Saturday, February 19, 2011

IT News HeadLines (Rage3D) 18/02/2011



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AMD - Llano Architecture Vastly Superior To Intel's Sandy Bridge
At the Goldman Sachs Internet and Technology Conference, AMD Interim CEO Thomas Seifert clarified AMD's position on Tablets, Cell phones and more: MD interim chief executive officer Thomas Seifert said Wednesday night that the company has no plans to enter the smartphone space at the present time,...
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Sony Begins PS3 Bans
Sony is serious. Sony wasn't fooling around yesterday when it announced it would be taking action against PlayStation 3 owners using illegal hacking software and homebrew applications to play pirated games. An IGN tipster forwarded us an e-mail from Sony yesterday night asking him to remove his...
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Stanford Technology Can Double Wi-Fi Speeds
Wait, did they just say this new technology "doubles Wi-Fi speeds?" Umm, where do we sign up? Stanford University researchers have developed an innovative technology for enabling the simultaneous transmission and reception of wireless signals over a single Wi-Fi channel. The goal is to help...
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TSMC develops any-angle 3-D TV chip
3-D from any angle on a TV? You bet with TSMC! LONDON – Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. has worked with the National Taiwan University to develop a 3-D TV chip in 40-nm process technology that allows an object to be viewed in stereo from various angles. Normally 3-D TV only allows...
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Nvidia results: What analysts are saying
Is it good or bad? Read what the analysts have to say! SAN JOSE, Calif. - On Wednesday (Feb. 16), Nvidia Corp. reported its results. Here's what analysts said about the numbers: Analyst Doug Freedman of Gleacher & Co. (GLCH), said: ''Nvidia reported January quarter revenue and GAAP EPS of $886...
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AMD Marketing Campaign Makes Fun of Intel Chipset Woes
The Cougar Point flaw is music to AMD ears Many people are AMD were likely slyly rubbing their hands together when Intel unveiled that they had a major flaw in the design of its Cougar Point chipsets that prompted a redesign that will ultimately cost Intel in the area of $1 billion. In fact, AMD...
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FinalWire Announces AIDA64 v1.60
AIDA64 1.60 is out! FinalWire released the latest update to AIDA64, a comprehensive system information, diagnostic, and benchmarking suite for engineers and enthusiasts alike. Version 1.60 introduces a host of changes. To begin with support for AMD's Fusion "Ontario" and "Zacate" APUs was added,...
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Intel 510 Series SATA 6 Gb/s SSD Slated for March 1
Finally, a "faster" response from Intel in the SSD market! One of consumer SSD's pioneers, Intel, is expected to launch its next-generation 510 series solid state drive (SSD) in the 2.5-inch SATA form factor on March 1, 2011. The Intel 510 series is targeted at PC enthusiasts, workstations, and...
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NVIDIA Readying GeForce GTX 550 Ti for March
GF116 here we go! NVIDIA is reportedly working on a new mainstream GPU for a mid-March launch. The graphics giant is planning to name it GeForce GTX 550 Ti, that's right, "GTX" prefix and "Ti" suffix monikers being extended to the core mainstream, in place of the typical "GTS". The new GPU will be...
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Imagination Technologies unveils Series 6 PowerVR GPUs promises desktop caliber gfx
Desktop caliber graphics from PowerVR? Yes! Imagination Technologies may not be a household name, but they created the PowerVR GPUs that are the gold standard in mobile graphics, and are a part of the ARM SoCs you find in mobile devices like the iPhone 4, Galaxy S, and the Droid 2. Not one to rest...
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Cyberlink Announces AMD APU Optimized Updates For Software Using DirectX11 & AMD APP
Leveraging the new Universal Video Decoder 3 (UVD 3) and DirectX 11 feature set of new AMD Fusion Accelerated Processing Units, Cyberlink's latest updates for PowerDVD, PowerDirector, MediaShow and MediaEspresso accelerate video and photo processing: CyberLink Corp. is pleased to announce its...
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