iPhone 4 till Spring 2011
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Apple Inc has said it would delay the release of its white iPhone 4 again, this time pushing the expected availability date all the way into Spring 2011.

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Audio-Technica Announces ATH-C101 Earphones, ATH-RE70 And ATH-FW33 Headphones
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Audio-Technica has announced their latest ATH-C101 earphones, ATH-RE70 And ATH-FW33 headphones. The earphones and headphones feature stylish designs and boast superior audio performance for audiophiles on the move.

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