The Daily VR-Zone News Summary - 23 December 2010
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To wrap up this week's news: AMD Llano production from June 2011, shipping Q3 2011; Zalman CNPS9900 Max Heatsink review; Sharp brings Galapagos 3D phones to China; Google Chrome Cr-48 Laptop Found For Sale on eBay; DC Universe Online - Area 51 video. And VR-Zone hereby wishes everyone a Merry Christmas!
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Sony Announces New Cloud-Based Music Shop, Calls It "Music Unlimited"
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The practice of selling data over the Internet has been proven to be a very successful business model for some big companies, and needless to say, many have started to jump on the bandwagon in the hope of capturing a small slice of the online store pie. And Sony is no exception: the Japanese electronics giant has just announced the launch of a new online music store known as Music Unlimited.
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Hacked Nokia N900 running Google Android 2.3
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While Nokia has already said it will not go for Android, but Windows Phone 7 instead, hacker Alexey Roslyakov (DrunkDebugger) has managed to replace the Nokia N900's Maemo 5/MeeGo operating system with Google Android 2.3 (Gingerbread).
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BenQ's 10-inch Tablet Spotted In China, Runs Off Android 2.2
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Another day, another interesting piece of news about an OEM attempting to make its entrance to the slate PC market. And this time, the OEM is question is BenQ, which plans to introduce its own Android-powered tablet to the market sometime in 2011. And based on what has been revealed, it seems that BenQ might be gunning for the budget-oriented consumer with its new device.
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Mozilla released Firefox 4 Beta just before Christmas
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Mozilla has released the Firefox 4 Beta just few days before Christmas. The new browser claims to offer easier device setup for Firefox Sync as well as expanded support for 3D graphics in the browser. Have you downloaded the
new Beta yet?
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Just in: Google Chrome Cr-48 Laptop Found For Sale on eBay
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Now that didn't take long, didn't it? It has been only about a couple of weeks since Google made headlines with their Cr-48 notebook, which ran off a beta version of its web-based Chrome OS. And today, it appears that those who were lucky enough to get their hands on a Cr-48 have a found a quick way to make a little extra cash this Christmas: by selling it off on eBay.
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Sharp brings Galapagos 3D phones to China
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The Sharp Galapagos 3D smartphones were launched in Japan since last month, and the phones do not require special glasses unlike the 3D HDTVs. While Sharp smartphones are generally only available in Japan, it looks like it may come to China (and possibly other parts of the world too).
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Report: AMD Llano production from June 2011, shipping Q3 2011
vr-zone.com - AMD's first performance APU, Llano, is still on schedule for Q3 2011. Production is expected to ramp up at Globalfoundries in June 2011, with Llano finally appearing on shelves in early Q3 2011. Fudzilla reports that Llano will ship in six flavours - three 65W TDP dual-cores, with "Winterpark" graphics part. Two quad cores will ship with "Beavercreek" graphics, and one triple-core, presumably a harvested quad-core. These three parts will have a TDP of 100W, over the traditional 95W.
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MSI launches R6850 Cyclone 1GD5 Power Edition
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MSI has launched the AMD Radeon HD 6850-based R6850 Cyclone 1GD5 Power Edition graphics card. The R6850 Cyclone uses MSI's Cyclone custom cooler, a 6+1 phase power circuitry, and offers triple over-voltage functionality. To ensure excellent overclockability, the R6850 Cyclone is equipped with MSI's Military Class II materials, consisting of Hi-C tantalum capacitors, solid capacitors and SFC high-performance chokes. A P/S Switch allows power users to switch between Performance Mode for maximum cooling performance, or Silent Mode for low noise operation.
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Leaked: Ubuntu-powered Tablet Spotted in China?
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Canonical CEO Mark Shuttleworth has been claiming that the developers working on the Ubuntu Linux distribution have been busy smoothing out the rough edges of multitouch support for the OS, and this latest leak reported by Giz-China seems to confirm that fact. Apparently, an unnamed slate PC loaded with the Ubuntu Linux distribution has been found making its way in China.
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HP PalmPad Tablet PC design exposed; 3 models to unveil at CES
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HP has trademarked the name "PalmPad" in July this year and in the past months, the manufacturer has been developing their new tablet devices. Well, apparently, the PalmPad Tablet PC design has been leaked and from some sources, the company may unveil three tablets at the upcoming Consumer Electronics Show (CES), happening in eary January next year.
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Pantech Announces Two Android-powered Smartphones
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The Android wave is sweeping across the world, and it seems that nothing will stop it from achieving the status of being the most popular smartphone platform in the world. And Pantechs latest announcement is proof of that: the South Korean smartphone OEM has announced two additional Android-powered handsets as its contribution to the Android ecosystem.
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Lamborghini Spyder S680 smartphone unveiled
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When it comes to luxury smartphones, the few that come to mind are Vertu, Prada as well as Lamborghini. The ASUS Lamborghini Eee PC VX6 was launched two months ago and now, the luxury car manufacturer has unveiled their latest S680 smartphone of the Spyder series.
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NEC To Announce New Range Of Android Products At CES
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NEC may not have much of a presence here, but it is clear that the Japanese electronics OEM is still alive and kicking, especially in the consumer electronics area. And as proof, the company has announced that it intends to showcase a wide range of Android-powered devices at the upcoming CES in the US. Of course, heres hoping that some of these gadgets will eventually make their way over to our shores.
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Skype is down, blames offline supernodes
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If you are trying to use Skype right now, you may find that it isn't working properly. Well, the company has updated on their blog and state that the problem is due to a problems affect some "supernodes" and putting them offline. Rest assured that Skype is doing something about this, though it will take couple of hours to get the service back up.
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