IT News HeadLines (VR-Zone) 31/12/2010

The Daily VR-Zone News Summary - 31 December 2010
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To wrap up this week's news: check out the review of the In Win Dragon Rider Full Tower E-ATX PC case; Challenger Pro gaming keyboard reviewed; All mobile phones could soon use a single type of charger; and review of the game - Majin and the Forsaken Kingdom. Last but not least, Goodbye 2010 and Happy New Year 2011!

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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Specifications Revealed
vr-zone.com - The release of NVIDIA's GeForce GTX 560 is no secret, neither is the fact that it is a polished and unlocked GF104. The GF114 chip, fully unlocked for GTX 560, features 8 SMs with 8 PolyMorph engines and 384 SP. It will retain the 256-bit memory interface from GTX 460 1 GB, with a slightly higher speed 4.0 GHz of 1GB GDDR5, and 32 ROPs. The clock speeds, as previously reported, are upto 820 MHz for the core, 1640 MHz for shaders, a massive 22% increase over the GTX 460.

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Rumour: AMD to revive "FX" branding with Bulldozer
vr-zone.com - AMD's Bulldozer is set to receive the "FX" branding, which has been absent since the Athlon 64 FX-70 back in 2006, according to DonanimHaber. The flagship 4-module, 8-core CPU Zambezi will be branded as Vision Black FX. 4-core and 6-core Bulldozer CPUs will be branded as Ultimate Vision FX.

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GIGABYTE Quietly Unveils New Dual-Core Netbooks
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While most OEMs make it a point to announce to the world about product refreshes and new releases, some seemingly choose to do the direct opposite. Instead of making a big deal, these OEMs opt to quietly update the information on their webpages and wait for discerning consumers to sport the minor differences. Which in this case is precisely what GIGABYTE has done with its new Q2005 and M1005 netbooks.
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In Soviet Russia, GPS Kills The iPhone
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There is no denying that the iPhone is the single device which is capable of making other standalone gadgets obsolete due to its capabilities. But even then, that has not stopped various smartphone OEMs from proudly attempting to make something which has often been touted as the iPhone killer. And this time, the latest 'iPhone killer' hails all the way from Russia with love.
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Piracy Rears Its Ugly Head At Windows Phone 7
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Windows Phone 7 may have reached a new high in terms of user experience, but it appears that the Redmond giant has forgotten about one key aspect of the OS in their quest to make it as user-friendly and polished as possible. And it appears that this oversight may be coming back to bite them hard: a developer has created a proof-of-concept app which allows users to download any paid app from the Windows Marketplace...for free.
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HTC files trademark for HTC Scribe, hints at tablet device
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Despite other manufacturers who have launched their tablet devices, HTC has none yet to compete in this space. But that could change next year as the Taiwanese company has filed a trademark to the names "Scribe" and "HTC Scribe" which hint at the possibility of the tablet device.

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Android Market secretly reaches 200,000 apps
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While Android has been playing catch up to Apple's App store, it looks like the Google camp has just secretly welcomed their milestone 200,000 apps; Apple's App store is reported to offer 300,000 apps and growing.

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Rumour: AMD preparing "revision" for HD 6950/6970?
vr-zone.com - Gabriel Rouchon, CEO of water-cooling experts Swiftech, has revealed that AMD is planning to release a revised PCB for the Cayman cards HD 6950 and HD 6970. Following a delay of 3 weeks, AMD rushed "initial release" products to the market, with a "revision" coming shortly. The changes are hinted to be related to VRM and power components, being major enough to warrant a redesign for Swiftech's waterblock.


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GIGABYTE Intel Sandy Bridge Mainboards Launch Event
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Enthusiasts, press and vendors get together, under one roof, to share the excitement of previewing GIGABYTE's brand new line-up of Intel mainboards made for the Sandy Bridge microarchitecture.
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