IT News HeadLines (AnandTech) 17/03/2011

Eurocom Racer: Why the Radeon HD 6970M Rocks
When Eurocom offered to send us their latest Racer notebook, we were mildly intrigued. Then they upped the ante by giving us the chance to put AMD’s latest and greatest HD 6970M to the test and we jumped at the opportunity. The Racer is the “little brother” of the Clevo P170HM we reviewed a few weeks ago, sporting many similarities all wrapped up in a smaller package. This puppy doesn’t come cheap, but with a matte 1080p LCD sporting a good contrast ratio, awesome performance, and a better build quality than the previous Clevo models we’re quite happy with the result.

So, just what does an HD 6790M do for performance, and how much will it set you back? What else might Eurocom have to offer to sweeten the deal? Eurocom also likes to label their notebooks as mobile workstations, and while the system we have doesn’t necessarily cater to that audience, we’ll have some thoughts on that segment as well. Read on for our full analysis.

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Ask the Experts: Virtualization & Cloud Computing Questions Answered
Last year we ran a little series called Ask the Experts where you all wrote in your virtualization related questions and we got them answered by experts at Intel, VMWare as well as our own head of IT/Datacenter - Johan de Gelas.

Given the growing importance of IT/Datacenter technology we wanted to run another round, this time handled exclusively by Johan. The topics are a little broader this time. If you have any virtualization or cloud computing related questions that you'd like to see Johan answer directly just leave them in a comment here. We'll be picking a couple and will answer them next week in a follow up post.
So have at it! Make the questions good - Johan is always up for a challenge :)

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Nanoink "3D" Antenna Could Offer Relief From Dropped Calls
"Can you hear me now?"
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2016 Automotive CAFE Requirements Mean Higher Costs for Everyone
VW will spend more than anyone to meet 2016 standards
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GAO is Concerned About Significant Delays in F-35 Software
Final block of code isn't expected until 2015
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New Permanent Coating Keeps Condensation from Forming on Transparent Surfaces
Polyvinyl alcohol was used on transparent glass and plastic surfaces to spread water evenly to prevent fog
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Sony Wins Subpoena of GeoHot's Paypal, YouTube, Twitter Over PS3 Hacking
Sony tries to choke out would-be jailbreakers of its console
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Visa to Battle PayPal in Personal Payments Arena
The Visa personal payments service allows anyone with an eligible Visa account to pay one another directly without the use of cash and checks
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EDITORIAL: MSNBC.com Report on U.S. "Nuclear Risks" Features Many Flaws
Fear, uncertainty, disinformation -- news sites offer misinformation, speculation on nuclear power for profit
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