IT-Code-News: IT News HeadLines (TechConnect Magazine) 24/02/2011

Friday, February 25, 2011

IT News HeadLines (TechConnect Magazine) 24/02/2011

2011 edition MacBook Pro laptops introduced, already on sale
In anticipation of the iPad 2 even next week, Apple today rolled out its up-to-date MacBook Pro laptops which come with the same sleek aluminum unibody as their predecessors but pack Sandy Bridge power, lack Nvidia graphics, and include the Thundebolt I/O technology promoted by Intel.

Corsair, A-Data, promise to show off 520 MB/s SSDs at CeBIT
OCZ and Patriot have spearheaded the official launch of the SandForce SF-2000 controllers, but A-Data and Corsair will follow soon as next week (March 1-5) at CeBIT 2011 in Hannover they will both showcase their SF-2000-powered solid state drives.

Intel's Light Peak tech renamed Thunderbolt, offers speeds of 10 Gbps
Following years of research, Intel's Light Peak connection technology is finally making its debut but not under the name known so far. Renamed Thunderbolt, this new I/O solution offers two bi-directional channels with a bandwidth of 10Gbps, and is compatible with DisplayPort devices.

OCZ's Vertex 3 and Vertex 3 Pro SATA 6.0 Gbps SSDs get official
The OCZ Technology Group has today made a proper introduction for its Vertex 3 and Vertex 3 Pro solid state drives, its first two flashy products to be equipped with SandForce SF-2000 series controllers. Both models will be seen next week at CeBIT 2011 and will begin shipping after the trade show.

FurMark 1.9.0 released, is ready to generate new heat waves
The wait is over for GPU pyromaniacs all across the world as the 1.9.0 version of the FurMark stress testing app/benchmark has been released and is patiently awaiting downloads, installs and use.

Patriot's Wildfire solid state drives top 500 MB/s, come in Q2
Patriot Memory has just announced Wildfire, its first solid state drives to make use of SandForce's new SF-2200 controller which have a 2.5-inch form factor, a SATA 6.0 Gbps interface and are capable of delivering sequential read and write speeds of up to 500 MB/s.

MSI Afterburner 2.1.0 exits beta, brags with GPU support, video capturing
MSI's own all-in-one graphics card utility, known as Afterburner, has today shed its latest beta tag and is available for download in a full and final 2.1.0 build. This new release brings improvements, fixes, support for the latest cards and a function called Predator.

Fujitsu Stylistic Q550 slate to be seen at CeBIT, ship in April
After quite a bit of teasing Fujitsu has today revealed to the world its shiny, business-focused slate based on Intel's Oak Trail platform, the Stylistic Q550. The device has been unveiled in Tokyo and is set to be on display at CeBIT 2011 in Hannover next week.

Origin PC debuts the EON 15-S and 17-S Sandy Bridge-based laptops
Origin PC has updated its mobile PC offering today by introducing the 15.6-inch EON 15-S and 17.3-inch EON 17-S aka the Sandy Bridge-based successors of the EON 15 and EON 17, respectively. Both models are targeted towards gamers and are expected to start shipping on March 3rd.

A-Data coming out with the CH11 USB 3.0 external hard drives
Updating its Classic series storage offering, A-Data Technology today announced the CH11, a new 2.5-inch external hard drive which is claimed to be perfect for storing media content like music, images and, of course, movies.

MSI said to reveal AMD Brazos-powered tablet PC at CeBIT
Next week at CeBIT 2011 in Hannover, MSI is claimed to be revealing to the world its newest WindPad offering, a tablet PC dubbed WindPad 110W which runs Windows 7 Home Premium (just like the 100W) and is based on AMD's Brazos platform.

Eurocom Panther 2.0 mobile workstation gets Core i7-990X option
Eurocom has upped the ante one again but making the 3.46 GHz Core i7-990X hexa-core, Intel's fastest desktop processor yet, an available option for its Panther 2.0 mobile workstation. The i7-990X adds $1053 to the system over the basic configuration with a i7-950 quad-core.

PC processor shipments stay flat in Q4 2010, Intel grabs 80.8% of the market
Tablets (and other factors) made a big impact on the PC microprocessor market at the end of 2010, with research firm IDC concluding that CPU shipments in the fourth quarter have basically remained flat (they were actually down by under 1%) compared to both Q3 and to Q4 of 2009.

Samsung rolling out the NC210 dual-core netbook
Netbook's not dead! Not our words, but probably Samsung's as the South Korean company announced a new... no, not a tablet, a netbook, more specifically the 10.1-inch NC210 powered by Intel's Atom N550 (1.5 GHz) dual-core processor.

Microsoft readies Express Mouse, two more Comfort mice
Microsoft's hardware division is set to expand the Redmond company's peripheral offer in Q2 through the release of three new wired mice, the June-bound Express Mouse, and the April-arriving Comfort Mouse 3000 and Comfort Mouse 6000.

New Firefox for Mobile beta outed, comes with more speed improvements
The fifth beta version of the Firefox 4 browser for Android and Maemo devices is now available for download and is claimed to bring better responsiveness to panning and zooming, faster start up time and with enhanced JavaScript performance.

ECS gets aboard the Fusion train, develops Brazos-based motherboard
Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS) has pledged to support AMD's Fusion plans and the first step made in that direction was to develop and announce a mini-ITX motherboard that is based on the Brazos platform.

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