IT News HeadLines (VR-Zone) 29/11/2010

The Daily VR-Zone News Summary - 29 Nov 2010
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In today's summary: Reviews of Silverstone Technology NT07-1156 HSF and SPARKLE Calibre X460G video card; Android magazine banned from Apple App store; SteelSeries unveils a Diablo 3 QcK mouse pad; Toshiba unveils PowerTV with battery inside; as well as Christmas version of Angry Birds coming (to your mobile phone).

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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570 on December 7th, Specifications Leaked
vr-zone.com - Swedish website Sweclockers have leaked a datasheet pertaining to Palit's reference GeForce GTX 570. At first glance, the GTX 570 reference design is visually identical to the GTX 580. As expected, the GTX 570 features GF110 with 1 SM disabled, a total of 480 CUDA cores - much like the GTX 480. Like the GTX 470, the GTX 570 has 1 MC disabled, for a 320-bit memory interface mated to 950MHz 1280MB GDDR5. The memory bandwidth is 151.9 GB/s, well below the GTX 480. However, the GTX 570 is clocked at a healthy 732 MHz core, 1464 MHz shaders. Power consumption is rated at 225W. Surprisingly, the GTX 570 requirements lists a 6+6-pin power connector configuration, which indicates NVIDIA may be counting on its power monitoring circuitry. This could limit overclocking, however.

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Christmas version of Angry Birds coming
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Rovio, the developer of the popular "Angry Birds" game, has tweeted about a Christmas version of the game for the festive season. And it will not just be on the Android platform but others as well. By the way, if you are waiting for the Angry Birds plush toys, five versions are available from Rovio's store.

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Team Group Announces Sporty TP-1023 External HDD
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Team Group has launched the TP1023 external HDD, targeting sport car lovers. Measuring 140.7 x 86.5 x 23.2mm, the sports car HDD boasts an USB 3.0 interface, 8Mb of cache, shock-resistance suspensions, and an automatic suspend mode. The TP-1023, available in 500Gb, 640Gb, 750Gb and 1Tb capacities, is expected to start shipping soon.

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SteelSeries Unveils Diablo 3 QcK Mouse-pad
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SteelSeries, leading manufacturer of various gaming peripherals and accessories, has announced its Diablo 3 SteelSeries QcK Barbarian Edition mouse-pad.


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Buffalo Preps RUF3-SS Flash Drives for Release
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Japan based Buffalo is preparing its RUF3-SS flash-drives for release.


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Android magazine banned from Apple App store
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It is tough enough to develop apps for Apple's iPhone and iPad devices, not to mention, the apps need to be approved by the company before they are allowed to be featured on the App Store. And recently, a Danish media company that publishes a magazine on Android platform, is the latest one to be rejected.

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Evercool Readies HPL-815 Low Profile CPU Cooler
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Taipei based Evercool is preparing to release the HPL-815 low profile CPU cooler. Measuring 106 x 95 x 45mm and weighing 320g, the compact cooler has four 6mm direct contact copper heat-pipes, aluminum fins, and is cooled by a 80mm PWM fan that operates at 1,000 ~ 4,000 RPM. It is fully compatible with all Intel LGA 1156/ 1366/ 775 and AMD AM3/ AM2+/ AM2/K8/ 940/ 969/ 754 processors and is expected to start shipping soon.


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I-O Data Unveils New 3D Blu-ray Writers
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BRD-3DS12

Japanese computer peripheral manufacturer I-O Data has announced the BRD-3DS12 and BRD-3DU8, its first pair of 3D Blu-ray writers.


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Tt eSports Unleashes Challenger Ultimate Gaming Keyboard
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Tt eSports has released its Challenger Ultimate gaming keyboard, targeting MMORPG and RTS gamers. Measuring 505 x 195 x 27mm, it features a 2m cable with gold plated USB connector, two USB 2.0 ports, audio connectors, a 30mm hand-cooling fan that operates at 6,000 RPM, 256-colors back-lit lights with four levels of illumination, fourteen macro keys, six multimedia buttons, and 64Kb of on-board RAM for storing up to 5 game profiles. Pricing and availability has not been announced yet so stay tuned for more updates.


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Epson Press Tour, 20th Anniversary of Micro Piezo Technology
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VR-Zone was one of the regional media who was invited by Epson for a press trip this week to their headquarters in Nagano Prefecture, in Japan. This year is the 20th anniversary of Micro Piezo technology and the company also announced two new photo printers based on the new Thin Film Piezo (TFP) print head technology.
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