IT-Code-News: IT News HeadLines (TechConnect Magazine) 17/02/2011

Nvidia reportedly prepping GeForce GTX 550 Ti card for March 15 release
The GeForce 500 series of desktop cards is said to be welcoming a new member in one month's time (on March 15 apparently) when Nvidia is supposed to release the GeForce GTX 550 Ti, a mid-range model powered by the 40nm GF116 GPU.

Toshiba readies the STOR.E ART 4 external hard drives
Toshiba Europe has this week announced a new addition to its storage offer, the STOR.E ART 4 line of external, or better yet portable hard drives which features a sexy high gloss black finish and USB 3.0 connectivity.

Sparkle coming out with the Calibre X570 customized graphics card
Sparkle's Calibre line of premium graphics cards ready to expand through the introduction of the Calibre X570, a model based on Nvidia's GeForce GTX 570 which comes with higher-than-stock clocks and a beefy but surely efficient cooling solution from Arctic.

PhotoFast unveils the GMonster3 XV2 SATA 6.0 Gbps solid state drives
Taipei-based PhotoFast Co. has just announced its newest GMonster-branded solid state drive, the GMonster3 XV2 series. This line-up is made up of four 2.5-inch SSDs, all featuring a SATA 6.0 Gbps interface and capable of read and write speeds of up to 500 MB/s and 450 MB/s, respectively.

ProLite X2472HDS is iiyama's first VA-based monitor with an LED backlight
Later this month iiyama will begin shipping in Europe its very first monitor to feature both a VA (Vertical Alignment) panel and LED backlighting. The 'debut' display is the 24-inch Prolite X2472HDS and it promises 'excellent colour performance and amazing viewing angles.'

Enermax bringing high-end CPU cooler, new fans to CeBIT 2011
Beside the already announced ECA5020 and the ECA3230 'high-end' cases, Enermax's CeBIT booth is set to have on display a few fresh cooling products including two T.B.Silence fans and a 'high performance' CPU cooler.

Internet Explorer 9 RC tops 2 million downloads
Roger Capriotti, the Director for Internet Explorer Product Marketing, has revealed yesterday that the Release Candidate of Internet Explorer 9 has reached 2 million downloads in about a week after its roll-out for Windows 7 (32 and 64bit).

Cougar to showcase 80Plus Platinum power supply, new PC case at CeBIT
HEC/Compucase's Cougar team has announced that it will have a booth at CeBIT 2011 (March 1-5, Hannover, Germany) where people can see some of its current and new products, the latter category including an 80Plus Platinum-certified power supply and a new tower case called Evolution.

Acer to release Windows Phone 7 smartphones this year
In 2010 Acer had almost nothing but love for Android, releasing multiple smartphones powered by Google's OS, but this year, as promised by the president of Acer's Smart Handheld Business Group, it will also introduce devices based on Windows Phone 7.

Nvidia's profits double from Q3 to Q4, revenue up by 5%
For the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2011 (ended January 30th), Santa Clara's own Nvidia Corp. has reported a revenue of $886.4 million - up 5% compared to Q3's result but down almost 10% over Q4 FY 2010, and a net income of $171.7 million, up both sequentially ($84.9m in Q3) and on-year.

Dell planning five more tablets for 2011, one runs Windows 7
Another leaked roadmap, more geeky fun at the expense of Dell's 'secrets'. This time we're talking tablets and Dell has plenty in the pipeline, starting with the already-confirmed 10-inch model which is codenamed Gallo, runs on Android 3.0 aka Honeycomb, and is expected in April.

Leaked Dell roadmap reveals more WP7, Android models
According to an (allegedly real) roadmap of Dell's smartphone plans, the US-based PC maker will not be going for quantity this year, and release only four new phones, two based on Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 and two on the upcoming Android Ice Cream (3.x?).

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IT News HeadLines (TechConnect Magazine) 17/02/2011

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