IT-Code-News: IT News HeadLines (TechConnect Magazine) 02/02/2011

Thursday, February 3, 2011

IT News HeadLines (TechConnect Magazine) 02/02/2011

Enermax reveals the Aeolus Premium notebook cooler
It might seem like it now but warmer days are coming and to be prepared to tackle those head-on, our laptops need a cool head, one that can be ensured by Enermax's latest creation, the Aeolus Premium cooling pad.

OCZ's ZX Series modular power supplies make their debut
The OCZ Technology Group has just introduced the ZX Series line of power supplies which have been previewed at CES 2011 in early January and can brag with a fully modular design and an 80Plus Gold rating for their top (up to 92%) efficiency.

Apacer intros the Turbo II AS602 SandForce-powered solid state drive
Apacer Technology has recently launched its fastest solid state drive yet, the Turbo II AS602 model which comes in a 2.5-inch form factor (like most SSDs), has a SATA 3.0 Gbp interface, and delivers read and write speeds of up to 285 MB/s and 275 MB/s, respectively.

Toshiba issues recall of Sandy Bridge laptops, offering a full refund
The aftermath of Intel's acknowledgment of a design bug with its 6 Series chipsets has seen motherboard and PC makers halt sales of their products, but there's also the problem of hardware already sold. Toshiba tackled this situation by announcing a recall for all its Sandy Bridge-based notebooks.

EIZO releasing new, 27-inch 2560 x 1440 FlexScan monitor next week
Display expert EIZO is currently gearing up for the introduction of a new FlexScan series monitor aimed for graphics professionals in need of lots of viewing space, a 27-inch model dubbed FlexScan SX2762W-HX which features a native resolution of 2560 x 1440 pixels.

Buffalo preps the MiniStation 3.0 portable hard drives
Buffalo is promising that, by the end of this month it will release (in Japan) a new line of MiniStation-branded portable drives, the MiniStation 3.0 series which feature a sleek, glossy black or white coating, and utilize USB 3.0 (aka SuperSpeed USB) connectivity.

Cubitek Mini Tank PC case gets video preview
The team at Caseking.de recently got a hold of a sample of Cubitek's Mini Tank and it went ahead to make a video detailing the main specifications and characteristics of the upcoming chassis. That video is up on YouTube and is ready to get some hype going.

OEM-only GeForce GT 440 has more cores than consumer card
Nvidia has yesterday introduced not one but two GeForce GT 440 cards, one for retail markets that packs 96 CUDA Cores and 512MB or 1GB of memory, and one for OEMs to put into pre-built systems that includes 144 cores, a 192-bit interface and 1.5GB or 3GB of GDDR3 memory.

LG and T-Mobile officially unveil the 3D-capable G-Slate Android tablet
Since today seems to be Honeycomb (Android 3.0) day, T-Mobile and LG Electronics have went ahead and announced their first tablet based on Google's new mobile OS, which is known as G-Slate and is scheduled for a 'spring' release.

Asus coming out with Lamborghini-branded external hard drives
The collaboration between Taiwanese manufacturer Asus and Italian sports car maker Lamborghini has already led to the release of a sexy netbook (the VX6) and now it's set to bring up some head-turning external hard drives.

Google Latitude added 'check in' feature
Two-year old friend 'tracking' feature Google Latitude (which is available within Google Maps), is getting a boost in functionality through the addition of check-ins which allow users to 'tie' their location to the place page of a business (restaurant, theater, shop, etc).

Fourth Firefox for Mobile beta brings faster start-up, more tweaks and features
Mozilla has yesterday let loose the fourth beta version of its Firefox browser for mobile devices. The software works on Android 2.0+ and Maemo 5 and comes with a faster start-up (as requested by users), improved page load times, and higher responsiveness to panning and zooming.

Chrome passes 10% mark in global browser market
According to numbers provided by Net Applications, in January Google's Chrome has managed to surpass the 10% milestone in terms of market share, settling at 10.70% at the end of the month. This achievement comes just two months after Chrome reached a 9% share.

Techconnect Review Round-up 1/2/11
Today's review round-up...

EVGA designs DisplayPort-equipped GeForce GTX 570
Catching up to rival add-in card makers (like Palit), EVGA has made a GF110-powered card, named GeForce GTX 570 HD, that includes a DisplayPort output to allow connectivity with (relatively) new monitors. Beside DP, the card includes one HDMI and two DVI ports.

Sony Cyber-shot HX100V and HX9V cameras offer super-zoom, 1080p recording
Sony today revealed the Cyber-shot series HX100V and HX9V, two digital cameras that bring together quite a few noteworthy goodies like high optical zoom, Full HD (1920 x 1080 @ 50 frames per second) and multiple 3D shooting options (3D Sweep Panorama, 3D Still Image and Sweep Multi Angle).

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