Wednesday, January 26, 2011

IT News HeadLines (InsideHW) 25/01/2011



InsideHW
Asus makes GeForce GTX 560 Ti DirectCU II
Asus has prepared something special for the GeForce GTX 560 Ti launch (which is today), a card that is factory overclocked and utilizes a dual-slot, dual-fan DirectCU cooler. Asus' GF114 offering, known as ENGTX560-Ti-DCII/2DI/1GD5, has 384 CUDA Cores, GPU/shader clocks of 900/1800 MHz (822/1644 MHz stock), a 256-bit memory interface, 1GB of GDDR5 at 4200 MHz (4000 MHz stock), dual-DVI and HDMI outputs, plus support for DirectX 11, OpenGL 4.1, CUDA, PhysX, 2-way SLI, and 3D Vision (Surround).
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Google and Mozilla add privacy extensions
Mozilla and Google have taken the FTC's advice and give users a Do Not Track option when browsing. The former's Firefox and the latter's Chrome browsers will let users click a box that will then disable the browser's ability to track browsing history that is then used to send out targeted ads. Mozilla will take a header-based approach that its makers believe is more universal and clearer than cookies or blacklists. Users won't need to load ad networks and advertiser lists for this to work, either.
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Toshiba makes 1.8-inch 220GB hard drive
Toshiba has introduced its MKxx39GS series 1.8-inch spinning platter drives with SATA connectors. This gives the drives a 10 percent smaller footprint when compared to standard 1.8-inch drives, allowing the drive to be used in a wider range of applications. Intended uses include tablets, netbooks, and compact external drives, and the new drives come in three capacities at 160GB, 200GB and 220GB.
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Google launches Cloud Print
Back in April 2010, Google unveiled Google Cloud Print, a service that enables any application (web, desktop, or mobile) on any device to print to any printer. The option was given to Google Chrome OS users last month, but today Google has opened the public beta for mobile documents and Gmail for mobile, and says the service will be rolling out to users throughout the next few days .
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GeForce GTX 560: Ti(tanium) is Back!
Many of our younger readers probably don’t remember the Titanium graphics card models, which were the object of every gamer’s desire back in the age of GeForce 2, 3 and 4. “Ti” models were a symbol of speed, and only the GeForce 2-series had “Ultra” models which could outrun the “Ti”s. These cards’ bundles were resplendent, and coolers much more serious than the remaining GTS, MX and similar models. Titaniums ceased to appear when the FX series was presented, all the way back in 2003. NVIDIA has recently decided to restore this name of brilliance, bringing it back with the GTX560 Ti model, although “Ti” will no longer signify the best model in its class, instead trying to take the crown in the mid-range, where Radeon HD6870 (our review (Reviews/Graphics-cards/ASUS-Radeon-HD-6870-A-Sportsman-at-Heart.html)) has reigned supreme thus far. Read on to find out whether it’s succeeded in its intentions.
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