Sunday, October 31, 2010

IT News HeadLines (VR-Zone) 31/10/2010

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Super Talent USB 3.0 Express Duo flash drive breaks $15 barrier
vr-zone.com - Super Talent Technology announced that their new USB 3.0 Express Duo has broken the US$15 price barrier. The Express Duo can top over 67MB/s when plugged into a USB 3.0 port.

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ASUS unveils AMD C32-based server boards: KCMA-D8 and KCMR-D12
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ASUS has released the new KCMA-D8 and KCMR-D12 server boards, based on AMD Socket C32, for 4 / 6-Core AMD Opteron 4100 series processors. These server boards feature the AMD SR5670 / SP5100 chipset, dual-channel DDR3 memory, high quality components and high power efficiency.

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RIM Announces BlackBerry Bold 9780 Smartphone
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BlackBerry Bold 9870
Research In Motion, manufacturer of BlackBerry devices, has recently unveiled their latest Bold 9780 smartphone that claims to be the first in its series to be equipped with the latest BlackBerry 6 operating system. The QWERTY phone will be available around the world early November.

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Google "Nexus Two" Is Made By Samsung
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Samsung
Despite reports that Google will not release a follow up to the Nexus One phone, it seems like there will be a Nexus Two after all. And it will be manufacturerd by Samsung. There isn't much details of the new Android phone at this point in time, but according to news sources, it resembles the Galaxy S that was launched earlier this year. (Note that the pic above is the Samsung Galaxy S).

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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580, GT 555M and GTS 455 listed in leaked driver
vr-zone.com - A developer driver, GeForce 261.00, has leaked revealing unreleased products. The GeForce GTX 580, which has been all but confirmed, a previously rumoured GeForce GTS 455, and a mysterious GT 555M notebook part. In addition, three instances of "NVIDIA D13U" is also mentioned, suggesting further GTX 500 series cards.
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 Heatsink Pictures
vr-zone.com - A forum member at Chiphell has leaked several pictures of  the GeForce GTX 580 reference board, including detailed pictures of the naked heatsink. The blurry pictures of the GTX 580 intact are identical to yesterday's leak.
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 Specifications Leaked
vr-zone.com - A purported specifications table for NVIDIA's upcoming GeForce GTX 480 has leaked, courtesy IT168.com. The GeForce GTX 580 features 512 SP, mostly likely arranged in 16 SMs of 32 SP each. This marks a 7% increase in shader count over the GTX 480. The core clock is 772 MHz, with shaders clocked at 1544 MHz, a 10% increase over the GTX 480's clock speed. 1.5GB GDDR5 memory is clocked at 1 GHz (4 GHz effective) over the same 384-bit interface, for a bandwidth of 192.4 GB/s, a 8.5% increase.
In essence, GF110 does look like "GF100 done right", with decent boosts in clock speed to boot, and manufacturing optimizations likely. The net result is an average performance jump of 15%-20% over the GTX 480. The GTX 580 is reported to score an immense X12700 in 3D Mark Vantage, which represents a ~30% boost. However, gaming improvements is expected to stay in the 15% to 20% region.
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SingTel To Be Exclusive Carrier for Samsung Galaxy Tab
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Are you keen on getting your hands on Samsung's new tablet, the Galaxy Tab? If so, this will probably come across as good news for you. This is because SingTel has just announced in a press conference held at Marina Bay Sands today that the Galaxy Tab will be coming to Singapore as a SingTel-exclusive device. In addition, the local telco has announced a couple of special services which will debut on the Galaxy Tab. VR-Zone brings you the coverage.
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Garmin-ASUS' A50 Navigation Smartphone Reaches Singapore Shores on 30 October 2010
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Garmin-ASUS A50 Android Navigation Smartphone will beofficially launched in Singapore on 30 October 2010. The professional-focused Android-powered smartphone is equipped with an app-centric smartphone platform that promisesto deliver speed, power and versatility to its users.
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Asus Announces New External Blu-ray Writer
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ASUS continues its lead in high performance optical storage devices for home / high-end professional storage environments with the release of its SBW-06C1S-U Blu-ray writer.

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Xigmatek Adds Windowed Side-Panels to Asgard and Asgard II
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Xigmatek's Asgard and Asgard II mid-tower chassis have undergone a refresh and are now available with X shaped windowed side panels. The Xigmatek Asgard / Asgard II with side windows can now be purchased from Caseking.de for 39.90 Euros / 41.90 Euros respectively. Existing owners of Asgard or Asgard II can also buy the side panel separately at a cost of 12.90 Euros.

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OCZ Technology Launches "The RevoDrive X2"
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The RevoDrive family gets its edge by eliminating the SATA II (3Gbps) bottleneck and leveraging a PCIe x4 interface to exploit the full potential of current flash technology. Like the original RevoDrive, the X2 uses an onboard RAID 0 design, but it also employs four SandForce-1200 controllers versus two in the original to maximize data access and bandwidth.

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Microsoft Office 2011 for Mac Review
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The long wait is over. Microsoft has released Office 2011 for Mac - one of the most anticipated software on the Mac platform. This latest version of the Office suite aims to bridge the gap between the Mac and PC versions. So has Microsoft surprised us all with its latest Office incarnation, or did the gap between its siblings get wider?
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